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Warner Music plays with digital security
News In an effort to develop new digital products and thwart Internet piracy, Warner Music Group is expanding its partnerships with secure online distributors and preparing to unveil a new, high-quality DVD-audio format with anti-copying features.
Open-source guru backs off DVD hack
News Bruce Perens, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, says he will not publicize details about how to circumvent the controls on a DVD player.
Nintendo drops Wii price to US$199
News Nintendo officially announces that the game console is getting a US$50 price cut as of Sunday.
Tags: Game players, Blu-ray, DVD, Nintendo Wii, console, NetFlix Inc., DVD player, built-In, game, Nintendo Co. Ltd.
RealNetworks continues to develop DVD-copying device
News Though a judge made decide to retain a ban on sales of Real's DVD-copying technology, the company continues to develop film-copying device.
Tags: DVD, RealNetworks Inc., DVD-copying, Sales, DVD, MPAA, job posting, job, Hollywood, industry
Blu-ray player sales down despite format war's conclusion
News Sales of standalone player not benefiting from HD DVD's exit from the market, according to figures from NPD.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Blu-ray, Sales, DVD, HD-DVD, Sony PlayStation 3, NPD Group Inc., HD-DVD player, CNET Networks Inc., U.S.
Toshiba to join Blu-ray club
News Its rival format long since gone, Toshiba will move on with a new range of DVD players, HDTVs and laptops that support multiple storage devices.
Tags: Home entertainment, Storage, Blu-ray, Video, Storage, HDTV, DVD, HD-DVD, Sony PlayStation 3, DVD player
Real CEO acknowledges RealDVD will copy rentals
News During RealDVD hearing, Rob Glaser says studios could help prevent the illegal copying of rented DVDs by helping devices recognize those discs as rentals.
Tags: Piracy, Video, RealNetworks Inc., DVD, copyright violation, Associated Press, MPAA, movie, hard drive, America
Study: Huge growth in Wi-Fi devices expected
News In-Stat predicts that a billion consumer electronics devices will come equipped with Wi-Fi by 2012.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, TV, phone, Wi-Fi, Apple iPhone, Internet, Ethernet, NetFlix Inc., DVD player, set-top box
How the venerable PS2 made it to 9 years old
News With the power of computers doubling about every 18 months, according to Moore's Law, the fact that the PS2 is still selling is pretty impressive. Can its successors follow suit?
Tags: Gamer, Jesse Divnich, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox 360, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox
What to expect from the RealDVD decision
News Judge is known for delivering relatively speedy decisions. But, even if Real loses in this preceding, company could still prevail at trial. We have a long way to go yet.
Tags: Lawsuits, Piracy, Video, Marilyn Hall Patel, Backup, Napster Inc., attorney, RealDVD, Real, Ben Sheffner
Net-connected DVDs face crowded market
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Yahoo auction search reveals X-rated stuff
News A Yahoo auction participant searching for a DVD player this weekend instead found hard-core pornography, a discovery that exposed a substantial breach in the company's system.
Kodak takes wider angle with digital images
News Eastman Kodak is trying to expand the popularity of digital images by moving beyond the PC to the TV set.
Kodak to bring photo CDs to DVD players
News In a move that could greatly expand the number of people who can view digital images, Kodak announced a plan to allow people to view photo CDs on televisions via DVD players.
