Time Warner to shed cable business, struggles continue
In a move that may have serious implications on the possibility of a future AOL + Yahoo pairing, Time Warner said Wednesday that it will be spinning off its cable division.
Time Warner owns about 84 percent of the cable provider, and its CEO said in a statement that a "complete structural separation" will be in the best interest of its shareholders.
British group releases 3G phone unlocking mod
A company known as 24/7 Mobile Solutions has made available a chip which the company claims to be able to unlock any 3G phone.
To install the SIMable mod, the user must punch a hole in his SIM card with the provided cutting device, and then sandwich the chip and the SIM together in the handset.
When will the Blu-ray market 'kick into gear?'
Although not everyone agrees with the prediction, analysts at ABI Research are now saying that the Blu-ray high definition DVD market won't "kick into gear" for another 12 to 18 months.
Until prices reach the $200 level for full-featured players, people who don't own HDTVs will "certainly favor standard DVD players" over Blu-ray drives, according to a report issued by the industry analyst firm.
Telecom firm turns to open source model for its VoIP platform
Companies are beginning to transition away from traditional phone lines towards voice over IP technology, but several price and support-related issues haven't made it as cost effective as it could be.
To help combat these growing cost and support issues, Fonality released a new program for validating other companies' components for use with its VoIP software platform, citing what it calls an "open source ecosystem." The interoperability program could potentially make it easier for companies to deploy a working VoIP system by giving them more choices.
Judge reverses himself, finds placing MP3s in a public folder isn't 'sharing'
An August 2007 ruling from an Arizona district court says that placing files in a folder shared over a P2P network constitutes "dissemination." Today, the same judge, in the same trial, reversed his own reasoning.
In a complete 180-degree backtrack from his own decision last August, and a clear victory for the defendants in the near term, an Arizona district court judge today dismissed record labels' motion for summary judgment against a man who claims certain music tracks were shared with others through the KaZaA network by accident.
Roxio gains foothold in online photo sharing with Simple Star
IBM quietly takes a stake in Spansion's racetrack memory
After quietly taking an equity stake in two-year-old startup flash memory manufacturer Spansion, IBM now plans to augment its own still emerging, futuristic "racetrack" memory with flash memory dubbed MirrorBit.
IBM envisions its highly non-volatile, endlessly rewritable racetrack memory (RM) technology as capable of storing 3,500 movies on a single handheld MP3 player within the next decade. Now, under a cross-licensing deal officially announced today, IBM will work with the world's #1 producer of NOR flash memory, Spansion, to produce RM.
The Frog lives: Warner resurrects The WB online in beta form
Today, Warner has announced that it will be bringing back The WB as a free, ad-supported online video network to showcase original Studio 2.0 content as well as offer hit WB shows from that networks' -- and others' -- past.
Launching in beta at the beginning of May, TheWB.com will offer free full-length episodes of The OC, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, and Everwood, as well as the current CW show Smallville -- considered by many TV analysts The CW's only actual "hit," in very relative terms.
Future Cray supercomputers will have Intel Xeon processors
An Intel spokesperson confirmed to BetaNews this morning that an alliance between the manufacturer and Cray Inc. will lead to future Cray supercomputers being endowed with Intel Xeon processors.
Itanium processors -- which are designed with explicit parallelism from the outset will not be involved in this partnership, according to Intel spokesperson Nick Knupffer. Instead, the partnership will center around what Knupffer described as "Cray's interconnect to Intel's future generations of processor technology."
Karaoke to become a keynote beta feature of MySpace
In what could either be described as the next innovation in two-way media streaming or Simon Cowell's worst nightmare made real, the world's leading social network site is launching a karaoke service.
Today marks the launch of the first public beta of MySpace Karaoke, a service that enables members to sing along with instrumental tracks and share the results with other members.
World-class stealing: Grand Theft Auto IV makes its global premiere
Rockstar Games/Take-Two Interactive have released the fourth installment of the popular Grand Theft Auto series for the Xbox 360 and PS3 -- easily the most important episode thus far for the fate of its publisher.
Sales of this game could help shareholders resist EA's $2 billion dollar takeover bid, as well as increase trading value of the company's stock. Already this morning, the company's value rose 17 cents a share in NASDAQ trading.
Comcast business customers get free speed boost
The CATV provider's Business Class Internet service is increasing its speeds to 16 Mbps download/2 Mbps upload nationwide at no additional cost to subscribers.
Previously, these speeds were only attainable when the company's PowerBoost speed enhancement was active in the "Enhanced" package deal.
Jajah to handle voice calling in Yahoo Messenger
In a move that could greatly expand the customer base of the growing voice over IP provider, Jajah has inked a deal to power the calling features in Yahoo's Messenger client.
Yahoo is making use of Jajah's new Managed Services offering, in which companies can outsource their Internet calls through Jajah's. Jajah handles the infrastructure, customer service and payments, taking a cut of revenues in the process.
Rogers confirms it will offer iPhone in Canada (again)
After jumping the gun last year in announcing a deal with Apple for the iPhone, Rogers is once again letting customers know it has struck a deal with the company.
Rogers issued press release about a year ago claiming it would be the exclusive provider for the iPhone in Canada -- not surprising since it is the sole major GSM provider in the country -- but later, the statement was retracted.
Centercode seeks mobile phone beta testers for study
Beta testing firm Centercode is seeking individuals that work or live in the greater New York Metropolitan area to help in a study related to mobile phone service. Although no new products will actually be tested, the study is a chance to help improve signal quality for both calls and data.
Those who participate in this test will also be eligible to join future beta tests held by Centercode, which works with companies such as Adobe, Apple and Palm. Requirements for the study are an active cellular plan with 600 or more prime time minutes. This test will consist of using the phone to perform various tasks and reporting on the successes and failures.
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