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More Off Topic stuff, but I might explain some of the posts that end up here.
Of course this is my OPINION and not yours
>The Buffalo Theory
>I have not seen anyone explain this as well as Cliff
>Clavin, on Cheers. I wish, I would have thought of
>this as an excuse. One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff
>Clavin was explaining the Buffalo
>Theory to his buddy Norm. Here's how it went:
>"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this...A herd of buffalo
>can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when
>the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones
>at the back that are killed first. This natural
>selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the
>general speed and health of the whole group keeps
>improving by the regular killing of the weakest
>members."In much the same way, the human brain can
>only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells.
>Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain
>cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and
>weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular
>consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells,
>making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.
>That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
I guess this is Off Topic:
Regarding the Global Warming post earlier today. We have not had any snow in Wisconsin, with the exception of a light dusting this whole year. We set a record tempurature of 54 degrees on January 8, 2003. The weather has changed some as it was about 5 degrees this morning, but for the most part, it has been a very unseasonable winter.
Sorry to hear you people out east getting hammered, but my fuel bills for both my house and snow blower are much lower.
Little Ol' Philo
arkie..............I don't know if I can make it for three days without watching the every minute moves of e.digital. Why do they have to have Holiday days during the week? Why can't they have them on the weekends, when everyone can enjoy them?
The future is bright, I have to buy drapes!!!
Philo
THIS HAS NO CONNECTION TO EDIGITAL, AT LEAST I DON'T THINK IT DOES.
YOU, TOO, CAN BE DUMB AS A BOX OF ROCKS & STILL BE FAMOUS.
Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever," --Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.
"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff," --Mariah Carey
"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life,"--Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign.
"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body," --Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country," --Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.
"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president," --Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents.
"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it," --A congressional candidate in Texas.
"I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land,and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves." --John Wayne
"Half this game is ninety percent mental." --Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." --Al Gore, Vice President
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix." --Dan Quayle
" It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another" --George Bush, US President
"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?" --Lee Iacocca
"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version," --Colonel Oliver North, from his Iran-Contra testimony.
"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein," --Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.
"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people." --Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." --Bill Clinton, President
"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."--Al Gore, VP
"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas." --Keppel Enderbery
"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."--Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina
"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record." --Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman
...Feeling smarter yet?
Thank you Frank for that frank discussion of your visit. It is greatly appreaciated.
Philo
Matt, maybe the one you held up didn't have all of those "heavy metal" songs on it, so therefore it was lighter.
Philo
UPDATE - US Supreme Court upholds copyright law extension
Wednesday January 15, 10:36 am ET
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Wednesday a 1998 law extending copyright protection by 20 years, delaying when creative works such as Walt Disney Co.'s (NYSE:DIS - News) Mickey Mouse cartoons, F. Scott Fitzgerald's novels and George Gershwin's songs become public property.
The 7-2 ruling was a victory for supporters of the law, including large media companies and song publishers that argued the longer term was needed to protect a vital industry that contributes more than $500 billion to the U.S. economy.
It dealt a defeat to an Internet publisher and others who challenged the law for limiting free speech and for harming the creative process by locking up material that they said should be in the public domain for all to use without charge.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said for the court majority that the U.S. Congress in adopting the law acted within its authority and did not exceed constitutional limits. She also said the law does not violate constitutional free-speech protections.
The law's opponents argued the copyright law's extension closed off the Internet to a broad part of common culture at a time when the Internet allows more people to draw upon creative works without restraint.
At issue in the ruling was the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which extended the exclusive period that artists and corporations can control their creative works by 20 years.
DISNEY CARTOON FILMS WITH MICKEY MOUSE
As a result, thousands of well-known works, including the earliest Disney cartoon films with Mickey Mouse, Fitzgerald's novels and the Gershwin song "Rhapsody in Blue," were prevented from passing into the public domain. Billions of dollars of entertainment-industry profits were at stake.
