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  • 11 January 2007

  • News: CES: World first for projector with iPod dock

    The new PJ258 projector, announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), comes hot on the heels of ViewSonic’s VX1945wm flat panel monitor, which also includes an iPod dock and was released in the UK late last year.

  • 10 January 2007

  • News: CES: Warner launches dual-format DVD

    In a move aimed at encouraging consumers to buy next-generation DVDs, Warner has unveiled a disc that combines two rival HD (high-definition) formats.

  • 09 January 2007

  • News: Jobs announces Apple TV

    Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has revealed further details of the company’s wireless media streaming device, codenamed iTV, at today’s Macworld Expo keynote.

  • News: HD-DVD/Blu-ray copy protection 'obsolete'

    The recent release of software that can be used to decode encrypted HD-DVD and Blu-ray movies is the first step toward making the encryption standard used by these next-generation video players obsolete, Princeton University researchers said yesterday

  • 08 January 2007

  • News: CES: First AMD Live! laptop announced

    AMD has introduced a notebook version of its AMD Live!-branded desktop PC design, and has also announced designs for a home cinema system and a home media server built around its 64-bit Turion and Athlon processors.

  • News: CES: Netgear builds Apple iTV alternative

    Netgear may be hoping to steal some of Apple’s thunder by introducing an appliance that lets users play internet and other digital content on their TVs.

  • News: CES: 108in LCD TV is world's largest

    Sharp took the wraps off the largest flat-panel TV yet developed yesterday. The company unveiled a prototype 108in TV during a news conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

  • News: CES: Gates' vision of the connected home

    Microsoft chairman Bill Gates' Consumer Electronics Show keynote says the connected home will no longer be solely the realm of wealthy technology enthusiasts

  • 04 January 2007

  • News: Dual HD DVD/Blu-ray player launched

    LG sidesteps the next generation DVD battle by producing a player that supports both formats

  • 02 January 2007

  • News: Reports: Lawsuit may delay SED TV plans

    A lawsuit filed by US firm Nano Proprietary could scupper Canon's plans to jointly produce a new type of television with Toshiba, according to Japanese press reports.

  • 31 December 2006

  • News: Blu-ray, HD-DVD copy protection 'cracked'

    A computer hacker claims to have broken the AACS (Advanced Access Content System) encryption specification used to control unauthorised copying on HD-DVD and Blu-ray video players.

  • 30 December 2006

  • News: Via launches consumer electronics motherboards

    Taiwan's Via Technologies will next month begin shipping a new motherboard series and chipset designed to be used in consumer electronics products.

  • 22 December 2006

  • News: Toshiba: We'll beat Sony with Cell

    Japanese rivals Toshiba and Sony race to put the powerful PlayStation 3 chip into other consumer electronics goods

  • 21 December 2006

  • News: PS3 sales surge after production boost

    Sales of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) in Japan have finally begun to rise, four weeks after the console was launched, according to data from Media Create.

  • 20 December 2006

  • News: DVD pirates fined £10,600

    A Beijing court has convicted and fined operators of a pirated DVD shop, the MPA (Motion Picture Association) has announced

  • 19 December 2006

  • News: Sharp begins mass producing blue lasers

    Sharp has begun mass production of blue-laser diodes at a new factory in Japan - a move that should help reduce the cost of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD players.

  • News: Google to put NASA data online

    Google and NASA have signed a formal collaboration agreement that calls for Google to help make NASA information readily accessible on the web

  • 18 December 2006

  • News: Sony to take on iTunes in video downloads

    Two newspapers report that Sony will begin offering movie downloads for PCs and PlayStation Portables in Q1 2007

  • 15 December 2006

  • News: DVD rival planned in China

    Electronics manufacturers in China may be gearing up for another attempt to establish a proprietary optical disc format, although some analysts said such a move is unlikely to succeed.

  • 14 December 2006

  • News: Jail term for Hong Kong copyright pirate

    Two defendants convicted of copyright infringement in Hong Kong and Japan were sentenced this week. One received jail time, while the other was fined

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