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CEA Line Shows, Day 1
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 23, 2010  | 

It's hot and muggy in New York City. Fortunately, I'm spending most of my time indoors at the Consumer Electronics Association's second annual CEA Line Shows being held across 34th Street from the Empire State Building. This event is designed to give manufacturers of consumer-electronics products the opportunity to exhibit their latest wares in one venue, drastically cutting the cost of putting on separate line shows as they used to do when the economy was booming. It's a great idea that I heartily support.

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Verizon Ditches FiOS Contracts
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 22, 2010  | 
Thinking of signing up for Verizon's FiOS fiber optic TV, internet, and phone service? The company now offers a new incentive: You can get the service on a month-to-month basis, with no contract and no termination fee.
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Ken Crane's Says Goodbye
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 21, 2010  | 
A fixture of consumer electronics retailing in Southern California is closing its doors. Ken Crane's will shutter its six remaining stores and liquidate merchandise within 60 days, having already closed four others in January.
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Will Regs Kill AT&T U-Verse?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 18, 2010  | 
AT&T is considering a cutback in its rollout of next-generation U-Verse TV, internet, and phone service to homes in its service area. The Wall Street Journal reports that AT&T is blaming the specter of increased regulation from the Federal Communications Commission, which recently voted 3-2 to pursue net neutrality rules.
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DTV Transition Is a Year Old
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 17, 2010  | 
It's now been a year since the DTV transition hit its (more or less) final deadline of June 12, 2009. That was the end of analog broadcasting and the start of a bright shiny new age of digital television. Now the researchers are abuzz with intel, most of it predictable.
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Google May Take on iTunes Store
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 16, 2010  | 
Look out, iTunes. You may be about to get your most formidable competition yet with the persistent rumors that Google is preparing to launch a music download and streaming service in October.
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RoxioNow Embraces DTS
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 15, 2010  | 
Sonic Solutions' RoxioNow, which supplies the technology underlying Best Buy's CinemaNow and Blockbuster's online service, will add DTS to its platform.
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Piracy Claim Stings Warner
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 14, 2010  | 
Electronic libertarians with a taste for irony are doing spit-takes with their morning coffee over a patent snafu involving Warner Bros. A German company has sued the studio, claiming it is actively pirating an antipiracy technology.
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TiVo Patent Claim Rejected
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 11, 2010  | 
TiVo's long running battle to protect its DVR patent is seeing setbacks on two different fronts.
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2010 World Cup in 3D Begins Today
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 11, 2010  | 

Today marks the start of a new era in TV broadcasting. ESPN launched its full-time 3D channel—the first in the world—with coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer championship being held in Johannesburg, South Africa, now through July 11.

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Canada to Overhaul Copyright Law
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 10, 2010  | 
Canada's parliament is planning a wide-ranging overhaul of the nation's copyright law. And there's plenty of good news here. The proposed legislation would straightforwardly legalize many practices that consumers take for granted but that have ambiguous legal status in the U.S. However, some are critical of the fact that it also grants protected status to DRM.
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Wireless Standard Has 3D Covered
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 09, 2010  | 
Are 3D and wireless home video distribution both equally important to you? Then you'll be glad to hear that the Wireless Home Digital Interface will support all the 3D formats included in the HDMI 1.4a specifications. The updated spec will be released in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Redbox Gets the Blus
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 08, 2010  | 
Redbox will start offering Blu-ray rentals in the next few months. And the price, at $1.50 per title, is likely to turn heads.
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TV Market Recovers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 07, 2010  | 
TVs sold faster in the first quarter of this year, reports DisplaySearch. And no wonder--prices are plummeting.
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Kazaa Founders Go Legit
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 04, 2010  | 
A funny thing happened when the founders of the file sharing service Kazaa confronted music industry executives in court: They became allies. Now the guys who once facilitated illicit downloading are launching a legitimate music service called Rdio.
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