Audio Video News

Best Buy Express is the name of a program that will put CE retail kiosks in airports. If you're waiting for a plane, would you like to buy a digital camera? Cell phone? Flash drive? Music player? Headphones, speakers, gaming portables? Surely a travel adapter or charger!

Verizon and Intel have asked the Federal Communications Commission to mandate ethernet ports in video devices.

Four major labels dominate the recording industry and Sony BMG has been one of them. But until now, Sony has controlled only half of the company. The other half was owned by Germany's Bertelsmann, which brought the historic RCA Records catalogue to the party, among other things. Well, Sony is buying Bertelsmann's 50 percent stake in the company, giving it total control of what will now become known as Sony Music Entertainment.

Cablevision's network DVR isn't illegal, immoral, and fattening after all, a federal appeals court has ruled.

The fight against illegal music downloading is taking some strange turns in Great Britain. Internet service providers have agreed to send letters accusing customers of stealing music. And the government has set a goal of reducing illegal file sharing by up to 80 percent within three years.

If you paid for downloads from the Yahoo Music Store, your purchases are in big trubs. The store will close on September 30, 2008, taking its digital rights management encryption keys with it.