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Article | 25/06/2008 Aussie iTunes store offers legal television series downloads

The Australian iTunes store is now offering purchasable downloads of popular TV series to its Australian customers.

Article | 25/06/2008 Microsoft extends life of MSN Music tunes

People who bought songs from Microsoft's now-defunct MSN Music service will get three more years to move the music to new devices and operating system...

Article | 19/06/2008 EzyDVD set to challenge Telstra Bigpond

EzyDVD, Australia's largest online DVD store, confirmed today that it will be launching a movie download service, EzyDownload. The new service, which ...

Article | 19/06/2008 Microsoft scoops up TV ad-placement company

Microsoft is moving into the TV advertising realm with the acquisition of Navic Networks, which specializes in delivering targeted, interactive ads to...

Article | 19/06/2008 Consumers prefer fast broadband, not HD

In a surprising blow to HDTV adoption, a new survey from Pike & Fischer Broadband Advisory Services showed that of all the "new" services lusted after...

Article | 18/06/2008 Socceroos to kick off Foxtel's foray into HD TV

Foxtel will officially launch its new high definition television service on Sunday night when it broadcasts the Socceroos World Cup qualifying match a...

Article | 17/06/2008 AMD goes Hollywood with new graphics chips

Imagine turning a movie into a game instantly, with the audience driving storytelling by defining the character. Advanced Micro Devices wants to make ...

Article | 12/06/2008 Intel developing video search technology

In a quest to make computing more interactive, Intel on Wednesday said it is working on video search technology that it hopes to bring to its future m...

Article | 12/06/2008 Avid ships Media Composer 3.0

Avid has released its latest family of professional digital video editing systems that it says offers greater speed, responsiveness, reliability and p...

Article | 6/06/2008 Virgin Media to 'educate' illegal file sharers

Virgin Media and the BPI are working together on an 'education campaign' aimed at users believed to be illegally sharing copyrighted files.

Article | 5/06/2008 Grandmax shows off portable iPod speakers

Grandmax, a brand from YC Cable, is showing off some nifty speakers for digital music lovers at Computex

Article | 4/06/2008 Intel adds high-def video decoder to chipset line

Intel showed off a small, energy-efficient PC that is capable of paying Blu-ray discs, highlighting the high-definition video playback capabilities of...

Article | 5/06/2008 Britons arrested in illegal file-sharing case

Six Brits have been arrested for illegally sharing music files. Cleveland Police made the arrests on May 23 and 28 'in relation to uploading pre-relea...

Article | 30/05/2008 Hitachi debuts hard drive for digital video apps

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies this week unveiled the 500GB 3.5-in. CinemaStar hard drive, which it said mutes noise and cuts power consumption i...

Article | 27/05/2008 US convicts 15th in largest music piracy case

A New York man was convicted of copyright infringement late last week in the largest criminal music piracy case in the United States.

Article | 27/05/2008 Sony, Sanyo, others settle LED patent complaint

Four consumer electronics companies, including Sony and Sanyo Electric, have settled a complaint that they were infringing a patent on semiconductors ...

Article | 28/05/2008 UK's largest music retailer to stop selling CD singles

The U.K.'s biggest music retailer Woolworths Sunday announced that it is axing sales of CD singles.

Article | 27/05/2008 Ghana is now home for digital mobile TV

With a partnership between Black Star TV and South Korean company 2ii Tech, Ghana has become home to the first service in West Africa for mobile-phone...

Article | 23/05/2008 Member of online piracy group faces prison term

A member of an online piracy group has been convicted of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and faces up to five years in prison, th...

Article | 23/05/2008 Microsoft Surface developer seeks new canvas

What if you threw out your mouse and laid down a touch-sensitive flat-panel monitor on your desktop?