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Commodore ‘Gravel’ MP3 Player Features Wi-Fi
ABC News - Supported codecs include MP4, MPEG, DivX, Xvid, WMV, streaming WMV, JPEG, BMP, GIF.MP3, WMA, and .WAV files. The player will also include Wi-Fi access, Commodore said. The Gravel In Home box will include an 80-GByte internal hard drive, which will

Oppo Digital DV-970HD DVD Universal Player
Consumer Electronics Net - It also handles Super Audio CD, DivX, XviD, Kodak picture CD, HDCD, Dolby Digital, DTS, and it’s also compatible with PAL and NTSC. Its 4-in-1 card reader reads SD, multimedia card (MMC), SmartMedia, and Memory Stick. Plus, it has a USB port. Wow

Open Source 20
Red Herring - Some important wins include Abbott Labs, Divx, and Orbitz. To compete in a market of very big players, Pentaho will have to continue to snag large customers, but Chairman Andre Boisvert, an enterprise software veteran, can open a lot of doors for

TV culture revolution defies censors 
A HUMBLE bank worker has dug a tunnel underneath the great firewall of China.

Saturday August 5, 2006 By Patrick Gower 
DVD pirates and drug pushers have joined forces to bring their punters a $35 porn movie and cannabis combo deal.

New Zealander gets 2 years for DVD piracy 
The first New Zealand jail sentence for DVD piracy under the country’s Copyright Act was handed down Friday.

Love of U.S. TV spurs Chinese thefts 
A group of young Chinese are spending night after night translating subtitles for sitcoms and dramas for viewers who download them from the Internet free.

DVD detective hunts cinema pirates 
BRITAIN is attempting to crack down on film piracy by appointing its first investigator into the crime of recording blockbuster films in cinemas to sell as counterfeit DVDs.

Caleb Trump’s My1UP Page: caleb_t.1up.com
Electronic Gaming Monthly - But it seems they are having a problem producing the Blueray drives (a pretty intergral part of the spec. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30108 $600 USD or $500 for a permanently gimped version. Unlike the XBox ‘Coretard’ edition, PS3-tard version

Hey YouTube! Can you say ANAMORPHIC
ZDNet Blogs - You can talk and rave about 1920 by 1080 pixel 1080p HD DVD or BlueRay DVD all you like but if it ain’t showing anywhere but YouTube, you’ll watch it on highly re-compressed artifact-laden 320 by 240 pixel video and you’ll like it damn it! This just

Samurai Monkey Welcomes You
Electronic Gaming Monthly - Now they have BlueRay. And in some ways, it may be better than HD-DVD and blows DVD out of the water. The problem is, in recent polls done by MSNBC, CNN, and USA Today, less than 20% of the population is interested in a next gen dvd format because

This is Gang PS3 this is were anyone can talk about anything and
Electronic Gaming Monthly - Why So High?:The price is that high because of the components under the PS3’s smooth hood like the highly talked about BlueRay disc drive that holds more space them the HD DVDs that are in XBOX 360.A BlueRay player seperate will cost 1000$ so there

Companies Battle Over Who Can Make A Worse Next-Gen DVD Standard
Tech Dirt - So they are just blowing smoke, and I’d say blueray has already won. It seems to be out there on the market, but that might just be because of Sony. The other will most likely die out like Betamax as cooler

Toshiba Delays HD DVD Recorder
Beta News - How are sales of the HDDVD drives doing vs BlueRay drives? More so than available movies, it’s going to come down to how many units each side can get out there. If studios on the BluRay side see a lot more HDDVD players being sold, don’t think they

LMA Manager - Latest Info and Trailer 
New 3D matchplay video inside

Direct Access to a World of Entertainment with One Click 
LOS ANGELES & BAARN, Netherlands, BUSINESS WIRE — Commodore International Corp. (OTC: CDRL) is once again opening up new possibilities for on demand media entertainment by introducing Gravel(TM), a range of consumer electronic devices developed to give immediate access to a personalized world of entertainment, at home, or on the move.

