And still the leading names in fashion clamour desperately for assocation with the iPod. This time it’s Nike with their Nike+iPod Sport Kit. It’s actually of more practical use than most - it’s a wireless system that allows Nike+ footwear to transfer workout data to your iPod nano. The kit consists of an in-shoe sensor and […]

Many of us walk round with a host of gadgets about our person - but could these be causing harm for the companies we work for? According to new research, more workers than ever are plugging portable devices into company networks - with the resulting risk of viruses and the threat of data theft. The DeviceWall […]

Pepsi and Motorola on Monday launched a promotion that will distribute 150 original ringtones from artists including Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige and The All-American Rejects, and producers such as Scott Storch and Luny Tunes. Pepsi estimates that it may give away over 260 million ringtones at PepsiSmash.com, a site powered by Yahoo, from consumers […]

A Russian website that offers digital song downloads at a fraction of the price of iTunes and Napster has become the second most-popular commercial download service in the U.K., according to a report from XTN Data. Apple’s iTunes commanded the largest share of the U.K. paid download market in September 2005, with 44%, followed by […]

MTV Networks plans to launch its own Microsoft-powered digital music download service, Urge, on Wednesday in a public beta test. The service will initially offer over 2 million tracks for 99 cents each or $9.95 per album, as well as a $14.95 per month subscription service that allows unlimited transfer of songs to portable players […]

Sony has announced the launch of a new Memory Stick Data Rescue Service, which enables recovery of photography and data files which been lost or deleted. And it’s fred to download and use. The online tool requires customers to register the Memory Stick model name and serial number before download of the recovery software can begin. […]

Japanese record labels have filed a suit demanding three Japanese Internet service providers disclose the names and addresses of 19 individuals who the plaintiffs claim infringed copyright by using the file-exchanging software WinMX to post music on the Net. About 1.3 million people use file-exchanging software to exchange hit songs via the Internet for free, […]

The French Senate has altered a controversial bill that aims to ensure competition in the country’s digital music market by forcing companies like Apple to open their online stores to players besides the iPod, Reuters reported. Responding to opposition from Apple, the Senate bill now includes a license fee for companies who provide interoperability of […]

Just launched is a new website covering the best of cult movies and TV from the throughout the years and across the genres - Cinedelica. The site will feature the best in cult movies, from long lost vintage classics, through to modern day gems worthy of your attention. All brought to you with tongue firmly […]

Sanyo Epson today announced the development of high-resolution liquid-crystal displays featuring a new technology that enables the displays to produce images even when viewed from an angle of 90 degrees from the top, bottom, left, or right. Volume production of displays featuring this new technology, which are available in five sizes (2.4-inch, 2.5-inch, 2.8-inch, 7.0-inch, […]

A new Trojan horse seeks out and wipes movies and MP3 music tracks that it believes are illegally distributing via file-sharing networks. The Troj/Erazer-A Trojan horse scours folders used for peer-to-peer file-sharing peer-to-peer for AVI, MP3, MPEG, WMV, GIF, ZIP and other files. If files are found by the Trojan it wipes them, and plants […]

The New York Times on Thursday posted a review of the first HD DVD player from Toshiba to hit the market, the $500 HD-A1, in a column entitled, “Why the World Doesn’t Need Hi-Def DVD’s”. The review concludes that one shouldn’t purchase an HD-A1 “unless you’re an early-adopter masochist with money to burn,” adding that […]

Japan’s Matsushita (Panasonic) and Sony on Thursday announced that they have jointly developed a new HD digital video camera recorder format that captures images onto 8cm DVD discs. The AVCHD format uses the MPEG-4/H.264 codec to compress video recorded in 1080i or 720p high-definition signals. The two companies have started preparations for licensing the new […]

The world of digital cameras just got bigger and smaller at the same time. Using a tiny 1.75-micron pixel design, Micron Technology has built the first 8-megapixel image sensor in a 1/2.5-inch optical format, the standard size for mainstream digital cameras. The company today unveiled a prototype of an 8-megapixel image sensor that offers high […]

Samsung Electronics on Thursday announced an exclusive alliance with MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc., a supplier of micro fuel cells for mobile applications. Under the plan, MTI Micro will develop next-generation fuel cell prototypes for Samsung’s mobile phone business. MTI Micro’s direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) technology, dubbed Mobion, has been chosen to power a series […]