4 posts and columns on college football

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Media Groups Plan 3-D TV Networks

in News on January 5, 2010 at 12:31 pm PT

Two groups of media companies are each planning to launch new 3-D television networks in the U.S., as entertainment and electronics companies look to push 3-D technology into more homes.

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Hearst Launches Aggregator Site LMK

in News on October 9, 2009 at 12:16 pm PT

Hearst today launched LMK.com, a low-cost Web roundup on topics from college football to reality television. (For the youth-challenged, “LMK” is the texting shorthand for “let me know.”) LMK joins a crowded field of aggregation sites, which cull news and information from across the Web and organize them by topic or in other user-friendly ways. Other aggregators include Topix, Newser and Daylife, and sites like the Daily Beast that combine aggregation with their own content.

Sony Hopes 3-D Pops TV (And Blu-ray and Vaio and PlayStation) Sales

in Media on September 2, 2009 at 7:25 am PT

Big, beautiful high-def TVs are so plentiful and so cheap that nearly everyone who wants one has one. So what can TV manufacturers do to goose sales? Add new features and hope consumers clamor for them. Hence, Sony’s announcement that it’s making a big bet on…3-D TVs. CEO Howard Stringer is using the IFA Technology Show in Berlin to announce that Sony will make 3-D Bravia sets. And 3-D Vaio laptops. And 3-D PlayStation3s. And 3-D Blu-ray DVD players.
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SnagFilms Finds Virtual Theaters for Documentaries

in Personal Technology on July 16, 2008 at 6:02 pm PT

SnagFilms is a great idea for getting documentary films in front of more people, writes Walt Mossberg. It’s a new service that allows anyone with a blog, a Web site, or even a page on a social-networking site, to open a virtual movie theater and show these documentaries, free.
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