Philips have introduced the DCD778, an under-cabinet Entertainment System primarily for use in the kitchen.

With an 8.5” flip-down screen for the display, owners can use the in-build DVD Player to play back DVD movies, (S)VCD, MP3-CD, CD(RW) and Picture CD. There’s also a built in digital AM/FM tuner, as well as an ATSC/NTSC TV tuner for watching your favourite TV programmes. Sound is supplied via the built in stereo speakers. Full Story »

For those who have been living under a rock for the last month or so Apple is getting ready to launch the highly anticipated iPhone in June which is a combination of a cell phone and an iPod with a great deal of new technology including touch-screen controls.

Apple began what should end up being one hell of an advertising campaign on Sunday night for the iPhone. Full Story »

Although Microsoft hasn’t been Googlebombed for the “miserable failure” that is their attempt at an iPod killer, the word has spread none the less. The Google search results below show what’s being said about the Zune, and how often:

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Digital Rights Management or DRM is a term which includes various technologies which publishers or copyright owners use in order to control the access and the ways in which you use data such as an mp3 file or hardware such as an iPod. It is a form of copy protection basically so companies can keep control over content so it does not get sold via the internet and then transfered between people for free. Full Story »

It appears the times they are a changin! Major announcements and possible shadow motives are causing quite the buzz in the digital music industry. Announcements and grand standing and DRMs, oh my! EMI is reported (BugMeNot login info) to be making the move towards unrestricted digital music sales. That means good old fashioned MP3s with no DRM! So could this really be happening? Full Story »

Windows’ brand new operating system Vista launched not too long ago after many delays which delayed the final product years after it was originally scheduled to launch.

Apple has put out a warning now to iPod users against Vista stating that the new Microsoft operating system could damage your beloved iPod. Full Story »

According to the L.A. Times, and what I picked up on CNN last night, Apple still needs to work out the details with record label EMI, as well as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the heirs of John Lennon and George Harrison. But it appears with this latest development, which was really the last barrier between the Beatles and the information super highway, we may be that much closer to having the Beatles on the go. The Beatles have been one of a small handful of long time holdouts that would not allow their music to be licensed for download though some solo work by McCartney and Starr is available on iTunes. Full Story »