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• 31 August 2008

• News: Ion launches iPod & Flash USB turntables

  First we had the Ion USB turntable; then we had the Ion USB tape recorder; now Ion has seven products in its range of products that enables you to digitise old tracks in to various formats.

• News: DNLA certification links consumer electronics devices

  More and more consumer electronics products are being demonstrated with DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) certification at the IFA electronics show. New TV's, home theatre systems, and computers all come with the DLNA stamp.

• News: Toshiba image detection controls laptops and TVs

  Toshiba is demonstrating at IFA some of the latest image detection technology currently being worked on at its laboratories in Cambridge in the UK.

• 30 August 2008

• News: Sharp shows progress with solar-powered TVs

  Sharp is presenting an environmentally friendly way to watch television at this year's IFA electronics show in Berlin.

• News: Black is the new grey for consumer electronics

  One trend more obvious than any other at the IFA electronics show is how glossy black has taken over the consumer electronics market as the colour and finish of choice.

• News: iCord set-top box combines IPTV and satellite

  Humax showed off some of what it has in store with a demonstration of the forthcoming iCORD Hybrid set-top box at the IFA electronics show in Berlin.

• News: Intel: the future of robots revealed

  A world where humans and robots live side-by-side could be possible as soon as 2050, says Intel's chief technology officer Justin Rattner.

• 29 August 2008

• News: Toshiba to launch PS3 Cell-based TV in 2009

  At IFA in Berlin today, Toshiba announced that it plans to bring the powerful Cell processor into consumer electronics and launch a TV based on the chip in the second half of 2009.

• News: Studios make money from fans' YouTube postings

  Google has announced that users of its Video ID system that allows copyrighted videos to be tracked on YouTube by their owners prefer to allow the video website to sell ads against the content.

• News: West Wing creator plans Facebook movie

  Hollywood screen writer and creator of the West Wing Aaron Sorkin is thought to be writing a movie about the creating of social networking site Facebook.

• News: Sharp shows its thinnest LCD TV yet

  Sharp has developed a new range of LCD TVs that are thinner and have larger screens than its previous thinnest televisions.

• News: 'Football-sized' home theatre system demoed

  Philips has launched a compact home theatre at IFA which combines a DVD player, CD player, iPod dock with amplification, four speakers and a subwoofer.

• 28 August 2008

• News: Panasonic Blu-ray recorders coming to Europe

  Panasonic will soon begin selling Blu-ray Disc-based video recorders in Europe, it said Thursday at the IFA electronics show in Berlin.

• News: 80% of UK households receive digital television channels

  The UK is currently in the process of the digital television switchover, which is scheduled to be completed by 2012. Latest government figures show the numbers of UK households ready for the digital TV switchover.

• News: Maxian PMPs run TI's DaVinci chip

  Maxian will demonstrate two new portable media players at the IFA consumer electronics in Berlin.

• News: First Bluetooth-enabled TVs launched

  LG Electronics is on the verge of launching a new range of LCD and plasma TV sets in Europe that feature Bluetooth wireless networking, the company said at the IFA electronics show in Berlin.

• News: Altec Lansing speakers have built-in subwoofer

  Altec Lansing is demonstrated new speakers at IFA featuring built-in subwoofers.

• News: Divx HD player launched by LG

  LG Electronics is demonstrating at IFA two DVD players it hopes will challenge Blu-ray Disc for a share of the optical-disc spotlight.

• News: Sonoro device combines FM with internet radio

  A new, cube-shaped radio called the elements W supports both internet radio and FM broadcasts and is on sale now, Germany's Sonoro Audio has announced at the IFA electronics show in Berlin.

• 27 August 2008

• News: iPlayer extended as BBC plans 'Series Stacker'

  The BBC has announced that it will be extending the length of time users have to access some of the TV shows on its iPlayer service.

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