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May 31
- UPDATE: Pure adds music store to revamped Lounge media portal
- BT and Talk Talk continue fight against Digital Economy Act
- Austerity gadgets top UK poll
May 27
- Behind the scenes at Sony's UK 3D Centre
- £15 to improve a wireless music system beyond recognition? Looks like a deal...
- UPDATE: Best of the Bank Holiday bargains
- Boston Acoustics A Series adds white finish and 5.1 system
May 26
- Arcam offers free home trials of its rCube iPod dock
- Sony takes a hit on films, games and music
- The world's most expensive phono stage?
- Audio Research introduces a pair of new phono preamps
May 25
- UPDATE: Panasonic to shed 10,000+ jobs in Japan as part of large-scale restructuring
- UPDATE: YouTube hits 3 billion views a day
- JBL OnBeat speaker dock takes an iPad, iPhone or iPod
- NAD's £700 network media player to hit shops in July
- Unilet's next Sinful Saturday sale offers Leema range at 'bonkers prices'
- Special events at Audio T Southampton and Cheltenham
May 24
- Spotify adds new playlist functionality to iOS app
- DLNA: The AirPlay alternative aiming for two billion streaming devices
- Sony introduces three new iPod docks
May 23
- Digital radio switchover likely to be delayed by at least two years
- Apple launches Apple Store app for iPhone
- Samsung Apps hits 5 million Smart TV app downloads
- MUNICH SHOW 2011: More streamers, mad speakers, comebacks, throwbacks, 1920s horns and the RemoteTaxi
- DLNA launches new guidelines for streaming premium content
May 20
- Jamo announces the arrival of its A 101HCS5 'pint-sized' sub/sat system
- One-day deals on Play.com - end midnight tonight
- LoveFilm signs deal to stream Optimum films
May 19
- CHINA: Behind the scenes at IAG
- Apple close to signing major record labels for its iTunes streaming service
- MUNICH SHOW: PMC to offer 20-year warranty to celebrate anniversary
- MUNICH SHOW: Beyerdynamic launches two pairs of premium headphones
- Haier to bring Freeview HD LCD/LED TV range to the UK
- Napster extends music streaming service to mobile devices
- MUNICH SHOW: Naim adds radio recommendations and an exclusive 320k stream
- MUNICH SHOW: Neat launches compact Ultimatum XLi floorstander
- MUNICH SHOW: Cambridge Audio NP30 network music player on sale in UK next week
- MUNICH SHOW: KEF celebrates 50th anniversary with flagship £20,000 Blade speakers
May 18
- BBC may consider video-on-demand for 3D programmes
- UPDATE: Altec Lansing Octiv 450 dock now compatible with iPad 2
- Philips launches £200 3D Blu-ray player
- Solar-powered Eton Raptor radio charges your mobile
May 17
- Home Cinema Centre celebrates 5th birthday with special offers
- Audio Affair, Birmingham to host three open days this summer
- Sony Digital Cinema and Sony Music bring unique music events to Apollo Cinemas
- Blackberry confirms UK launch date for PlayBook tablet
- Nokia pulls the plug on its Ovi mobile brand
May 16
- MUNICH SHOW: IAG to showcase a slew of new products
- Asda launches gadget trade-in service
- Virgin TV to show French Open tennis in 3D
May 13
- YouView loses set-top box supplier
- Denon launches 2011 AV receivers complete with Apple AirPlay
- Sevenoaks and Audio T complete second phase of merger
- MUNICH SHOW: Electrocompaniet to launch ECT 3 system remote
May 12
- Pro-Ject further improves its classic entry-level record player with the Debut S/E3
- Onkyo outs its third Spotify-enabled home cinema receiver
- JARGON BUSTER: All you need to know about upscaling
- Google TV gets new Honeycomb interface
- Unilet's next Sinful Saturday sale offers Roksan range at 'never to be repeated prices'
May 11
- Scandyna appoints Tascom International as its new UK distributor
- UPDATE: Virgin TV's smaller 500GB TiVo box available now for existing customers
May 10
- UPDATED: Music Beta by Google service challenges Apple and Amazon
- Massive Pink Floyd remastered release coming in September
- How to download the digital edition of What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision
- Plans for a new national TV network could be delayed – or scrapped
- June 2011 issue on sale today!
May 6
- NAD gets a 'fresh start' with UK retailers
- Wurlitzer's 21st century jukebox gets a radical makeover
- Sony unveils next-generation Xperia mini smartphones with HD video
May 5
- Creative's Bluetooth speakers offer multiroom solution
May 4
- SIM2 launches 'affordable' £4.5k Crystal 35 projector
- Acoustic Energy adds 'bigger, bolder' Neo 4 to its range
- Loewe opts for active-shutter for its first 3D TVs
- Meridian Media Core 600 offers Sooloos multiroom system in one box
- Panasonic introduces a pair of Freeview+ HD, 3D Blu-ray recorders
- Spotify offers iPod, iPhone and Android syncing for all users
May 3
- US NEWS: TV ownership drops for first time in 20 years, as DVD sales fall 20%
- Growth in flatscreen sales expected to slow as prices stabilise and market penetration increases
- KOREA: LG up on strong 3D TV interest, Samsung blames lower profits on sluggish LCD sales
- KOREA/USA: Samsung eyes acquisition of cloud streaming provider mSpot
- Bose donates majority shareholding in company to MIT
May 1
- KEF cuts price of KHT1505 package to £500