MUMBAI: Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific has unveiled its latest range of full-featured, stunning ultra portables designed to complement the digital lifestyles of mobile professionals. Consumers will have a range of notebook PCs from the...
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LG mobile phone gets DivX Certification
MUMBAI: LG Electronics and digital media company DivX have announced that the LG Viewty camera phone (Model: LG-KU990) is the first mobile phone with DivX Certification to natively record video in the high quality...
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WGA’s 2008 winners announced
MUMBAI: Marking the 60th Anniversary of their annual awards, the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced the winners of the 2008 Writers Guild Awards for...
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Martin Scorsese in AT&T’s public service ad
MUMBAI: Academy Award-winning film director, writer and producer Martin Scorsese is urging moviegoers, “please don’t interrupt our movies,” with ringing wireless phones in theaters. For the first time, Scorsese has lent his considerable skills...
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Netflix sides Blu-ray, to phase out HD DVD
MUMBAI: With the industry now having picked a winner in the face-off between the two competing high- definition DVD formats, online movie rental service Netflix said that it will move toward stocking high-def DVDs...
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EMI Music, Ricall ink music licensing deal
MUMBAI: Ricall, the online music licensing marketplace, has signed a global deal with EMI Music. Under the new agreement, EMI will utilize Ricall’s online platform to help increase the opportunities for its artists to...
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Paramount creates mobile entertainment unit
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures has launched a global mobile entertainment unit called Paramount Mobile Entertainment (PME). Paramount Pictures senior vice president, mobile and interactive Sandi Isaacs announced the creation of a new business unit under the...
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Yahoo! rejects Microsoft’s $44.6 bn bid
MUMBAI: Yahoo! Inc. has formally rejected Microsoft Corp.’s unsolicited $44.6 billion offer, stating that it “substantially undervalues” the company. However Yahoo! has left the door open for further negotiations. In an official statement, Yahoo!...
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$900 mn piracy bust only fraction of loss
MUMBAI: News reports are narrating the story of how Microsoft helped bring down a $900 million global software piracy ring. But the damage from these software pirates is only a mere fraction of the...
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Universal Music delivers 1 bn videos streams
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) set a new precedent as its youtube channel streamed over one billion music videos to date, making it one of youtube’s most popular video channels, according to the worldwide...
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