Topic: News

Blockbuster's new digital media player brings fewer, but more recent titles from the Internet to consumers' televisions than a six-month old offering from Netflix.

Toshiba have updated their memory card line-up with the launch of a 16GB microSDHC card offering the largest capacity available in the market.

US electronics giant Best Buy is offering the current crop of Apple laptops at a $100-$150 discount.

Samsung has showcased a new mobile phone prototype with a foldable OLED display at FPD 2008 expo in Japan.

YouTube has quietly started testing out real HD quality videos on a smattering of its content.

The BBC have announced that as of this Thursday BBC One and BBC Two will be available to watch live online.

The surviving members of the Monty Python team are so miffed at people ripping off their videos on Youtube they have set up a channel on the site.

BBC proposals to launch a local online video service would have a significant negative impact on commercial providers, Ofcom says.

Plextor new burner offerings are 6x Blu-Ray Combo drives, 22x Super Multi DVD±RW drives, and an 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW for PC and Mac.

North America's largest specialist retailer, Gamestop, has said that it expects it will be all out of Wii consoles by the Christmas holiday season.

Apple has released a firmware update for the iPhone, giving iPhone devotees access to Google Map’s Street View, keyboard settings and more.

Apple is back in talks again with the major labels Sony BMG, Warner and Universal about offering their music without DRM.

Blu-ray Disc Combo drives will be the mainstream PC-use BD drive format in 2009 and BD burners will become the mainstream format in 2011, according to Lite-On IT.

Blu-ray Disc-R (BD-R) discs are expected to reach a crucial market size of 20 million units in 2009 that will give the format momentum for sharp growth thereafter, according to Ritek.

Microsoft is to offer a free new security solution, called "Morro", which will provide protection from a variety of threats including viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojans.

Google have updated its iPhone app to allow people to search on Google in two new ways: by voice and by location.

Pioneer will release the external DVR-X162J DVD burner in Japan early next month.

The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has unveiled full specifications for the next-generation USB 3.0, or SuperSpeed, interface standard that is expected to make a splash in the coming years.

TiVo is teaming up with Domino's Pizza to allow subscribers to order pizza for delivery or pick-up from their TV sets.

Microsoft's new site "The Microsoft Store" gives customers a single online destination to shop for and compare products across entire Microsoft lineup.