Friday, November 15, 2002

A touchscreen remote. I want it!

US loves broadband: Me 2!

Roxio snapping up Napster assets. The CD-burning software maker is acquiring virtually all the assets of Napster, the former file-swapping mania, for about $5 million in cash and stock.

Mike Berman: Palm's New Corporate Spin

Satellite Radio Cos. Report Losses: The two pioneers of the satellite radio business, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Thursday reported large third-quarter losses and difficulties in finding financing.

EchoStar's 'uphill fight' for DirecTV: Dish chairman looking for ways to satisfy feds. How about a kickback:)

Liberty Media CEO Says Company May Consider Buying DirecTV from Hughes: Chief Executive Robert Bennett said Thursday that the company would be interested in looking at an acquisition of Hughes Electronics Corp.'s DirecTV.

Bill Gates' Cascade Inv Buys 10.7 Million More Cox Communications Shares

Opentv 3rd-qtr loss $7.81 a share: OpenTV said on Thursday its third-quarter loss widened as sales were almost cut in half, attributing the results to continued weakness in the interactive TV industry. OpenTV also announced some executive changes.

David Coursey: Why Xbox Live could make a convert out of me

Taylor Howard, Pioneer in Satellite TV for the Home, 70, Dies. H. Taylor Howard, a pioneer in satellite television and a radio communications specialist for NASA, died on Wednesday when the single-engine plane he was flying crashed.

Microsoft Ready to Plug Xbox Into Internet. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - First Microsoft bet big on the Internet. Then it wagered on video games. Now, the software giant is going double-or-nothing on a combination of the two -- one it hopes will ultimately pay off in spades.

TiVo Rivals Add DVD to the Mix. The race for personalized television is heating up with new TiVo-like television recorders from Panasonic and RCA.

Online Gaming Thinks Inside Xbox. Gamers go wild in Net forums comparing Microsoft's Xbox Live, launching Friday, with Sony's online offering for PlayStation 2. The online console gaming war is far from won, but it appears Xbox has an edge.

Wi-Fi Encryption Fix Not Perfect. A new encryption standard for Wi-Fi Internet access is more secure than its predecessor, but it isn't entirely off-limits to hackers.

Slashdot: 87GB On DVD-Sized Media

Will the DVD save movies?. Film purists have long wanted to watch movies "as they were meant to be seen." With the art house all but dead, the future of film is right there in your living room.