Topic: News

Slysoft has admited that it thinks it could be another 3 months before if cracks the latest Blu-ray encryption system.

The Canadian Copyright Board has increased the levies on blank CDs which are used to compensate the music industry for potential duplication of copyrighted material.

The Nintendo WII is still top the charts for most popular gaming console at Christmas time for the third year in a row.

Consumers are warming to Digital Copy - a feature on Blu-ray movie discs that allows playback on portable devices.

Blu-ray Disc player sales for the week of Thanksgiving and Black Friday more than tripled from a week earlier after Sony and Samsung dropped prices.

Nintendo and HarperCollins have struck a deal to make literary classics available to read on the DS.

Is Apple about to give an early Christmas present for its users by unwrapping the DRM from its Itunes store songs?

Google have announced an initiative to help bring more magazine archives and current magazines online.

Sony Ericsson, Vodafone and ARM joined the Open Handset Alliance to support the Android mobile device platform developed by Google.

TiVo subscribers can now access thousands of movies and TV episodes instantly streamed from Netflix directly to their TVs.

Nintendo have not felt any particular impact from the economic slowdown, with sales of its Wii video game console and DS handheld game player still strong.

Nintendo have launched today a new communications tool – Wii Speak which is an accessory to the Wii Speak Channel.

YouTube, the video darling that endures a turbulent relationship with Hollywood, is pandering to its potential benefactors with a new HD player.

Facebook's subscibers can now upload higher quality videos to Facebook and also embed their Facebook videos on other websites.

Despite its nasty DRM scheme, EA's Spore tops the list of most pirated games for 2008, according to TorrentFreak.

A freeware application for the iPod Touch can turn the music player into a virtual mobile phone.

A cheaper version of Apple's iPhone will be sold at Wal-Mart Stores for $99 later this month.

BSkyB has opened a new online video service which will offer popular channels with cheaper subscription packages than current satellite TV packages.

Customs is warning shoppers looking for bargains this Christmas not to be fooled into buying fake Nintendo DS and DS Lite machines.

Blockbuster will begin offering 99-cent DVD rentals in January to help customers chase away their post-holiday blues.