The News Review:
- DivX Appoints Markus Moenig as Chief Technology fficer.
- Roundup: pera Mobile picks Google for search ‘Quarterlife’ flops…
- Toshiba launches even more wares in Ware
- PC World Pricing | 4GB Flash Voyager GT USB Flash DriveUser Reviews
- Review: Sony Walkman NWZ-A818 portable media player
- Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player Sees UK Launch
DivX Appoints Markus Moenig as Chief Technology fficer.
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 27, 2008
DivX Appoints Markus Moenig as Chief Technology fficer. (27-FEB-08) Business Wire. a digital media company (NASDAQ: DIVX) today announced the appointment of Markus Moenig.
Roundup: pera Mobile picks Google for search ‘Quarterlife’ flops…
Industry Standard – The Industry Standard – Feb 27, 2008
2008 Tags Business & FinanceBusiness and Technology Comments 0 Like the story? Get Alerts of big news events. Enter your email address Daily Weekly Qualified 3rd PartiesHere’s the latest action:1) pera’s mobile web browser picks Google for search2) Web-bourne show ‘Quarterlife’ bombs on NBC3) Zoho updates it’s online writer4) Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope is revealed5) Panther Express a NY start-up gets funding6) AngryJournalist. com allows writers to vent7) Drama amid the DivX shutdown of Stage 6… ne rule: no real names. ”Drama amid the DivX shutdown of Stage6 – Everything seemed set for DivX to spin-off Stage6 last year and get it a $27 million round of funding in the process. However when it came time to vote in November the DivX board nixed the deal. A massive battle of egos killed the deal. Relationships within the company badly strained DivX simply decided to shut down Stage6 throwing out millions of dollars in revenue in the process. Naturally investors are not happy.
Toshiba launches even more wares in Ware
Inquirer – Feb 27, 2008
This was along with two all-on-one DVD recorders andVCRs the D-VR18DT and RD-XV48DT. The DVD players come in with a range of key features for the new line-up. This starts with the entry level SD280E building on from their previouslysuccessful SD270 now with Multi-format DivX MP3 JPEG and Hi Res ProgressiveScan. The mid-range SD480E has the same functions as the SD280E but is alsoaccompanied by a HDMI output DVD up-scaling to 1080p and their CEC REGZA link. And the highest in the series the SD580E having all of the previous abilitiesmentioned plus a USB socket.
PC World Pricing | 4GB Flash Voyager GT USB Flash DriveUser Reviews
PC World – Feb 27, 2008
6lexar jd firefly 4g —— 2:53 — 20. 5lexar jd firefly 1g —— 2:34 — 10. 4Kingston DataTrav 4g — 3:15 — 16. 1WD Passport 160GB —- 0:29 — 34. 4Corsair Voyager GT 4g – 0:42 — 23. 1**Read speeds measured using Divx movie 716376 KB (699 MB)**verall Rating.
Review: Sony Walkman NWZ-A818 portable media player
infoSync World – Feb 27, 2008
264 and MPEG-4 videos which are common enough but with only two formats supported the NWZ-A818 falls short here. Attempts to import files encoded with the popular DivX codec onto the NWZ-A818 result in the MTP immediately transcoding the file for playback onto the device. We’ve documented how slow the process is and how terrible the resulting video quality was when this happened with the.
Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player Sees UK Launch
TrustedReviews – Feb 27, 2008
1 compliance) there is the presence of dual audio and video decoders and on-board storage although sadly no Ethernet port for accessing online content or for easy Firmware upgrades. Elsewhere 1080p output and 24fps playback are also supported as is Dolby DTS and the BD30 will also play media off an SD card including the camcorder-friendly AVCHD codec. DivX content can also be played which puts the player perfectly in competition with the best available Profile 1. 1-compliant alternative: Sony’s PlayStation 3. Currently the player is listed for about £350 with Amazon suggesting it will ship within the next couple of months which is brilliantly specific. Hopefully that’s a gross overestimate of the actual likely delay on availability.