The Council of the European Union has voted to extend copyright protection terms for sound recordings by 20 years. The move was widely supported by the recording industry, pushed through as a way to “help aging sessions musicians” by ensuring that royalties would not be cut off as the copyright holders were ready to retire. […]
Sony will begin offering a white PlayStation 3 gaming console in Europe and Australia starting in November. It includes two controllers and a 320GB hard drive. Japan received a white slim PS3 last fall, though with only one white controller included. This year Japan gets gold one. GameStop in Germany is offering the console for […]
LG late Sunday confirmed the Optimus Sol. The Android 2.3 smartphone emphasizes its outdoor credentials with what it calls an Ultra AMOLED display. Somewhat like Samsung’s Super AMOLED, the 3.8-inch screen is twice as reflective of its light and is much more visible outside than usual AMOLED, which tends to wash out in sunlight. Encouraging […]
Sony at its Gamescome keynote unveiled an unusual new PSP model as a going-away version. The unnamed new handheld will ship without Wi-Fi, but with UMD, and is intended to catch budget users. In Europe, it should cost about 99 euros ($143), or a third less than the 127 euros ($183) of the current edition. […]
Apple in an off-hand mention during its European injunction against Samsung revealed that it has also targeted Motorola and JAY-tech over their designs. The Motorola complaint argues that the Xoom looks too similar to the iPad. Its commentary didn’t mention an injunction by name but is likely to ask for the same move that has […]
The HTC Evo 3D smartphone, launched in the US just last week, will soon come to European countries. Hardware-wise, the device will differ only in that it will swap CDMA and 4G WiMAX radios for GSM and HSPA chipsets to support European networks. The handset can also be identified thanks to its gold highlights around […]
Amy Winehouse has canceled the rest of her European summer concert tour and scrapped all public performances after an embarrassing appearance in Serbia, her spokesman said Tuesday. Chris Goodman said Winehouse, who has struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, “is withdrawing from all scheduled performances” to focus on recovering. “Everyone involved wishes to do everything […]
Lenovo on Wednesday made a grab for market share on Wednesday by acquiring Medion. The buyout of the German PC builder was intended expressly to gain influence in Western Europe and should help it leapfrog multiple companies, including Apple. Its takeover would give it 14 percent of Germany and 7.5 percent of Europe, according to […]
In December, Netflix management indicated that, pending a successful entry into the Canadian market, it would push forward with international expansion outside North America. The company’s foray into Canada has been very successful and, accordingly, the company appears to be on a hiring spree in preparation for moving across the Atlantic. Reports out of Netflix’s […]
Apple’s overall mobile platform lead is larger in Europe than it is in the US, comScore found Thursday. The total iOS platform, including iPads and iPods along with the iPhone, was 116 percent larger than Android at 28.87 million devices in the continent. Android reached 13.37 million devices and 5.7 percent. Google has so far […]
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