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As a new feature we have decided to look at the DVD charts and give you a list of the top 10 every week. We are starting with the top selling DVDs in the US but will be expanding to the UK and HD DVD and Blu-ray charts as well. See the list at: Top 10 Selling DVDs (US).
Ed on Jun 12, 2007
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YouTube will soon test a new video identification technology with two of the world's largest media companies, Time Warner and Walt Disney.
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Pioneer is showcasing the BDP-LX70, its new Blu-ray Disc (BD) player with a resolution of 1,080p, at Computex Taipei 2007, with the product set for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$79,900 (US$2,421, £1,229) in the third quarter of this year. The company aims to sell 1,000 players this year.
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A court decision reached last month but under seal until Friday could force Web sites to track visitors if the sites become defendants in a lawsuit.
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Toshiba has announced plans to make HD DVD drives standard on all of its laptops from 2008.
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How far is Steve Jobs willing to go to expand Apple's iTunes franchise from the home-office PC to the living room TV? So far he is eschewing Apple's customary high hardware margins with the new Apple TV in order to promote volume sales, according to a dissection of the product conducted by iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service.
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Following in the footsteps of rival CBS, NBC said Wednesday that it will allow users to post snippets of popular NBC news and sports programs to their personal Web sites. Programs to initially be offered include Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Dateline NBC and programming from NBC Sports, DotComedy.com, and iVillage.com.
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DVD guru Flash has posted his latest review which asks the question whether 20x burning is all it's cracked up to be. Is the 4 Minute Burn just a myth? Find out by reading 20x Speed Burning! is it Really Faster?.
Ed on Jun 05, 2007
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UK Members of Parliament (MPs) are claiming Ipods, plasma TV screens and other perks of the job on their expense accounts, The Sunday Times claimed.
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Mozilla.org has updated Firefox to version 2.0.0.4, with the new version mainly featuring security fixes.
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With dominance of the market for high-definition movie discs still up in the air, Sony is including a small surprise with the new Blu-ray disc player it is shipping this week: a price tag $100 lower than previously announced.
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Nintendo's Wii video game console outsold rival Sony's PlayStation 3 by more than five to one in Japan in May, according to research company Enterbrain.
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The BBC Trust (the body that oversees the BBC) wants to find out what viewers and listeners think about the BBC's proposed new high definition television channel.
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Online retailer CD-Wow must pay £41m to British record companies after breaking a deal to stop selling imported cheap albums in the UK.
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Microsoft has denied reports that the company has sold a million units of its Zune music player.
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LG Electronics has unveiled its GGW-H10N dual-standard Blu-ray Disc (BD)/HD DVD optical drive in Taiwan with availability of the device on the island scheduled for early July at a recommended retail price of NT$39,900 (US$1,208, £609).
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Apple's iTunes Store has started selling thousands of songs without copy protection, marking the trendsetting company's latest coup and a model for what analysts say will likely become a pattern for online music sales.
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The “high-definition” TV shows ABC.com plans to debut in early July will be extremely compressed versions that -- while saving on bandwidth -- will not be comparable to the HDTV services cable or satellite providers currently offer.
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Digital video recorders are a leading reason for the slide in US television viewing this year, according to Nielsen Media Research.
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Malaysian cinema staff are using night goggles to stop pirates from filming new releases then whacking them onto DVD.
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