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Article | 13/08/2008 $196M should cover costs of bad graphics chips, Nvidia says

Nvidia took a one-time warranty charge of US$196 million against its second-quarter revenue on Tuesday, saying that amount should cover the cost of re...

Article | 13/08/2008 BigPond revamps music store with MP3 downloads

Telstra BigPond Music unveiled its new online music store today after cutting a deal with major record labels to provide their tracks on the site as M...

Article | 13/08/2008 Report: Sony to sell OLED TV in Europe in 2009

Sony will expand sales of its 11-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) television to Europe in 2009, according to a Japanese press report.

Article | 8/08/2008 MS piggybacks on Olympics fever to boost Silverlight

Olympics fever has taken over the world, and Microsoft has come up with a clever idea to boost the use of Silverlight: Partner with NBC to show clips ...

Article | 8/08/2008 For first time, Olympics is all high-def

Over the next two weeks the victories and defeats of athletes at the 2008 Olympic Games will decide much of how the event will be remembered. But goin...

Article | 12/08/2008 New iPod Touch and MacBooks coming soon, analysts say

Apple is likely to announce a redesigned iPod Touch and slimmer MacBooks at an event in September, analysts said on Monday.

Article | 7/08/2008 The Orchard secures distribution rights to Sony/ATV's catalogue

A partner of a Swish Group (ASX:SWG) subsidiary has secured marketing and distribution rights to the entire catalogue of Sony/ATV Music Publishing's m...

Article | 6/08/2008 YouTube to carry Olympic videos in some countries

The International Olympic Committee is launching its own video channel for the games in cooperation with YouTube, to territories in Asia, Africa and t...

Article | 5/08/2008 US Court finds remote-storage DVRs don't infringe on fair use

The US Second Circuit Appellate court has ruled that a DVR which stores programs on a remote server did not infringe on fair use mandates.

Article | 31/07/2008 Telstra demonstrates Australia's 3D TV

Australia's first three-dimensional display is now open for viewing at Telstra's (ASX:TLS) new Executive Briefing Centre in Melbourne, which was launc...

Article | 31/07/2008 How TVs will get much, much flatter

Plasma is dead. Front and rear projection? Fuggeddaboutit. LCD has a few good years left, and then it's sayonara, baby. TV technology's future lies in...

Article | 30/07/2008 LG to use Dolby Mobile audio system in cell phones

LG Electronics plans to start adding Dolby Mobile to high-end phones later this year, it said Wednesday.

Article | 30/07/2008 Apple admits new MobileMe problem

Although Apple has restored full e-mail service to about 40 percent of the subscribers who have been locked out of their accounts for more than a week...

Article | 28/07/2008 Yahoo: Burn your DRMed tracks to CD now

Yahoo has become the latest company to abandon customers who bought tracks from its music store encoded with DRM (digital rights management), drawing ...

Article | 25/07/2008 UK Govt, ISPs, recording industry collaborate to combat file-sharing

The UK Government, the recording and film industry, and six of the UK's biggest ISPs are collaborating to fight illegal file sharing.

Article | 25/07/2008 GoConnect to co-launch gay Internet radio channel in Australia

GoConnect Limited (ASX:GCN) Thursday announced it was partnering with QSoft Consulting Limited to launch an Internet radio service catering to the gay...

Article | 24/07/2008 SingTel signs deal with major TV networks

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (ASX:SGT) has signed a deal with three major television studios to allow the company's mio TV service to screen o...

Article | 24/07/2008 ABC launches Web TV service, strikes deal with iiNet

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has launched a new on-demand Internet broadcasting service.

Article | 23/07/2008 iLike Debuts Full-Song Playback, with a Catch

iLike, a social music discovery service, is celebrating it has surpassed 30 million registered users today by offering a new feature: full-length song...

Article | 21/07/2008 New worm transcodes MP3s to try to infect PCs

A new kind of malicious software could pose a danger to Windows users who download music files on peer-to-peer networks.