Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs proposed a tentative plan concerning the compensation for private music and video recordings which reminds me of the movie Minority Report where the criminals are caught and prosecuted before they commit the crime except in this situation everyone is a criminal. Under this system, part of copyright royalty is added to the prices of recording media, such as MDs (mini disc) and DVDs, as well as digital recording devices, and it is distributed to...

We have all grown up learning to read time from simple quartz watches or grandfather’s clocks with their giant pendulums oscillating below them. Here’s something that can make the process of learning to read time easier for future generations. It has both an analog clock as well as a digital representation of time with the date. It works on a single AA battery and a couple of D dry batteries. The plastic watch has dimensions of 50 cm (W)...

Fujitsu in collaboration with video game and simulator developer Ongakukan has developed the world's first train simulation system using full high-definition video. Through its technical collaboration with video game and simulator developer Ongakukan, Fujitsu was able to develop variable-speed playback technology for high-definition video shot on actual train lines, the first use of this technology in a train simulator. The result is an unprecedented level of realism in train operation simulation, with accurate responses to the trainee-operator's input and...

When it comes to product design, iOmega seems to have gone on a creative overdrive. The previously launched portable HDD had a flask like look to it. Very nostalgic to war veterans, who may be reading de classified FBI war files for kicks. iOmega has now come out with a model dressed in full camouflage fatigues. The 250GB "Camo eGo" is also outfitted with a black "Iomega Power Grip," adding "an angle of style and adventure to the eGo color...

The WowWee Chatterbot would make a cool companion on your desk. Chatterbot is a USB-powered animated computer accessories which can tell jokes, dialog (no idea up to what level) with you as well as comment on whatever you're typing on the computer at the moment. It functions well with email, calendar and instant messaging applications among others, boasting a tiny speaker too....

Pioneer Japan has announced the DVH-P530 a 1DIN sized car DVD receiver which has a USB port so you can directly play music from your Flash drive, MP3 player and even the iPod. Coming to optical media it can playback movies from DVD-R/RW along with DivX media and MP3 tracks from CD-R/RW discs. It can also playback MP3 files from DVD media which pretty much makes the CD changer obsolete as with 4.7GB of songs you wont be changing...

LG Display has developed the world’s first TFT roll-printing technology that can replace the photolithography process. Photolithography is a process used in TFT-LCD fabrication to form patterns on the TFT and color filter substrate. It involves a complex set of processes that requires huge and costly equipment. However, using the roll-printing technology instead of photolithography, the complex set of processes used to form the required patterns can be proceeded at once. The roll-printing technology is expected to help reduce...

NTT DOCOMO and its regional companies announced today that they will begin marketing Prada Phone by LG, a full touch screen mobile phone for the Japanese market, from June. The LG Prada has been redeveloped specifically for DOCOMO. Handset features include an intuitive, full-size touch screen with vibration touch to improve usability. This function activates whenever users touch screen icons to make a call, use e-mail, take and view photos or listen to music. The 2 megapixel camera is...

How frustrating is it to replay a level again and again, especially when you’re having trouble getting past a certain point. These are the levels when you pause the game go to Gamespot and well use cheat codes. MSNBC has put up the Top 5 hardest levels in video games. Nintendo's Clubhouse Games makes it to the top. Nintendo’s “Clubhouse Games” features more than 40 casual games, like poker, solitaire and chess, but it’s the puzzle game, Escape, that...

Samsung Korea has announced the launch of VM-HMX20 a progressive HD flash-based camcorder. Packed with a 6.4-megapixel CMOS and electronic image stabilization so even the most action packed scenes come through with clarity. It features a full HD and a1080p mode with 30 fps recording capability. With the unique feature of high speed capture and super slow motion playback, the HMX20 allows consumers to record fast motion at 300 frames per second for up to 10 seconds and then...

This phone is generating all the rage in the past few days on the web; we now have a few more clear images on how it looks. The snapshots show a 5.0-megapixel camera and confirm that the keypad touts a two-character-per-button layout similar to the P1. The finish looks far more sophisticated than these images could convey, can't wait to grab hold of one soon. Source...

Pioneer has launched the Elite BDP-05FD and Pioneer BDP-51FD BonusView Blu-ray Disc players that exceed the capabilities of current players in the market, with support of next generation high resolution audio and video formats that fulfill the emotional experience of high end entertainment. It's choosing to focus on picture and sound quality, as both Summer-bound decks will internally decode every next-gen multi-channel lossless codec (DTS-HD with firmware update) or bitstream any of them to your AVR. The other new...

Yesterday Pioneer announced a new line of KURO plasma displays featuring black levels five times deeper than the previous award-winning KURO. Announced alongside several other fine pieces of kit today in NYC, according to company bigwig Paul Meyhoefer, the ultimate goal is "pure, absolute black," and it's well on its way with the latest line. You'll also find a feature dubbed Optimum Mode, which "simultaneously monitors video and room light conditions" and then makes the most appropriate adjustments based...

Samsung Electronics announced the launch of its compact bar-type Smartphone 'i200' in global market. Supporting windows Mobile 6.1 with mobile versions of office like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, outlook, etc. Additionally the phone is very efficient in email features offering HTML format email, easy editing (cut, copy and paste), and unified email and SMS/MMS management. Automatic pop-up helps users know whenever they get email and always be connected....

Nickel, 67, a wheelchair-bound amateur inventor from Berlin, decided to concoct a paint to shield tanks, ships and aircraft from radar detection in much the same way that Stealth bombers are invisible. Nickel already had a name for his miracle paint: AR 1. After spending thousands and thousands hours in the laboratory, he finally mixed the paint he was looking for. He sent a can of it to Helmut Essen, a radiation physicist who runs the radar technology department...