http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/news Latest news, updated every five minutes http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/519763.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:52:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/18066 In 2003 the satellite TV market was pretty cutthroat, and retailers would do almost anything to have an edge on the competition. In the case of Web retailers Miami-based Rapid Satellite and Weaknees in LA, that anything included a denial of service hack attack that took their sites offline.Now the FBI is looking for a Brit, Graham Walker, and a German, Axel Gembe, in connection with the attack. If convicted, they’re looking at 15 years in jail, the BBC reports. Two others, Jay Echouafni and Paul Ashley, have already been charged wRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/151547 Web TV is everywhere online these days; these sites aggregate, organize, or host great-looking online video content of all kinds. Well, almost all kinds. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-17938_105-10055893-1.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Media Center service Boxee now runs on the AppleTV, with some hacks of course. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:25:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/518815.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:36:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/18017 Giving T-Mobile customers yet another phone catered to “active lifestyles,” Motorola on Wednesday brought its new W450 Motoactv handset to the network. Sporting a ruggedized rubber exterior and preinstalled first-aid information, Motorola has aimed the phone squarely at users who fancy themselves outdoorsy types.Unlike the new Casio Boulder and a handful of other outdoorsRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:35:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/18000 Back in 2006, Norway's consumer Ombudsmen sided with critics that claimed the Norwegian version of the iTunes store violated consumers' rights by tying content purchased there to Apple's iPods and iTunes software. (Presumably, that would now be extended to include things like the iPhone and Apple TV.) The issue may have falling off the international radar, but Norway hasn't forgotten about it: the consumer Ombudsman Björn Erik Thon is taking Apple before Norway's Market Council in an effort to get the company to open up the iTunes store to devices other than the iPod.Apple has until November 3 to respond to the complaintRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:15:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/2300-1041_3-6246799-1.html?part=ecoustics-cnet The electronics show in Japan is chock full of nifty stuff, from skinny TVs and phones that unlock cars to a Hello Kitty promo for Windows Home Server. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:45:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-17938_105-10054183-1.html?part=ecoustics-cnet At CES the company expressed skepticism about the organic thin TVs getting bigger and mass produced. At Ceatec, he hints it could take longer than previously thought. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:22:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/518308.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:27:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17993 Germany's Nero AG has announced Nero LiquidTV/TiVo PC, a new product that includes a TV Tuner and remote control…and software that brings the features of a TiVo set-top box to an ordinary PC. Although PC-based DVR capabilities are nothing new, the product marks the first time TiVo's interface and functions have been made available for ordinary computers."Nero has done a superb job of bringing the TiVo experience to the PC, and have done so in a way that lives up to the rich TiVo legacy," said TiVo CEO Tom Rogers, in a statement. "To be able to extend the features of TiVo to a new platform without compromising the intRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/518073.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:51:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17983 If you’ve ever had fantasies of being a real James Bond, Facebook might be the best place to start that new career. Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service – better known as MI6, the organization that runs agents abroad – has begun advertising for recruits on the social networking site, a big turnaround from the times (quite recent times, in fact) when it would quietly look for the qualified among Oxford and Cambridge graduates, and following up on radio and TV ads, according to the Guardian.MI6 is using three ads that appear when Facebook users contact each other. One reads:Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:00:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-17938_105-10053033-1.html?part=ecoustics-cnet The blog TUAW.com says that it has received word from an Apple reseller that suggests something is afoot with the Apple TV device. Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:06:32 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1035_3-10052944-94.html?part=ecoustics-cnet After five years of co-branding with Dish Networks, AT&T has decided that the grass must be greener on the other side. Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:29:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/517682.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:23:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1023_3-10052220-93.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Increasingly Americans are watching more TV shows online. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:35:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/517615.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:52:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1023_3-10050953-93.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Bloomberg Television joins NBC Universal and Dish Network in showing ads delivered with Google's technology. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:09:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17960 Market analysis firm Gartner says the number of IPTV subscribers—folks who subscribe to video services delivered over the Internet—is on pace to reach a total of 19.6 million subscribers worldwide by the end of 2008, which would represent a 64.1 percent increase over 12 million IPTV users in 2007. Gartner also projects that the IPTV market will represent $4.5 billion in business during 2008 (a 93.5 percent increase over 2007) and will climb all the way up to $19 billion by 2012.The new figures mean, statistically speaking, just over one percent of all households worldwide will subscribe to IPTV services. If GartnerRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17958 Social networking giant MySpace has finally unveiled MySpace Music, it's long-gestating digital music service that will compete with the likes of Rhapsody and Apple's market-leading iTunes service. And MySpace Music managed to pull a last-minute coup, bringing all four major music publishers on board (including EMi, which had been holding out) along with Sony and Michael Jackson's Sony/ATV and independent music distributor The Orchard.Although MySpace Music emphasized the current debut is just the first phase of its business plans, the new service offer free and unlimited ad-supported audio streaming, free playlist functionality, discograpRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:30:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13845_3-10050776-58.html?part=ecoustics-cnet It's rare enough to find a regular 22-inch monitor in this price range, so the built-in tuner is icing on the cake. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:24:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1023_3-10050649-93.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Maker of the Netflix Player is working to allow its set-top box to stream content from any provider to users' TVs, Roku's CEO said Wednesday. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:56:27 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/517143.html Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:05:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17952 Although home theater fans may scoff at smaller displays that due double-duty as PC monitors, there's no denying to appeal of combo units for folks who are tight on space—for instance, in dens, children's bedrooms, dorm rooms, or one of those oh-so-tiny trendy studio lofts. For folks who are tight on space, ViewSonic has introduced its N2201W 3-in-1 display, combining a high-definition LCD television, DVD player, and PC monitor in one device."The N2201w's dual functionality provides customers convenience and value by adding a digital television to their home that will compliment any room," said ViewSonic'sRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:45:00 -0400