Opponents said the law violated the copyright clause of the U.S. Constitution, which gives authors and inventors exclusive right to their works for an unspecified "limited" period of time to "promote the progress of science and useful arts."
The first federal copyright law, in 1790, established a copyright term of 14 years, with an optional 14-year extension. By the time Congress overhauled copyright laws in 1976, that term had stretched to life of the author plus 50 years, or 75 years for works owned by corporations.
The 1998 law extended the term for another 20 years. Congress adopted the legislation, named after the late congressman and singer from California, to bring U.S. law into conformity with the European Union.
The ruling was a victory for the U.S. Justice Department, which defended the law's constitutionality.
Ginsburg said Congress had wide leeway in deciding how long copyright protection should last. She said lawmakers had taken into consideration the European Union copyright term and "relevant demographic, economic and technological changes."
In summarizing the ruling from the bench, Ginsburg said the court was satisfied that Congress acted rationally. She said the copyright scheme incorporates its own safeguards protecting free speech.
Justices John Paul Stevens and Stephen Breyer dissented.
MusicNet licenses Fantasy jazz label to service
Tuesday January 14, 5:56 pm ET
LOS ANGELES, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Online music service MusicNet on Tuesday said it reached a licensing deal with Fantasy, an independent jazz label and home to the works of such artists as the late John Coltrane and Chet Baker.
Under the deal, MusicNet -- owned jointly by major record labels like Bertelsmann AG (BERT.UL) BMG, EMI Group Plc (London:EMI.L - News), AOL Time Warner Inc (NYSE:AOL - News) and RealNetworks (NasdaqNM:RNWK - News) -- will distribute Fantasy's music catalog to its distribution partners.
This latest deal by MusicNet follows licensing deals announced in November with Sony Corp (Tokyo:6758.T - News) and Vivendi Universal (NYSE:V - News), thus enabling it to provide music from all five of the world's major labels.
Both MusicNet and Pressplay, another online service owned by Sony and Universal, are trying to lure fans away from services like Kazaa that have sprung up in the wake of Napster, which was a popular song-swap service before it was shut down by copyright infringement lawsuits from the music industry.
Late last week, the recording and movie industries got the go-ahead to sue Sharman Networks Ltd, the parent company of Kazaa, another popular online file-swapping service.
Record labels, techs call truce in copyright fight
Tuesday January 14, 6:49 pm ET
By Peter Kaplan
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The recording industry and several high-tech groups battling over copyright laws declared a tentative truce on Tuesday and said they would try to hash out rules to govern how to protect digital movies and music from widespread bootlegging.
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The two sides hope to avoid a big lobbying battle this year in Congress over whether to enhance digital copyright protection or preserve the rights of users to make copies. They said they will try to settle their differences and devise rules to govern how movies and music may be used, instead of looking to Congress or the Federal Communications Commission.
But observers say a legislative fight is likely as movie studios and consumer-electronics makers, two big players who have staked out opposing positions, have not signed the deal.
The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the five big record labels, said it would work cooperatively with the Business Software Alliance and the Computer Systems Policy Project, two trade groups whose members include IBM (NYSE:IBM - News), Dell Computer Corp. (NasdaqNM:DELL - News), and Intel Corp. (NasdaqNM:INTC - News)
"It represents a sea change in the debate over digitial content issues," said Ken Kay, executive director of the Computer Systems Policy Project. "Private-sector developments, not heavy-handed government intrusion, are the best way to protect content consumer choice and innovation."
But several key players in the debate are absent from the agreement, including the Motion Picture Association of America, consumer electronics makers and major consumer groups.
At issue are simmering disputes pitting content providers like record companies and movie studios against the technology industry.
The record companies and Hollywood have lobbied Congress for new ways to stop illegal piracy of their material. One bill introduced by Sen. Ernest Hollings, a South Carolina Democrat, would require Hollywood and Silicon Valley to devise technology that would prevent computers and other digital-media devices from playing back files that did not contain an industry stamp of approval.
