Watching a television show from a digital video recorder (DVR) gives viewers a chance to skip commercials, but new research finds that owning a DVR does not influence the demand for advertised products despite its ad-skipping ...
Economics & Business
Dec 9, 2010
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As the last century waned, scarcely a day passed without someone showing up in our newsroom offering a demonstration of a new dot-com service or consumer device. E-commerce sites for T-shirts and sandals, search sites ...
Business
Oct 15, 2010
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(AP) -- Hulu Plus, the $10-per-month online TV subscription service, will soon be available for users of Roku Inc. set-top boxes and Tivo Inc. subscribers who purchase its newest Premiere digital video recorders.
Business
Sep 28, 2010
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(AP) -- By now, Apple's introduction of new iPods each fall is about as surprising as kids going back to school.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 22, 2010
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(AP) -- Apple Inc. is refining its plans to annex the living room into its entertainment empire. On Wednesday, Apple unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of Apple TV, which connects to a high-definition television and can ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 1, 2010
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Canon Inc. announced today that it has developed the world's largest CMOS image sensor, with a chip size measuring 202 x 205 mm. Because its expanded size enables greater light-gathering capability, the sensor is capable ...
Hardware
Aug 31, 2010
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(AP) -- If you've never time-shifted a prime-time television series - watched it later on a DVR, over the Internet or ordered it on demand - you're now in the minority.
Telecom
Aug 17, 2010
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(AP) -- Dish subscribers will soon be able to watch live satellite TV on their mobile devices at no extra cost.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 4, 2010
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Finland's Nokia on Monday vowed to defend its number one position in the lucrative "smartphone" business, where it is under fierce pressure from Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion's Blackberry. The Finnish giant's latest ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 14, 2010
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(AP) -- A federal appeals court Friday granted Dish Network Corp. a full-court review of a ruling that threatened to force the satellite TV company to disable millions of its customers' digital video recorders because of ...
Business
May 14, 2010
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