Tivo, Amazon launch video download-to-TV service

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Microsoft: Make our HD Photo format a standard

Such is the reasoning behind a step Microsoft plans to announce Thursday: it will submit its HD Photo image format to a standards body. Making HD Photos a neutral industry standard, not just a Microsoft technology, is a significant step in the company’s ambitious plan to establish a higher-quality replacement for today’s ubiquitous JPEG [...]

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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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Walmart to start selling movie downloads

Walmart announced today that it will begin offering video downloads on it website in 2007. I imagine it wont be long before consumers finally have numerous big name video download services available to them. Walmart did not announce its content partners or mention support

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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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