Monthly Archives: February 2012

What It Was Was Television

Written on February 29, 2012 at 2:58 pm, by

  Did Thomas Edison predict television? According to some histories, the answer is yes, and the evidence is the image below, published on December 9, 1878 and captioned “Edison’s Telephonoscope […]  More

ESPN Adds Bill Polian, Chris Evert to On-Air Talent Pool

Written on February 29, 2012 at 10:47 am, by

ESPN has added two familiar names to its talent pool this week, bringing aboard former Indianapolis Colts Vice Chairman Bill Polian and tennis great Chris Evert to provide on-air analysis […]  More

All The Tech News Fit To Parody

Written on February 29, 2012 at 5:56 am, by

Just like with January’s Valley View (see Tech News: It’s All A Joke), InformationWeek editorial director Fritz Nelson used this month’s episode as a platform for irreverence, ridicule, falsification of […]  More

Dolby Expands From Audio Into Imaging Via HDR Technology

Written on February 28, 2012 at 7:53 pm, by

PCmag.com reports that Dolby Laboratories has begun moving into the imaging space with a technology called JPEG-HDR, which it has reportedly licensed to Qualcomm. The format allows high-dynamic range images […]  More

Kansas City May Become Epicenter of Google's Big TV Disruption

Written on February 28, 2012 at 7:46 pm, by

TechNewsWorld.com reports on speculation that Google is going to disrupt yet another industry — this time cable television — is circulating, prompted by an application the search engine giant filed […]  More

Standards Leader Blasts HTML5 Video Copy Protection

Written on February 28, 2012 at 7:41 pm, by

CNET.com reports that Ian Hickson, editor of the HTML standard, declared that a DRM Web video from Microsoft, Google, and Netflix would be unethical and ineffectual. Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57384129-264/standards-leader-blasts-html5-video-copy-protection/#ixzz1nj8PEqQm  More

Tanzania: TV Stations to Switch-Over to New Digital Early Next Year

Written on February 28, 2012 at 7:40 pm, by

AllAfrica.com reports that the usage of analog systems ends at midnight on December 31st this year, according to the government’s announcement.The changes will affect the whole East African region but […]  More

TNT Brings New Tech Tricks to NBA All-Star

Written on February 28, 2012 at 2:52 pm, by

TNT’s production of the NBA All-Star Weekend from the Amway Center in Orlando featured new toys, enhancements to old favorites, and core production techniques that the network has refined over […]  More

Rain Delays, Mutes Daytona 500

Written on February 28, 2012 at 1:10 pm, by

Thanks to persistent rains over central Florida, NASCAR’s opening number, the Daytona 500, sounded a bit different when it ran on Monday night after a 36-hour delay. That slightly different […]  More

ESPNsoccernet Launches Mobile App

Written on February 28, 2012 at 11:37 am, by

ESPNsoccernet is launching a new mobile application to give fans access to its content wherever they are. The app, which will initially launch in English, is available to download on […]  More

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