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  • 10 September 2009

  • News: IMB technology promises improved mobile TV

    The GSM Association is getting behind the emerging mobile broadcast technology IMB (Integrated Mobile Broadcast), it said on Wednesday. The technology opens the door for more mobile TV channels and better picture quality, according to chip maker IPWireless.

  • 09 September 2009

  • News: Tesco and Microsoft unveil 'Virtual DVD'

    Microsoft is joining forces with Tesco to offer consumers a new way to purchase movies

  • 07 September 2009

  • News: Samsung's remote control doubles as a mini TV

    For TV addicts it could be the ultimate remote control: a 7-inch portable touchscreen that can not only control gadgets in the living room but also check out and what's playing on channels other than the one currently showing on the big screen.

  • 05 September 2009

  • Video: IFA: Prototype Samsung remote control doubles as a mini TV

    Samsung prototype allows users to watch other channels on the remote control so they can check out what's on without changing the main set

  • 04 September 2009

  • Opinion: Five requests for YouTube film rentals

    Rumour has it that Google is working on a possible deal with Hollywood studios that would give YouTube a streaming rental store.

  • News: Philips launches Wireless HDMI Link

    Philips has announced a wireless HDMI product that lets consumers connect home electronics products, like a television and a Blu-Ray player, without using any wires, it said on Thursday.

  • News: Toshiba shows first Blu-ray laptop

    Toshiba showed its first Blu-ray Disc player and laptop computer on Thursday, less than a month after confirming it was putting the high-def disc format battle behind it by joining the Blu-ray Disc Association.

  • 03 September 2009

  • News: Sony to launch 3D TV next year

    Sony will next year launch a television capable of showing 3D images, it said on Wednesday at the IFA electronics fair in Berlin. The TV will be the first step in what is expected to be a big push by the consumer electronics company to popularize 3D movies, TV and computer games.

  • News: YouTube to offer film rentals

    YouTube is in talks with Hollywood movie studios to offer streaming movie rentals, according to The Wall Street Journal.

  • 26 August 2009

  • News: Blu-ray PCs not mainstream for at least 5 years

    Despite a rapid rise in the sale of consumer Blu-ray Disc players due to a drop in prices and an increase in high-definition movie content, Blu-ray players in PCs are not seeing any significant increase in sales, according to iSuppli Corp.

  • 25 August 2009

  • News: Channel 4 to broadcast 3D TV in Autumn

    Channel 4 will be the first TV channel to publicly broadcast a number of programmes in 3D it has been revealed.

  • 24 August 2009

  • News: Average gamer is 35 and overweight

    When you think of a hard-core gamer, do you picture a teenage boy battling his friends in World of Warcraft?

  • 20 August 2009

  • News: Sony launches TV recycling scheme

    Sony is giving consumers that scrap their old analogue TVs in favour of a new digital-enabled TV from the company, up to £150.

  • News: Updated Cell chip for PlayStation 3 Slim

    The PlayStation 3 Slim gaming console from Sony Computer Entertainment is not only smaller and cheaper, but adds hardware enhancements that make it speedier, including a new Cell microprocessor.

  • 19 August 2009

  • Sony PlayStation 3 'Slim'

    To no one's huge surprise, Sony has launched a thinner version of its PlayStation 3 games console. The Playstation One and Playstation 2 both had thinner versions, so the long-rumoured 'PS3 Slim' was always a good bet.

  • News: Comics turn Sony PSP into e-book reader

    At a GamesCom press conference in Cologne yesterday, Sony announced that a brand new digital reader will be released on the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) this December.

  • News: Sony announces PS3 slim, PlayStation 3 price cut

    Sony yesterday announced a slimmed down, cheaper version of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) games console, and slashed the price of the existing PS3.

  • 14 August 2009

  • Video: Netgear Powerline AV - In Brief

    The Netgear Powerline AV kit puts an ethernet port wherever you have a power outlet.

  • News: Microsoft Zune HD available for pre-order in US

    icrosoft announced that its Zune HD will go on sale Sept. 15 and said retailers were taking pre-orders starting today.

  • 10 August 2009

  • News: Apple broadcasts 'live' concert to iPhone

    Apple on Saturday broadcast its first-ever 'live' streaming music event: a gig in San Francisco by Underworld.

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