 | AM Update (Peoria Journal Star, 7/15/2005 8:15am) |
| PEORIA - Quacky the Duck will waddle through the Shoppes at Grand Prairie on Saturday to kick off sales for the 17th annual Duck Race. Quacky, the race mascot, will be joined by staff and volunteers from the Center for Prevention of Abuse, which sponsors the race to raise money for its programs. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 Chooses FleetBroadband: HDTV and Rich Multimedia Now a Reality for Global Yacht Race (Business Wire, 3/10/2008 4:30pm) |
| LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Organizers of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 have chosen FleetBroadband to provide essential voice and data connectivity and send high-definition television (HDTV) ... (Read Full Article) |
 | HP hedges bets in Blu-ray/HDTV race (Infomatics, 12/17/2005 1:20pm) |
| HP, a one time staunch supporter of Blu-ray technology, yesterday hedged its bets in the next-generation high definition disc format race by joining the HD-DVD Promotions Group. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Death Race 3: Inferno' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/12/2012 5:00pm) |
| Frankenstein will once again be speeding to Blu-ray this January! In an early announcement to retailers, Universal Studios has revealed that 'Death Race 3: Inferno' will have a Blu-ray release on [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony HD 500 at California Speedway (BellaOnline, 8/30/2005 3:27am) |
| The History: This is the second year for a fall race at California Speedway. The first race run here was in the spring of 1997 with Jeff Gordon as the winner. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NASCAR a high-tech industry for the race-goer (Pahrump Valley Times, 4/14/2006 11:29pm) |
| FORT WORTH, Texas - Doug Darrow surveyed a throng of race-goers Sunday and said NASCAR fans may not be rich, but they have enough money to buy big high-definition television sets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Fontana II: Dale Earnhardt Jr race report (Motorsport.com, 9/05/2005 3:55pm) |
| Kyle Busch became the youngest driver ever to win a NASCAR Nextel Cup race, taking the victory in Sunday night's Sony HDTV 500 at California Speedway at the age of 20 years, four months and two days (besting the previous youngest winner by only four days). ... (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Announces 'Death Race' for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 10/28/2008 6:00pm) |
| Universal Studios has set a late-December kickstart for the action remake 'Death Race.' Starring Jason Statham, this high-octane update of the '70s cult classic will rev its engines on Blu-ray December... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Discovery Channel Brings 'Iditarod' to Blu-ray this Spring (High-Def Digest, 2/19/2009 9:30pm) |
| The "toughest race on Earth" is coming to Blu-ray, with the Discovery Channel announcing an early-April race for the documentary 'Iditarod.' Sort of the Alaskan dogsled racing version of "Amazing... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Rumor: magazine confirms new WoW Alliance race (Joystiq, 12/29/2005 9:15pm) |
| Filed under: Online , RPGs Some magazine scans have wound up on the internet, purported from the February 2006 issue of Computer Games Magazine (it's so amazing how soothsayer-like print publications can be...). The scans, if legit, reveal the new Alliance race to be included in the World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade expansion: the Draenei. According to Warcraft lore (via the ... (Read Full Article) |
| 2005 Race of Champions - in HDTV (Autoblog, 11/22/2005 8:14pm) |
| HDNet announced yesterday that it will again provide U.S. racing fans with December 3 live coverage of the Race of Champions - Nation’s Cup . The 18th annual event is the traditional end-of-season showdown for 19 selected racing and rally drivers, competing head-to-head on parallel tracks inside the Stade de France in Paris. Centrix Financial, sponsor of Team USA, selected NASCAR’s ... (Read Full Article) |
| HDNet Presents Exclusive U.S. Telecast of 2005 Race of Champions -- Nations Cup, Live from Paris December 3 (The Auto Channel, 11/21/2005 10:07pm) |
| HDNet will give U.S. racing fans an exclusive front-row seat December 3 as NASCAR superstar Jeff Gordon and X-Games champ Travis Pastrana compete in the 2005 Race of Champions -- Nations Cup, live from the famous Stade de France in Paris. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to sponsor California Labor Day weekend race (Nascar, 7/19/2005 12:58pm) |
| FONTANA, Calif. -- ... (Read Full Article) |
| Will IBM Dominate the Next-Gen Gaming Scene? (NewsFactor, 5/16/2005 8:25pm) |
| IBM is the clear winner in the race to produce the best next-generation video game console. IBM processors are at the heart of all three major consoles. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Who has the most HDTV? (Technorati, 11/07/2007 4:32pm) |
| Verizon joins the race to claim which operator has the most HDTV saying it will have 150 channels by end 2008. Directv and Comcast have been out all Fall claiming they have more HD than any one else ... (Read Full Article) |
| In DVD war, body blows for Toshiba (ZDNet Asia, 6/26/2007 3:16am) |
| Blockbuster's backing is the latest victory for Sony's Blu-ray in the high-definition DVD format race, but don't count out Toshiba just yet. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Cat. 8' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 7/24/2013 6:00pm) |
| The race to stop the end of the world begins on Blu-ray in August. In an early announcement to retailers, Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment is preparing 'Cat. 8' for Blu-ray on August 13. When government [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Sony starts engines with NASCAR race (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance, 7/18/2005 8:31pm) |
