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The mega-band R.E.M. is making a move into online streaming with their new release Accelerate due out in stores in two weeks. A week before that, however, members of iLike, a new online music service, will be able to stream the album in its entirety. This is just another in an increasing group of ma... More...

Slashgear: One way of playing music from your ugly iPod and guaranteeing no one ever sees it is if you move the speakers up to?45m away from the base. With Griffin’s Evolve you can wirelessly do just that. Each of the two speakers has a Lithium-Ion battery built in to power it and there is a pair o... More...

This one's a little like watching cousins sue each other in court, but Gibson Guitar Inc has told Activision Inc that its wildly popular Guitar Hero video games infringes one of their 1999 patents which deals with simulating a musical performance. And no, Gibson didn't patent air-guitar. Last week, ... More...

Iron Maiden have prevailed over the world of heavy metal for almostthirty years, and without a doubt, they are also one of the mostcontemporary and exciting bands of the 21st century. And in theirdefiant spirit of overturning convention - from flying their own planearound the world on a record-break... More...

You can’t blame anyone who bought one of Toshiba’s second generation HD DVD players for trying to get all the use they can from it. The latest patch from Toshiba that updates the HD-A30 and HD-A35 to v2.0, however, is causing some grief. Toshiba’s new patch grants the HD DVD players the ability to ... More...

Just days after Microsoft exec Steve Ballmer alluded to a Blu-ray device for Xbox 360, the rumor was quashed. Yesterday Aaron Greenberg, group product manager of Xbox 360 reaffirmed his team’s commitment to high-def movie downloads instead of a high-def disc format.? The message from Greenberg is c... More...

Sometimes the most unlikely products come to market. "Unlikely" just doesn't seem to cut it this time around, however. We really didn't think that a laptop would be the place for 5.1 surround sound, but Acer has plans of its own to do exactly that. The Taiwanese computer giant is busting o... More...

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. increased its presence in the PC market this week with therelease of its next-generation "PC Entertainment Experience" program, asuite of Dolby audio post-processing and connectivity technologiesdesigned to enhance the listening experience for consumers. Dolbylaunc... More...

Japan is investigating a potential, um, defect in the Apple iPod after one reportedly"shot out sparks" while being charged. This is according to a government official who commented to the AP today. Ananonymous official in the Japanese department which oversees productproblems, stated that ... More...

Today TiVo announced it would deliver videos from YouTube directly to televisions via itsdigital video recorders. The service should be available later this year forhigh-speed Internet subscribers who have TiVo Series3 DVRs. Users would be able to log into their YouTube accounts directlyfrom their T... More...

The Walt Disney Co. is betting it will make as much as $1 billion from online content this year, boosting their predictions from 2007. CEO Robert Igerindicated this week that Disney has been "fairly aggressive" in creating new revenue streams through connecting new customers with its brand... More...

It's a case of one studio that gets it, almost. Lionsgate Films is known for punishing action and gross out horror films that appeal to a younger audience. It could be why they’ve decided to experiment with digital downloads on DVD. But this experiment is limited to only two titles. The digital movi... More...

Chief executive of Microsoft Steve Ballmer has confirmed that his firm is looking at ways to back the HD format Blu-ray. While Ballmer avoided linking his announcement directly with the Xbox 360, he admitted Microsoft is ready to move on following the demise of HD-DVD. "We've already been w... More...

Reuters ran a story this week that Toshiba Corp, primarily known for its consumer electronics, said on Thursday it had launched a new company in the United States, Toshiba American Nuclear Energy Corp, to enhance its nuclear power businesses. Toshiba purchased Westinghouse almost one year ago (in Fe... More...

PioneerCorporation has announced that at a meeting of its Board of Directors heldtoday, the Company resolved to restructure its display business and implement measuresto enhance corporate values. According to the company, Pioneer will continue to focus on what it does best whichincludes engineeri... More...

At an Apple shareholder’s meeting on Tuesday, Steve Jobs unleashed a stinging jab at longtime ally Adobe. Known for his quirky temperament that can build or crush whole businesses with a few words, Jobs said Flash runs too slow on the iPhone to be useful. Adobe Flash has become the de facto standar... More...

It's been a long journey, but Microsoft's Xbox 360 has now turned a profit for two straight quarters - that qualifies as more than a blip and means the console-maker has finally become profitable. Microsoft has long been playing catch-up, releasing the original Xbox as a system to compete against So... More...

Walt DisneyPictures, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures andParamount Pictures sued Beijing Jeboo Interactive Science & TechnologyCo. in Shanghai late last year for supplying Internet cafeswith computer software that allowed users to download and watch unauthorized movies... More...

In case you've ever wondered what is possible with lasers these days, several websites have devoted themselves to all things powerful which emanate light. One of my favorite discoveries was the Spyder II GX. No, it's not a car - it's a laser. A very powerful green laser. Weighing only 8.5 ounces, a ... More...

According to word out on the Internet, first based on a Circuit City employee in Chicago (this is getting way too "whisper-down-the-alley" for us already) and then confirmed by High-Def Digest, the consumerelectronics chain is trading in HD DVD players bought into their stores in the last ... More...