Tower of 'techno' Babel; As format wars rage between audio players,...

The Christian Science Monitor;  November 17, 2006 ;     787 words ......skirmish in what weary consumers have come to know as the format wars. If you watch DVDs, listen to digital music, talk on a cellphone...consumer fight back? Money is the main engine driving the format wars, says Stephen Jacobs, assistant professor at Rochester Institute...

Format wars coming to a screen near you

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  October 25, 2005 ;   James Derk Scripps Howard News Service;   536 words ......thing that really annoys me about the technology world is format wars. The only losers in these skirmishes are the consumers, because...laserdiscs?) This does not bode well for consumers. Even without format wars it is nice to have continuity in media; right now I have some...

STUDIOS HAVE TAKEN SIDES IN MOVIE FORMAT WARS

Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current);  September 4, 2007 ;   JUSTIN WILLIAMS;   542 words ......practice of releasing discs on both formats. Confused yet? Format wars usually put corporate profits ahead of what's best for the...plans to release the BD-UP5000 that will put an end to the format wars by fully supporting both HD-DVD and Blu- ray for a little...

Document format wars rage on

New Straits Times;  March 26, 2008 ;     263 words ...New Straits Times 03-26-2008 Document format wars rage on Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section KUALA...If you want some real action, check out the geeky document format wars that is currently waging internationally as well as at home...

Caught in the middle of the format wars: with technologies changing...

Computers in Libraries;  April 1, 2007 ;   Balas, Janet L.;   787 words ......most well-known conflict, but I was surprised to learn that format wars actually go back as far as the 1910s. In an entry on such...about the incompatible formats. OpenDocument, OpenXML, PDF Format wars are defined in Wikipedia as a failure to agree on a standard...

Format wars are revived by surge of 8-mm. video

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 1, 1990 ;     386 words ...If you think the video format wars of past years are gone forever, think again. The 8-mm. format introduced in 1985 as a means of miniaturizing camcorders is gaining...

Future unclear for shrinking Comdex.(News)

B to B;  December 9, 2002 ;     787 words ......The hottest story at this year's fall Comdex? The fate of the beleaguered trade show...formal settings, too. At the 12th annual Comdex Wireless Dinner, which takes place off...I don't think there's going to be a Comdex next year.'' He told the 200 attendees...

Slimmed Down Comdex Tech Trade Show Faces Competition from Upstart Effort.

Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, Nevada) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  November 17, 2003 ;     787 words ...Byline: Matthew Crowley Nov. 17--When Comdex finished its annual run at the Las...for bankruptcy. Key3Media promised Comdex would return, but some tech-industry watchers wondered if it would. But Comdex is back for its 24th year, staged by...

COMDEX emerges in 2000 as technology marketplace and community builder;...

M2 Presswire;  September 12, 2000 ;     671 words ......PRESSWIRE-12 September 2000-Key3Media Events: COMDEX emerges in 2000 as technology marketplace and community builder; COMDEX/Fall 2000 promises pure content, naked...LTD RDATE:11092000 Needham, MA -- The COMDEX brand is undergoing a transformation...

Comdex gets set to make upgrade // Big computer show returns to Chicago...

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 16, 1998 ;   HOWARD WOLINSKY;   481 words ...Comdex/Spring, a major computer trade show, will return to Chicago...Monday through Thursday, about as many as attended when Comdex was here in 1996. The show was held here that year because the Olympics had taken over Comdex/Spring's longtime home in Atlanta. William Sell, Comdex...

ONLY LOSER IN FORMAT WARS IS CONSUMER

Evansville Courier & Press;  October 17, 2005 ;   James Derk;   515 words ...I am not by nature a grumpy person (ha!), but one thing that really annoys me about the technology world is format wars. The only loser in these skirmishes is the consumer, because a huge percentage of them will end up with expensive hardware that...

Tech roundup: Blu-Ray to best HD DVD in format wars?(WEB)

The Christian Science Monitor;  February 19, 2008 ;   O'Carroll, Eoin;   610 words ......Blu-Ray technology victorious in the next-generation video format wars. Following earlier reports by the Japanese public broadcaster...supports Blu-Ray. For the general public, the end of the hi-def format wars could mean an end to consumer confusion. Reuters predicts...

ABI Research: Format Wars May Be Over, but HD DVD Still Faces Challenges

Wireless News;  April 25, 2008 ;     441 words ...Wireless News 04-25-2008 ABI Research: Format Wars May Be Over, but HD DVD Still Faces Challenges WIRELESS NEWS-April 25, 2008-ABI Research: Format Wars May Be Over, but HD DVD Still Faces Challenges (C)2008 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com...

COMDEX resurrection an indefinite 'maybe'

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 6, 2004 ;   David L. Politis;   712 words ......headline hit like a fist to the gut: "COMDEX Las Vegas 2004 Postponed." Truthfully, it should have read, "COMDEX is dead." That's not how I felt last November, however. In retrospect, it seems like COMDEX has been around forever, and in the tech...

ABI Research: Universal Players to Hasten End to High-Definition DVD...

Wireless News;  January 25, 2007 ;     428 words ......Universal Players to Hasten End to High-Definition DVD Player Format Wars WIRELESS NEWS-January 25, 2007-ABI Research: Universal Players to Hasten End to High-Definition DVD Player Format Wars (C)2007 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com When LG Electronics...