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Article | 30/10/2008 Samsung's 40-inch OLED goes full high-def

Samsung SDI has been working on its prototype 40-inch OLED screen, already the largest OLED screen yet seen, and the latest model now offers full high...

Article | 29/10/2008 Microsoft, Akamai team up for 'no-buffer' video streaming

Microsoft and content delivery network services provider Akamai are collaborating to produce a new video service that promises to deliver high-speed v...

Article | 28/10/2008 Panasonic and LG release new Blu-ray players for under $500

Panasonic and LG have announced new Blu-ray players for the Australian market priced at under $500. The new models feature the latest Blu-ray technolo...

Article | 22/10/2008 LG to switch PDP production space to solar cells

LG Electronics plans to construct two new production lines for solar cells in space currently occupied by a PDP (plasma display panel) manufacturing l...

Article | 21/10/2008 Samsung claims thinnest LCD crown with 7.9mm screen

A tenth of a millimeter might not seem like much, but in the competitive world of flat-panel televisions it's enough for Samsung to steal the thinnest...

Article | 17/10/2008 Music industry optimistic about digital future

The music industry is going through a lot of changes as it tries to grapple with the move to digital, but these days it is much more upbeat about the ...

Article | 17/10/2008 Apple users rage over missing FireWire

Apple customers unhappy that the company dropped FireWire from its newest notebooks are venting their frustrations on the company's support forum in s...

Article | 15/10/2008 m.Net to build Fox Sports mobile site

Premier Media Group [PMG], owner of the Fox Sports Channel, has appointed m.Net to build a dedicated mobile site for Fox Sports Australia.

Article | 10/10/2008 TiVo to be sold in JB Hi-Fi

Hybrid Television Services, the company behind the Australian release of the TiVo media device, today announced a deal with popular electronics retail...

Article | 9/10/2008 JB Hi-Fi signed up to boost TiVo Christmas sales

TiVo’s retail reach within Australia is expanding after the Seven Media Group announced Thursday that JB Hi-Fi will this month commence selling the pr...

Article | 9/10/2008 NEC launches full-HD plasma TV

NEC Thursday launched its first full-HD plasma TV, the 50-inch PXT-50FHDP1.

Article | 9/10/2008 Sony launches new range of Memory Sticks

Sony Australia today announced the launch of new high speed Memory Sticks in 4GB and 8GB capacities.

Article | 8/10/2008 RealNetworks asks judge to lift restraining order

RealNetworks has asked a federal judge to lift a temporary restraining order that has blocked the company from selling its RealDVD movie copying softw...

Article | 1/10/2008 Amazon plugs hole in free-movie offerings

Adobe Systems has disputed reports that bugs in its Flash server software let people pirate movies and television shows streamed from Amazon.com's new...

Article | 29/09/2008 New industry group takes aim at 'net pollution,' piracy

A group of technology and entertainment heavyweights is undertaking a public relations campaign to dissuade consumers from illegal file sharing, somet...

Article | 29/09/2008 Alcatel-Lucent loses $1.5B award in Microsoft patent suit

Alcatel-Lucent lost another round against Microsoft last week in a continuing court battle over patents for the MP3 digital music format.

Article | 26/09/2008 MySpace launches iTunes competitor with 5 million artists

Social network MySpace lobbed a shot across the bow of Apple iTunes last night with the launch of MySpace Music, a new site that offers free on-demand...

Article | 25/09/2008 Vic police nab third player in national piracy syndicate

Victorian Police have raided the home of a 62 year old man believed to be a prominent member of a national piracy syndicate.

Article | 23/09/2008 SanDisk and record companies launch flash memory with music

Record companies are scrambling to find new ways to distribute music in the face of declining music sales. The latest is slotMusic, a microSD card con...

Article | 22/09/2008 Vodafone launches MusicStation: an unlimited mobile music service

Vodafone Australia today launched MusicStation, which the company says is Australia’s first unlimited mobile music download service.