The e-Book Wars: Is Pornography Next?
With their proprietary software for Kindle readers only, Amazon has adapted a "we-win, you-lose," VHS vs. Betamax business model.
With their proprietary software for Kindle readers only, Amazon has adapted a "we-win, you-lose," VHS vs. Betamax business model.
Michael Giltz | Posted 02.02.2009 | Entertainment
Yep, it's time to make the switch to BluRay. You should buy a BluRay player and/or start buying movies on BluRay instead of regular DVDs wherever it makes sense. Here's how and why.
ABC News | Ashley Phillips | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
If you bought an HD DVD player before the technology became outdated last month, you won't be stuck with a technological dinosaur -- at least if you b...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba Corp. ceded the high-definiti...
AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
TOKYO — Toshiba's decision to no longer develop, make or market high-definition HD DVD players and recorders will mean consumers can start feeli...
AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
TOKYO — Toshiba may pull the plug on its HD DVD business, the Japanese electronics maker said Monday, in what would signal the almost certain de...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
TOKYO — Japanese electronics maker Toshiba might withdraw its HD DVD next-generation video format, Kyodo News agency reported Saturday. The rep...
TG Daily | Mark Raby | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Last week, Blu-ray had its best week ever with 85% of the high-def disc market share, according to trade publication Home Media Magazine. Since the b...
Information Week | Antone Gonsalves | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Toshiba, which recently suffered a major setback in its fight to dominate the high-definition movie format for DVDs, on Monday dropped the prices of i...
SeekingAlpha | Eric Savitz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
So that's it. The Consumer Electronics Show ended Thursday in Las Vegas. Not much happens Thursday; it's the day for exhibitors to cruise each other's...
AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The International Consumer Electronics Show is turning out to be a celebration party for Blu-ray, the high-definition format that Sony Corp. backed, a...
Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Still reeling from Warner Bros.'s decision to abandon its its HD DVD format for Sony's Blu-ray, Toshiba did its best to put on a brave face at a CES p...
AP | Alex Veiga | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Warner Bros. Entertainment said Friday it will release high-definition DVDs exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format, becoming the latest studio to reje...
Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Will Steve Jobs jump into the silly hi-def DVD format war? Some analysts -- most recently AmTech's Shaw Wu -- expect Jobs to spend some of his Macworl...
Tom Alderman | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media