Computer industry groups, meanwhile, have been pushing for Congress to bolster "fair use" rights, ensuring consumers retain rights to make limited copies of books, movies and music for personal or academic use.
The three trade groups said they would promote more consumer education about digital copying and more private and government enforcement against copyright infringers.
They also agreed that technical measures dictated by the government "are not practical."
But not everyone agrees.
Disney Corp.(NYSE:DIS - News),, for example, called in a statement on Tuesday for the government to help set content-protection standards that will be observed by everybody.
"The private sector cannot solve this problem by itself," said Preston Padden, a Disney lobbyist.
The new alliance drew praise from two Democratic lawmakers who have played a large role in digital copyright issues, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy and Michigan Rep. John Conyers.
But Virginia Democrat Rick Boucher, who has introduced a "fair use" bill opposed by many media companies, pointed out that the Consumer Electronics Association and other technology companies such as Sun Microsystems Inc.(NasdaqNM:SUNW - News),, Gateway Inc. (NYSE:GTW - News) and Verizon Communications(NYSE:VZ - News), are not part of the agreement.
"These entities consistently have been in the forefront of promoting fair use rights for digital consumers," Boucher said in a statement. (Additional reporting by Andy Sullivan)
Industry groups unite against piracy
Music, computer industries bury hatchet on downloads
By Sital Patel, Medill News Service
Last Update: 7:11 PM ET Jan. 14, 2003
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Leading companies in the music and computer industries agreed Tuesday to cooperate to stop digital piracy without government intervention.
"The theft of digital content is wrong but a government technology mandate is a threat to digital consumer content," said Ken Kay, executive director of the Computer Systems Policy Project, representing U.S. leading technology companies.
The computer companies joined with major software and music companies in making Tuesday's announcement. Read more.
Music, software and movie companies say downloading and copying of their content on computers and over the Internet is costing them billions of dollars each year. The computer companies say they shouldn't be forced by the government to add devices to their products to prevent illegal copying.
The agreement by the industries to cooperate slows efforts by some lawmakers to require antitheft devices to be included in consumer electronics.
The record industry said album sales fell nearly 7 percent, accounting for about $400 million in lost revenue last year. The movie industry says the cost of worldwide piracy is $3 billion a year. The industry is reluctant to offer its movies on the Internet until a solution to piracy is found.
The Motion Picture Association of America, the group representing the movie industry, is notably absent from this agreement. In the past, the movie industry has favored Congress passing legislation requiring built-in locks to prevent duplication of DVDs.
The agreement also excluded the major consumer electronics companies.
Last year, Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, warned the industries to come together or else he would push through a bill that would have required government-approved copy restriction technology being added to digital media devices such as hand-held music players. Read more.
Hollings is no longer chairman of the committee, but remains its ranking member.
The industries agreed Tuesday to work further on voluntary technical measures that would limit unauthorized copying while giving consumers their fair use rights to the products they've purchased.
The agreement is an attempt at "marrying the marketplace with the public policy rhetoric," said Hillary Rosen, the CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the major music companies.
The alliance wants tougher enforcement of existing copyright laws and wants the government to fund programs to educate the public about digital piracy.
The lobbyists representing the industries said legislation to mandate antitheft devices would not be effective and would be easy to circumvent.
The agreement doesn't go far enough to protect consumers, said Rep. Rick Boucher, R-Va., who has sponsored a bill to protect fair use rights.
In a statement Monday, Boucher criticized the alliance for leaving out key players in the movie industry, the Consumers Electronic Association, and other technology companies such as Sun Microsystems (SUNW: news, chart, profile), Gateway and Verizon (VZ: news, chart, profile).
Rosen did say that although the three groups would meet again to discuss solutions to issues both industries are facing, she did not know when or where they would face the other groups.
