Topic: News

Cable & Wireless is blaming the crash of Sainsbury's website on thieves nicking the copper from a computer network centre run by the outfit.

Microsoft is expected to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model to $299 from $349, according to sources in the retail business.

Honestly, how many of you rip, copy, and burn your DVD rentals and then send them right back for another?

A new survey shows that roughly two-thirds of broadband households regularly use a PC to play music while at home, and one-third said they use a television to listen to music, equal to Mp3 players.

An anonymous source has passed along images of the Blackberry Thunder to blackberrysync, showing off its new OS and media player for the very first time.

Philips will stop producing new DVD recorders after 2009 because they are not profitable enough, according to Financieele Dagblad.

LightScribe DVDs are now available in red, orange, yellow, blue and green.

Samsung has begun mass producing 1.8- and 2.5-inch multi-level cell (MLC)-based solid state drives (SSD) with a 128 Gigabyte (GB) storage capacity.

CD and DVDs sales may be going down the dumper, but downloads of DRM-free music are going through the roof.

Fujitsu's vice president of business development has dismissed solid state hard drives (SSD) as pointless and says his outfit will not be making any for at least two years.

Half year figures from the British Video Association (BVA), which represents the video home entertainment market, show total DVD sales have risen 3.3 per cent compared with the same period a year ago.

Japanese consumer electronics maker Pioneer plans to launch Blu-ray DVD recorders by the end of the year, taking aim at a rapidly growing market after the end of a bitter format battle.

A British IT worker has received a whopping £31,500 bill after downloading his favourite TV show while abroad.

Pioneer has succeeded in developing a 16-layer read-only optical disc with a capacity of 400 gigabytes for the first time in the world.

A US judge has ordered Google to give Viacom user data used YouTube in a decision condemned by the Google and privacy advocates.

No-return DVD rentals that essentially self-destruct within 48 hours after they are removed from their packaging are now rolling out at airports, travel centers and every Staples store across the States.

LCD TVs, praised as being greener than old-style tellies because they consume much less power, may actually be speeding climate change, a chemical expert has warned.

A new DVD logo released by the DVD Forum has added to the speculation surrounding Toshiba’s HD-enabled DVD player that is expected to become available later this year.

Apple and AT&T have both confirmed that US customers who cannot, or simply do not want to sign into a two-year contract, will be allowed to purchase the new iPhone 3G, for $599 and $699 for the 8GB and 16GB models respectively.

International retail prices of blank 4-6x DVD+R/-R DL discs have dropped by about 50% during the first half of 2008 to around US$1, spurring a fast growth in global demand.