Skeptics be dammed - BluRay is kicking along just nicely thanks, in fact better than DVD did in its early years.

Informa Telecoms and Media predicts new generation of couch potatoes.

What will you be buying, using and drooling over this year? Tim Dean looks at the astounding products and technologies due to hit in the next 12 months.

Surround sound is an important part of DVD movies and the uptake of full surround sound in computer games is increasing. Most soundcards and even integrated sound systems on a motherboard have support for 5.1 surround sound audio, and yet many systems are used with 2.1 speaker systems or with stereo headphones.

How the new, improved Bluetooth will deliver quality audio.

Comindico announced the roll out of a nationwide internet telephony service offering eight cent local calls, six cent per minute national calls and 23.3 cent per minute mobile calls.

It was touted as the next big thing from Microsoft. But is Microsoft’s storage strategy in tatters?

The uptake of Blu-ray drives by PC users will not be picking up any time soon, according to analysts..

Move aims to enhance uptake of mobile Java.

As the hype builds for a new-improved iPhone, analysts believe new device could boost mobile TV uptake.

Shuttle's SB95P is a small form factor (SFF) aimed at the enthusiast/gamer market, and it takes advantage of the i925 iteration of PCI-E. Though Shuttle are known for their XPC’s striking looks, in this case the colour scheme is nothing to write home about: is gun-metal anyone's favourite colour?

Technology could reach 80 million users by 2013.

Finnish firm responsible for 50 per cent of all smartphone sales.

Well known for its dialup modem business, Australian manufacturer NetComm has made a significant push beyond its traditional boundaries, and is moving into the general networking, wireless and ADSL modem space.

Overall sense of 'cautious optimism', reports analyst.

Blu-ray officially lands; HD-DVD on shaky ground.

Lower prices have helped push LCD ahead of CRT as the preferred choice of display technology in Australia, according to figures from industry analyst IDC.

Ericsson has showcased a developing set of converged 3G and broadband services for carrier customers and other service providers, including SMS-based security monitoring, and mobile-to-PC video calling.

Analyst group AMR Interactive has predicted that future mobile phone technologies will focus on fixed-to-mobile substitutions, simple data content, RFID integration and an increasing role of phone cameras.