Technology battle on to channel films to homes and hands

0 Comments | AFP, November, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Technology titans Microsoft, Apple and Google are among those scrambling to feed people's ravenous desire to download films and videos from the Internet and watch them wherever they like. Microsoft scored an industry first this week with the announcement that Xbox 360 video game owners would be able to download films and television shows to consoles for viewing in high-definition format.

The much-anticipated Sony PlayStation Three video game console due out in the United States on November 17 was built to connect with a Sony online entertainment content store via the Internet. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has promised a January 2007 unveiling of iTV devices that route pictures, films or video from computers to televisions in the home. Apple's iTunes...

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