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  • 18 July 2007

  • News: YouTube's web dominance revealed in US

    Nearly 75 percent of web users in the US watched video online during May – according to ComScore says – with sites run by Google proving most popular.

  • News: PlayStation Portable to get mobile TV

    The PlayStation Portable (PSP) console is to get mobile TV functionality, after Sony announced details of the second-generation PSP.

  • News: Xbox boss quits Microsoft for EA

    Peter Moore has resigned as the president of Microsoft’s Xbox business, less than two weeks after the company revealed that it would take a $1bn charge due to widespread defects in the Xbox 360 console. The Briton will be joining Electronic Arts (EA), and will be replaced by Don Mattrick, a former EA executive.

  • 16 July 2007

  • News: Sony to kill 60GB PlayStation 3

    Sony grabbed headlines recently when they announced that the 60 GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) would be dropped to $499 (£250). But on Friday Sony also revealed that this model will be discontinued later this year, leaving only the $599 (£300) model for sale in the US.

  • 13 July 2007

  • News: NTT DoCoMo trials superfast mobile internet

    NTT DoCoMo has embarked on a month-long experiment of a Super 3G (third-generation) cellular system. NTT DoCoMo hopes to hit a downlink speed of 300Mbps (bits per second), it said today.

  • 12 July 2007

  • News: iPod users warned on digital music risk

    In an investigation of 46 UK insurance providers, the Consumers Association's Computing Which? Magazine found that less than half provided cover for music and other digital downloads.

  • News: Sony to release slim PlayStation Portable

    Sony plans to release a redesigned version of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game system in the autumn. The new PSP, announced at the E3 conference, is 33 percent lighter and 19 percent slimmer than the original PSP model, which was first released in 2005. It also contains a faster Universal Media Disc (UMD) drive, used to load games and some movies, and features improved battery life.

  • 10 July 2007

  • News: UK, MSN and Live Earth set online streaming record

    Microsoft set a record for streaming by broadcasting the Live Earth concerts on MSN on Saturday. The UK concert was the most viewed, followed by Australia, Germany and Japan. MSN had expected that the US show would produce the most traffic, but it came in fourth.

  • 05 July 2007

  • News: Toshiba lawsuit targets German DVD maker

    Toshiba has filed a lawsuit against German DVD replicator EDD Bizz GmbH over the alleged infringement of DVD patents.

  • 03 July 2007

  • News: EU investigates Blu-Ray & HD DVD

    The European Union's antitrust regulator has asked Hollywood studios to turn over information about their negotiations with the developers of high-definition DVD formats, giving them until the end of this week to respond.

  • 01 July 2007

  • News: The iPhone killers: best products of 2007

    Apple’s iPhone is the most highly anticipated tech gadget of the year, but David Haskin believes it’s distracted us from other hot new products launched in the first half of 2007

  • 29 June 2007

  • News: BBC iPlayer aims for 1m users

    The BBC is hoping to attract 1m users to its iPlayer service in the first year after its launch.

  • News: Internet overtaking TV in the US

    More Americans are turning to the internet for entertainment and information, according to a survey by Edison Media Research.

  • 28 June 2007

  • News: New RealPlayer available for download in UK

    RealNetworks' new RealPlayer is now available in the UK for consumers to download for free at www.realplayer.com. Real claims that the all-new RealPlayer allows PC users to use a single application to record and download videos from tens-of-thousands of websites with a single click. Read our exclusive preview of RealPlayer here.

  • 27 June 2007

  • News: BBC accused of favouring Windows over Mac OS

    The BBC has been accused of forcing people to use Microsoft operating systems to access its iPlayer service - which is due to launch later this year.

  • News: The 8 most-hyped tech products in history

    Apple's iPhone goes on sale tomorrow, but it's not the first tech product to generate a deafening amount of buzz before its availability in stores. We look at the most highly anticipated products of the past 20 years - and show that not all of them lived up to the hype

  • News: Samsung builds single-chip TV for mobiles

    Samsung Electronics has developed a pair of chips that can receive and decode four mobile digital TV systems. The chips should make possible smaller portable media players and mobile phones that can pick up local broadcasts around the world.

  • 26 June 2007

  • News: Eight colours in Dell's new laptop range

    Dell today launched its brand new range of consumer laptops. The Dell Inspiron range of portables comes in two widescreen flavours - 15.4in and 17in - and eight colours. The eight different chassis tones range from shocking pink, through bright yellow to black.

  • News: Dell announces 'world's thinnest 13in laptop'

    As part of a major rebranding excercise, Dell today announced the Dell XPS M1330 Ultramobile notebook. Dell claims the XPS M1330 is the world's thinnest 13in laptop PC.

  • 25 June 2007

  • News: Wireless HD video draws scepticism

    A chipset promising to allow users to send high definition (HD) video wirelessly throughout the home faces hurdles in the market due to competing technology standards, according to market researcher Gartner.

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