Topic: News

Consumers are warming to Digital Copy - a feature on Blu-ray movie discs that allows playback on portable devices.

Blu-ray Disc player sales for the week of Thanksgiving and Black Friday more than tripled from a week earlier after Sony and Samsung dropped prices.

Nintendo and HarperCollins have struck a deal to make literary classics available to read on the DS.

Is Apple about to give an early Christmas present for its users by unwrapping the DRM from its Itunes store songs?

Google have announced an initiative to help bring more magazine archives and current magazines online.

Sony Ericsson, Vodafone and ARM joined the Open Handset Alliance to support the Android mobile device platform developed by Google.

TiVo subscribers can now access thousands of movies and TV episodes instantly streamed from Netflix directly to their TVs.

Nintendo have not felt any particular impact from the economic slowdown, with sales of its Wii video game console and DS handheld game player still strong.

Nintendo have launched today a new communications tool – Wii Speak which is an accessory to the Wii Speak Channel.

YouTube, the video darling that endures a turbulent relationship with Hollywood, is pandering to its potential benefactors with a new HD player.

Facebook's subscibers can now upload higher quality videos to Facebook and also embed their Facebook videos on other websites.

Despite its nasty DRM scheme, EA's Spore tops the list of most pirated games for 2008, according to TorrentFreak.

A freeware application for the iPod Touch can turn the music player into a virtual mobile phone.

A cheaper version of Apple's iPhone will be sold at Wal-Mart Stores for $99 later this month.

BSkyB has opened a new online video service which will offer popular channels with cheaper subscription packages than current satellite TV packages.

Customs is warning shoppers looking for bargains this Christmas not to be fooled into buying fake Nintendo DS and DS Lite machines.

Blockbuster will begin offering 99-cent DVD rentals in January to help customers chase away their post-holiday blues.

CMC and Ritek have reached a consensus with Royal Philips Electronics about new licensing terms for Philips' CD-R and DVD+R/-R patents.

Google's YouTube may be a fun Web site to visit, but the company hopes to make it a little less, um, titillating.

The green eyed monster could be lurking at Apple soon enough as Amazon’s new MP3 download service looks set to beat prices all round.