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From the Department of Obvious comes a report that, gasp, Microsoft is ceasing all manufacture of external HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 console. This came just days after Toshiba conceded defeat of the format to Sony's Blu-ray last week. According to Microsoft, the cessation of HD DVD drive manuf... More...

Rim Semiconductor Company may breathe new life into theexisting copper wire infrastructure, allowing phone companies that offerDigital Subscriber Line (DSL) to significantly boost speeds: ArsTechnica: 40Mbps DSL? Rim Semi claims highspeeds at long distancesBroadbandReports: IPSL: 40Mbps Over Coppe... More...

According to a report by Reuters, Pioneer is ceasing the production of 42-inch plasma TV panels by March of 2009. It will continue to market and sell panels of that size by obtaining them from Panasonic and Hitachi, however Pioneer will focus solely on panel sizes of 50-inches or larger. The plant i... More...

In a move designed to give Sony the ability to meet increased LCD television production, the TV giant is going to begin purchasing larger LCD panels (40-inch and up) from Sharp as early as April of this year. Earlier this year Sony had announced that it will no longer engage on any display technolog... More...

After polarized film was first patented back in 1929, the Polaroid company opened its doors just a scant 8 years later. 11 years later, the first instant cameras hit the market in full force and continued in one form or another... until just last year. Now, Polaroid Corporation (a reformed version o... More...

Audio Junkies: The UK magazine What Hi-Fi? is reporting that Mordaunt-Short will be releasing a Limited Edition version of the Performance 6 loudspeakers at the Sound & Vision Show in Bristol (UK) this weekend. Upgraded features in the limited edition P6’s include: redesigned cro... More...

Audio Junkies: Sound Domain?got the scoop on JBL’s new Power Series component speakers. Aside from a very clean look, the new components feature increased sensitivity, reduced-distortion motors and a new 1″ textile-dome tweeter. All of the new JBL Power Series speakers also have ... More...

According to theJapan Electronics and Information Technology Association (JEITA), a Japanese industry group that tracks these things, flat panel television sales (both LCD and plasma) are expected to more than double to180 million units by 2012. Largely this is being driven by a growing Chinese econ... More...

Not content with motion tracking, eye-tracking or even full body suits of motion-control devices, one gaming accessory developer, Emotiv Systems, is bringing us the EPOC neuroheadset. It reads your brain and allows you to control the game with your thoughts. Sounds like science fiction, right? Per... More...

Good news for the video gaming industry 2007 was a banneryear according to sales numbers from NPD: BetaNews:Wii Continues Video Game Dominance in DecemberArsTechnica:Nintendo tops '07 sales numbers in industry's best year ever Overall, the industry posted a 43% revenue gain from 2006,earning $17... More...

In May Nintendo will be releasing its new Wii Fit Excersise system that will incorporate a weight and motion-sensing device dubbed the Wii Balance Board, a low, flat device that looks remarkably like a household scale. The wireless board contains sensors that monitor pressure and can determine the c... More...

In all the talk about how analogue television is being phased out, it's easy to miss a milestone in the history of cellular phone service which is passing this week. As of today, analogue phone service is no more. Kaput. Vamooshed. Fageddaboudit. This cutoff affects (according to reports) more than ... More...

iPod or cell phone running low on juice? What if you could plug it into your shirt to recharge the batteries! According to a report on Reuters, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a technology to allow a microfiber fabric to generate electricity. Enough to power a cell p... More...

The high definition disc format war that has raged for the last two years ended in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Toshiba announced it would stop development, manufacturing and marketing HD DVD players and recorders. The company says however, it will continue to fully support and service all exis... More...

DisplaySearch released a report today that indicates Sony took a commanding lead in LCD TV sales last quarter - jumping from fourth position to first. According to their Global TV Shipment and Forescast Report, Sony literally leaped from 9.7 to 12.8 percent to reach the number one spot. The metric i... More...

As expected, Universal Studios, one of the two major studiosthat was putting out HD DVDs, will now switch its manufacturing, marketing and distribution efforts to the rivalBlu-ray high definition DVD format. The news was reported by the AP and follows Toshiba's Tuesday bombshell that it will be exi... More...

HiddenWires: Meridian Audio Limited, the British firm whose recognition as a world leader in digital audio and video technologies for music and home-theater systems dates to the earliest days of consumer digital media, is unveiling its latest DSP Loudspeaker. Meridian’s new DSP7200 model i... More...

Strong industry rumors are leading many editors to believe that this week will mark the end of the high definition DVD format war. If things go as suspected, and industry insiders are correct, then Toshiba will announce that it has conceded the format war to Blu-ray and begin making preparations to ... More...

A consumer group charges that Samsung has knowingly sold defective Blu-ray players since June 2006 and is looking for $5 million in compensation. Samsung sold lead plaintiff Bob McGovern a BD-P1200 last summer which has turned out to be incompatible with some Blu-ray disc titles. The plaintiff attr... More...

New Line Cinema is again finding itself on the wrong side of a lawsuit involving the lucrative Lord of the Rings trilogy. It seems that the Tolkien estate (a British charity named The Tolkien Trust) is alleging that the studio hasn't paid them the 7.5% of gross receipts contractually required for th... More...