Topic: News

Sony's Japanese branch have unveiled a new disc standard that aims to bring the company's lessons from Blu-ray to music CDs.

Karoo is threatening to disconnect UK punters who have a publicly available WiFi access point connected to their systems, regardless of whether or not they realise that it's not secured.

Popular browser Firefox has snatched more than 20 per cent market share during two separate weeks in October, according to new statistics.

Plextor have shipped two new drives, the PX-Q840U external and the PX-806SA internal. Both drives feature Qflix recording technology from Sonic Solutions.

NAD Electronics, famed for it's high-performance audio/video components, has introduced the $14,999 T 587 Blu-ray Disc Player.

Sonos's controller for its multiroom music system has often been likened to the iPod for its ease of use. Now, iPhone or iPod touch owners can use their devices as their Sonos controllers.

UK retailer Yoyo Tech unveiled the world’s fastest desktop PC, unceremoniously shoving the two time winning 8-core SUN UltraSPARC system from its throne.

Netflix is to stop selling previously-viewed DVDs to its members as of November 30 to focus on DVD rentals and streaming video.

Western Digital have introduced a simple way for consumers to play their stored digital content on their HDTV in Full- HD 1080p resolution.

Supermarket chain Sainsbury's is amongst the retailers who'll be offering you a £99 a year unlimited music service that lets you keep the DRM-free songs you download.

CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the top two Taiwan-based makers of blank optical discs, suffered large net losses in the third quarter.

Cyberlink's DVD Suite 7 includes tools for movie playback, video editing, disc production, and media management in one solution.

Panasonic is in talks to acquire Sanyo in a deal that would create Japan's largest electronics group and spur consolidation of the fragmented sector.

A small group of dedicated researchers over on the Doom9 forum have successfully defeated BD+, the Blu-ray copy-protection system.

The compact disc is dying along with the concept of the cheap CD store, according to AP.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that certain notebook batteries manufactured by Sony have been recalled due to a fire hazard, pushing Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Toshiba to recall 100,000 computer battery packs.

A survey claims that London still has far more wireless network access points with 12,276 than either New York City, with 9,227, or Paris, with 4,481.

Google and book publishers and authors have reached a landmark settlement to a copyright dispute that will make millions of books available for purchase online.

A recent study shows gamers are much more likely to save the original DVD cases rather than store their disc somewhere else and throw the packaging away.

Xbox 360 owners who subscribe to both Xbox Live and Netflix will be able to stream about 300 titles in high definition starting next month at no extra cost.