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Koreans copy dog, start Clone Wars

August 6th, 2008 · Comments Off

The world’s first commercial pet cloning business has effectively opened for business, after South Korean scientists confirmed the cloning of five pit bull puppies from a dead ‘parent’ called Booger. The clones were born in Seoul last week.
The success of the project is expected to herald the beginning of a global pet cloning industry.
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Tags: Corporate · Aliens & weird stuff · Food and drink

Sony ran X-files division

June 29th, 2008 · Comments Off

Sony once had an active research and development team investigating paranormal activity. A report into Japan’s fascination with mythic creatures and folklore, carried by Japan Today, reveals that during the Nineties the Japanese consumer electronics giant financed a laboratory to investigate the phenomena of extrasensory perception and other Fortean fancies.
The project ran for eight years […]

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Tags: Miscellaneous items · Trade · Corporate · Aliens & weird stuff

Freesat launches, ITV to join BBC with HD channel

May 6th, 2008 · Comments Off

The UK broadcast landscape changes again today with the official unveiling of Freesat, the BBC/ITV joint venture that aims to bring redefine standard and high definition TV services. Unlike Sky, once installed Freesat viewers will have unlimited access to around 80 free-to-air channels. This number is expected to double by the end of the year.
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Tags: Trade · Internet & networking · High definition TV · Broadcasting · Corporate

Sky reduces viewer churn, claims nine million subscribers

May 1st, 2008 · Comments Off

Sky now claims to have nine million subscribers. And according to new figures released by the satcaster, viewer churn is at a four year low at 10.5 per cent. Churn is the number one adversary of Pay TV operators. During its third quarter, BSkyB signed up 289,000 new customers, but after churn it was left […]

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Tags: Trade · High definition TV · Broadcasting · Corporate

Sony to merge with Gracenote

May 1st, 2008 · Comments Off

Sony has entered into a merger agreement with Gracenote, the online digital content and media service. Sony’s Tim Schaaff says: “We see tremendous growth potential in developing Gracenote as a separately run business unit, and by broadly embracing Gracenote’s platforms, Sony expects to significantly enhance and accelerate its own digital content, service and device initiatives.”

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Tags: Trade · Internet & networking · Corporate