News tagged with digital media

News Corp. buys videogame news sites from Hearst

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. announced Thursday the acquisition of Hearst Corp.'s UGO Entertainment, expanding its reach over online videogame news.

Technology / Business

created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

USA Today rewrites strategy to cope with Internet

(AP) -- USA Today, a newspaper created nearly 30 years ago to appeal to people who grew up watching television, is revising its formula to try to counter the Internet's threat to its survival.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study asks 'Are foreign correspondents redundant?'

Economic pressures and digital technology are undermining the role of the foreign correspondent, according to a new Oxford University study. Among its recommendations, it says news organizations need to ‘rethink ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Yahoo hires former News Corp. exec to fill void

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is turning to a former Internet sharpshooter at News Corp.'s media empire to fill a big hole on its management team.

Technology / Business

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Digital media technology changes nature of war

Dr. Sebastian Kaempf, from UQ's School of Political Science and International Studies, says he believes that digital new media technology has altered the nature of war.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

$10 is the 'magic' digital-media figure

The digital-media business has a new mascot: Alexander Hamilton, the treasury secretary on the $10 bill. Hamilton sorted out the nation's financial policies during its chaotic early days.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Digital media players reach out

Hard-drive companies are on a new mission to do more than just back up your data. Now they want to bring you and your digital content into the living room.

Electronics / Hardware

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tech and teens

(PhysOrg.com) -- Digital media use is transforming the way young people learn, UCI researcher Mizuko "Mimi" Ito has found, and schools should take note.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Video fingerprinting offers search solution

(PhysOrg.com) -- The explosive growth of video on the internet calls for new ways of sorting and searching audiovisual content. A team of European researchers has developed a groundbreaking solution that is ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gadgets: Picks from the PhotoPlus Expo

This past weekend at the 2009 PDN PhotoPlus Expo, companies from all over showed off the latest and greatest in digital photography gear. Here is a sampling of items that caught my attention while walking the floor at the ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Gadgets: WD media player makes watching your own HD video easier

Producing your own high-definition video has become increasingly easier with today's line of HD video cameras. But transferring the content from your computer to a TV can be a challenge.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HP's new touch Tablet: Windows 7 ultimate remote?

Hewlett-Packard recently announced a new wireless, touchscreen tablet that's a cross between a wireless photo frame and a super duper remote control.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Review: New iPod Nano impresses, Zune improves

(AP) -- Back in 2004, when I got my first MP3 player, I never cared that it lacked a camera, Web browser and crystal-clear video playback - features that are now common on digital media devices.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

'Immersive Dome' -- don't just watch, join the action

The "Immersive Dome" puts viewers at the heart of the action and lets them actively participate. Instead of the conventional surround sound, a three-dimensional aural experience awaits visitors. At IBC, the ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gadgets: Even in a recession, you gotta have tunes

Back in the mid 80's I bought my first component stereo system, which included Klipsch speakers. To this day they perform as well as the day I got them.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0