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o Apple Launches Digital Music Subscription Service, Unveils New iPods
o Chipmaker Nvidia In Tentative Deal With SEC Over Accounting Probe
o Citing Travel Concerns, Webby Awards Show Cancels Live Event
o Samsung Licenses Gracenote Song ID Technology for MP3 Player Line
o Sega Announces Video Games to be Featured at E3 Expo
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o Apple Launches Digital Music Subscription Service, Unveils New iPods
Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple Computer on Monday launched its iTunes Music
Store, the company's anticipated digital music subscription service. The
service is available to Mac users as a free download, after which all
200,000 tracks from major labels BMG, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment,
Universal and Warner may be purchased a la carte for $0.99 each.
Thirty-second previews are available for the songs, which are encoded in
Dolby's AAC audio format at 128 kbps and may be burned to an unlimited
number of CDs and transferred unlimited times to the iPod, as well as used
freely in other Apple applications like iMovie. Cupertino, Calif.-based
Apple on Monday also introduced a new line of its iPod digital music
players. The new designs are slimmer than previous models at .62 inches
and weigh 5.6 ounces. A 10GB model costs $299, while a 15GB model sells
for $399 and a new 3,500-song capacity, 30GB model is priced at $499.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030428/sfm102_1.html
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o Chipmaker Nvidia In Tentative Deal With SEC Over Accounting Probe
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Graphics chipmaker Nvidia announced on Friday that
it has reached a tentative deal with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) regarding an investigation launched into the company's
accounting practices. The SEC had been planning to take enforcement action
related to the investigation, but Nvidia said in an SEC filing that the
tentative deal's terms would not call for any fines or penalties to be
paid -- only calling for the company to cease and desist any future
violations of the securities laws in question. Santa Clara, Calif.-based
Nvidia, which makes graphics chips including the chip used in Microsoft's
Xbox game console, restated its earnings in April 2002 going back two
years, a result of accounting errors uncovered in an internal
investigation. The company said it may take months for the SEC to approve
the tentative deal, if the deal is approved at all.
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/030425/nvda10-k.html
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http://www.nvidia.com
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o Citing Travel Concerns, Webby Awards Show Cancels Live Event
San Francisco -- Organizers of The Webby Awards, an annual awards show
event recognizing the best websites in a variety of categories, has
announced that due to "concerns about travel heightened by global events,"
its seventh annual live awards show planned for June 5 has been cancelled.
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences said the Webbys
instead will be awarded over the Internet, in a ceremony whose details
have yet to be announced. The Academy said in a statement that a
"significant amount" of nominees expressed concerns about travel, and that
90 percent of this year's nominees hail from outside the Bay Area.
"Presenting the awards in San Francisco without all of the nominees
present is not true to the spirit of the Webbys, so we decided to bring
the Webby Awards to them instead," said Maya Draisin, executive director
of The Academy.
http://www.webbyawards.com/main/press/press_releases/pr_042503.html
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o Samsung Licenses Gracenote Song ID Technology for MP3 Player Line
Berkeley, Calif. -- Gracenote, a provider of CD and MP3 audio file
recognition services, announced on Monday that consumer electronics firm
Samsung has signed an agreement to provide Gracenote CDDB music
recognition in over a million mp3 digital music players. The deal covers
Samsung's new YEPP line of mp3 portable players, as well as upcoming mp3
models.
http://www.gracenote.com
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o Sega Announces Video Games to be Featured at E3 Expo
San Francisco -- Sega of America on Monday announced the slate of games it
will feature at next month's Electronic Entertainment Exposition (E3)
video game industry convention in Los Angeles. A new Sonic the Hedgehog
title, "Sonic Heroes," will debut for all consoles, as well as "Billy
Hatcher and the Giant Egg" for GameCube, developed by Sonic the Hedgehog
creator Yuji Naka. Sega Sports titles for PlayStation 2 and Xbox will
include "NFL 2K4," NBA 2K4," "NHL 2K4" and "NCAA College Basketball 2K4."
Other titles showcased will include "Vectorman," "Headhunter: Redemption,"
"Altered Beast," "Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Greatest Hits," "Virtual On
Marz," "Dororo" and "Kunoichi" for PlayStation 2; "Otogi - Myth of Demons"
and "Sega GT Online" for Xbox; "Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D.
Revolution" and "Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut" for Nintendo GameCube;
and "Sonic Pinball Party" and "Sonic Battle" for Nintendo Game Boy
Advance.
