Required viewing: Sony CEO Howard Stringer on ‘Charlie Rose’
Anyone who knows my television viewing habits knows that the only program I have my DVR automatically record for me is Charlie Rose, the long-running PBS talk show (OK, there was a season of Prison Break in there somewhere, too, but let’s not talk about that).
Last night’s episode, featuring a lengthy, candid conversation with Sir H…
Microsoft, Sony Remain Upbeat About Holiday Sales
At the Tokyo Game Show that week, one of the primary goals of entertainment companies is to show off the latest alternate realities for game players to lose themselves in. Such escapism is understandable, given the sickly state of the real world’s financial institutions. But lurking in the shadows like a Ninja is the question of whether gamer…
Microsoft, Sony will Launch Competing Virtual Worlds
Microsoft is raising Xbox 360 forecasts in Japan amid rumors Sony might drop the price of its PlayStation 3 even more. Meanwhile, Microsoft is planning to release an Xbox 360 with a Blu-ray drive, putting it on more equal digital-media footing with its main rival.
And as the holiday shopping season approaches, Sony and Microsoft are preparing to l…
SlingCatcher Outruns Digital Media Boxes
On Thursday, Sling Media pushed out its latest innovation — the SlingCatcher. The SlingCatcher lets customers watch online video from a diverse spectrum of sites on the Web, including network television venues like ABC.com, video subject matter sites like Hulu.com and CollegeHumor.com, community video sites like YouTube, and even online movie…
Rumors Have Apple Offering an $800 MacBook
The Web is percolating rumors that a new Apple laptop is in the works with an $800 price tag. Currently, Apple lists its lowest-priced MacBook at $1,099.
The intense speculation was fueled by an Apple e-mail inviting reporters to attend an Oct. 14 media event hosted by CEO Steve Jobs, at which he is expected to tout a notebook lineup refresh. Tech…
T-Mobile BlackBerry Pearl Flip close to launch?
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It’s not the RIM BlackBerry Storm or the BlackBerry Bold, but it looks like the RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 might be nearing its re…
It’s official: Apple to talk laptops on October 14
The official invite just popped up in our mailboxes for Apple’s long-rumored October 14 press event in Cupertino, Calif. The big picture of a laptop and the headline, “The spotlight turns to notebooks,” leaves us with a pretty clear notion of what Steve Jobs and company will be talking …
Orginal post by Dan Ackerman
