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Article | 28/04/2011 Sony to restart Blu-ray Disc production in late May

Sony plans to resume production of Blu-ray and other optical discs at a tsunami-hit factory in northern Japan in late May, it said Thursday.

Article | 9/04/2011 YouTube Live: The makeover continues

Another sign that Google is positioning YouTube to compete with broadcast and cable TV, as well as other video-streaming services like Hulu and Netfli...

Article | 11/04/2011 Sony to launch streaming music on PSP

The rumors are true: Music Unlimited, Sony's cloud-based streaming music service, will launch on the PSP platform April 14.

Article | 8/04/2011 Time Warner asks judge to decide on iPad streaming

Time Warner has asked a judge to rule on whether it has the right to let customers stream cable content to their iPads, a question that has lit up deb...

Article | 7/04/2011 Denon offers customers free Airplay upgrade on D-N7 multimedia system

Denon is offering its customers a free upgrade to enable the Apple Airplay service on its D-N7 multimedia system. The upgrade, which usually costs $60...

Article | 4/04/2011 Digital radio in your car: Just buy a new BMW

DAB+ digital radio is slowly making its way into cars, with an announcement on Friday that all new BMW 5 Series and 7 Series cars will be able to have...

Article | 1/04/2011 China's Baidu to compensate songwriters for music downloads

China's largest search engine Baidu said it will start paying an agency representing songwriters for every music download on the site, after years of ...

Article | 27/03/2011 RIAA thinks LimeWire owes $75 trillion in damages

The music industry wants LimeWire to pay up to US$75 trillion in damages after losing a copyright infringement claim. That's right . . . $75 trillion....

Article | 23/03/2011 Austar developing local media "wonder box"

Regional pay television operator, Austar (ASX:AUN), is developing a cross-platform user interface that could aggregate and beam content to multiple de...

Article | 21/03/2011 More than 400,000 digital radios sold in Australia since DAB+ launch

Data newly released by Commercial Radio Australia indicates that more than 400,000 DAB+ digital radios have been sold in Australia since the service's...

Article | 18/03/2011 Music video shot entirely on iPad 2 isn't half bad

Well, it's happened. Apple boasts that each movie you record on its iPad 2 front and rear facing cameras will be a "mini masterpiece."

Article | 17/03/2011 Samsung unveils Galaxy Player details

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled details of its soon-to-be-released Galaxy Player, a handheld device that offers a choice of different screen sizes to le...

Article | 16/03/2011 Kogan gives away free HDMI cables to JB Hi-Fi TV buyers

In the latest of a series of publicity stunts, online retailer Kogan is offering "tricked" JB Hi-Fi TV buyers a free HDMI cable. Anyone who has bought...

Article | 12/03/2011 Yahoo's TV widget store delayed for consumers

An online store for lightweight "widget" applications built for the Yahoo Connected TV platform will not open to consumers this month, as originally p...

Article | 9/03/2011 Peter Garrett now on Obama's iPod

As the lead singer with politically-edged Aussie rock band Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett railed against "US forces".

Article | 9/03/2011 Acer unveils Revo 100 media centre PC

Acer today announced that it will launch a new media centre PC in April. The Acer Revo 100 includes a combination touchpad and touch keyboard that slo...

Article | 9/03/2011 Warner Bros. tests Facebook movie rentals

As if users needed another reason to spend more time on Facebook, Warner Bros. has started offering movies to rent or buy and view on the site.

Article | 8/03/2011 Nokia expects X1-00 music phone will sell for under €35

The Nokia X1-00 is designed to allow users in emerging markets to listen to music on their phone, Nokia said in a blog post on Tuesday.

Article | 4/03/2011 Star Wars Episode I to go 3D in 2012

Lucasfilm has been busy of late. First came the announcement that the Star Wars films would arrive in 2011 on Blu-ray Disc. Now, comes word that Star ...

Article | 25/02/2011 Music execs stressed over free streaming

Free streaming services are replacing piracy as the chief culprit of music industry revenue loss in the minds of fiscally frustrated executives, if a...