News for Week of: 7/2/2001

 

Instant Messaging Over iTV in China
OpenTV, the interactive TV solutions provider and Tencent, the company behind 'QQ' China's most popular IM service, are joining forces.
Infoseek Japan Begins I-Mode-Compatible Search Service
Infoseek Japan KK started a temporary job search service for finding temporary job information by using its i-mode-compatible information search Web site, "i-seek.
Control TiVo From The Web
A new project called "Tivo Web" has cropped up from the TiVo underground allowing remote manipulation of the device
Report warns of iTV spying
Interactive television might become more of a two-way medium than viewers want. A new report claims that the nascent service will give media companies unprecedented power to gather personal information.
Ericsson, Handspring, Marubeni to test content delivery via Bluetooth
Tests begin of Internet connections and content delivery using the Bluetooth wireless communications protocol in late July

More Headlines:

  • Mos Food Services Inc., a fast food chain, plans to start an Internet
    connection experiment using a wireless LAN system for customers in its Mos
    Burger stores on July 3 in cooperation with NTT Communications Corp. and
    others.
    http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/frm/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/133771
  • HITACHI, SANYO ELEC. CREATE SECURE MEMORY CARD FOR PALM PDA
    http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/frm/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/moren/133783