| On Monday, Sony Electronics Inc. signed a letter of intent to be the title sponsor of the Labor Day weekend ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Vehicle 19' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 7/09/2013 6:00pm) |
| Paul Walker will race against police corruption in this thriller steering toward Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Ketchup Entertainment is preparing 'Vehicle 19' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| ITU Lifts Lid on Faster Internet Broadcasting (RedNova, 6/01/2005 11:38am) |
| THE International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has raised the starting gate on a race between the telecoms operators to provide home entertainment, such as internet TV, via telephone lines. ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD claims the brand advantage (PC Advisor, 8/16/2005 12:27pm) |
| Never underestimate the power of a name. That's the single greatest point I took from a recent study offered up in support of HD-DVD, one of two competing formats in the race for a next-generation disc format with the capacity required for high-definition content. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Texas Instruments spends millions to sell TV technology via NASCAR (San Antonio Express News, 4/11/2006 5:07am) |
| Doug Darrow surveyed a throng of race-goers Sunday and said NASCAR fans may not be rich, but they have enough money to buy big high-definition TV sets. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NASCAR NOTES (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10/23/2005 4:21am) |
| HOT STREAK: Elliott Sadler is starting to get used to the front-row view. Sadler qualified on the pole for tomorrow's UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, the third straight race in which he'll start on the front row. ... (Read Full Article) |
| NASCAR NOTES (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10/14/2005 7:01am) |
| HOT STREAK: Elliott Sadler is starting to get used to the front-row view. Sadler qualified on the pole for tomorrow's UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, the third straight race in which he'll start on the front row. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Amsterdam architects join race to build 3D-printed house (CNET Blogs, 3/26/2013 7:51pm) |
| DUS Architects announces plans for a two-story canal house built by the firm's mobile printing facility that lives in a shipping container. (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Google Chromecast Review: A Little Dongle With Big Potential (Gizmodo, 7/29/2013 6:49pm) |
| Over the past few years, manufacturers have been packing more and more features into their televisions—from 3D picture to web browsing—in an industry-wide arms race to differentiate. It [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Cable Analysts Long to Be Ignored (Light Reading, 4/06/2005 10:05pm) |
| SAN FRANCISCO National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) Conference -- Wall Street remains unconvinced that the RBOCs will win the race to provide a quadruple play of voice, video, data, and wireless services to U.S. households, according to a panel here Tuesday. (Read Full Article) |
| MPEG-only bows out of codecs race; H.264 and VC-1 still contending (Electronic Engineering Times Asia, 3/06/2005 9:06pm) |
| Facing the inevitability of multiple audio/visual codecs required in new-generation digital set tops, Broadcom Corp. said Thursday (March 3) it will stop developing MPEG-only chips by the second quarter of this year. (Read Full Article) |
| Sharp trumpets 108-inch LCD TV, world wonders why (Engadget, 1/07/2007 8:41pm) |
| Filed under: CES, HDTV, Home EntertainmentSharp's just gone and announced the biggest LCD TV that the world has ever seen. Yes, this even beats out that 103-inch plasma we spotted about a year ago. Why anyone even cares about this horse race, we're not really sure -- but you can bet that one of these will probably end up on a future episode of "Pimp My Ride." Nevertheless, we'll post more pic ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Partners With NASCAR and Solidifies California Labor Day Race Entitlement (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/01/2005 12:00pm) |
| Bolstering its leadership role in high-definition television, Sony Electronics announced it has become the Official Consumer Electronics Partner of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing . ... (Read Full Article) |
| Google Sponsors $30 Million Moon Contest (The San Francisco Examiner, 9/13/2007 10:08pm) |
| The race to the moon won't be easy or cheap. Teams have to raise money to build a roaming spacecraft that will be tough enough to survive a landing and have the smarts to complete a set of tasks. Each rover must also be equipped with high-definition video and still cameras to document the journey. ... (Read Full Article) |
| MPEG-only bows out of codecs race; H.264 and VC-1 still contending (EE Times, 3/03/2005 11:08pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland — Facing the inevitability of multiple audio/visual codecs required in new-generation digital set tops, Broadcom Corp. said Thursday (March 3) it will stop developing MPEG-only chips by the second quarter of this year. (Read Full Article) |
| MPEG-only bows out of codecs race; H.264 and VC-1 still contending (EE Times UK, 3/04/2005 12:49pm) |
| DUBLIN, Ireland — Facing the inevitability of multiple audio/visual codecs required in new-generation digital set tops, Broadcom Corp. said Thursday (March 3) it will stop developing MPEG-only chips by the second quarter of this year. (Read Full Article) |
