Topic: News

Pioneer announced today its latest series of 20x dual format DVD writers, offering C /DVD/DVD-RAM writing support in SATA and PATA versions, as well as a new feature for accurate reading of Audio CDs.

DVD kiosks located in supermarkets, fast-food restaurants and other high-traffic locations will expand their share of the rental market to 20% to 25% within about three years, predicts the chairman and CEO of No. 3 kiosk operator DVDPlay.

A Pioneer-created TV service will soon enter public testing and allow consumers to download unlimited numbers of TV shows for a monthly fee.

CNet and the Wall Street Journal are up with scoops on a long-awaited device from Amazon, a thing that could either be quite grand but that odds say will prove a bust: an e-book reader.

Paul McCartney is predicting the Beatles' catalog will make its long-awaited arrival in the digital realm next year.

SanDisk have a new Flash-Based accelerator called Vaulter Disk to speed up system performance in consumer laptops and PCs.

If you bought one of Seagate's Maxtor Basics consumer hard drives recently, check it for viruses. Especially if you're a gamer.

The heads of the global recording industry have traveled to Brussels to meet with EU Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, to emphasize the piracy and market access problems faced by the music companies in China.

Vudu said today it will add high-definition titles to its movie download service, which connects to households through a set-top box.

Although it is apparently not related to the music download site that was the bane of the music industry's existence, a new russian website is promising cheap drm-free downloads of movies.

Radiohead have famously made their latest album available from their website allowing purchasers to decide what they were worth, including the option to pay nothing.

As part of a new marketing blitz to promote the Xbox 360 as a "family friendly" video game console, Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out a new feature called Family Timer, which will show up in the Family Settings Screen.

Microsoft is set to launch its next generation of Zune players on November 13th and to help sell off stock of the existing models, J & R and Amazon have both recently dropped the brown 30GB Zune price to US$99.99 with the other colour models selling for $149.99.

The Pirate Bay is developing a new software standard for Internet downloads in a move that could make it easier to swap media files, which is illegal in many countries.

Ticketmaster and Apple have formed a partnership where digital albums of artists would be sold alongside concert tickets on Ticketmaster's website.

Verbatim have introduced the world’s first color-background LightScribe 16x DVD-R and DVD+R media. The 4.7GB discs are available in vibrant shades of red, orange, yellow, blue and green in addition to the original gold color.

Macrovision has patched a security hole in a driver file used for their SafeDisc copy protection system. The flaw could allow an attacker to completely take over an affected Windows XP or Server 2003 computer. A Microsoft security advisory indicates that Vista is immune to the problem.

CyberLink have launched CyberLink DVD Suite 6, a complete package of retail software for playing movies, editing videos, burning and backing up data, copying and authoring discs.

Transcend announced its largest capacity SD product to date: a 16GB Class 6 SDHC card.

In an effort that could help to fend off market share challenges from rival second- and third-tier TV brands, Philips said it is now offering consumers who purchase its 37-inch and larger flat-panel HDTVs a service plan with "lifetime technical support, next-day scheduling of in-home repairs and a simplified exchange program for those living in areas without authorized service support.