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Briefly Noted:
(Washington) XM Satellite Radio, a provider of satellite-delivered digital
radio programming, announced on Monday the launch of a satellite receiver
designed to deliver its programming to PCs. The $69.95 XM PCR, which
features a receiver, antenna, and software, will be sold exclusively from
online retailer PC Connection.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030428/dcm028_1.html
http://www.xmradio.com
http://www.pcconnection.com
(San Francisco) Mediabolic, a provider of networked entertainment
middleware, announced on Monday that consumer electronics firm Fujitsu has
signed an agreement to incorporate Mediabolic's M1 Platform into
entertainment-focused Fujitsu products. San Francisco-based Mediabolic's
technology may be used to network DVD players, receivers, and CD players
so they can exchange content, digitally control each other and include
extended capabilities based on home networking.
http://www.mediabolic.com/press/item.php?press_id=110&selection=Press%20Release
(Campbell, Calif.) BayTSP, a provider of services that monitor websites,
FTP sites, P2P networks, IRC channels, newsgroups and auction/retail sites
for copyright infringement, announced on Monday that two undisclosed
"major motion picture studios" have contracted the company to identify
Internet users who trade or download illegal copies of movies. Once
Campbell, Calif.-based BayTSP's MediaEnforcer software identifies
unauthorized files and users, the company turns this information over to
its clients' legal, marketing or compliance department for action
decisions.
http://www.baytsp.com
(Redwood City, Calif.) Game developer Electronic Arts said on Monday that
its EA Canada development studio is currently at work on "SSX 3," a sequel
in its snowboarding game franchise. The title for PlayStation 2, Xbox and
GameCube will contain a soundtrack featuring artists including the
X-Ecutioners, Felix Da Housecat, Queens of the Stone Age and N.E.R.D, and
is scheduled for release in the fall.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030428/285309_1.html
http://www.ea.com
(New York) MSNBC.com, MSNBC Cable and NBC News, The Washington Post,
Newsweek and Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive announced on Monday they
have renewed their alliance to share news material and technological and
promotional resources. The companies' alliance was first announced in
November 1999.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030428/dcm038_1.html
http://www.msnbc.com
(San Francisco) Software developer Linden Lab on Monday announced a public
beta test of its "Second Life" 3D virtual online environment. "Our
residents have built thousands of unique structures to explore -- museums,
nightclubs, even entire cities. Over 3,000 people have attended in-world
parties, contests, events, and classes. And the in-world economy is
booming -- residents have bought and sold everything from designer
fashions to sophisticated weapons in over 30,000 transactions," said
Linden Lab founder and CEO Philip Rosedale.
http://www.secondlife.com
(Los Angeles) Vivendi Universal Games said on Monday that it has signed a
production agreement with Seattle-based Surreal Software to create "The
Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard" for PlayStation 2 and the
Xbox. The title, due for release in the fall, is part of Vivendi's
long-term agreement with Tolkien Enterprises to create games based on
J.R.R. Tolkien's novels. Separately, VU Games said that it entered into a
second worldwide publishing agreement with Oklahoma-based development
studio 2015, and will publish 2015's next new military action game for
multiple consoles systems.
http://www.surreal.com
http://www.2015.com
(Redmond, Wash.) Microsoft Game Studios has announced the in-house
development of "Mythica," a new massively multiplayer online PC game
scheduled for release some time in 2004.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030425/sff021_1.html
http://www.microsoft.com/games
(Raleigh, N.C.) Wireless application developer Summus said on Monday that
it has partnered with CinemaSource to create a wireless movie
entertainment service. The CinemaSource service will allow users to find
the nearest movie theater and showtimes, read movie reviews and purchase
tickets, as well as provide a listing of top movies, top rentals and
entertainment news.
http://www.cinemasource
http://www.summus.com
(Seattle) Wireless entertainment developer Mobliss announced on Monday the
release of a wireless, multiplayer version of the newspaper word game
"Jumble," licensed from Tribune Media Services. Seattle-based Mobliss said
that its "Jumble" title is now compatible with Qualcomm's BREW platform,
in addition to WAP, SMS and J2ME-enabled cell phones.
http://www.mobliss.com
(San Diego) Vindigo, a developer of wireless information and entertainment
services, announced on Monday the formation of a new publishing arm,
Vindigo Studios. In conjunction with the announcement, Vindigo announced
the launch of MovieGoer, a comprehensive movie guide for wireless phones
that will be distributed on Verizon Wireless' Get It Now service.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030428/285315_1.html
http://www.vindigo.com
(Santa Monica, Calif.) Video game publisher Activision announced that it
will release "Trinity" for the Xbox and PC some time in 2004. New
York-based Vicarious Visions is developing the Xbox version of the
first-person action game, while Los Angeles-based Gray Matter Studios is
creating the PC version.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030425/laf036_1.html
http://www.vvisions.com
http://www.gmistudios.com
(Calabasas Hills, Calif.) Video game developer THQ on Monday announced a
two-property, multi-year publishing agreement with PC development studio
Relic Entertainment, creators of real-time strategy titles "Homeworld" and
"Impossible Creatures." -based Relic is currently working on the first of
the titles under the agreement for a release scheduled in 2004.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030428/285241_1.html
http://www.thq.com
http://www.relic.com
(Dallas) Online dating site Match.com on Monday launched Match.com Video,
a new service that allows its users to record, send and view video clips
to other members. Dallas-based Match.com claims over 724,000 paying
subscribers and more than 8 million members with profiles posted.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030428/lam079_1.html
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