News tagged with compact disc player

Vinyl records make the world go around again

In the brave new world of MP3 players, compact discs are dying, cassettes are Stone Age, and old-fashioned vinyl records... they're back!

Technology / Other

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Sometimes the next big thing is no big deal

I unpacked my vintage earphones and compact disc player on a recent flight to Washington and settled back for a few hours of uninterrupted fumbling with CDs and untangling various cords and wires.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2




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Sony chairman credited with developing CDs dies

(AP) -- Opera singer Norio Ohga complained about the quality of Sony tape recorders before he was hired by the company, developed the compact disc and championed its superior sound. Love of music steered ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Miniature lasers could help launch new age of the Internet

A new laser device created at the University of Central Florida could make high-speed computing faster and more reliable, opening the door to a new age of the Internet.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

NIST ships first programmable AC/DC 10-volt standard

Extending its 26-year tradition of innovative quantum voltage standards, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have begun shipping a new 10-volt standard to users around ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

3-D movies via Internet and satellite

Multiview video coding (MVC) is the new standard for 3-D movie compression. While reducing the data significantly, MVC allows at the same time providing full high-resolution quality. At the International Broadcasting ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony aiming for black as annual loss shrinks

(AP) -- Sony Corp., maker of the PlayStation 3, stayed in the red last business year but predicts a return to profit as restructuring and an aggressive 3-D rollout bear fruit.

Technology / Business

created May 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Making light work: The 50-year odyssey of the laser

Fifty years ago next Sunday, a 32-year-old engineer called Theodore Maiman switched on a gadget at Hughes Research Laboratories in California, and watched as pulses of light sprang from a pink ruby crystal.

Physics / General Physics

created May 12, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Intel, Micron Introduce 25-Nanometer NAND

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. today announced the world's first 25-nanometer (nm) NAND technology, which provides a more cost-effective path for increasing storage capacity in such popular ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

EMI joins Universal-backed music video site Vevo

(AP) -- Music videos from Norah Jones, Coldplay, Katy Perry and other artists under EMI Group PLC are headed to an online music video venture, Vevo, set to launch Tuesday with a gala in New York.

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fine-tuned: A wholly new approach to tuning a laser's frequency

(PhysOrg.com) -- For more than 30 years, scientists have been trying to harness the power of terahertz radiation. Tucked between microwaves and infrared rays on the electromagnetic spectrum, terahertz rays ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Google, MySpace, Facebook make music moves (Update 2)

(AP) -- Internet power players Google, MySpace and Facebook are adopting strategies to better compete in a music industry that is rapidly shifting online.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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