The agreement was negotiated between the Recording Industry Association of America, the Business Software Alliance and the Computer Systems Policy Project. The RIAA represents major music companies; the software alliance members include Microsoft (MSFT: news, chart, profile), Apple Computer (AAPL: news, chart, profile), and Adobe Systems; the Computer Systems Policy Project represents IBM (IBM: news, chart, profile), Intel (INTC: news, chart, profile), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ: news, chart, profile), Dell Computer (DELL: news, chart, profile) and many more.
Sital Patel is a reporter for Medill News Service based in Washington.
Annie, I want "deep, dark secrets", they're the best kind. Especially in these times, what better things do we have to talk about. Certainly not the "revenues" being generated, as the last release of more shelf shares shows that.
WTFDIKOCFTM
Philo
So, I wonder what the law firm was representing? Patent problems? Interesting isn't it? Should be good questions for the Webcast. That's if they take questions.
Philo
MARKET FOR OUR COMMON STOCK
On January 13, 2003, the last reported sales price of our common shares on
the National Association of Securities Dealers OTC Electronic Bulletin Board
System was $0.18 per share. Our common stock trades on the over-the-counter
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Board System under the symbol "EDIG."
As of January 13, 2003 and before the issuance of shares pursuant to this
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Pursuant to this prospectus supplement, our company is offering an
aggregate of 978,947 shares of our common stock to the following two entities in
the amounts and for the consideration as hereinafter described. In connection
herewith, we are offering 678,947 shares of our common stock to Davric
Corporation, an institutional investor. The common stock will be purchased at a
negotiated aggregate purchase price of $129,000, with the purchase price per
share equal to $0.19.
We are also offering 300,000 shares of our common stock to Eltech
Electronics, Inc. ("Eltech") in consideration for certain manufacturing services
previously provided to the company (the "Manufacturing Services"). For purposes
of this Prospectus Supplement, we have assumed that the Manufacturing Services
have a value of $54,000.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The net proceeds to us from the sale of 678,947 shares to Davric will be
approximately $129,000. We plan to use the net proceeds for general
corporate purposes, including:
- Working capital
- Capital expenditures
- Research and development
- Payment of trade payables and other debt
- General and administrative expenses
Well I guess we can see that the sales are not going as good as expected. That, or RP, FF and the rest got a New Years Bonus.
Just out of curiosity........how many shares are left?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Philo
Ten dollars more than the last quarter would be a significant increase, Kinda like the statement made yesterday regarding the low dollar volume of edigital stock. As the price keeps dropping, so does the dollar volume.
But come Thursday after the webcast, that will all be a different story.
Lets hope that that story is about a new beginning and an upward trend to profitability, and not the dog and pony show that was demonstrated at the Shareholder Meeting.
Again this is my OPINION and not anyone elses.
Philo
Ten O'Clock Tech
Digital Radio Debuts
Arik Hesseldahl, 01.14.03, 10:00 AM ET
NEW YORK - At first it sounded like just another AM radio broadcast. It was a talk station and, as usual, sounded tinny, flat and distant. It was a call-in talk show, the type so common on AM stations today, and its sound quality illustrated the reason why music has all but disappeared completely from the AM dial.
Then a few seconds later, the sound quality changed. It grew depth, clarity, bass and warmth. It sounded almost as good as an FM stereo radio broadcast, suitable once again for music.
What changed was the signal the radio was tuned in to. It first grabbed on to the conventional analog radio signal. A few seconds later it found a new and better digital signal, courtesy of a new technology recently renamed HD Radio.
HD Radio (The HD apparently stands for high definition, as in HDTV), used to be known as IBOC, and is the brainchild of Ibiquity, a digital radio startup in which several major media and automotive companies hold an investment stake. Among the investors are The Walt Disney Co. (nyse: DIS - news - people ), Clear Channel (nyse: CCU - news - people ), chipmaker Texas Instruments ( nyse; TXN) and automaker Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people ).
At last week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Ibiquity announced that 40 radio markets in 26 states will have HD-ready stations early this year, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and Philadelphia among the larger markets. Some stations in smaller radio markets, including Forest, Va., Price, Utah, and White Oak, Ga., are also adding the HD signal to their towers.
