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TECHNOLOGY by Marauder
December 17, 2007, 7:43 PM
Filed under: TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY

About two years into its splashy CES 2006 debut, Intel is scaling back on its digital living room brand Viiv. This was Intel’s attempt at branding entertainment/multimedia-heavy computers, with content deals with major content providers to stream in content onto these PCs. It included Intel-developed media software and joint work with content companies to certify that movies and other video fare delivered over the Internet worked well with a remote control and looked good on a TV screen. (http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-intel-scales-back-on-viiv-digital-living-room-branding  12/14)

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Toshiba is said to be the first company to include an HD DVD-RW drive in a laptop. The 10.6-pound Qosmio G40 also comes equipped with two terrestrial HDTV tuners with HDMI outs. (EngadgetHD 12/17) 

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