IBM has developed a new method designed to increase the security of consumer products like digital media devices by injecting encryption capabilities into the heart of machines.

TDK has begun shipping 25GB recordable and rewritable Blu-ray Disc media to retailers across the US. Retail pricing is set at $19.99 (£11.50) for a 25GB BD-R (recordable), $24.99 (£14.50) for a 25GB BD-RE (rewritable). In addition, TDK will ship 50GB Blu-ray Disc media later this year with retail pricing set at $47.99 (£27.50) for a 50GB BD-R (recordable) and $59.99 ($34.50) for a 50GB BD-RE (rewritable).

Online DVD rental firms Lovefilm and Video Island agreed to merge today to bulk up against US competitors and defend their 17% share of the UK market.

The VC-1 video codec proposed and developed by Microsoft was officially released by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers on Monday, paving the way for the technology to be used by next-generation DVDs. Microsoft submitted the Windows Media Video 9-based codec for standardisation in September 2003.

A patent infringement dispute has erupted between rival DVD rental services Netflix and Blockbuster over an alleged breach of Netflix business method patents by the older firm's internet arm, Blockbuster.com, according to reports.

nvidia have introduced the nvidia DualTV tuner for PCs. The device offers two TV tuners on a single card and features a new disk space saving technology.

San Francisco officials have signed an agreement with internet firms Google and Earthlink to enable computer users to get online wirelessly for free in every part of the city.

DVD players and recorders will have a combined number of 176.6 million units sold worldwide in 2010, up from 140.8 million units in 2005, reports research firm In-Stat.

Mercora has unvieled a music service which allows you to share and stream your playlists across the net to other Mercora users legally. Artists and rights holders are compensated. Last year Mercora called itself "IM radio".

The biggest pirate DVD factory ever to be discovered in the UK was closed down yesterday, halting an operation capable of churning out 60,000 illegal film discs every day.

Vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe says 500 euros (£350) is expensive for a game console, but cheap for a Blu-ray player.

Market research firm iSuppli have said that LCD monitor penetration rates in Europe are near 90 per cent, causing despondency and gloom for both vendors and the channel. And other conditions are likely to cause street prices of units to plunge during May and June, iSuppli said.

Advanced Media - manufacturer of the popular RiData brand, has unveiled RiData hard coated, double sided 4x 8cm DVD-Rs, as would be commonly suitable for use in digital video cameras.

Two men involved in what U.S. authorities have called the largest bust of pirated music CDs and computer software in America have each pleaded guilty to five criminal counts, law enforcement officials said.

Japanese company Toppan Printing claims to have created a prototype of bendy e-paper using thin film transistors (TFTs).

Gnarls Barkley track 'Crazy' has become the first song to top the UK singles charts without a record being sold.

We have added a new How To... covering the four fundamentals of setting up a home theatre system. You can find the How To... here.

Hollywood studios will start selling digital versions of films such as "Brokeback Mountain" and "King Kong" on the Internet this week, the first time major movies have been available online to own.

The DVD6C Licensing Group, consisting of seven Japanese companies and Warner Home Video, have announced a 30.8% reduction in its royalty charge rate for DVD-R discs. Leading manufacturers indicated that this will help lower their production cost as well as speed up the shift of production from CD-R to DVD-R discs.

After a pretty staggering 11 years of ups (Metal Gear Solid), downs (KISS Pinball) and more drama than an Eastenders omnibus, Sony has announced that it is bringing a halt to the production of its flagbearing PSone.