Internet media company buys 2 rivals for $128 million

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Internet media company SonicBlue plans to buy ReplayTV for $120 million in stock. Replay is a digital video recorder business which is having financial troubles. SonicBlue will also purchase Sensory Science Inc. for eight million. The company made the aquisitions to incorporate Replay's video technology with its own and Sensory's digital devices. SonicBlue plans to be an innovator in digital video and music.

Asset sales & divestitures, Acquisitions & mergers, Television Broadcasting, Household audio and video equipment, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Television broadcasting stations, Video Home Recorders & Players, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Television broadcasting industry, Company acquisition/merger, Video equipment industry, SONICblue Inc., Replay TV Inc., Sensory Science Corp., VCR

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For e-mail on the go, or the sly

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This article describes and reviews several wireless e-mail pager devices; it also includes prices and monthly fees. The products reviewed include the models put out by Motorola, the Blackberry line and the AOL Mobile Communicator. The devices can be as small as a brownie (or pager) or almost as big as a Palm. Keyboard size varies accordingly.

Marketing procedures, Telegraph & other communications, Wired Telecommunications Carriers, New Products/Services, Electronic Mail Services, Product information, Online services, Internet services, Electronic mail systems, Email, Motorola Inc., MOT, Motorola Talkabout T900 (Computer-linked pager), Motorola Timeport P935 (Smart phone), BlackBerry, AOL Mobile Communicator (Hand-held data device)

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Bluetooth Wireless stumbles at the starting gate; unlucky timing and the normal growing pains of a new technology

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Ericsson Mobile Communications AB's Bluetooth wireless technology has taken longer to develop than the company and its supporters originally thought. Bluetooth, a wireless technology chip which allows wireless communication between electronic devices within personal-area networks, is supported by companies such as Nokia, IBM, Toshiba and Intel. The initial product was hampered by its high price and the decline in consumer demand for handheld devices and cellular phones. Now the technology has a competitor in Wi-Fi, a similar technology supported by Microsoft, Lucent, Apple 3Com and others.

Product development, Sweden, Radio & TV communications equipment, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Mobile & Base Transceivers, Technology development, Transceivers, Ericsson Mobile Communications AB

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