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Neil Young to Release Entire Repertoire on Blu-ray Disc

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2008 - 12:10pm.

San Francisco - Neil Young said on Tuesday that he will release his entire repertoire on Sony's (NYSE: SNE) Blu-ray Disc format, the Associated Press reported. The veteran rocker announced the plans at a conference for Sun Microsystems, whose Java platform powers the interactive features on Blu-ray discs. The first 10-disc set, covering 1963-1972 and set for release in the fall, will include songs, videos, handwritten manuscripts and other content that users will be able to download directly to the discs over the Internet as it become available.

Openwave, Sun Microsystems Partner on Mobile Media

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 13, 2006 - 11:12am.
Barcelona - Openwave Systems announced on Monday that it has partnered with Sun Microsystems, to integrate its MIDAS media software for cell phones with Sun's cell phone version of its Java technology. The companies said the combined technologies will allow for more personalization on cell phones beyond ringtones and traditional applications, integrating music libraries, music store and music player applications. Separately, Openwave said it partnered with mobile TV providers IceTV and Nexage, to enable mobile network operators to provide mobile live TV and video-on-demand on cell phones running its MIDAS software. The company also said that its Musiwave unit has launched a trial of its mobile streaming radio service with wireless network operator Orange in France.