Ibiquity's business plan calls for stations to make relatively small initial investments in some new broadcasting equipment to send out the new signal, which also improves FM signals so that they sound, as the company says, as good as a CD. Listeners need only to have an HD-capable radio receiver. Companies like Sanyo, JVC, and Kenwood, all of Japan, have committed to make HD-ready receivers for both the automotive and home market. Visteon (nyse: VC - news - people ) has committed to putting HD-ready receivers into some car models starting with the 2004 model year.
The sound itself won't be the only thing changing. Ibiquity is working on some interactive data services that will go with the new signal. Services like weather information and traffic data will be displayed on the face of the radio receiver. Ibiquity has also partnered with an outfit called Yes Networks to develop some data-based advertising services. If you like the music you're hearing on the radio, you might soon be able to order the CD it's on directly from an online retailer, say, Amazon.com (nasdaq: AMZN - news - people ).
The next generation of HD Radio, which is about another year away, will give the radio receiver a Tivo-like recording capability by adding a hard drive to the radio. If you're a big fan of a certain talk show that you often miss, you can program the radio to record it for you so you can listen the next time you're in the car. In a demonstration, we also noticed that you'll be able to forward and rewind through various segments of a show. If it's a call-in show, you'll be able to forward through the segment for each caller, news report segments if it's a new broadcast or various songs if it's a music show. The receiver will also be able to keep the latest weather, traffic and news saved on the hard drive so that you can listen to it right when you need it.
Of course HD Radio has been terrestrial radio's defense against the onslaught of satellite-based radio services like XM Satellite Radio (nasdaq: XMSR - news - people ) and Sirius Satellite Radio (nasdaq: SIRI - news - people ). Both of these firms have seen their stock prices plummet in the last year, though XM has been relatively successful by landing 360,000 subscribers. As of the end of September, Sirius had some 16,000 subscribers. But Sirius surprised many by announcing a video transmission capability that will allow TV-like transmissions to cars via satellite.
The combination of HD Radio and the various satellite services will make choosing a radio receiver for your car a little more complicated than it has ever been before. Literally dozens of car stereo setups have been developed for all three services. Few, if any will combine both satellite and HD Radio into a single unit, at least initially. It will take a few years for HD Radio to percolate down into the mainstream. But that will happen only if broadcasters decide they like it and can make money off the enhanced signal and extra services.
Associated Press
Music, Tech Groups OK Copyright Plans
Tuesday January 14, 9:11 am ET
By Ted Bridis, Associated Press Writer
Music, Technology Groups Agree on Copyright Plans for Movies, Music Without Government Help
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The leading trade associations for the music and technology industries, which have been at loggerheads over consumers downloading songs on the Internet, have negotiated a compromise they contend will protect copyrights on movies and music without new government involvement.
Lobbyists for some of the nation's largest technology companies will argue under the new agreement against efforts in Congress to amend U.S. laws to broaden the rights of consumers, such as explicitly permitting viewers to make backup copies of DVDs for personal use or copy songs onto handheld listening devices.
"How companies satisfy consumer expectations is a business decision that should be driven by the dynamics of the marketplace and should not be legislated and regulated," the agreement said, according to one person who read parts of it to The Associated Press.
These companies, including Microsoft Corp., IBM, Intel Corp. and Dell Computer Corp., also will announce support for aggressive enforcement against digital pirates.
In exchange, the Recording Industry Association of America will argue against government requirements to build locking controls into future generations of entertainment devices to make it more difficult for consumers to share music and movies. Technology companies have complained that the controls are too expensive and complex.
The agreement, expected to be announced Tuesday in Washington, attempts to head off government intervention in the rising debate over what consumers can do with copyrighted material they have purchased. The battle over copyrights, pitting Hollywood against Silicon Valley, has emerged as a central policy question for this Congress.
The agreement was negotiated among the RIAA, the Business Software Alliance and the Computer Systems Policy Project. The software alliance's members include Microsoft, Apple Computer Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc.; the policy project is made up of chief executives from IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Dell.