New Xbox 360 Media Features On The Horizon? 
HardOCP is reporting that they had the opportunity to view the ‘Xbox 360 roadmap’ - including some new media features that are just on the horizon for the Xbox 360. The most notable one they list is the addition of a ‘media jukebox’ for the Xbox 360, bringing in more video, movies, pictures and music.

HSBC Cuts Singulus EPS Estiamtes 
0720 GMT [Dow Jones] HSBC lowers Singulus (SNG.XE) ‘06 EPS estimate to EUR0.04 from EUR0.41, and ‘07 EPS to EUR0.51 from EUR0.84 in light of the company’s 2Q data release.

Wanted: Volunteers to Rehabilitate Ten North Minneapolis Homes August 19, 2006 
Rebuilding Together Twin Cities and Minneapolis’ Northside Home Fund join forces to preserve affordable housing in the North Minneapolis area. They seek skilled construction volunteers experienced in the building trades and crafts and general volunteers who will pitch in and help wherever they can. (PRWEB Aug 2, 2006)

Could The Wii Fail? 
I have a hard time believing the Wii will fail. I don’t doubt that early games will clumsily utilize the Wiimote, or that the graphics will pale in comparison compared to the 360 or the PS3, until…

Consumers privacy at risk with ISPs
In a Dutch court proceeding, a judge informed Internet provider UPC, a division of Liberty Global, that it is to release the name and contact information of a suspected file-swapper on their network. While..

Taiwan ODD makers looking to orders for consumer DVD burners from …
DigiTimes, Taiwan - Aug 1, 2006… Considered as more profitable than PC-use DVD recording drives, the consumer burners are currently priced at US$200-300, the sources indicated. …

Vargas sold on Portsmouth thanks to Solano
ESPN - Aug 4, 2006Vargas, first seen in action by Pompey manager Harry Redknapp on a DVD recording, has flown into England after meeting club representatives in Madrid and it …

The Goddess Speaks
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - Jul 30, 2006… doesn’t want to know the outcome of a game, because he thrives on suspense, and hearing the score beforehand would kill his desire to watch his DVD recording. …

New home, new stories to tell for Times columnist
Seattle Times, United States - 13 hours ago… Well, when I get around to ripping the Seahawks, I’m sure that will provoke some readers. I’m kidding. I’m here because I think our styles fit. …

Ripping my hair Out…..
Atomic, Australia - Aug 16, 2006I’m building new system but not sure which way to go. Amd will surley come back with better cpu , then no doubt intel will come back at them. …

DeRosa ripping the ball in August
Florida Today, FL - Aug 15, 2006FLORIDA TODAY fantasy baseball expert Michael Parsons takes a look at five guys you will want to start this week. For more tips, see …

Mac Geek Gab #66: More DVD Ripping, and Is Mail.app Right For Dave
The Mac Observer - Aug 21, 2006Last week’s discussion about DVD ripping stirred up quite the pot, so that conversation continues, along with others, plus Dave (re-)considers Apple’s Mail.app …

Landlord Awaits Sentencing for Ripping off Gas Company
WFMZ-TV Online, PA - Aug 23, 2006A local landlord charged with ripping off gas company UGI is in federal court awaiting his sentence. Both sides listened to testimony …

Mobile devices: Nokia: Unlock Nokia 1100 Please
Latest post to a thread “Unlock Nokia 1100 Please” has been made by pazzini at 27 August 2006 08:13

Beyond TV 4.4
PVR, TIVO, and MPEG2/WMV recording all in one program. Works with many capture/tuner cards, including ATI and nVidia. Highly customizable. Supports 16:9 recording. Also video streaming.

VirtualDub 1.6.16 Stable - Freie Videobearbeitung
WinFuture, Germany - Aug 13, 2006… Echtzeit-Aufzeichnung und vieles mehr. Added AMD64 versions of the frameserver and AVIFile frameclient. Added .divx to file filter …

VirtualDub 1.6.16 stable
tweakers.net, Netherlands - Aug 14, 2006… is fairly minimal at this point. Added AMD64 versions of the frameserver and AVIFile frameclient. Added .divx to file filter for …