Topic: News

AMD has announced the AMD LIVE! PC -- which they claim is a full-featured, easy-to-use media center PC, designed to enable consumers to organize, distribute, share, and enjoy their content collection throughout the home and on the go.

An electronic gadget that promises to unshackle consumers from their TV sets became available in Europe for the first time on Tuesday, opening up new ways for users to watch television wherever they go.

TV viewers are confused about high definition TV (HDTV) with one in five not realising they need to buy an HD ready TV set to receive the crystal clear pictures.

Owners of iPods that die after a year are being told that Apple will not fix them.

LG has announced what may be the world's first Blu-ray Disc recorder to run at 4x speeds. The catch: it doesn't support dual-layer, 50GB media, only single-layer, 25GB discs.

Datawrite brings a brand new look to portable storage with its next-generation VoyagerDrive™ USB 2.0 flash drive. The updated VoyagerDrive features a slimmer design, pen-like cap, reinforced lanyard connection and ergonomic gripping area all of which make storing and transferring all types of digital files easy and stylish.

A Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report stated that the DVD anti-dumping investigation pursued by the European Union (EU) is likely to be discontinued after the withdrawal of TDK from the market in the first quarter.

Google and Dell said on Thursday that the No. 1 personal computer maker will install Google software on its systems starting from this month, potentially dealing a blow to Microsoft.

Following the policy for the rival Blu-ray Disc format, the DVD Forum is actively considering developing specifications and an enforcement plan to include RPC (Regional Playback Control) on HD DVD-Video titles.

DVD consumers' champion Flash has been busy again, this time with a review of the new DVD authoring software from TMPGinc. You can read his review here. And, in related news, Flash is excited by TMPGinc introducing VideoSync encoder technology.

As Microsoft developers gathered in Seattle to hear Bill Gates's keynote speech on the future of Microsoft and the coming release of its updated operating system Vista, protesters wearing bright yellow Hazmat suits swarmed the entrance of the city's convention center, delivering an unsettling message to the corporation: your product is defective and hazardous to users.

Two companies this week launched products designed to turn Macs - the Mini in particular - into PVRs. Miglia's TVMax is the most Mini-friendly of the two, but I-O Data's GV-1394TV/M3 connects to a Firewire port - handy for folk with USB 1.1-era computers.

Britain bounced into number one spot as Europe's most digital market yesterday, largely due to digital TV spending ahead of the World Cup.

Acer plans to introduce notebooks that feature built-in Blu-ray Disc (BD) optical disc drives (ODDs) and HD-DVD drives at Computex 2006. The company will also feature a 42-inch LCD TV at its booth during the event.

Tens of thousands of pirate DVDs have been found by police officers on patrol in east London.

Sony has announced a new portable DVD player - the D-VE7000S - breaking away from the company's focus on the UMD format found in the PSP. The video walkman will play DVD and CD discs, including recordables and rewriteables and the newly announced DVD+RW dual-layer format.

If you are wondering if it is worth it upgrading your XP machine to Vista later in the year you might want to have a look at some free software to give you a clue.

Microsoft has taken private action against a UK software pirate after he continued selling counterfeit software, despite receiving a criminal conviction for the same offence.

Sony Computer Entertainment UK's managing director, Ray Maguire, has revealed that to Eurogamer that the PlayStation 3 will set British gamers back £425 when it arrives here on November 17 - which he believes is "a bargain."

NEC has offered its own-brand DVD burners without burning software for sale in the European market at an average price of below US$30 (£16) in what appears a deliberate attempt to undercut the competition who have been quoting prices at $33-$35 (£17.50 - £18.50).