Topic: News

After losing the format war earlier this year Toshiba launches HD DVD's second firmware update after its demise. According to Electronic House HD DVD users are still very positive about Toshiba's HD format.

Rumours that Apple will close iTunes if it’s forced to pay more royalties to artists are highly unlikely to come true – but are they more than misinformed gossip?

Five Hollywood studios have agreed to help in the deployment of 3D digital projection systems in nearly 20,000 movie theatre screens across North America.

Plextor's popular HD PC-to-TV mediaplayer has been upgraded to a new capacity of 500GB.

Vudu is adding 1080p downloads and a $200 credit for new customers to its Internet video-on-demand box.

As expected, Sony has lowered the price of two of its Blu-ray players $100, while also adding BD-Live capability to one of its players.

Apple's iron grip on its TV box has been broken before, but a new thumb drive hack not only unlocks the device, but also opens it up to innovative social not-working features.

Nintendo has begun showing off a second-generation Wii that’ll be officially launched before 2011, according to gaming sources.

I-O Data have unveiled the internal BRD-SH8B and the external BRD-UH8 8x Blu-ray burners, both scheduled to retail in Japan by the end of October.

From today Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. has become Panasonic Corporation.

The major studios and RealNetworks are headed to court in two separate lawsuits over Real's DVD ripping software RealDVD.

Sleek in design and easy to use with a full graphical interface, the iZone allows you to watch your favourite video clips and listen to your favourite music on the go.

At Ceatec 2008, Pioneer have on display a new half-height Blu-ray burner prototype, the company's first to support 8x recording for Blu-ray.

Apple is offering an unlocked version of the iPhone 3G in Hong Kong, allowing consumers to use it with any mobile phone carrier.

Nokia is expected to release its first touch-screen phone code-named "Tube" next week in a direct challenge to Apple's successful iPhone.

Nero have begun shipping three new exciting products, Nero TiVo PC, Move it and an updated media suite, now known as Nero 9

Erstwhile HD DVD heavyweight Toshiba has forecast the end of consumer optical media, and is to develop a series of set-top boxes and portable players all fed with digital content sold on SD card instead.

Lite-On has reportedly obtained orders from Japan-based Plextor to manufacture a 20x DVD burner, the PX-806SA, with shipments to begin in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Finnish academics have developed a mobile phone app which monitors sleep patterns and delivers a morning alarm when the user is naturally ready to wake up.

CMC Magnetics and Ritek are looking to raise disc prices by 10-15% for CMC while Ritek will look at order volumes before determining rates.