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1. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

   ... in 1977.    This service, which just received a massive amount of funding  from AT&T, Warner Brothers and others , is on the cusp of turning the entire PC and Console gaming market ...

2. WiMax in Las Vegas now, coming to Macs on August 17

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   ... Sprint, Google, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks, today announced that it has begun offering WiMax mobile broadband service in Las Vegas with a coverage area of 638 square miles. According ...

3. Warner offers Blu-ray alternative to desperate HD-DVD owners

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Warner Home Video has announced a new $4.95 trade-in program (not including shipping) in the hopes of enticing desperate HD-DVD owners to purchase Blu-Ray movies. Los Angeles (CA) - Warner Home Video ...

4. Video-on-Demand available in HD via Amazon

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Amazon expanded its Video on Demand service on Tuesday to include more than  500 HD television shows and movies from Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Universal ...

5. Time Warner pitches $150 per month unlimited Internet

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   There is little doubt that Time Warner Cable has taken a lead role in figuring out how much consumers are willing to pay for extra bandwidth and we are slowly getting a better idea how much it may cost ...

6. Are you ready for cloud gaming?

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... many games will be available through the service. The platform is currently supported by Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive Software, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, THQ, Epic Games, ...

7. Internet Protocol TV World Forum coming later this month

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   ... TV service and it's high-quality broadcasts, which will additionally offer streaming service (such as the future of Time Warner Cable, and other Satellite and Cable providers), in addition to still maintaining ...

8. Google exec becomes AOL Chairman and CEO

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... a transition period. Time Warner Chairman and CEO, Jeff Bewkes, said in the press release:"Tim is the right executive to move AOL into the next phase of its evolution. At Google, Armstrong helped ...

9. US cable companies: Web TV coming to the cloud this summer

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Comcast and Timer Warner were negotiating with cable networks such as USA, MTV and TNT in an attempt to put broadcast shows from those channels online. ...

10. Do we actually need a disc? Blu-Ray's future uncertain

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last January, Warner Brothers made the decision to withdraw support for the HD-DVD video disc, thus delivering the future of at-home entertainment ...

11. Time Warner and Viacom reach agreement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Los Angeles (CA) - Time Warner Cable and Bright House Network customers will not lose MTV, VHA, Nickelodeon, Spike TV and 15 other channels thanks to a recent agreement between the cable companies and ...

12. DVD sales plummet, last chance for Blu-ray this Christmas

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... – and hope that Blu-ray will finally become mainstream – or disappear. Time Warner-owned Warner Bros., the largest distributor of DVDs, said DVD sales dived about 4% this year and it appears that especially ...

13. Lala's music service tries one more time

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... music industry. The first offered a CD mail-swapping service with the same business concept as Netflix in 2006. The second came in 2007 with a service that offered free streaming music from the Warner ...

14. The 20 most anticipated video games for the 2008 Christmas shopping season

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... responsibility is to save the Jacinto Plateau, one of the only remaining safe harbors for humans, to do this one must take on a war with the Locust. Read on the next page: 6-10 6. Lego Batman (Warner ...

15. Five reasons why WiMax is not convincing just yet

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... no choice Simple: No competition for any technology is bad. Clearwire, Xohm and other stakeholders in the company (Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable, Google and Brighthouse) control the only WiMax network ...

16. PS3 expected to remain the driving force behind Blu-ray sales

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... market – Warner holds 18.8%, followed by Fox (15.3%), Sony (13.5%), Paramount (13.4%), Disney (13.1%) and Universal (10.7%).   Read on the next page HDTVs and DVD players, video games     ...

17. U.S. broadband: Desperate ideas of an industry that resists change

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Opinion - Reading about broadband giants and their ideas how to fairly distribute Internet bandwidth to its customers over the past two weeks got me thinking. Following Time Warner Cable and Comcast, ...

18. Time Warner curbs Internet usage

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      In an effort to curb massive bandwidth usage by its customers, Time Warner Cable has come up with a new old idea – to put a cap on your download volume each month. If you are over that limit, ...

19. DVDs come under pressure from the-same-day iTunes digital releases

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... both new releases and catalog titles will be available from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, ...

20. Verizon sues Time Warner over television ads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    New York (NY) – Verizon is a bit miffed at Time Warner’s new television ads and has filed a lawsuit to get them off the air.  Verizon claims the ad misrepresents its FIOS fiber optic service and ...

21. Sony details next-gen Blu-ray players

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... movies.  For example, instead of an audio director's commentary track, the film could have a small video box where you actually see the director talking. At the beginning of the year, Warner Bros ...

22. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... movies.   However, the end of HD DVD came very quick and its fate was decided by a few serious blows. In early 2008, Warner Bros. said it would abandon HD DVD. Soon, several retailers, most importantly ...

23. Industry publications hint at Toshiba dropping HD DVD

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... after a huge multi-year investment in helping create and support it. Though HD DVD has seen a series of blows over the past several months, the last month has been especially bad.  Warner Bros and ...

24. HD DVD: Time to quit?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... if you look at it, the pendulum started moving towards Blu-ray only two months ago. Right before CES 2008, Warner Home Video announced that it would begin backing Blu-ray exclusively (even if HD DVD support ...

25. Update: Blu-ray and HD DVD support demystified

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... both high-def standards to HD DVD exclusively.  Unfortunately for the fledgling format, though, Blu-ray grew back stronger from that and recently gained exclusive support from Warner Bros, another ...

26. Warner extends HD DVD support

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Warner Home Video announced this week that it will continue to release titles on HD DVD for three weeks longer than it originally anticipated. Burbank (CA) - Warner Home Video announced this week that ...

