Pioneer presented plans for upcoming Blu-Ray burners at the IFA 2006, saying that that they are planning a hybrid drive that can play Blu-ray and HD DVD discs for 2007.

Philips is building on its heritage as a leader in optical storage technology to bring Blu-ray Disc to the consumer marketplace.

HP has unleashed a team of boffins backed by an army of lawyers to search for those who have stolen the secret formulas behind its printer ink.

Greenpeace has slammed the maker of computer and entertainment gear, Apple for poisoning the environment.

The outfit demonstrated the technology on a bus moving at up to 60 kilometres per hour and it managed to transfer at a speed of up to 100 Mbps between mobile transmitters and receivers. This is 50 times faster than current mobile WiMAX technology.

Apple fans laughing at Microsoft's DRM being cracked by software called Fairuse will be strangely quiet today after it has been revealed that an Apple version has been made available.

Google is making waves in the publishing industry by offering free PDFs of out-of-copyright books.

CMC Magnetics, among the five leading makers of optical disc drives (ODDs) in Taiwan, was the only maker that recorded profitability with a net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$0.06, according to financial reports released by the makers.

Warner Home Video said on Wednesday it will release 10 high-definition titles on September 26, including six in the Blu-ray format and four in the competing HD-DVD format.

The largest record company in the world is taking on Apple’s iTunes by offering free, advertising-supported music downloads.

Microsoft has said it is working to close a breach of its technology that protects music digital files from copyright infringement.

Despite the best efforts of Sony, the PSP's latest firmware has been cracked open allowing for the running of homebrew applications.

Those naughty swedes at The Pirate Bay have released a film detailing their exploits in their Swedish filesharing utopia.

A backroom of boffins has developed a new video display technology which provides an unlimited number of colours.

If you haven't been browsing filings at the FCC yet, then you'll not have seen the new submission by Toshiba, showing photos of the new Microsoft branded Zune player.

An online software piracy baron was sentenced to six years imprisonment by a US federal court.

Music publishers are taking action against guitar fan websites which they say infringe songwriters' copyrights. Publishers have started to use copyright lawsuits to shut down sites which share notations to help musicians to play songs at home.

Since manufacturers of blue laser diodes are still unable to improve yield rates, the shortage may result in pushing back the competition between Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD-DVD optical disc drives in the market to the first quarter of 2007, according to sources at optical disc drive (ODD) manufacturers.

Microsoft has "accidentally" listed the pricing of the high-end consumer versions of Windows Vista on its Canadian Web site. The Windows Vista Ultimate packet was priced at $450 (£238).

Memorex brings double the recording time to its Mini DVD-Rs, with a simple flip of a disc.