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Article | 29/11/2010 Swedish judge confirms Pirate Bay convictions on appeal

Three men found guilty of being accessories to crimes against copyright law for their part in running The Pirate Bay have lost their appeal, while a f...

Article | 26/11/2010 Could disposable e-readers be in the near future?

Disposable Nooks and Kindles may one day become as commonplace as throwaway cameras, thanks to a discovery by an engineering professor at the Universi...

Article | 26/11/2010 Porn sites should be filtered by age, demands British MP

A conservative MP has called for UK Internet service providers to protect youngsters by introducing an age-rated opt-in system for online porn.

Article | 24/11/2010 Flexible screens on the way for E-readers

Flexible screens as thin as a piece of paper may be available for e-readers by early next year thanks to a project from Taiwan's Industrial Technology...

Article | 18/11/2010 The Beatles on iTunes: I want to hold your bits

It is amazing what will catch the fancy of the news media. For example, Nov. 16 was “British day” in U.S. publications. The day started out with just ...

Article | 18/11/2010 Amazon goes Hollywood with new online movie studio

Amazon.com is getting into the movie business by opening Amazon Studios, with the goal of using the Internet to put fresh movies on the big screen.

Article | 17/11/2010 Help! arrives: Apple lands Beatles for iTunes

Apple today added the Beatles' catalog to its iTunes online music store, making it the first to sell digital downloads of the Fab Four's tracks.

Article | 17/11/2010 The Beatles and iTunes: Making sweet music together

Apple finally reeled in The Beatles and put all 13 of their original studio albums on iTunes.

Article | 17/11/2010 Yeah, yeah, yeah! The Beatles hit iTunes

Apple is about to announce that its iTunes store will begin selling music by The Beatles, according to a report by <i>The Wall Street Journal

Article | 11/11/2010 E Ink and LG color e-paper screens debut in Japan

The first electronic paper displays that can show color were unveiled Wednesday at the Flat Panel Display International show in Japan. The screens ope...

Article | 10/11/2010 Color comes to E Ink, LG electronic-paper displays

The first commercial electronic paper displays that can show color were unveiled Wednesday at the Flat Panel Display International show in Japan. The ...

Article | 9/11/2010 Amazon gives magazine publishers larger Kindle revenue share

Amazon.com will give magazine and newspaper publishers selling through the Kindle Store up to 70 per cent of the retail price of their products, after...

Article | 9/11/2010 E Ink introduces color display

E Ink, the company responsible for the display technology used by Amazon's Kindle and other e-readers, announced new color technology on Monday. "

Article | 3/11/2010 Kobo 2 to hit Australia before Christmas

Local book retailer, REDGroup Retail, will offer the next generation of its Kobo eBook reader devices in Australia before Christmas, as well as an exp...

Article | 4/11/2010 Apple Australia opens iBookstore floodgates

Up until now, the Australian version of Apple's eBook marketplace, the iBookstore, has been fairly sparsely populated compared with rivals. But yester...

Article | 3/11/2010 Top 10 Amazon Kindle irritations

I've have a Kindle 3 for a month or two now, and I can confirm that it's a thing of beauty. The ebook revolution might not necessarily start here, but...

Article | 2/11/2010 Sony's 10 greatest tech flops

Since its founding in 1946, Sony has produced some of the biggest hits in consumer electronics. Brand names like Walkman, Handycam and Trinitron helpe...

Article | 2/11/2010 New BD-Live content coming to Avatar

New BD-Live material has just been announced for the standard Blu-ray edition of James Cameron's Avatar. The downloadable content will include special...

Article | 28/10/2010 3DFusion aims to remove glasses to watch 3D

A New York company is developing technology so that 3D images can be seen on high-definition screens without the need for viewers to wear special glas...

Article | 30/10/2010 Apple TV vs. Google TV vs. Roku: 3

With the deluge of streaming and downloadable video options the Internet has to offer, it's become obvious that computer and iPod screens can't hold a...