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New Sony president admits consumer misses
Mar 24 2005 8:23PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp.'s engineering prowess helped the company develop an array of nifty products but those gadgets often failed to appeal to consumers, the electronics maker's new president said Thursday.
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File-Sharing case worries Indie artists
Mar 24 2005 8:21PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Recording industry executive Andy Gershon sees opportunity in the online file-sharing networks that most of his rivals decry as havens for music pirates. As president of V2 Records, home to such established acts as The White Stripes and Moby, Gershon mines such Internet distribution channels for new fans and revenues.
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Sony releases new PlayStation Portable
Mar 24 2005 2:00PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - First "Star Wars" movies, then Harry Potter books. Now, Sony Corp.'s new PlayStation Portable is getting the midnight-release treatment reserved for the most hyped of pop culture products.
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Irish cinemas switch to digital projection
Mar 24 2005 1:48PM (CT)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - While digital projectors have been slow in making their entrance into American movie theater, Ireland is forging ahead to become the first country to convert all its movie theaters to digital projection.
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Review: Programs that manage passwords
Mar 24 2005 8:15AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Admit it: you use the same password for all Web sites. There's no use denying it. You really know better: someone could get hold of your password from an insecure site and use your identity to sell a nonexistent collection of antique garden gnomes on eBay, leaving you to face the furious buyer.
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Satellite radio battle heats up
Mar 24 2005 7:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The CD player, cruise control and heated seats are standard features on many new cars _ is the satellite radio far behind?
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Study: Fewer using peer-to-peer systems
Mar 24 2005 6:55AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Use of peer-to-peer systems like Kazaa for sharing music and other files online has dropped as more Americans who use the Internet turn to such alternative methods as downloading files from a friend's iPod, a new study finds.
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Study: Majority of DVR owners like them
Mar 24 2005 6:28AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Six percent of Americans own a TiVo or other digital video recorder and another 6 percent plan to buy one in the next year, a study finds.
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