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Will Google TV Owe Royalties For Universal Search? 91

Posted by timothy from the advancement-of-the-useful-arts-and-sciences dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Google TV, TiVo, iTunes and virtually every big consumer electronics maker have promised 'universal search' engines that enable users to quickly find and play movies, music and other content, no matter where it is stored. But Crestron Electronics, a developer of home automation systems, just filed a patent for 'Searching Two or More Media Sources for Media.' In other words, universal search, specifically for both local and cloud-based content."

Comment Re:Yes they are feasible. (Score 1) 997

by HuffMeister (#34870984) Attached to: Are 10-11 Hour Programming Days Feasible?

And it offers pretty much certain 6-8 years of more normal hours rock solid job security (based on talking to other friends at other companies who've already been through this).

Are you certain your company will be around for another 6 to 8 years? Companies that require 12 hour days of people for that long periods of time rarely have sanity as an innate quality, and non-sane management usually means the company's not in great hands business wise...
Books

Murdoch Says E-Book Prices Will Kill Paper Books 538

Posted by timothy from the moving-companies-are-probably-unhappy-too dept.
hrimhari writes "The settlement between Amazon and Macmillian got the attention of a known dinosaur. Consistent to his views, Mr. Murdoch wants to defend his book editors by killing the cheaper solution. '"We don't like the Amazon model of selling everything at $9.99," Murdoch said. "They pay us the wholesale price of $14 or whatever we charge," he said. "But I think it really devalues books, and it hurts all the retailers of the hardcover books.'"
Businesses

Netflix Will Delay Renting New WB Releases 418

Posted by kdawson from the times-they-are-a-changin' dept.
DesertBlade tips the news that Netflix will delay renting new releases from Warner Brothers for 28 days, and adds "Luckily I am so far behind in my movie watching that I will probably never catch up anyway." "It's part of a strategy by several studios to create staggered releases of DVDs so that the most profitable transactions are available first and cheaper rental options take effect further down the road. The move could be copied by other studios, forcing consumers to wait nearly a month if they want to rent popular movies from Netflix. ... The studio is hoping that the four-week window will push consumers interested in watching movies at home to buy the DVDs or pay a premium to rent them from stores like Blockbuster or from Internet and cable video-on-demand services. Warner Bros. already imposes a 28-day window on $1-a-night kiosk firm Redbox."

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