After years of industry wrangling, the first DVD drives that allow consumers to burn movie downloads to discs playable on any DVD player went on sale to consumers today.

Sony have introduced two notebooks with Blu-ray Disc technology - the Vaio NS and CS models.

Major Hollywood studios and consumer electronics and IT companies formed Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem - DECE - a consortium that will standardize digital content so that it will play across a wide variety of devices and platforms.

With more of us watching TV and video via our PCs, Microsoft is trying to stamp its ownership on the market with its new Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture (PBDA).

Apple forums are buzzing with complaints about disappearing files from the Cupertino company's newly-launched High Definition (HD) service through iTunes.

A designer has invented a toaster that can burn pretty much anything onto your morning slice, including the news.

Sky has put its planned terrestrial pay TV product "Picnic" on ice, blaming Ofcom's glacial decision-making.

Viddyou have launched what they claim is "the first consumer High Bitrate (HBR) video sharing service".

Pioneer are poised to introduce the BDR-WD900 and the BDR-WD700 Blu-ray recorders into the Japanese market.

Sony Ericsson have slated 30 September 2008 as the official launch date for the highly anticipated Xperia X1 mobile handsets.

Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is to move away from its traditional brick design and will create a phone that can fold in half.

Sony today unveiled the all-new VAIO AW Series high-definition notebook.

Sony Ericsson is set to unveil an unlimited music downloading service for its mobile phones later this month in an attempt to stem its declining market share.

Google has started a project to scan old newspapers and make the content available online.

Plastic Logic will be ready to ship its long awaited portable and flexible e-ink display early next year, the firm has announced.

From next week Zune owners will be able to download music wirelessly and tag and buy songs they hear on the device's built-in FM radio.

Users of the Nokia N96 are to be the first with the ability to run the BBC's iPlayer on their mobile phones.

Parisian technology company Musinaut has introduced what it hopes will be the digital music successor to the MP3 format.

RealNetworks has unveiled legal DVD-ripping software RealDVD, a $30 program, which will import all of the features from a disc onto your hard drive, including cover art.

Samsung has said that it sees the Blu-ray format only lasting a further 5 years before it is replaced by another format or technology.