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It seems like a dash of common sense mixed with a healthy dose of facts and figures has put an end to all of this 'ban plasmas' talk, but that hasn't stopped efforts to make massive flatscreen TVs more economical.
Sony's new Bravia series, the WE5, seems particularly well kitted out in this area, claiming to be the 'greenest ever' BRAVIA LCD line-up. It consumes 20-30% less power than last year's models thanks partly to something called a micro-tubular Hot Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (HCFL) which makes it more efficient without affecting picture quality.
What's more interesting though is the intelligent presence sensor, which uses a combination of movement and body-heat detection to switch the picture into standby mode if you leave the room to make a cup of tea or answer the door.
If you've already got Sky HD but have been rather disappointed by how comparatively poor your average episode of The Simpsons looks, you might have noticed a touch more gloss to proceedings if you saw last night's episode.
It was the first to be shown in proper HD and had a new title sequence to celebrate, which included an HDTV in the Simpsons' home, Bart writing "HDTV is worth every cent" on the blackboard and rather unnervingly, a flatscreen falling off the wall.
The Pirate Bay is being hauled up on charges again, this time in Sweden, where a trial began today to attempt to shut down the infamous torrent sharing site on the basis that even linking to copyrighted materials is a crime.
Of course this isn't the first time someone has tried to sink the proverbial ship and despite the fact that representatives of the entertainment industry are seeking 10.6 million euros in damages, co-owner Gottfrid Svartholm Warg seemed confident in stating "What are they going to do about it? They have already failed to take down the site once. Let them fail again."
Most Gizmodo readers would agree that there's usually at least one piece of hardware, gadget or technology on their 'must-buy' list that they've been holding off purchasing, usually in the hope that the price will come down.
Well, now may be the time to cash in those penny jars, because it sounds as though prices are going to start to rise.
The earlier news of faulty Sky HD boxes has now been fleshed out with a bit more information, following an announcement by Sky.
The fault with the Pace manufactured boxes was confirmed and it seems as though up to 90,000 of these will need to be replaced. The good news is that if you do have one, Sky are willing to swap it out for you while it's still under warranty.
Nokia will obviously be pretty busy announcing swathes of new mobile phone models and technologies at MWC 2009 this week, two of the more interesting of which so far are the 6710 Navigator and 6720 Classic.
The former is a slide design oriented around GPS operation, featuring 'drive and walk' navigation, a dedicated navigation control, touchpad for zooming and full regional maps.
There's a compass built in and the screen is apparently 'tuned' for clear viewing in bright daylight, with route planning either done on the phone itself or synchronised from a PC.
Tattu Mobile has announced a new product for the Bluetooth market today in the shape of the Octopus, a versatile adaptor designed to stream your music through a range of devices.
Sadly it's not as intriguingly designed as the name suggests and is simply a small box sporting play controls, a clip for attaching it to a belt or clothing and a headphones port for plugging in your favourite cans.
You can use it for hands-free calling using the microphone/earpiece combo supplied or to play music through it via your mobile phone and could also plug it into a car stereo or home audio system via the aux-in port, in which case music will be paused if an incoming call is detected and resumed when you hang up.
In what appears to be a bit of a last-ditch attempt to push people onto Windows Vista, it looks like Microsoft will be offering a free upgrade program for those who buy its current OS after July 1st.
If you haven't upgraded to Vista yet, chances are you aren't going to and we can see quite a few people holding off for the rest of the year in the hope that Windows 7 hits its targets.
Considering all of the effort Sky has been putting into promoting its HD service some recent news has come at a particularly bad time for it, especially for those who have finally succumbed to the recent drop in price.
'Thousands' of customers have apparently been contacting the broadcast giant to complain of faulty set top boxes, which have been put down to a rather serious flaw in the hardware.
In a move that is frankly long overdue, YouTube has announced that it will be trialling an upgrade to its service that allows users to download videos directly from the site and watch them when offline.
Video creators will be offered a Creative Commons license to allow permission to reuse downloaded content, with the possibility of a fee being involved where relevant that would be paid for through Google Checkout.
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