Thomson secures digital content
Thomson has acquired MediaSec Technologies GmbH, a pioneer in digital watermarking and copy detection technologies. MediaSec, based in Essen, Germany, with a presence in the...
Microsoft releases portable TV service
Microsoft has launched a service that lets people download certain TV shows to portable devices such as media players and advanced cell phones. With the...
Toshiba debuts 1 min charge battery
Toshiba has developed a lithium-ion battery with a short rechargeable time and an energy capacity 'equal' to those of conventional lithium-ion batteries. Toshiba's new battery,...
HP names Fiorina successor
Hewlett-Packard has selected Mark Hurd, NCR chief executive, as its next CEO, ushering in a new phase for the tech giant. Hurd's appointment comes less...
File sharing goes to the Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court will begin hearings on MGM Studios v Grokster, a dispute that could make peer-to-peer (P2P) software impossible to use.
The case...
Microsoft hopeful of accord with EU on media-free Windows version
Microsoft said it has agreed to additional European Commission demands concerning a stripped-down version of its Windows software without Media Player, and was optimistic about...
Microsoft Working on New ID System for Windows
Microsoft will build software for managing identities into Windows in order to beef up security by giving users more control over their personal information The...
PC Drive Reaches 500GB
Hitachi's new Deskstar 7K500 drive it's the first desktop hard drive to reach 500GB and use the new SATA II interface. As PC World reports.....
Top court to hear landmark P2P case Tuesday
Ken Fuhrman's Colorado-based start-up company is a television junkie's dream, making powerful home media servers to hold digitized versions of television shows, movies and music...
