Sony Buys Gracenote For $260 Million
Sony has purchased Gracenote, a content identification service, for $260 million. Gracenote is involved with several content identification and metadata services and its technology is now integrated into a broad range of computer applications and consumer electronics products. Gracenote, formerly CDDB, maintains a database of information about music and uses it in a variety of applications, including identifying tracks, finding...
Apple Files Patent For Personal Media Player Laser Video Headset
Apple has filed a patent application for a laser-based video headset to use with its portable media players, as well as the iPhone. The biggest complaint, including ours, with today’s unwieldy headset displays is their heft. Wearing a visual headset feels more like donning a motorcycle helmet instead of looking like Geordi La Forge due to the back light and mini screens. However, Apple has developed a new method of displaying...
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