Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Transmeta to detail reorg plan tomorrow. Blog:

Transmeta, the processor company that loses about $25 million a quarter will provide details on its reorganization plans on... [CNET News.com]
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Tokyo Tower 2 First Proposal Site Finalized.

tokyotower2.jpg imageNHK and five other Japanese broadcast-related companies have finalized on the first proposed site for "Tokyo Tower 2." Sumida Ward, best known for "that building with the golden piece of crap on top," is in eastern Tokyo. In case you were wondering why we are reporting on such a thing, Japan is planning on dropping all analog TV broadcasts by the 2011; Tokyo Tower 2 will serve as an Eye of Sauron for terrestrial digital broadcasts. The new tower is planned to be about 600 meters (~2,000 feet) tall, easily dwarfing the current Tokyo Tower at 333 meters (~1,092 feet).

Tokyo Tower 2 first proposed site decided: Sumida [ITmedia]

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12:57:44 PM    comment   

Orb Networks Client Now Free.

orb_networks.jpgJust a quick blip to mention that Orb Networks has changed their model for their Orb streaming media platform, which allows you to send your music, video, and other content from your Windows machine to any portable device with a web connection. Now, instead of paying for Orb, you'll get the client for free, and the company plans to generate revenue through hosted content partnerships (hoping that you'll download partners' content via their client, presumably).

However it works out, it's good news for you, as long as they stay in business.

Orb Networks Drops Subscription Fees, Streaming Media Service Now Free to All Users [eHomeUpgrade]

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12:57:23 PM    comment   

Entrepreneurs Set Their Sights on Flight. Air-taxi service is being built around a new class of aircraft that has benefited from the involvement and investment of tech industry executives; still others are pursuing independent efforts to build manned spacecraft. [eWEEK Technology News]
12:57:02 PM    comment   

Update: PocketMac Pushes iTunes To The Sony PSP. Tired of playing Metal Gear Acid or Lumines on the PSP? Then why not fire up iTunes? [eWEEK Technology News]
12:56:43 PM    comment   

Hop-on to Feature Two GSM Tri-Band Phones for Under 45. Hop-on.com, Inc. today announced that it will exhibit its wireless handset... [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
12:55:58 PM    comment   

MobaHO! Expands Coverage To Japan. 4Caster Real-Time H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) Encoders to Power Live Feeds for the... [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
12:55:38 PM    comment   

DoCoMo Sets Ambitious 3G Goal. IHT, 30 March 2005
DoCoMo has set a target of selling more than 20 million high-speed data handsets this year, twice the number of its customers using such services, to help win a dominant market share. "More than 80 percent of the handsets we sell this year will be 3G, and the total number of 3G subscribers will be more than our competitor for sure," Takeshi Natsuno, DoCoMo's managing director of multimedia services, said Monday in an interview. [We noted this strategic move when they announced the low-cost 700i-series in February. -- Ed.] [Wireless Watch Japan]
12:55:19 PM    comment   

Softbank Drops Lawsuit. Reuters via Yahoo!, 30 March 2005
Softbank Corp. has withdrawn a lawsuit against Japanese telecoms regulators over a slice of coveted bandwith it wanted for its planned entry into the mobile phone business, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun daily said. The business newspaper said Softbank may have dropped the suit against Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications so as not to hurt its chances for a potential business alliance with Fuji Television Network Inc. [Wireless Watch Japan]
12:48:09 PM    comment   

NEC's New Melody Chip. WWJ Editors, 30 March 2005
NEC Electronics announced the PD9971 melody chip [.jpg image] for mobile phones, which offers a 3-D positioning function with built-in real-time processing, stereo 16-bit DA converter and 128 polyphonic tones. The combination of features will help OEMs deliver dynamic sound quality with on-chip functions including pitch bend, vibrato, delay, reverb, chorus, compression and Doppler. The chip is also compatible with Mobile XMF and Standard MIDI Files (SMF). [Wireless Watch Japan]
12:47:17 PM    comment   

The Cuban Revolution. Maverick billionaire blogger Mark Cuban wants to take the film out of the film industry. And his all-digital vision is coming soon to a screen near you. By Xeni Jardin from Wired magazine. [Wired News]
12:44:57 PM    comment   

Will Cable Quell the Competition?. In a Supreme Court appeal, the cable industry teams with the FCC to argue that cable-modem broadband is distinctly different from similar telecommunications services. If the argument prevails, cable companies will be able to keep their data pipes to themselves. Michael Grebb reports from Washington. [Wired News]
12:37:27 PM    comment   

Young Entrepreneur Challenges Japan's Media Barons. By Tony McNicol: Livedoor President Takafumi Horie's audacious and unprecedented takeover of part of the Fujisankei Communications media conglomerate has all of Japan watching. [Japan Media Review]
12:33:08 PM    comment   

Pocket Mac for PSP. PSP is getting a lot of developer attention. I have posted about some earlier, but here comes another classy piece of work. PocketMac for Playstation Portable (PSP), will automatically sync Mac users digital music, photos and contacts to their PSPs. Until this product was created, Mac users had no way to sync [...] [Om Malik on Broadband]
12:32:44 PM    comment   

Spectrum-starved US prepares to feast. Broadband floodgates open [The Register]
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