Topic: News

Rounding off a series of court decisions and actions regarding BitTorrent sites, torrent.is users will have something to celebrate. The BitTorrent tracker favored by Icelandic downloaders, has won yet again in Court, and the site will reopen May 16th.

Details of an entirely new kind of electronic device, which could make chips smaller and far more efficient, have been outlined by scientists.

Microsoft has flatly denied reports of a Blu-ray drive for its Xbox 360 gaming console.

Unlicensed music discovery service Project Playlist is being sued for copyright infringement.

Retailers and studios are confused over how to price Blu-ray titles with reports that consumers are balking at premium prices.

Aleratec is now shipping its new Aleratec color coded duplicator grade LightScribe DVD-R recording media.

Yamaha, working together with Fujifilm, has developed the new Labelflash Photo Labeler software using for easy printing of labels on specially made DVD disc.

Toshiba have announced its policy regarding the future sales of the HD DVD-R media. The company plans to continue selling the HD DVD-R media made by Ritek and Mitsubishi Chemicals directly through its Shop1048 web site.

The DVD Forum announced that they have plans to study a possible incorporation of 3D movie technology into the DVD format specifications.

Citing higher retail and wholesale prices, Netflix plans to implement a "modest monthly premium" for access to Blu-ray titles some time this year.

Slysoft have released a new version of its AnyDVD software which, it is claimed, can bypass the 7th generation of HD DVD and Blu-Ray copy protection (MKB v7), found in the latest Blu-ray movie releases.

In Federal Trade Commission filing, Microsoft has advocated the adoption of a more comprehensive framework to protect consumer privacy online.

Following the industry-wide adoption of the Sony Blu-ray high definition DVD format, Sony Creative Software today announced upgrades to its DVD Architect and Blu-print applications for authoring Blu-ray discs.

Beginning this week, Blockbuster will start offering Blu-ray movies, for rent and sale in all of its corporate stores in the U.S., as well as in Canada.

Japanese audiences will be the first in the world to see regularly scheduled TV shows in 3-D. Korean company Hyundai's E465 3-D TV, which requires special glasses to see the effect, went on sale for $4,980 in Tokyo on Saturday.

No-name brands could release their own Blu-ray players to take on the major brands by September, increasing competition and potentially driving prices down further.

The BBC's head of digital media technology has commented on plans to make the iPlayer available on the PS3 saying it is on their "roadmap"

In its latest attempt to be useful and make money, MySpace announced that it signed a content distribution agreement with ShineReveille. The global partnership allows ShineReveille to distribute MySpace TV series’ over TV and on DVD to an international audience.

A new $500m telecoms satellite has been launched to distribute live TV channels to mobile devices across the States, once operational it will be able to deal with between ten and fifteen simultaneous streams. It’s also powerful enough to require no dish in order to broadcast.

Avid Technology announced the next generation of its Pinnacle PCTV HD Stick, and Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick.