Gates Previews IPTV, Home Server

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LAS VEGAS — Microsoft founder Bill Gates gave a sneak peak at two upcoming products — IPTV for Xbox 360 and the Windows Home Server — during his keynote address last night, while continuing to bang the drum to support the upcoming launch of the Vista operating system.

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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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Microsoft announced Zune Pricing at $249

SEATTLE, Sept. 28 (AP) —The Zune music player from Microsoft looks like an iPod, acts like an iPod and will cost about the same as an iPod. The company said Thursday that it would charge $249.99 for the device, signaling that it is not planning a price war to gain market share.

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Zune vs. iPod: Will Microsoft Get a Piece of the Apple Pie?

The world is abuzz with Microsoft’s announcement that they’re no longer content to support devices from Iriver and Creative Labs and other partners as they have in the past, and they will now be coming out with their own branded handheld multimedia device for this year’s holiday season — the Zune.

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RealNetworks Launches Rhapsody DNA Platform, Partners with SanDisk on a Groundbreaking New Experience for Sansa e200 MP3 Players

RealNetworks Launches Rhapsody DNA Platform, Partners with SanDisk on a Groundbreaking New Experience for Sansa e200 MP3 Players Monday September 18, 8:30 am ET

 

New Technology Platform Enables Seamless End-to-End Rhapsody Music Experiences on Consumer Electronics Devices

 

SEATTLE and MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK – News) today [...]

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