Skype founders plan to launch Web TV service

FRANKFURT/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The founders of file-swapping service KaZaA and Internet calling program Skype plan to launch advertising-supported Internet television shortly, Skype co-founder Janus Friis told a Danish newspaper.

The project, code-named Venice, will bring quality TV programmes for free to consumers who have a broadband Internet connection, he told Boersen financial newspaper.

“We [...]

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Sigma Designs Up; Boost Seen From New TV Set-Top Boxes

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Shares of Sigma Designs Inc. (SIGM) shot up 15% Wednesday, a day after Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and major television set-top-box makers said advanced system-on-a-chip set-tops were available to support Microsoft’s Internet Protocol television software.

All advanced Internet Protocol set-top boxes supporting Microsoft’s IPTV Edition software platform are based on [...]

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Thomson rolls 30GB iPod competitor

Dylan McGrath   EE Times (10/11/2006 2:35 AM EDT) SAN FRANCISCO — Becoming the latest to challenge the Apple iPod stranghold on the market for personal multimedia players, French consumer electronics specialist Thomson Tuesday (Oct. 10) announced retail availability in the U.S. of the Lyra X3030 pocket-sized 30-gigabyte personal multimedia recorder from the [...]

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BestBuy to launch music service with Real, Sandisk

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Best Buy Co. Inc. on Thursday said it will introduce a new music service with digital music player maker SanDisk Corp. and music software company RealNetworks Inc. to create the latest competing service to Apple’s iPod and iTunes combination. if (window.yzq_a == null) document.write(“”); if (window.yzq_a) { yzq_a(‘p’, ‘P=_54xHULaS.YIvRFYRDFbJAQeRAQYGEUlWooADuyg&T=180s2i71j%2fX%3d1160075924%2fE%3d15194913%2fR%3dnews%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d1.1%2fW%3d8%2fY%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d4187137532%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJuZXdzIiBjb250ZW50PSJpdDtBcHBsZSBDb21wdXRlcjtNaWNyb3NvZnQ7RXJpY3Nzb247dmljZSBwcmVzaWRlbnQ7IiByZWZ1cmw9IiIgdG9waWNzPSIi%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d91A949D1′); yzq_a(‘a’, [...]

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U.S. pushes Russia in WTO talks to close mp3 Web site (www.allofmp3.com)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia should shut down a pirate music Web site that is robbing U.S. recording companies of sales if it wants to become a member of the World Trade Organization, the top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.

“I have a hard time imagining Russia becoming a member of the WTO and [...]

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