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Article | 14/05/2009 Illegal downloaders should be banned from the net

The UK Film Council, along with a number of other industry bodies and trade unions, is urging the government to ban illegal downloaders from the net.

Article | 8/05/2009 Amazon's near-$500 price tag kills Kindle DX buzz

When it comes to e-readers, the hype machine has gotten ahead of the reality. Earlier this week, photos of the super-slim, sexy Plastic Logic Reader -...

Article | 8/05/2009 Melbourne switches on digital radio

Melbourne will become the first capital city on the east coast with permanent DAB+ digital radio services on 11 May.

Article | 7/05/2009 NASA shuttle crew will film Hubble repair for 3D IMAX movie

Astronauts onboard the space shuttle Atlantis will have one extra job to do next week.

Article | 7/05/2009 Amazon unveils Kindle DX

On Wednesday in New York Amazon unveiled a new version of its Kindle with a bigger screen, something the company hopes will make newspapers and magazi...

Article | 7/05/2009 Amazon launches larger-screen Kindle DX e-reader

As expected, Amazon.com Wednesday released a new version of its Kindle with a bigger screen, which is intended to present newspaper and magazine conte...

Article | 5/05/2009 DAB+ digital radio switched on in Perth

Australia's first permanent DAB+ digital radio services have been switched on in Perth by nine commercial radio stations. Although digital radio signa...

Article | 29/04/2009 Blu-ray Disc faces local competitor, piracy in China

China could gradually become a big market for Blu-ray Disc, but for now the optical disc format faces the problems of thrifty buyers, piracy and a com...

Article | 29/04/2009 RealDVD for legitimate users, CEO tells court

RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser took the stand Tuesday in his company's ongoing legal battle against the motion picture industry, arguing that RealNetwork...

Article | 27/04/2009 Sharp, Sony, Panasonic halt Mexico trips on swine flu worry

Several of Japan's largest electronics companies have halted business trips to Mexico after a deadly outbreak of swine flu in the country.

Article | 28/04/2009 Pioneer sets out plan to return to profitability

Struggling electronics company Pioneer has outlined a number of ventures and investments as part of its plan to turn its business around and return to...

Article | 28/04/2009 Freeview announces compatible TVs and digital video recorders

Freeview, the television industry body publicising the move to free-to-air digital television, has released information on products it has certified t...

Article | 22/04/2009 New TVs may make Flash the MP3 of digital video

Flash, the technology used by YouTube to stream video clips into your browser window, is now installed on 98 percent of all computers, according to Ad...

Article | 28/04/2009 GE crams 500GB of data on DVD with holographic tech

General Electric Global Research says it has figured out a way to put up to 500GB of data on a regular-sized DVD disc under laboratory conditions. GE ...

Article | 27/04/2009 ACCC clears the way for digital radio broadcasts

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has finalised access arrangements for digital radio, clearing the way for wide scale DAB+ br...

Article | 24/04/2009 China pushes its own blue-laser optical discs

Chinese manufacturers hope to sell hundreds of thousands of optical disc players for a locally developed next-generation disc format this year, a spok...

Article | 23/04/2009 Western Digital unveils 1TB TiVo external drive

Western Digital Corp. Wednesday said that its TiVo-enabled My DVR Expander external hard drive is now available with a capacity of 1TB capacity. The e...

Article | 23/04/2009 Panasonic HDTVs with Viera Cast add Amazon video on demand

Panasonic's Viera Cast-enabled HDTVs just got more interesting.

Article | 22/04/2009 IceTV wins landmark case against Nine Network in High Court

The High Court of Australia has released its decision on the court case between IceTV and the Nine Network. The panel of judges found that IceTV is no...

Article | 21/04/2009 IceTV High Court decision to be handed down tomorrow morning

The High Court of Australia's decision regarding the legality of the reproduction of Channel Nine's television programming guide by third-party provid...