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Hitachi preps quad-tuner HDD-equipped TVsSamsung re-schedules Blu-ray player debutBorders finds shelf space for Sony electronic bookSony has signed bookstore Borders to sell its electronic book, the Reader, throughout the chain's 200 US shops. The consumer electronics giant said it would also offer the gadget in its 30-odd Sony Style outlets. Sony didn't say when the product will ship - it's already missed the March deadline it set when it announced the Reader last January. More pay-to-own movie download services debutDownload-only track hits number oneGnarls Barkley track Crazy has become the first song to top the hit parade without a record being sold. The duo's melting pot brand of paranoid soul-pop hip-hop dance-slop shifted 31,000 legal downloads last week, and was crowned top of the pops by the Official UK Chart Company on Sunday. The CD hits shops today. LG sues Samsung for slanderLG is suing rival South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung for slander over a series of adverts which, it alleged, make false and defamatory claims about one of its top-of-the-range digital TV products. Rivals start to spin Blu-ray, HD DVD alternativesToshiba HD DVD player ships in JapanApple, Beatles case hinges on out-moded agreementApple vs Apple Apple Comp. yesterday rejected arguments made by Apple Corp. lawyers that its iTunes Music Service goes beyond the terms of the two companies' 1991 trademark usage agreement, as the their legal confrontation in the English High Court moved into its second day. Dutch offered Harry Potter 4 pay-to-own downloadPanasonic Blu-ray player to cost 'under $1,500'Ulead yanks Blu-ray support from week-old appMedia software maker Ulead has dropped Blu-ray Disc support from the latest release of its DVD MovieFactory video capture and disk-mastering application - even though the software has only been shipping for just over a week. Evesham ships low-cost 32in HD LCD TViTunes offers music DVD downloadApple has begun selling music video downloads in DVD-duration batches, an approach that mirrors the way its sells songs as both singles and as album packages. InPhase touts 'record breaking' holo storage densityBluedelta extends SmartSCART AV connectorUniversal launches movie downloads... at DVD pricesAnalysis Lovefilm.com will next month extend its full-length movie download service from rentals to pay-to-own. It will kick of the offer on 10 April with the latest King Kong remake, charging £20 for a copy of the DVD and a pair of digital downloads, one for desktop usage, the other for portable media players. Sony to ship Mac-compatible MiniDisc WalkmanFrance votes for DRM interopIt's the "dawn of an equitable internet", says French culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres. The nation's parliament has backed a bill to mandate interoperability between competing lock-down software restrictions on digital media. Euro trade body launches 'official' HDTV logo |
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