| Entrisphere Scores $75M Round (Light (Light Reading, 5/09/2005 1:27pm) |
| In the race to drive profitable carrier services down last-mile access networks, Entrisphere Inc. has just topped off its tank with a whopping $75 million Series C financing round, its third in five years (see Entrisphere Closes $75M Round). ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dirty Mary Crazy Larry / Race with the Devil' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/25/2013 6:00pm) |
| An action-packed double feature starring Academy Award-nominee Peter Fonda will be racing to Blu-ray in June! In an early announcement to retailers, Shout Factory will be bringing 'Dirty Mary Crazy [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Wheelman fuels up with premium DLC on 360 today, PS3 May 7 (Joystiq, 5/04/2009 9:29pm) |
| Midway's Ubisoft's middle-of-the-road Vin Diesel action vehicle, Wheelman, gets its first (only?) round of DLC on Xbox 360 today in the form of six new "Street Showdown" missions. Two "packs" are available: a 400 ($5) collection of five "premium" races and a free pack of ... one race. (Ah yes, the budget-friendly "1-pack.")We know you're excited, PS3 owners, but you'll have to wait unt ... (Read Full Article) |
| DTC Research Reports: Commanding Control of Entertainment Content Is Critical Next Step for Owning the Digital Living (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 6/20/2005 2:00pm) |
| How soon companies can protect digital content is the next big hurdle to overcome in the multi-billion-dollar race to control the living room - even more than licensing the content, according to the newest market report from Digital Tech Consulting . ... (Read Full Article) |
| TSN to show NASCAR Busch Series in 2007 (TSN, 1/11/2007 4:34pm) |
| TSN will be the home of NASCAR Busch Series races in 2007 following a multi-year agreement to become the exclusive Canadian broadcaster of the stock car series. Under the deal, 35 NASCAR Busch Series races will be seen in High Definition including the Series' first ever race in Montreal this August. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Reuters: PlayStation 3 catching up to Wii in Japan; Us: not really (Joystiq, 7/03/2008 9:29am) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii
While elsewhere in the world, the Wii has little trouble outpacing its competition - with nearly 25 million units sold worldwide, nearly double the PS3's 13 million and a solid 25% lead on the Xbox 360's 20 million in sales - in Japan, it's a two console race (sorry, Xbox). In a piece headlined "Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales," Reu ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed 3DS drives, flies and floats in February (Joystiq, 2/04/2013 10:00pm) |
| Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed for 3DS took the "slow and steady" approach in its race to retail, with Sega announcing it'll [...] (Read Full Article) |
| #96 DLP(R) HDTV Chevrolet to Hit Tracks for First Time at Daytona 500 (SYS-CON Media, 2/15/2006 3:48pm) |
| Texas Instruments (TI) today announced its sponsorship plans surrounding the race debut of the #96 DLP HDTV Chevrolet through Hall of Fame Racing at the Daytona 500. In addition to the primary sponsorship of Hall of Fame Racing's #96 Chevrolet with its DLP HDTV technology, TI will introduce a mobile marketing unit that will educate fans on the benefits of high-definition television (HDTV) for ... (Read Full Article) |
| Book covers creation of PS3's Cell processor, how Microsoft cribbed it for Xbox (Joystiq, 12/31/2008 5:00pm) |
| Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business
Written by two designers of the Cell processor, The Race for a New Game Machine, is a new book covering the creation of Sony's ambitious PlayStation 3 chip, and how Microsoft got a hold of its architecture for the Xbox 360. The Wall Street Journal, which gave a rather gloomy forecast for the PS3 earlier this week, has an exte ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'MEDIA-TECH 3rd Generation Forum' - HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc Presentations at MEDIA-TECH Expo in Las Vegas (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 4/14/2005 5:04pm) |
| The race of the two competing third generation optical disc formats, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, will enter its next round at the upcoming MEDIA-TECH Expo in Las Vegas, May 10 - 12. In the "MEDIA-TECH 3rd Generation Forum," both camps will present their technologies at this, the leading annual tradeshow for the media manufacturing industry. (Read Full Article) |
| Fujitsu Hitachi introduces World's Smallest 1080p Plamsa HDTV (Addict 3D, 12/09/2005 6:06am) |
| Fujitsu Hitachi beats Panasonic in the race for the world's smallest full HDTV resolution (1920x1080pixels) Plasma TV. In October Panasonic took the lead with a 50 inch 1080p Plasma HDTV. Fujitsu Hitachi announced now a 42 inch 1080p Plasma HDTV. ... (Read Full Article) |
| $135,000 Blu-ray Disc Player Revealed (About.com, 9/10/2009 1:00pm) |
| Although the race has been on by most manufacturers to make Blu-ray Disc players more affordable, some manufacturers, such as Denon, Lexicon, and Marantz have actually been bucking this trend by introducing very high-priced units. Now comes word that high-end manufacturer Goldmund is taking Blu-ray Disc player pricing to the absolute extreme by offering 50 "lucky" consumers the chance to by a Blu-ray Disc player (EIDOS REFERENCE BLUE) priced at $135,000! For all the details, plus some great photos, check out the report from Ultimate AV as well as Goldmund's Official Product Page and User Manual for the EIDOS REFERENCE BLUE. (Read Full Article) |
