More than 60 years after the end of World War II, a distributed computing project has managed to crack a previously uncracked message that was encrypted using the Enigma machine. The M4 Project began in early January, as an attempt to break three original Enigma messages that were intercepted in 1942 and are thought never […]

Miminalism is the key here - the Play has no screen and just a single joystick for control. It plays MP3, WMA and ASF files for up to 12 hours on a single charge of its built-in battery, has five equaliser pre-sets and can support up to four playlists or play through randomly in shuffle […]

Windows Vista won’t have a backdoor that could be used by police forces to get into encrypted files, Microsoft has stressed. In February, a BBC News story suggested that the British government was in discussions with Microsoft over backdoor access to the operating system. A backdoor is a method of bypassing normal authentication to gain […]

This wireless shower can be switched on and off from any room in the house, allowing you to step out of bed and straight into a shower already running at the exact temperature you require. The remote system can be programmed for each member of the family or for different times of the day (if […]

Yes, the idea of wirelessly transmitting your iPod through a radio or more specifically, a car stereo isn’t new - but as the practice is still illegal in the UK, it’s unusual for them to be marketed here. However, reading the small print, the Pico FM Transmitter is due to hit the market, but only […]

DivX, a developer of video compression technology, said that it has seen over a million downloads for its DivX Web Player 1.0 in its first week of release. The player allows Web developers and bloggers to embed full-screen, high-definition DivX video into their sites, without the need for special streaming servers or server-side software. Links: http://tinyurl.com/fretj http://www.divx.com

The Digital Media Association (DiMA), a trade group representing the digital music services of Apple, AOL, Yahoo, Napster and RealNetworks, among others, believes that music publishers are taking too large a share of digital music revenue. While record labels claim about 65% of the revenue from digital songs, songwriters’ share of the revenue from each […]

TiVo introduced a new feature that offers parents the ability to control the programming their children have access to, and also suggests family-friendly programming as designated by Common Sense Media and the Parents Television Council. TiVo KidZone allows parents to choose from shows recommended by these groups, add or remove specific programs or channels from […]

According to a new survey conducted in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S. by consultancy firm Accenture, 46% of consumers are confused by the term IPTV (Internet TV). Despite the confusion, the survey revealed that the market for IPTV services is still considerable. When asked what features would improve current TV services, […]

Korea’s Samsung Electronics on Tuesday introduced the first 8GB hard drive mobile phone, which provides for storage of up to 2,000 songs. Read More: http://tinyurl.com/fs2rw

Likely spurred by a similar probe launched by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, the U.S. Justice Department announced that it has opened an investigation into possible collusion between the major record labels on digital music pricing. “The Antitrust Division is looking at the possibility of anti-competitive practices in the music download industry,” Justice Department […]

Microsoft will introduce a search engine better than Google in six months in the United States and Britain followed by Europe, its European president said. But being good is not enough to win the hearts and minds of consumers already dedicated to another standard. U.S. courts and the European Commission found Microsoft countered that problem […]

Social networking site Friendster announced on Monday that it has launched a new service that lets users create their own online radio stations. The company partnered with Pandora, whose Music Genome Project automatically creates an online radio station based on an individual’s favorite artists or songs. The resulting playlists are based on the Music Genome […]

Magid has recently completed a Video iPod study examining awareness, knowledge and perceptions, usage behavior and future purchase intentions regarding the Video iPod. Surveying 798 iPod owners between the ages of 12 and 55, Magid’s study explores not only the Video iPod but also the greater implications for the future of portable video content, communication […]

Microsoft confirmed Monday it is working on a new handheld device that will be called Origami Project that is a cross between a PDA and a Tablet PC.