40 Year Electronics Breakthrough Details of an entirely new kind of electronic device, which could make chips smaller and far more efficient, have been outlined by scientists. [ read more ] Published May 09, 2008 - 03:45 PM

No Blu-ray for Xbox 360 Microsoft has flatly denied reports of a Blu-ray drive for its Xbox 360 gaming console. [ read more ] Published May 08, 2008 - 10:09 PM

Free Web Jukebox Sued Unlicensed music discovery service Project Playlist is being sued for copyright infringement. [ read more ] Published Apr 29, 2008 - 01:10 PM

Blu-ray Disc Pricing Up In The Air Retailers and studios are confused over how to price Blu-ray titles with reports that consumers are balking at premium prices. [ read more ] Published Apr 29, 2008 - 12:58 PM

Aleratec DVD-R LightScribe Media: Rainbow Colors and Duplicator Grade Quality Aleratec is now shipping its new Aleratec color coded duplicator grade LightScribe DVD-R recording media. [ read more ] Published Apr 29, 2008 - 12:55 PM

Yamaha Ships Free LabelFlash Software Yamaha, working together with Fujifilm, has developed the new Labelflash Photo Labeler software using for easy printing of labels on specially made DVD disc. [ read more ] Published Apr 23, 2008 - 05:27 PM

Toshiba Still Selling HD DVD Discs Toshiba have announced its policy regarding the future sales of the HD DVD-R media. The company plans to continue selling the HD DVD-R media made by Ritek and Mitsubishi Chemicals directly through its Shop1048 web site. [ read more ] Published Apr 23, 2008 - 05:24 PM

Next The 3-D DVD The DVD Forum announced that they have plans to study a possible incorporation of 3D movie technology into the DVD format specifications. [ read more ] Published Apr 23, 2008 - 05:18 PM

Netflix To Raise Blu-ray Subscriptions Citing higher retail and wholesale prices, Netflix plans to implement a "modest monthly premium" for access to Blu-ray titles some time this year. [ read more ] Published Apr 23, 2008 - 05:13 PM

AnyDVD Bypasses Latest Blu-ray Protection (Again) Slysoft have released a new version of its AnyDVD software which, it is claimed, can bypass the 7th generation of HD DVD and Blu-Ray copy protection (MKB v7), found in the latest Blu-ray movie releases. [ read more ] Published Apr 16, 2008 - 12:12 PM

Microsoft Proposes Online Privacy Standards In Federal Trade Commission filing, Microsoft has advocated the adoption of a more comprehensive framework to protect consumer privacy online. [ read more ] Published Apr 16, 2008 - 12:09 PM

Sony Showcases Blu-ray Disc Authoring Apps Following the industry-wide adoption of the Sony Blu-ray high definition DVD format, Sony Creative Software today announced upgrades to its DVD Architect and Blu-print applications for authoring Blu-ray discs. [ read more ] Published Apr 16, 2008 - 12:03 PM

Blockbuster Promotes Blu-ray Kiosks Beginning this week, Blockbuster will start offering Blu-ray movies, for rent and sale in all of its corporate stores in the U.S., as well as in Canada. [ read more ] Published Apr 16, 2008 - 12:01 PM

Japanese Get 3-D TV Japanese audiences will be the first in the world to see regularly scheduled TV shows in 3-D. Korean company Hyundai's E465 3-D TV, which requires special glasses to see the effect, went on sale for $4,980 in Tokyo on Saturday. [ read more ] Published Apr 16, 2008 - 11:57 AM

Cheap Blu-ray Players Due September No-name brands could release their own Blu-ray players to take on the major brands by September, increasing competition and potentially driving prices down further. [ read more ] Published Apr 16, 2008 - 11:53 AM

BBC Hints At iPlayer For The PS3 The BBC's head of digital media technology has commented on plans to make the iPlayer available on the PS3 saying it is on their "roadmap" [ read more ] Published Apr 16, 2008 - 11:44 AM

