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Company Claims That Its DVDs Will Last 1000 Years

4:40PM Rosa Golijan | A start-up by the name of Cranberry is claiming that it’s DiamonDisc product can last for 1000 years without any deterioration. If true, that’s great, but will you even have the equipment to read the media at that time? More »
Entertainment

MPAA Is Still Trying To Plug Your Analogue Hole

2:40AM Danny Allen | Still use component connections with your pay TV box? Listen up: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has again asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to let studios disable analogue connections during certain on-demand movies. The FCC currently bans this, and here’s why that’s a good thing. More »
Entertainment

Oovie DVD Kiosk Could Leave You With An Expensive Movie Collection

1:15PM Nick Broughall | It sounds pretty good in theory. A self-serve kiosk with new-release DVDs inside for rent at the bargain basement price of $2.99 a night. All you need to do is swipe your credit card and pick your flick. But then comes the whole returning thing… More »
Screens

Toshiba’s Sticking DVD Players In TVs Now

1:16PM Nick Broughall | Sticking a DVD player in the body of an LCD screen isn’t exactly a revolution of design. But is is handy, especially in smaller screen sizes, which is why Toshiba have released their new DVD/LCD combo models. More »
Random Stuff

Postal Worker Steals 3200 Netflix DVDs, Faces Five Years In Prison

10:51PM Mark Wilson | Unsolicited advice: If you insist on robbing people, do so quickly. Grab everything in sight and sprint to Mexico. Because when you gradually steal $US36,471 of Netflix DVDs from your day job, someone will eventually notice. More »
Random Stuff

Walmart Employee Arrested For Demoing Porn On HDTVs

11:00AM Sean Fallon | Two 20-year-olds were recently arrested on a felony obscenity complaint after replacing demo DVDs in a Arkansas Walmart with hardcore pornography. The video played on six screens in full view of shoppers. More »
Announcements

Who Won The Stargate SG1 Children of the Gods: The Final Cut DVDs?

11:28AM Nick Broughall | Did you win a copy of Stargate SG-1 Children of the Gods: The Final Cut? Find out below. More »
Announcements

Win! One Of 10 Copies Of Stargate SG-1 Children of the Gods: The Final Cut

9:45AM Nick Broughall | Free stuff. You should totally enjoy it. Especially when all you have to do is answer a simple question better than all the other Gizmodo readers in order to get it. More »
Announcements

Win! One Of 10 Copies Of Stargate SG-1 Children of the Gods: The Final Cut

10:30AM Nick Broughall | A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… I mean all this week here on Giz, we’re running a comp for you to win one of ten copies of Stargate SG-1 Children of the Gods: The Final Cut. You really should enter. More »