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• Size matters with Android iPad tablet rivals September 2, 2010
  Rivals to the iPad will come in similar shapes but all screen sizes, judging by the launches here in Berlin on Thursday of tablets from Samsung and Toshiba (pictured). The competition is also packing its cheaper devices with features the iPad may not have for some time, such as cameras with video calling. Tim Bradshaw gave […]
  Chris Nuttall
• Lex: Internet TV September 2, 2010
  Google, Amazon, Netflix, Apple, Hulu and Sony are all providing a way for viewers to purchase video content online. However today’s Lex writes that content providers might not be fully on board just yet: “While renting out old shows and films individually or on subscription generates some extra cash, there is little incentive to […]
  Maryam Nabi
• Samsung Galaxy Tab: first impressions September 2, 2010
  There are two ways one could think about Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab. One would be to look at its slick casing, its compact 7-inch form, the latest Android software and extensive 3G support from European mobile operators, and say: here is a device which proves the iPad isn’t the only show in town. The other would be […]
  Tim Bradshaw
• Apple overhauls TV box, socialises iTunes September 1, 2010
  Apple is making a more serious bid for the set top box market with 99 cent TV and $4.99 new movie rentals that are streamed through a smaller version of AppleTV. Chief executive Steve Jobs introduced the new device at an event in San Francisco. It will cost $99, down from $229, and is available for […]
  Joseph Menn
• Sony unveils MusicUnlimited at Berlin show September 1, 2010
  Sony is challenging Apple and Google with an internet “cloud-based” music streaming service that will be available on many of its networked consumer electronics products. The MusicUnlimited service was announced at IFA, a major consumer electronics show in Berlin, barely an hour before Apple’s own music-themed press conference in California. After the jump, […]
  Chris Nuttall
• ASA goes online: today’s Twitter #FTchat September 1, 2010
  The FT tried something new today. We took to Twitter to answer questions about one of the day’s bigger news stories in the digital-media world: that the UK’s advertising regulator, the ASA, is extending its rules on accuracy and decency into corporate websites, social networks, blogs and mobile apps. Seeing as many people already discuss the […]
  Tim Bradshaw
• SanDisk shuffles its MP3 deck with Fuze+ September 1, 2010
  Just ahead of Apple’s expected announcement of an autumn refresh of its iPod lineup today, SanDisk has unveiled an update to a rival portable media player in the sub-$100 category. SanDisk claims parity in market share with Apple where the iPod shuffle plays and says its Sansa Fuze+ has far more features. Daniel Schreiber, head of […]
  Chris Nuttall
• You want glasses with that? HP goes 3D September 1, 2010
  Hewlett-Packard is announcing an entertainment-oriented  refresh to its notebook computer line today–and the most notable addition comes with its own 3D glasses. The HP Envy 17 3D’s glasses automatically turn on when the user is watching a 3D Blu-ray DVD on the machine and then turn off again, giving the glasses a projected year of […]
  Joseph Menn
• Oblivion not forgotten August 31, 2010
  This is a guest post by FT Media Editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson Not much has been heard of Beyond Oblivion since the FT pulled back the veil on its ambitious vision of tackling piracy by asking devices manufacturers and broadband providers to pay for music consumed over their products and services. At the time, we reported that Adam […]
  FT
• Google manages to keep on innovating August 31, 2010
  One of the trickiest challenges for a company is continuous innovation - to keep updating and refreshing its products when the excitement of a product launch is past - so I take my hat off to Google. In contrast to Microsoft, which in the past let products such as Internet Explorer and Hotmail get […]
  Maryam Nabi