MySpace Signs Distribution Deal In its latest attempt to be useful and make money, MySpace announced that it signed a content distribution agreement with ShineReveille. The global partnership allows ShineReveille to distribute MySpace TV series’ over TV and on DVD to an international audience. [ read more ] Published Apr 16, 2008 - 11:43 AM

Satellite Brings DVB-SH To The US A new $500m telecoms satellite has been launched to distribute live TV channels to mobile devices across the States, once operational it will be able to deal with between ten and fifteen simultaneous streams. It’s also powerful enough to require no dish in order to broadcast. [ read more ] Published Apr 16, 2008 - 11:37 AM

PCTV HD Sticks Bring HDTV To The PC Avid Technology announced the next generation of its Pinnacle PCTV HD Stick, and Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick. [ read more ] Published Apr 07, 2008 - 11:07 PM

Carphone Warehouse Rejects 'Three Strikes' Plan Carphone Warehouse has called the government's bluff by stating that it will not cooperate with the record industry to clamp down on copyright infringement over peer-to-peer networks. [ read more ] Published Apr 07, 2008 - 10:48 PM

CyberLink Ships PowerDVD 8 CyberLink have launched the latest version of PowerDVD - version 8 - which is fine-tuned to "provide maximum playback performance in supporting the latest high-definition video and audio formats. PowerDVD 8 introduces new ways for consumers to enjoy movies beyond just watching." [ read more ] Published Apr 07, 2008 - 10:43 PM

Microsoft Denies Blu-ray Lite-On Rumour Microsoft has officially denied that it’s working with a Taiwanese manufacturer to develop a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360. [ read more ] Published Apr 04, 2008 - 03:29 PM

Xbox Blu-ray Drives To Lose Money? If, as previously reported, Microsoft adopts built-in Blu-ray Disc (BD)-ROM drives for a new version of its Xbox 360, sales prices are likely to be lower than the corresponding production costs since current OEM quotes for BD-ROM drives are as high as US$95-100, according to industry sources in Taiwan. [ read more ] Published Apr 02, 2008 - 03:56 PM

Philips Intros Blu-ray Patent Licenses Philips has said that it wants to create clarity for companies that manufacture Blu-ray Disc products and has therefore decided to introduce licenses for the use of the Dutch company's patents relevant for Blu-ray Disc. [ read more ] Published Apr 02, 2008 - 03:52 PM

Plextor Ships 750GB PC-to-TV Media Player Following the introduction of its 500GB PC-to-TV consumer multimedia player into the market earlier this year, Plextor is extending the range to add a 750GB version. [ read more ] Published Apr 02, 2008 - 03:21 PM

Should Duplicators Go Blu-ray? Many small and midsized disc duplicators invested their time in HD DVD for all the obvious reasons. To make HD DVDs duplicators only had to make a few adjustments to their existing DVD duplication lines, but Sony's Blu-ray Discs require new equipment. But what should they do? Invest in a new line, or wait and see? [ read more ] Published Apr 02, 2008 - 03:03 PM

Women Grab The PVR Remote According to a new study from Solutions Research Group, women are more likely to stream TV shows from network websites than men, and they are more likely to time-shift their TV viewing with a personal video recorder. [ read more ] Published Apr 02, 2008 - 02:59 PM

Lite-On To Produce Blu-ray Drives For Xbox 360 Lite-On IT is developing built-in Blu-ray Disc-(BD) ROM drives for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console, according to industry sources. Lite-On declined to comment, citing client confidentiality. [ read more ] Published Apr 02, 2008 - 02:39 PM

Virgin Plans To Ban Illegal Downloaders Following last month's announcement of an official "three strikes and you're off the Internet" policy, it seems that Virgin Media could be the first UK ISP to implement the scheme. [ read more ] Published Apr 02, 2008 - 02:34 PM

Samsung And LG Ship 22x Burners While Samsung launched its Super-WriteMaster SH-S223 22x DVD burner in early March 2008 and LG Electronics will follow suit to launch its latest Super Multi series GH22, in the second quarter of 2008, 18x and 20x are still the mainstream burning speed levels, according to industry sources in Taiwan. [ read more ] Published Mar 25, 2008 - 10:47 PM