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  Today we're in Berlin, at Europe's biggest consumer electronics show, IFA. Surrounded by thousands of TVs, Blu-ray players and hi-fi systems, it's the perfect place to talk about eco issues and how technology affects climate change.To ...

Sometimes you have moments when you just shake your head and wonder 'what were they thinking?'.Had one such yesterday afternoon when Sony unveiled its new 'Group-wide brand message' at the IFA show in Germany, and in so doing gifted sub-editors ...

For those of you who thought the killer app for the PS3 was being able to play with others online, a Japanese company is now catering for more solitary pleasures with the launch of a streaming service offering on-demand HD adult movies.DMM.tv ...

Faced with softening sales, studios are resorting to fast discounts on the latest DVD releases, with Warner Home Video working with US retailer Best Buy to make Watchmen available for just $9.99 (around £6.25) from this weekend. That's just ten ...

Early this year we brought you details of 2008's most popular home entertainment products, and now we've had our first update on 2009's most wanted. And it's a fascinating, myth-dispelling snapshot of the buying habits of recessionary Britain. ...

If you've watched or listened to the news today, you may be aware of the modest hoo-hah that's been going on in the Scottish Highlands, where ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne has just run its first Sunday service from Stornoway, on the island ...

I've just spent a fascinating few hours at Crestron's UK HQ, just outside London, where I've been learning all about the problems created by HDMI when it comes to distributing high-definition content around the house. Or Roman Abramovich's ...

On the way from Sanyo into the Japanese domestic market is the Repoch – a new digital video recorder. But no, despite that slot in the front, we're not going back to tape.This is a hard-drive recorder – it's just that you can pull out the ...

At least someone’s rubbing their hands with excitement over the Digital Britain report: within minutes of the final version being published, our email alerts pinged, boinged and made other comedy noises to signal the arrival of a press release ...

One of the recovery strategies outlined for Sony is a focus on markets beyond the traditional domestic, European and North American territories. And in an interview with Japan's Nikkei business daily, it's been outlining how it's tackling the ...