BigBand Networks, a provider of broadband multimedia infrastructure for video, voice and data services, announced on Monday that it partnered with video-on-demand technology developer Concurrent on a network-based digital video recorder service. The two companies’ combined technologies will enable third-party providers to offer digital video recorder services where the recorded programs are stored on the […]

The Free Software Foundation is planning to launch a large-scale campaign against digital rights management later this year. Peter Brown, the executive director of the Free Software Foundation, said in an interview on Thursday, that the FSF will target both manufacturers and consumers in a campaign that will start when the second draft of GPL […]

You can run, but you can’t hide from Creative’s Webcam Live! Motion webcam. Actually you can hide quite easily, but if you decide to move around your room, Creative claims their webcam will still follow your every move. The webcam pans up and down and tracks all your movements keeping you squarely in the centre […]

Leading UK motor parts retailer Halfords is retailing its own answer to the iTrip in the form of the Revo FM Modulator, which lets you listen to music from your iPod (or other MP3 player) through your car stereo for less than £30. The Revo FM Modulator connects your player to the car stereo via […]

Microsoft plans to jazz up its music player in Windows Vista, the company’s next operating system. But at least some of the new features will debut much sooner. The software, which will be built into Vista, is designed to offer better synching with portable devices, make it easier to scroll through long libraries of music, […]

Linux programmers are moving toward a change that would put virtualisation software from VMware on a more even footing with open-source rival Xen. Xen was expected to be built tightly into the Linux kernel at the heart of the open-source operating system. But Andrew Morton, a key deputy to Linux leader Linus Torvalds, is advocating […]

Any talk of Apple’s Boot Camp software exposing the company’s operating system to security risks is just hype and should be ignored, according to analyst firm Gartner. In an advisory published on Gartner’s Web site last week, research vice-president Michael Silver said administrators should ignore any suggestions that Apple’s move to Intel processors will expose […]

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Monday announced the nominees for Emmy Awards in a new category called “original entertainment programming created specifically for nontraditional viewing platforms,” namely the Internet and cell phones. After reviewing 74 submissions, the Academy nominated Fox Mobile Entertainment’s mobisode show “24: Conspiracy”; Ozone Inc.’s “It’s JerryTime!” animated […]

Google today launched a Web-based calendar system that ties in with its existing popular e-mail and search engine applications. “Google Calendar” is a free service similar to existing efforts by Yahoo and others that allows users to make entries and remind themselves of upcoming events, in a Web-based format. The service is available online here […]

TDK this week confirmed its plan to develop a Blu-ray disc with a storage capacity of 200GB. Let’s put that into perspective - how big is the hard drive in the PC or laptop you’re currently using? It’s around three times the size of the storage available on my current machine. If successful, the company’s R&D […]

Wireless firms InPhonic and mPortal announced on Thursday that they have signed an agreement with Disney Mobile, to host and run the data service platform for the upcoming launch of the family-oriented Disney Mobile wireless service. Under the terms of the agreement, InPhonic’s Mobile Technology Services Group will work with Disney Mobile to integrate and […]

With the next-generation DVD formats close to launch and patent licensing terms not fully determined yet, blue-laser technology royalties are expected to be a debated issue. The issue of royalties is the main reason that there are two competing formats with no compromise for a single High Definition standard. Every corporation wants to collect fees […]

“Stop Me” by the Anglo-Italian dance group Planet Funk is soon to create a landmark in the music industry as it will be the first single in Britain to be distributed only through the mobile phone. This strategy is considered to be effective as mobile is considered to be a great way to reach the […]

Motorola on Thursday introduced a new technology that will let users move recorded programming from a Motorola digital video recorder directly to a Motorola mobile phone. The company also plans to enable users to program and control the functions of their digital video recorders from Motorola phones. Links: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060406/cgth004.html?.v=47

Adobe Systems has announced that it partnered with Verizon Wireless to develop a version of its Flash animation software for mobile phones. The companies did not say when Verizon phones with embedded Flash technology would come to market. NTT DoCoMo and other Japanese carriers already support Flash, but Verizon is Adobe’s first U.S. network partner. […]