Officials with those organizations declined to discuss the agreement Monday in any detail, saying only that they had achieved "landmark consensus." Industry executives and others familiar with the agreement described its provisions on condition of anonymity for the AP.
The agreement politically isolates the powerful Motion Picture Association of America, which was noticeably absent from the deal's participants. The MPAA has aggressively supported new government requirements for built-in locking controls on new devices, such as DVD recorders. A spokesman for the group declined to comment.
The agreement could affect a proposal by Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., that would prohibit the manufacture or distribution of "digital media devices" -- such as handheld music players -- unless they include government-approved copy restriction technology. His bill's passage has been in doubt since the 2002 election, because Republican John McCain of Arizona replaced Hollings as chairman of the Commerce Committee when the GOP won the majority in the Senate.
The agreement also could affect fledgling efforts such as those by Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rick Boucher, R-Va., to further define consumers' rights under U.S. laws affecting copyrights. Lofgren, for example, wants it made clear that consumers would be allowed to resell or give away music or movies they purchase, and would be protected if they deliberately broke anti-piracy controls that interfere with these rights.
Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., praised the agreement for helping to overcome what he said was the "growing rift" between the music and technology industries.
"I hope the rest of the creative and technological communities get on board with a unifying message and ... we can tone down the divisive rhetoric that has otherwise predominated many copyright and technology debates," Berman said in a statement.
Well, hopefully we won't have to see anymore shelf shares put out to pay the bills. That would be the best indication of product being sold and supporting the company.
At these prices, we could burn through what's left in no time. As Martha Stewart would say "that would be a bad thing"
Philo
I suggest you take those actions to the private message boards. Too much information for most of us to handle. At least for me anyway.
Philo
ROFLMAO..............BWTFDIKOC
Philo
You can't really say the Company has adopted it, it appears that it has been "born" by it.........it being the Company.
But of course this is my OPINION and not yours.
Philo
Gilga, you state a delivery date of 2/15, please tell me that that is a typo and that 2/5 still is the date? Thanks
Philo
Boy that is one profound statement. I guess you can keep saying that all the way down!
Philo
You're not the only one that would like to see the bottom. RP & FF must now get out information as to what went on at CES and what the near term looks like. With the delay of the O1k till 2/5, the price could very well drift lower. But then what the h ell do I know.
Philo
Way to go.........Tenderloin......better than a sharp stick in the eye........although sometimes that's ok too. We at least know it's there and appears to be working. YIPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEE.
Oops......sorry for the cheerleading.
Philo
What's going on in Las Veras?
There was 6 in there at the open. don't know about now.
A little off topic, but still from Poway.
Pack this if for you!!!
Press Release Source: Patriot Scientific Corp.
Patriot Scientific Corp. Releases Smart Card Industry's First Single Cycle Memory Access Validation Suite
Friday January 10, 11:27 am ET
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2003--PTSC (Patriot Scientific Corp.) (OTCBB:PTSC - News) -- an embedded processor developer -- today announced the release to its anticipated smart card development and manufacturing customers, a complete single cycle memory-to-processor interface reference and verification suite.
Delivery of this critical component will enable anticipated smart card customers the ability to significantly advance execution bandwidth and deliver twice the throughput compared to PTSC's major competitor.
Vital to the smart card industry, this unique capability of the IGNITE(TM) architecture eliminates the delay time associated with accessing embedded memory, thereby removing processor idle time associated with key cryptographic and smart card functions.
"This crucial and unique capability is enabling our customers to expand the current envelope of smart card performance as well as allowing them to drive the manufacturing cost of their smart card silicon lower," said Dr. Patrick Nunally, PTSC's chief technical officer.
With the features and performance needed for next generation smart card and Java card applications, PTSC is positioning IGNITE as the leading 32-bit smart card processor.
