Topic: News

Napster, the digital music service, has opened the world's biggest MP3 download store with more than 6 million songs in a direct challenge to Apple Inc's iTunes store.

It is being reported by Gizmodo that someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch has said that Apple will announce their new model at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th. The second-generation iPhone will be available worldwide right after the launch, and not at year's end, as previously thought.

An Oregan man has pleaded guilty to selling more than a million US dollars worth of pirated software on online auction sites. It has been estimated that the pirate trousered around $400,000 in personal profit.

A partnership has been announced between Sony and YouTube that sees the integration of YouTube APIs to allow game developers to create games that enable direct upload of in-game video captures to the popular website.

Samsung will exhibit new products ranging from the 82-inch "Ultra-Definition" LCD with 120Hz Refresh, to advanced mobile products, at the Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition.

Sony today announced a line up of highly-anticipated software titles set to launch over the remainder of 2008 and early 2009 exclusively for Playstation 3, PSP and Playstation Network.

LG Display is to demonstrate a pair of round LCD panels and will show them for the first time at the Society For Information Display's (SID) conference next week.

Plextor JP wil release the DVD super-multi-drive PX-820A and PX-820 SA seeries of 20x DVD burners in Japan by the end of the month.

An anonymous RIAA representative has come out detailing the organization’s methods in seeking out file sharers on college campuses in the United States. In many ways the method is almost identical to the way one searches for music on peer-to-peer networks, except it searches a lot quicker.

LG and Samsung announced their plans to develop a device that will allow the access of digital television on cell phones.

It's another sign of the impending update to Apple's mobile phone: AT&T, the device's US carrier, has informed its retail staff to limit sales of the iPhone to customers.

The adoption of Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray will accelerate in 2009, but DVD burners will continue to be "the leading volume product until 2012," according to a new report from IDC, a market intelligence firm with headquarters in Framingham.

Expanding its broad line of professional LCD monitors, Sharp has announced the new TL monitor line, a full 1,920×1080 2-megapixel high-definition (HD) resolution series.

Samsung and LG have decided to scease production of their respective players that can play both Blu-ray and HD-DVD movies, in a move to cut costs.

Planetary arbiter Microsoft may now be deciding what its Vista Media Centre users can watch on the box.

Besides being a gaming console, playground and a Blu-ray player, the Playstation 3 will now also be 'TV' with PlayTV. PlayTV is a new device that allows you to watch digital TV on your Playstation 3.

Advanced Media, which is behind the popular Ridata brand, has just unveiled its ultra-high capacity 32GB CompactFlash card with 233x write speed.

The "second generation" of HD Radio programming is rolling out, says the HD Digital Radio Alliance, citing new HD2 and HD3 subchannels that play new and unsigned artists, tightly niched HD channels, and former over-the-air stations getting new life via HD.

Wal-Mart is reportedly selling a $298 Blu-ray player in select stores, roughly $100 off the previous entry-level price of the high-def disc player.

Amazon Unbox to go HD on TiVo Although there have been rumors swirling for months that it was going to happen, TiVo has officially confirmed that Amazon Unbox will be going HD.