The Slingbox is a clever gadget that also turns your home TV signal into an internet stream, which you can access from any networked device. That means you can watch live or recorded on your laptop from your hotel, work or wherever you are. full text: http://www.techdigest.tv

NEC Develops Japanese - Chinese Speech Translation Software for PDAs NEC has developed an automatic, Japanese - Chinese speech translation software, capable of real-time, speech-to-speech translation of travel-related Chinese and Japanese conversation on a PDA. Operable on a commercial PDA, the software boasts a vocabulary of 50,000 Japanese and 36,000 Chinese words, and realizes automatic […]

Nielsen Media Research reports that the average American home watched more television in 2005 than any previous season. From September 2004 to September 2005 (the official start and end of TV season in the United States), the average household in the US tuned into television 8 hours and 11 minutes per day. This is 2.7% […]

It was a beautiful few hours there, but David Krane, Google’s Director of Corporate Communications, is putting the smackdown on that rumor from the LA Times that they’re working on a Google PC. He says that they’re happy working with their current PC partners and that they “see no need to enter this market.” full […]

Google is expected to unveil its own low-price personal computer or other device that connects to the Internet Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. At least this is what the Los Angeles Times claim citing unknown sources. The machine would run an operating system created by Google, not Microsoft’s Windows, which is […]

Broadcom could help PC and DVD manufacturers sidestep the choice between two high-definition recording standards with a chip that can decode signals recorded in either format. The chip company unveiled the BCM7411D chip, ahead of the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show where high-definition players and recorders based on the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD standards are expected […]

Japanese TDK said that it has started mass producrtion of non-cartridged recordable and rewritable Blu-Ray media, unveiling plans for commercialization as soon as the licensing procedure is completed. The company has already showcased prototypes of single and dual layer versions of its BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE (rewritable) discs at CEATEC last October. Currently, TDK has […]

Google is to allow users of its site to buy videos from content partners in an upgrade to its video-search service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. full text: http://cdrinfo.com/

Adding an extra dimension to digital signage, Philips 3D Solutions introduces its 3D intelligent display solution in the professional market. Featuring high quality 3D and 2D modes, the intelligent autostereoscopic display promises full brightness and full contrast with true color representation thanks to Philips’ WOWvx technology. Leveraging its patented multi-view lenticular technology in combination with […]

We’ve seen a ton of telescopes that can orient themselves to a particular star or constellation, but the upcoming Celestron SkyScout scope is the first portable model we’ve seen that’s able to get its bearings and determine what it’s pointed at regardless of location (althought the lazy stargazer should still go with a StarSeeker chair). […]

Australia might legalize recording of television shows for personal use. After France, it looks like Australia would become the next nation aiming to make lives of regular citizens easier going against the television and media companies. France government is trying to legalize p2p file sharing if the web users are ready to pay a fix […]

TiVo Inc. is expanding its video recording service so users will be able to transfer recorded television shows onto Apple Computer Inc.’s iPods or Sony Corp.’s PlayStation Portable — the latest move aimed at putting TV in people’s hands for viewing anywhere. The enhanced TiVoToGo feature being announced Monday will also add more copy-protection measures […]

Thomson and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits have unveiled two additions to the MP3 music format. A new stereo extended standard allows existing MP3 files to be played in a surround sound setting The extensions will enable backwards compatibility between current generation MP3 files and a forthcoming enhancement to the digital audio file standard […]

The music industry can boast sales of more than 1 bln units in 2005, but only digital sales were a bright spot in an otherwise down year, according to Nielsen SoundScan. 620 mln albums were sold in 2005, down 7.2% from 2004.352.7 mln digital tracks helped boost the results with 150% jump from 2004. Digital […]

Joining the trend of TV shows migrating to the Internet, a pair of episodes from the CBS comedies Two and a Half Men and How I Met Your Mother are being offered for free video streaming this week from the Yahoo! Web site. Available through next Monday, the half-hour shows, which aired earlier this season, […]