About PTSC: Founded in 1987, PTSC is an Intellectual Property (IP); Integrated Circuit (IC) and systems level embedded engineering company. The company sells the IGNITE(TM) processor in silicon both in the United States and abroad. Customers also come to PTSC for product integration and development using the IGNITE technology. For further information on PTSC, visit http://www.ptsc.com.
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this news release looking forward in time involve risks and uncertainties, including the risks associated with the effect of changing economic conditions, trends in the products markets, variations in the company's cash flow, market acceptance risks, technical development risks, seasonality and other risk factors detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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Contact:
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Lowell Giffhorn, 858/674-5018
Mr. Dog.........yes it is.
Yip, Yip
You are probably right, it appears whoever choreographed the shareholders meeting is bumbling us through the CES as well.
Philo
Unfortunately.........I am an Old e. long and a very tired one at that. I suppose if I put on my support hose that would be uplifting and help me.........but how much support hose will it take to get this company out of the shitter?
Of course this is only my question........I'm sure no one else has that concern.
Philo.............
No........It's "only I know", not knew, because I am the only one that knows.........not gnues
Well Annie, thanks for starting a new rumor........just when I was quite comfortable with my accessories........you go and open up a whole new can of worms
Little ol' Philo............and only I know
Sorry Cliff
Tenderloin..........that's great, but do they have enough batteries.................and do they know how to use them and it?
Philo
Cliff, it was a joke.........sometimes we need some humor. Today is one of them.
Philo
He can't tell you Cliff, if he did, he would have to kill you
Could be she is in the wrong media if all she does is "dance" around...........she should be on Broadway.........as a Rockette
WELL MAYBE THEY GOT AN O1K OUT OF CUSTOMS AND IN THE HANDS OF THE JUDGES..........BWTFK
TechTV's Best of CES Awards
TechTV is excited to announce the third annual Best of CES awards. We will select the ten best new products making their debut at CES 2003. The contest is open only to exhibitors at CES 2003 and only to those products that are introduced at CES 2003 or available for sale after December 1, 2002.
There are two ways for your product to be evaluated for TechTV's Best of CES:
Hands-on judging at CES conducted by TechTV judges.
Direct product submissions to TechTV prior to CES.
TechTV's 2003 Best of CES entry form
Participate
Being a finalist in TechTV's Best of CES awards is a clear indication that your product is one of the top new consumer electronic products to be released in 2003. Winning a category award automatically brands your product as one of the hottest new products to be available in 2003. Both finalists and winners will be able to promote their product's status on the show floor with appropriate signage provided by TechTV.
Worldwide coverage
In addition, finalists and winners will receive unprecedented exposure on TechTV, the only nationwide and international 24-hour cable TV network devoted to covering the digital lifestyle. Our network will provide significant coverage of finalists and award winners in live programming originating from the show floor and broadcast around the world on TechTV.
Finalists and winners will receive digital artwork for inclusion in their ads and product packaging material. The TechTV and CES awards logo will be an instant brand of quality and capability for consumers.
Winners will also receive a trophy award for display in their offices, reception areas, or other locations.
Finally, the media relations departments at both TechTV and CES will ensure that all media covering CES 2003 have complete knowledge and understanding of winners and finalists. It's likely that many of those journalists will focus on Best of CES products in their own show coverage.
How TechTV's 'Best of CES' differs from Innovation Awards
The Innovation Awards focus on the design of the most innovative products of 2003, including products already on the market. Judges look at pictures, video, and text descriptions of products but do not conduct any hands-on evaluation.
TechTV's Best of CES focuses on the best new products that are exhibited at CES 2003 and considers only products that have not yet shipped or are just starting to ship. The products that are selected are those most likely to be coveted by consumers in the coming year. In addition to reviewing product information, pictures, and video, the judges will test each product hands on.
Categories
TechTV's Best of CES awards are handed out to the top products in each of the following ten categories:
Portable Audio: For carrying tunes. Includes portable digital music players, CD players, and headphones.
Portable Video: Digital and analog camcorders, portable DVD players, and portable displays.
