Visual History of PC Data Storage - Punch Cards to Blu-Ray

Our storage options weren't always as fanciful, fast, and fat as they are today. Some of you may remember toting a 3.5-inch floppy to and from school, while others hearken all the way back to cassette tapes. And if you've lived long enough to remember the IBM Punch Card first hand, just ask and we'll SPEAK LOUDER.

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Pinball machine sim running on HDTV looks freakin' awesome

Will the old school pinball machines we know and love from the arcades of yesteryear soon be replaced by HDTV and LCD screens?

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High-definition TV in 3D – and no glasses

Tucked away in the Sound and Vision department of Harrods is a 42in LCD television set. As a not-for-sale display model, it draws only the occasional glance from the tourists and Christmas shoppers packing the store. Despite its unexceptional looks, though, this item of hardware offers the answer to that great unsolved problem of technology: 3D TV.

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Iron Man Destroys Blu-ray Retail Records

Paramount According to various retail sources, on average, 20% of all 'Iron Man' discs that were sold last week were on the Blu-ray format. For Internet-based stores, that percentage climbed to an astounding 50%. While final unit sales data has yet to be reported, it is expected that 'Iron Man' is the highest selling Blu-ray yet.

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RealDVD Launches For Those Who Don’t Mind DRM

Real Networks announced that RealDVD, its latest solution allowing users to copy DVDs onto their hard drives without facing legal troubles because the ripped copy keeps the DRM, is now available on the company’s site

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How Criterion Hones Its Restoration Magic for HD

These people act as a curator and a publisher, hand-selecting a wide variety of films, mostly foreign, classics and indies. They painstakingly create the definitive digital version of that film, completely restoring both the audio and video, gathering up the most complete supplementary features available and releasing it all in beautiful packaging.

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Sales surge spurred by Xbox 360 hardware price cut

32% rise in sales of Xbox 360 hardware stimulated by last week's price cuts.

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Blu-ray player price crash expected in November

Blu-ray player prices are heading for a dramatic fall. That’s the prediction of industry observers in the US who are already speculating over the depth of BD discounting expected in November. It’s then that the main American retailers will reveal their Black Friday sales prices.

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T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream) Is the Official First Android Phone

The long-awaited HTC Dream, the first commercial handset running Google's Android operating system, will be coming to T-Mobile as the G1. Featuring a large touchscreen, internet navigation buttons and a full QWERTY keypad, the smartphone market has finally broken free of Symbian, Windows Mobile and the sweet clutches of fruit companies. Read on...

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Zune's 'Buy From FM' Feature Could Be Overshadowed

If the device is connected to WiFi at the time, tagged songs can be bought or downloaded as part of a subscription immediately; otherwise, they'l be queued for purchase the next time the player is connected via either WiFi or USB. Apple has offered a similar feature through HD radios, allowing users to tag songs from bookshelf systems.

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Apple expected to unveil new iPods Tuesday

Apple is expected to unveil hip new versions of its iPod MP3 music players Tuesday at a theatrical 'Let's Rock' event as rival Microsoft strives to focus the spotlight on its Zune devices.

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Sony Demonstrates 400 Disc Blu-ray Mega Changer. Practical!

Sony is showing off a prototype Blu-ray changer capable of handling up to 400 high definition movie discs at this year's Custom Electronic Design and Installation expo this year.

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DirecTV and TiVo have made up

TiVo has been racking up some big-name partnerships lately, and today's announcement with DirecTV is icing on the cake. TiVo is creating a new high-definition DVR for DirecTV customers, and plans to launch it in the second half of next year.

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Xbox 360 price cut coming on September 5 -- Arcade now $199

It wasn't any secret that the Xbox 360 was getting a price cut in the next week or so, and now it's official -- Major Nelson just confirmed that as of September 5th, the Arcade will be $199, the Pro will be $299, and the Elite will be $399. No motion controller, goofy Live starter pack, or tweaked controller to be found.

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iTunes 8 to bring HD TV shows, auto playlist generation

iTunes 8 will be the first version of Apple's desktop software to allow HD purchases, if a further leak from Digg head Kevin Rose proves accurate. A purported excerpt from the upgrade notes says users can buy TV episodes in "HD quality" and that a new Genius feature will auto-create playlists based on the user's collection.

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America's 10 Most Confusing Traffic Signs

Most of these signs are the creation of local and state governments that seem to lack the time or sophistication to make clear ones. Although these are the 10 most confusing traffic signs we could find, feel free to add photos and descriptions of awful signs you've found in your own travels.

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Sony ZX1 Ultra-Thin TV Hands-On: Only 9.9mm-Thick

I just had a hands-on and ears-on and pants-in with the Sony ZX1, which I declare as the first official superdupercool product to come out at IFA 2008. The 9.9mm screen picture quality is really amazing, crisp, and ultra-light. The design, while it's not OLED thin, is the best I've seen on any TV so far, sleek, simple, and absolutely lickable.

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A Game Developer's Response To Video Game Pirates

Less than a week ago game developer Cliff 'cliffski' Harris asked his audience of game players to respond to his blog about the causes of piracy. After receiving hundreds of responses through email, blogs and comments left on gaming news sites, he has an answer.

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Netflix Struggles with Delays and Outages

Netflix is scrambling to find answers over delays and outages. According to the company it is hoping to bring its systems online overnight. These issues will come with a price and cost Netflix roughly $1.8 million to $3.6 million in revenue a day, according to Citi analyst Tony Wible.

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Think xBox: Top 10 Xbox 360 Hacks

Geeks love getting the most out of their gaming consoles. I hope you would agree that the Xbox 360 is the best gaming console on the market. I recently purchased an Xbox 360 so I have been looking into what I can do (I know, kinda late). With that being said, I would like to share my top 10 hack finds so far.

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Summer Olympics get mobile video neophytes to tune in

Half of the mobile users trying to access NBC's streaming Olympic content are new to the technology, NBC has found, and millions more are watching video on NBC's Olympic website. Considering that NBC was previously scared of offering content online, it looks like the "billion-dollar research lab" is being put to good use.

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The Chinese government are a bunch of douches

Build Your Own High-Def PC

If you've been dreaming of the ultimate high-definition computer, why not take matters into your own hands? We show you how to pick the hottest components and create the multimedia system of your dreams.

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First Olympics That Will Be produced Entirely in HD

The entire Olympics is being recorded in DVCPRO HD, a Panasonic-developed variant of the DV format that records full high-definition (1,920 pixels by 1,080 pixels interlaced) video at 100M bps (bits per second). Alongside the HD images is a 5.1-channel surround sound audio stream.

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Packers trade Favre to Jets

The Brett Favre era in Green Bay is now officially over. But Favre's legendary career is not.

The month-long saga has finally come to an end, with the Packers agreeing to trade their future Hall-of-Fame quarterback to the New York Jets, FOXSports.com has learned.