It looks as though the HD-DVDs of the future won't free consumers from the shackles of regionally-encoded discs.

At the recent Steering Committee meeting of the DVD Forum, members approved a motion to develop Regional Playback Control (RPC)...

Internet security experts warn that users of Symantec's latest anti-virus suite are vulnerable to attack by hackers who could gain complete control of their target machine.

Because the report on the flaw is so new and Symantec has not had time...

Memorex are hoping to give travellers need to transfer data on the go a helping hand with two new travel specific products, the TravelSync and TravelLink.

The TravelLink, the slightly more sophisticated of the two, features two memory card...

If you can't raise the cash to get yourself a HDTV and subscription to Sky HD or Telewest this summer to watch the World Cup, Odeon Cinemas are offering you the chance to see it on an even bigger screen.

A company called Euro1080 has acquired...

The 'net has been buzzing with rumours from Wall Street that a big merger between rival internet companies is brewing.

The partnership announced today between Yahoo! and eBay is just that: a partnership, not a merger. Not only does it indicate...

Nintendo has confirmed that the price of its Wii system will not exceed $250 when it's released later this year.

Industry analysts at Merrill Lynch predicted last week that Nintendo's Wii system could cost just $200, although in light of Nintendo's...

Presumably in response to public concern over the Trojan virus that allows third-party access to remote computers through a Word loophole, Microsoft has promised an early release for the patch if it is warranted.

Pocket-lint reported on 22...

Canon could be pulling out of the film camera market following a series of reports on Reuters.

After announcing bright and early this morning that Canon is planning to stop development of new film cameras, Reuters then issued a speedy correction...

Three new, unusually named headphones have been released by Creative, initially in Singapore.

The Fatal1ty professional headset has been dubbed in honour of Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel of gaming fame.

Key features of the headphones...

The MediaMan aims to centralise all of your digital media on one handy, portable, playable hard drive.

Once equipped with a 3.5-inch IDE hard drive, the MediaMan lets you download and sort your media files into folders so that you can easily...

The JPEG format for compressed image files is ubiquitous. How could Microsoft hope to replace it?

The company detailed its Windows Media Photo file format at the Windows Hardware Engineering conference. In a comparison of the two file formats,...

The Evoke-1XT DAB radio range has proven such a hit that Pure Digital are releasing a new range of the Prestige Edition models in time for summer.

The radio's aesthetic appeal lies in its retro casing, now available in three new wood finishes....

Dedicated fans unable to get to the World Cup in Germany this summer are being offered a bevy of internet sites to catch up on the games.

First up is NTL's dedicated World Cup website that promises daily news, video clips and news, and city...

A judge has finally approved the terms of the settlement for the class action lawsuit that consumers brought against the music giant in response to anti-piracy technology that Sony BMG used to prevent illegal copying of music CDs.

CDs featuring...

Pocket lint brought you pictures of MIT's hand-cranked laptop last November (here).

Now three more laptop protypes in a rainbow of colours have been revealed at the Seven Countries Task Force Meeting.

The One Laptop Per Child...

Spoiler alert—The BBC has revealed that two of the main characters who were shot in the season four cliffhanger of Spooks live to see another day.

Harry Pearce and Adam Carter are back this autumn to fight the forces of evil and keep Britain...

Ray Maguire, the head of Sony Computer Entertainment's UK operation, said in an interview with the magazine MCV, "The lower-end, 20GB version of [the] PlayStation 3 has no Wi-Fi, no HDMI and none of the other slots in it, so it's really a question of...

From the world of weird and wonderful design comes the O'heocha D2 speaker, first released in 1999.

The D2 Saturn is an upgrade to the previous model, featuring new internal improvements that are well-hidden beneath its spacey form.

For cricket fans who can't get enough of the sport, Ask.com has launched a dedicated website as part of its official partnership with the England Cricket Team.

The website, www.ask.com/cricket, offers competitions and exclusive content, like...

At the annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), Microsoft released the beta version of three of its flagship products — Vista, Office and Longhorn.

The products will first be tested by corporate customers, who are able to install...

First announced last summer, .mobi domain names can finally be registered for companies developing web content designed to be viewed on mobile phones and other portable devices.

Trademark holders from within the mobile industry will have first...

The British Software Alliance's annual report released yesterday proves that Microsoft's "Keep IT Real" campaign to reduce software piracy couldn't come at a better time, as the static level of piracy rates seems to show a general apathy by the public...

Sony has launched the Sony Cyber-shot R, a digital camera it is claiming is the world's first digital still camera that combines a large 10.3 effective Megapixel CMOS sensor, and a 24mm - 120mm (35mm) ZEISS Zoom lens in the same body, allowing ‘live'...