High-End Audio: For the real audiophile. Includes tube amps, high-end speaker systems, external digital to audio decoders, ultra-high quality CD players, and DVD-Audio players.
Home Theater and Home Video: All parts of a home theater setup. Also includes devices used to record and play back video at home such as PVRs, VCRs, DVD players, and TVs.
Home Audio: Consumer stereo and surround-sound systems for the home. Includes speakers, receivers, amplifiers, tape, and CD players.
Photography and Imaging: Anything that helps you take or print better pictures. Includes digital and analog still cameras, photo printers, scanners, photo-finishing services, ink, and paper.
Auto, Marine, and RV: Anything that goes in your car, boat, or RV. Includes car stereo systems, car alarms, mobile satellite antennas, fixed navigation devices, and other in-dash systems.
Home Automation and Networking: Everything for wiring up your home. Includes Ethernet and wireless networking cards, hubs and routers, DSL and cable modem gateways, and kits to automate your home appliances, lights, and garage. Also includes electronic and computerized sprinkler systems, home gateways, and cable management systems.
PDA, Handheld, and Mobile Wireless: Handheld computers and mobile wireless devices. This category includes PDAs, handheld GPS systems, handheld computers, calculators, pagers, wireless add-ons, analog cellular and digital cellular phones, PCS, 2.5G and 3G handsets, and other portable data devices.
Gaming: Includes gaming consoles, network adapters, 5.1 surround sound gaming systems, wireless controllers, gaming displays, and peripherals.
Best of the best
Best of Show: One overall Best of Show award will be given out. The winner from each category is eligible for this award.
Product evaluation criteria
Our judges will only evaluate products and prototypes that are being exhibited on the show floor of CES 2003. Products will be evaluated based on the following criteria.
Wow factor: Does the product create an entirely new market or category, or does it completely change the economics or capability of an existing category?
Usability and usefulness: Does the product solve a real problem or address a real need? Will customers purchase it? If they do, will they be ecstatic about their new device?
Value: Is it affordable within the constraints of the category, or is it just so expensive that no one will ever buy one?
Judging process
Judging will take place at CES 2003, but products submitted directly to TechTV prior to CES will also be evaluated. A team of two judges will be assigned to each category. During the first two days of CES, our judging teams will personally inspect each product by meeting with the manufacturers.
Friday evening, our judges will select three finalists in each category.
On the morning of Saturday, January 11, finalist awards suitable for placing in show booths will be handed out. During the day Saturday, the judges will revisit all the finalists.
Judges will make the final determination for the winning product in each category on Saturday, January 11th. The judges will also pick one product from among the winners to receive the Best of Show award.
Who are the judges?
Our judges are culled from the ranks of professional product reviewers. In some cases, our team of two professional judges will be augmented by a knowledgeable end-user. Our product reviewers come from TechTV and other well-known media organizations. Our users come primarily from TechTV viewers. All judges have extensive experience evaluating, purchasing, and using products in the category they are judging.
Non-disclosures
The judging panel and TechTV will sign and be bound by non-disclosure statements. All non-disclosure statements expire January 9, 2003, when CES 2003 begins. To get your NDA signed and returned before submitting your entry, contact TechTV's Best of CES contest coordinator at 415-355-4101.
How to enter
Download the entry form
The entry form is a PDF file. Download Adobe's free Acrobat reader to view and print PDF files.
Mail all entries to the following address:
Iliana Tandler
TechTV
650 Townsend Street
San Francisco, California
94103
You can email questions only to bestofces@techtvcorp.com. Again, all entries must be mailed.
All entries must be received by Tuesday 5 p.m. Pacific, December 31, 2002. Entries must be received by mail. No online or fax-based entries will be accepted. We encourage the use of overnight mail services to ensure that entries are received. There is no fee to enter TechTV's Best of CES awards. To submit your product, you must submit an entry form, two complete press kits, along with product photos and Betacam video to TechTV.
Eligibility and rules