News tagged with television system
Inventor of first wireless TV remote control dies at 96
Eugene Polley, who in 1955 invented the first wireless remote control for television, has died of natural causes, his longtime employer Zenith Electronics said Tuesday. He was 96.
May 22, 2012 |
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Microsoft to bring Kinect to Windows PCs
Microsoft plans to bring its Kinect technology to bear on personal computers following its phenomenal success with the gesture and voice-recognition sensor in the Xbox 360 game console.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Microsoft CEO hits familiar chord in CES swan song
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer struck a familiar chord Monday in his swan song at the International Consumer Electronics Show.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Comcast 3Q earnings up 5 percent
(AP) -- Comcast Corp., the nation's biggest cable television company, said Wednesday that its profit rose 5 percent in the third quarter as revenue climbed 51 percent.
Nov 02, 2011 |
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3D television without glasses
When the boundaries merge between the action and the viewer, television becomes a special experience. Fraunhofer research scientists are optimizing the technologies that make it possible to watch TV in 3D ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Viacom, Cablevision settle suit over iPad TV app
(AP) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. and Viacom Inc., the owner of MTV and other cable TV channels, have settled a lawsuit over software that lets subscribers view Viacom channels and individual shows on demand on their iPads.
Aug 11, 2011 |
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US venture capitalists oppose 'rogue website' bill
A group of top US venture capitalists has written a letter to the US Congress opposing a bill aimed at cracking down on websites selling pirated and counterfeit goods.
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Viacom sues Cablevision over iPad video app
(AP) -- Viacom, the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and other television channels, is suing cable TV distributor Cablevision over an iPad app that Viacom says streams video of its channels without permission.
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Canadians using smartphones for everything but talking
A boom in smartphone sales is changing how Canadians interact with each other as these devices are increasingly used for anything but talking to people, according to a survey Thursday.
May 26, 2011 |
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First 'white space' devices about to debut
(PhysOrg.com) -- Google, and eight other already approved companies are likely to soon be joined by Microsoft as they all take a giant leap into the great "white space" unknown. Because bandwidth for computing devices has ...
May 25, 2011 |
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Virginia Tech engineers work with InterDigital to increase wireless speed, accessibility
In the first phase of a more than two-year study funded by InterDigital, Virginia Tech researchers have made great strides in the development of more reliable and efficient spectrum sensing techniques that ...
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Eutelsat loses just-launched television satellite
European satellite operator Eutelsat said Friday it had lost its W3B television satellite the day after it was launched by an Ariane rocket because of an "anomaly".
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2010 |
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Disney, Time Warner make progress on program fees
(AP) -- Walt Disney Co. and Time Warner Cable Inc. said Sunday that they have made "significant progress" in resolving their issues over programming fees with less than a week left to renew a pact that feeds TV channels ...
Aug 29, 2010 |
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Japan develops 'touchable' 3D TV technology
A Japanese research team said Thursday it had developed the world's first 3D television system that allows users to touch, pinch or poke images floating in front of them.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Sony Introduces New 3D Digital Still Cameras
Sony today unveiled two new Cyber-shot digital still cameras (models DSC-TX9 and DSC-WX5) that are the world's smallest 3D cameras, capturing 3D images with a single lens system using a sweeping motion.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 08, 2010 |
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