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Widescreen for You Tube

After expanding its services by implementing optional HD video, YouTube takes another step into long accepted standards and upgraded its video player to 16:9. ... [More]

PS3 price cuts ahead?

Rumours spread Sony plans to cut prices of the PS3 game console as early as next spring down to $249 per unit. ... [More]

No more edits from Fanedit.org

The probably most popular fanedit site on the web got threatened by the US movie industry in shape of the MPAA. It's either taken down all download links or facing litigations: Fanedit took down all downloads. ... [More]

New Firmware for Apple's Settop Box

Apple's movie settop box Apple TV has got a new firmware. Version 2.3 brings streaming 'to' instead 'from' and more compatibility with third-party remote controls. ... [More]

Top pirate title of the year

Regarding to Torrent Freak, it seems that the Dark Knight sequel is the most pirated movie of the year. ... [More]

New PSP firmware brings ... nothing obvious

Sony recently announced to release firmware version 5.02 for the PSP very soon - but forgot to tell what changes it brings - accept fixing some unclear stability issues. Not very surprising, the news hit the shelves just the same day, their 'unhackable' PSP 3000 joins its predecessors and got, ... well, hacked. ... [More]

No Sony movies on Microsoft's Xbox 360

One of the most noticable features of the latest Xbox 360 update is the ability to stream movies from Netflix. Unfortunately for US citizens only and due to some licensing problems excluding all movies made by Sony Pictures Entertainment. ... [More]

China's pirates selling BD movies on DVD

China's and Hongkong's pirate scene: Now in HD as well. According to an article from the 'Wall Street Journal' the far east pirates have begun selling illegal copied Blu-ray movies on simple DVDs - ripped and converted to AVCHD with H264 video and surround sound, packaged in 'You can't see the difference' Blu-ray boxes. ... [More]

Batman goes after Batman

The mayor of the turkish city Batman is taking Hollywood to court - because the other Batman (the one in Gotham City) is fighting his fight for justice and peace without approval by a turkish authority ... ... [More]

Live Nation ready to sell MP3 songs

Live Nation, the company that produces and marketings live acts, is ready to sell DRM free MP3 songs directly from their artist's individual pages in the near future. Well known in public after 'buying' Madonna and Jay-Z for 120 millions US-Dollar each, the company is going to manage concerts, selling downloads and even is setting up its own ticketing service, all in one hand. ... [More]

Norway still battles Apple over incompatibility issues

Two years after their first dispute over iTunes' DRM incompatibility issues, the Norwegian people and Apple continue their fight about interoperability. ... [More]

Will YouTube present full major motion pictures?

Certain rumours based on believed leaking informations from entertainment executives see YouTube stream full major motion pictures in the near future. ... [More]

MP3 Compatible: Download sites agree to use new logo

Seven commercial music download sites agreed to promote a new logo named 'MP3 Compatible' - as if it were not the net community who resistet all attempts to establish a DRM based file format and sticked to MP3 all the years. And therefor exactly know, why they want MP3 and for what it's good for. ... [More]

Western Digital presents Media Player with 1080p and MKV support

From Western Digital comes a TV Media Player, which does 1080P, plays (among others) MKV and costs less than $130. The affordable HD Multimedia Player lacks a built-in storage, but can be completed by two USB drives at once. ... [More]

BD+ protection broken - again

According to different threads in forums like Doom9 the new BD+ copy protection, introduced by Sony with the remark to be unbreakable, had been ... well, broken. Other announcements report of a new tool as well, which should remove any BD+ protection from movies. ... [More]

Sony PS3 Firmware 2.51 should fix 60 Hz problem

Regarding to some internet sources the next PS3 firmware update to version 2.51 will fix the black and white problems introduced by version 2.50. ... [More]