Fears for new digital radio system
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Using power lines for the net could disrupt a new digital radio system, a broadcasting conference hears.
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Sirius and XM issued statements that their existing radios would work with the new service they would create by merging, but will the number of channels available increase? In Listening Post.
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The electronics giant will finally support the MP3 format. Is it too little, too late?
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Ten thousand songs in your pocket. Millions of tunes on the Internet at your fingertips. And books on tape &#151; they're going down the path of vinyl records. Welcome to the new world of digital audio.
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TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts will be complete in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009, and many consumers are puzzling over how the shift will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna?
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A security researcher warned today that there are ways the sleek device could potentially be compromised.
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As a standards-setting body readies a protocol for radio frequency identification, known as RFID, a bid for royalties from a holder of critical patents has threatened to disrupt the smooth rollout of a technology that could spawn one of the decade's biggest industries.
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Reported comments from Sony exec raise doubts about launch of games handheld, which will include MP3 support.
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Giant digital displays, designed to give roadside advertisers more options for capturing drivers' eyes, encounter opposition in the face of safety concerns. By the Associated Press.
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MP3 players should carry warnings that users risk damage to their hearing, deafness experts say.
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There is growing speculation that Google is finding it harder than expected to muscle its way into the radio business.
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InfoWorld - A coalition of technology and telecommunications vendors will oppose a plan to give public safety agencies across the U.S. new wireless spectrum, saying it could jeopardize an agreement already in place that would provide spectrum for interoperable emergency communications by early 2009.
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The new iPod to be launched today will include digital radio and a 'buy now' music function, rumours suggest. By John Plunkett.
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Handset could breach corporate security if adopted before it's put to the test in the consumer market, analyst group says.
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When WHUR launched "high definition" digital radio this year, it advertised the move several times an hour on air. It slapped the "HD Radio" logo on its letterhead and employee jackets. It drove around town in a specially outfitted van inviting people to listen to the crisp, no-static sound. And it tutored consumer electronics retailers about the technology.
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O2 and Vodafone to be booted off frequencies UK regulator Ofcom has opened a consultation on the future of the 900MHz band, currently allocated to Vodafone and O2 for their 2G services, and has suggested that a technology-neutral auction might be in order for 2009.â¦
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The company behind the transistor radio and the Walkman finds itself at the precipice. If its new $600 console doesn't blow gamers away, it may be time to say sayonara. By Frank Rose from Wired magazine.