Thursday, February 9th, 2012 3:42 am

Virtual world: Digital replaces real content

Pittsburgh (ip-192.com): Digital imagery, Facebook updates, online music collections, email threads and other immaterial artifacts of today's online world may be as precious to teenagers as a favorite book that a parent once read to them or a T-shirt worn at a music festival, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers say. The very fact that virtual [...]

Click2Life: New Disney app for iPhone

Burbank (ip-192.com): Walt Disney Co plans to launch iPhone and iPod touch applications to promote Disney content and interactive features. The new application, called Click2Life, will allow users to snap a picture of a Disney image on a television, billboard or poster to receive special content such as animated images or product offers. Disney realized [...]

Zune HD features OLED Screen

Redmond (ip-192.com): Today is launch-day for Microsoft’s new Zune HD, Microsoft’s latest version of its portable media player. The unit features a 3.3-inch touch-screen, streaming-music feature, and the ability to playback video in 720p. A 16GB Zune HD is available at retailers for $219.99 and a 32GB will cost $289.99. The Zune 4.0 software, which [...]

No extra royalties for Sony

New York (ip-192.com): Yahoo's Launchcast internet radio service shouldn't have to pay royalties for the songs it plays, according to a court ruling. Yahoo will only be liable to pay licensing fees to Sound Exchange, the organization that collects royalties for musicians. Sony has lost its copyright case against Yahoo, which dates back to 2001, [...]