News
Friday, 05 September 2008
iTunes 8.0 to offer high-def videos
Carrie-Ann Skinner
The next version of Apple's iTunes looks set to offer high definition video downloads, says Kevin Rose founder of Digg.
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
Buffalo ships 100GB flash drive for road warriors
Jonny Evans
Latest hard drive from Buffalo Technology offers up to 100GB of SSD-based storage in lightweight enclosure - available now.
Thursday, 28 August 2008
80% of UK households receive digital television channels
Lexton Snol
The UK is currently in the process of the digital television switchover, which is scheduled to be completed by 2012. Latest government figures show the numbers of UK households ready for the digital TV switchover.
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Divx HD player launched by LG
Martyn Williams
LG Electronics is demonstrating at IFA two DVD players it hopes will challenge Blu-ray Disc for a share of the optical-disc spotlight.
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Livestation TV player makes a Mac move
Jonny Evans
Delivered in partnership with some of the world's leading broadcasters, Livestation offers a live TV on internet service featuring shows from Al Jazeera, BBC World News, Bloomberg Television, EuroNews and much more.
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
iPlayer extended as BBC plans 'Series Stacker'
Carrie-Ann Skinner
The BBC has announced that it will be extending the length of time users have to access some of the TV shows on its iPlayer service.
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Sanyo launches entry-level HD projector
Martyn Williams
Sanyo is bringing full high-definition video to the entry level of the projector market with its PLV-Z700 that launches in Berlin this week at the IFA consumer electronics show.
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
iRecord Pro records audio, video to iPhone
Jim Dalrymple
iRecord Pro uses standard audio/video (AV) connectors to connect to any TV, set-top-box, digital video recorder, camcorder, VCR, DVD player, cassette and LP player. When connected, you push a button and iRecord Pro records the content directly to your device.
Thursday, 21 August 2008
IBC: Final Cut User Group meeting details revealed
Jonny Evans
The event is expected to be the largest gathering of Final Cut Pro users and digital filmmakers on the planet during IBC week.
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Mac clone maker Psystar: We're still in business
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
'We're still here' says Psystar of its unauthorised Mac clone project, but legal proceedings are inching ever closer to commencement in the case
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
48% of UK use DVR to watch TV when they want
Carrie-Ann Skinner
Almost half of the UK control what they watch on TV and when they watch it through a digital video recorder (DVR), says Microsoft.
Friday, 15 August 2008
Western Digital new My Book Mirror Edition
Cliff Joseph
New Mirror drives offer capacities up to 2TB
Friday, 15 August 2008
LaCie’s Little Big Disk Quadra
Cliff Joseph
Compact drive provides high performance for video professionals
Friday, 15 August 2008
Tickets on sale IBC FCPUG SUPERMEET AMSTERDAM, SEPT.14
Rick Young
The world famous FCPUG SuperMeet will be coming to Amsterdam, The Netherlands on Sunday, September 14 during the week of the giant IBC trade show. This event will be held on the grounds of the beautiful Culture Park Westergasfabriek,? inside the massive Gashouder building.
Friday, 15 August 2008
FxFactory effects plug-ins released for After Effects
Peter Cohen
FxFactory 2.0.4 includes more than 300 visual effects plug-ins designed for real-time performance. Capabilities include blurs, color correction, distortions, glows, half-tones and stylization filters, generators and transitions.
Friday, 15 August 2008
Verbatim launches new hard drive
Cliff Joseph
New Verbatim drives help keep you in the black – in more ways than one
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Boris Continuum visual effects plug-ins now available separately
Digital Arts Staff
Boris FX has released the Boris Continuum Units family of visual effects plug-ins, which makes filters from its Continuum Complete collection available separately. The first three Units are available immediately: Pan and Zoom for documentary-style animation, UpRez for resizing of image clips from SD to HD, and Chroma Key for pulling keys.
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Karelia ships iMedia Browser 1.1.1
Jonny Evans
Explore your images, videos and more from within most applications using Karelia Software's handy media browser, available now for free.
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Sony to sell OLED TV in Europe in 2009
Martyn Williams
Sony will expand sales of its 11-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) television to Europe in 2009, according to a Japanese press report.
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Fujitsu Siemens launches 'zero watt' monitors
Oliver Garnham
Fujitsu Siemens has launched the "world's first zero-watt monitors".