27. "Save HD DVD" petition garners thousands of signatures

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... than three weeks after it was first put online. The petition opened up after Warner Home Video decided to drop HD DVD support and move to Blu-ray exclusively.  Warner released a subsequent statement ...

28. Blu-ray outpaces HD DVD by more than 6-to-1 last week

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... a large rate.  The second-place format was dealt a big blow a couple weeks ago when Warner Bros announced it was dropping HD DVD support, preventing the format from gaining any momentum during the ...

29. Don't say goodbye to HD DVD, yet

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... fledgling format. A couple days before the beginning of this month's Consumer Electronics Show, Warner Home Video announced it decided to support Blu-ray exclusively and end its relationship with ...

30. BBC says it will still support both high-def formats

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... Vegas, Warner Home Video announced it was dropping HD DVD support, creating mass chaos in the format war.  Since then, all HD DVD supporters have been questioned about their stance.  Even staunch ...

31. MacWorld is disappointing? Yeah right.

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... there wasn’t enough stuff and what there was you didn’t want to watch.   What a difference a year makes. Warner Brothers basically called the HD Optical fight in favor of Blu-ray but ...

32. Wrap-up: All stories and slideshows from CES 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    ...  more... Key stories Warner Home Video drops HD DVD support, backs Blu-ray exclusively In a major blow to HD DVD, Warner announced tonight that it will ...

33. Is the Consumer Electronics Show on its last leg?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Analyst Opinion - There were great events and some amazing things at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES. Warner Brothers started off by blind siding Toshiba with a move to go exclusively ...

34. New Line crosses the line to Blu-ray exclusivity

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    New Line Cinema, a sister company of Warner Bros, has confirmed that it will follow the move to go exclusively to Blu-ray Disc. Las Vegas (NV) - New Line Cinema, a sister company of Warner Bros, has confirmed ...

35. Pioneer plans to innovate plasma, in-car entertainment

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... mounted on a wall and have it literally look like part of the wall.   This press conference also gave us one of the first opportunities of CES to hear a response to Warner Home Video's decision ...

36. Warner Home Video drops HD DVD support, backs Blu-ray exclusively

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    In a major blow to HD DVD, Warner announced tonight that it will now only release high-def movie on Blu-ray Disc. The HD DVD camp has canceled its CES press event and all one-on-one press meetings as ...

37. Harry Potter Blu-ray set accidentally includes HD DVD

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... set appears to be fine. Warner, which is the only major studio to still support both high definition formats, has not announced if an exchange program will take place.  However, retailer return policies ...

38. Warner Brothers buys video game publisher

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    New York (NY) – Warner Brothers has purchased a family friendly video game developer, UK-based TT Games,  for an undisclosed sum.  The media giant will now no doubt spin off some of its ...

39. AOL moves to New York

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    AOL today said that it will be relocating its headquarters from Dulles, VA, to New York City. The company's home will not be in the Time Warner building neighboring Central Park; instead the company ...

40. Warner exec in charge of high definition DVDs steps down

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Senior VP at Warner Home Video Steve Nickerson announced that he will step down, relinquishing his position as the highest profile movie studio executive who still supported both Blu-ray and HD DVD. Burbank ...

41. Blu-ray movie sales smash HD DVD in first half of 2007

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... For HD DVD, that number is 1.5 million. The recently released Warner Bros title "300", which was released on both Blu-ray and HD DVD, outlines the current situation in the HD battle.  The ...

42. Blu-ray "300" outsells HD DVD counterpart two-to-one

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Despite a vast marketing campaign from the HD DVD camp for the multi-format release of 300, the Blu-ray version has dominated sales of the Warner Bros title. Burbank (CA) - Despite a vast marketing ...

43. Blu-ray, HD DVD topple VHS sales

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... Planet Earth. Warner's short-titled "300" is the most recent newsmaker, selling 250,000 copies on Blu-ray and HD DVD in a single week. It's still a long way before the two formats really ...

44. 300 becomes fastest-selling high-def disc

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Burbank (CA) - Warner Home Video said today that the Spartan war movie 300 is the fastest (and best) selling High-Definition disc to date. The movie, which was released last week on Blu-ray and HD DVD, ...

45. Blade Runner slated for massive five-disc Blu-ray, HD DVD release

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Warner Home Video's release of Blade Runner on the two high definition formats will set a record for the amount of content packed into a single movie title. Las Vegas (NV) - Warner Home Video's ...

46. The Departed becomes first dual HD format movie to sell 100,000 copies

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Warner Home Video announced today that its Best Picture Oscar winner, The Departed, has sold more than 100,000 copies on Blu-ray and HD DVD. Burbank (CA) - Warner Home Video announced today that its Best ...

47. EchoStar fights back against negative Comcast ads

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    In an inverted scene of the Time Warner vs. DirecTV battle earlier this year, satellite operator EchoStar has issued retaliatory remarks to Comcast ads that claim cable picture quality is better than ...

48. Hi-def Matrix goes to HD DVD this spring, Blu-ray later

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... in HD. The trilogy is also headed for a Blu-ray release, but Warner Home Entertainment did not announce a date.  The studio is likely waiting for a new Blu-ray rendering technology based on Java, ...

49. Warner bringing three new movies to HD DVD and Blu-ray

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Warner Home Entertainment has announced its latest additions to its hi-def lineup for May. Road Warrior, Battle of the Bulge, and The Fountain will hit both formats in a couple months. New York (NY) ...

50. CES 2007: Warner announces HD DVD - Blu-ray combo disc

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... HD DVD - Blu-ray player; Warner followed up late Tuesday with a hybrid hi-def disc that can be played both in HD DVD and Blu-ray players. Las Vegas (NV) - While the Blu-ray and HD DVD camps are still at ...