iPod users buy little from the iTunes Store
Recent research suggests that iPod owners buy very little from the iTunes Store, an activity that Apple must place heavy reliance on to increase revenue. Jupiter Research found that owners buy an average of 20 tracks from iTunes, about 5%…
Warner's video distribution deal with YouTube
Last month we reported that several record companies were in talks with YouTube about licensing their content to the video sharing portal. Today Warner Music have announced that they've done a revenue-sharing deal with YouTube to allow thousands of music…
Sonos adds musical alarms and improved internet radio to its wireless music systems
We've covered Sonos a number of times in the past. It's a music system that hooks up to amplified devices in any room of the house, allowing streaming of your music to each device from your PC or any…
Google in talks with Apple over iTV?
According to a report in Newsweek, Google is in talks with Apple with regards to supplying video clips for Apple’s soon-to-launch iTV service. iTV was unveiled by Apple last week’s press conference as a solution for watching your downloaded…
Fujitsu Siemens' Follow Me TV – take your TV around the house
Fujitsu Siemens has launched new software that could put an end to arguments about TV shows clashing – Follow Me TV. Follow Me TV functionality allows you to mark the programmes you are watching, then continue to watch them…
Review: Parrot Wireless Speakers
According to Parrot, Bluetooth is the future. In fact, they're so confident in this that they deal exclusively in Bluetooth enabled devices – everything from picture frames to speakers. Their wireless speakers, or SOUND SPEAKERS as they've rather shoutily…
Will Seagate offer a 500GB notebook drive?
The capacity of the hard drive keeps on rising, with Seagate now claiming a world record for the highest recording density achieved using a hard disk platter – 421Gb per square inch in its latest demonstration. Seagate's test used…
PDT launches Eye-Theatre – the head-mounted multimedia viewer
Staring at a small portable screen can put something of a strain on your eyes. If you want something bigger, especially on the move, it might be worth checking out PDT's Eye-Theatre – a head-mounted multimedia viewer that promises…
Samsung's K5 music player with slide-out speaker now shipping
One of the stars of the recent IFA in Berlin was undoubtedly Samsung's K5 music player, with its sleek looks and slide-out speaker. Well, just days after the unveiling, some models of the K5 have already hit the shops….
Brown Builds a Better Battery
Researchers at Brown University in Providence Rhode Island have come up with a new battery technology based on plastics, rather than metals. The new battery combines the best qualities of conventional batteries with capacitors in that it can store…