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• 30 August 2006

• News: MTV Networks' broadband push begins

  As young people increasingly tune out television and tune into online video and chat, MTV Networks is hoping to win their attention with a broadband service that appears part MTV, part YouTube and part MySpace.

• News: iPod manufacturer sues journalists

  The contract manufacturer of the iPod music player has filed lawsuits against two Chinese journalists who wrote articles about working conditions at factories where iPods are made, according to Chinese press reports.

• News: Google CEO to sit on Apple board

  Apple has tapped the head of Google for its own board, hoping to benefit from his long industry experience.

• 29 August 2006

• News: MS seeks to limit damage from DRM hack

  Microsoft has been forced to issue an urgent software update to secure the solution it offers to digital music stores, following an easy and successful hack.

• 28 August 2006

• News: Analysis: last ditty for the iPod?

  A 'ditty' is a short and simple song, and Dell's DJ Ditty music player lived up to its name this week when the company announced that it's short life had come to an end.

• 25 August 2006

• News: Scandinavian groups to join up against iTunes

  Consumer representatives from several Nordic countries are discussing how to proceed in their battle against Apple over the iTunes DRM policy.

• 24 August 2006

• News: Creative stock rises after lawsuit victory

  Shares in Singapore-based Creative surged today after the company and Apple resolved a long-running patent dispute.

• News: Dell ends bid to beat iPod

  Dell's attempt to take a bite out of Apple's iPod has failed.

• News: Apple shells out $100m to settle iPod dispute

  Apple Computer will resolve its patent squabble with Creative Technology by paying the Singapore-based company $100m (about £53m) for a licence to use a recently awarded patent.

• 23 August 2006

• News: Panasonic rolls out MP3 players

  Panasonic will soon sell two digital audio players that are designed to closely integrate with two companion home stereo systems.

• 22 August 2006

• News: Samsung launches 8GB music phone

  Samsung has developed a music-player mobile phone with 8GB of built-in flash memory – that's double the amount of memory in Apple's hit iPod nano.

• 21 August 2006

• News: SanDisk declares war on iPods

  SanDisk cut prices on its mid-range, handheld MP3 music players today as it released a higher capacity 8GB player.

• 18 August 2006

• News: iTunes movie plans confirmed

  Apple seems set to launch movie downloads through iTunes US – at least, if a senior movie company excutive can be believed.

• News: Few violations found at Chinese iPod factory

  An investigation by Apple into the manufacture of iPods in China has unearthed several violations of the company's supplier code of conduct.

• 17 August 2006

• News: iPod maintains lead in music player market

  Apple continued to dominate the US digital music player market in the second quarter with a 75.6 percent market share, according to the NPD Group.

• 16 August 2006

• News: RealPlayer to support Windows Media on Linux

  RealNetworks will support Microsoft's Windows Media formats in an upgraded version of its RealPlayer multimedia application for Linux systems scheduled for release in December.

• 15 August 2006

• News: Apple attempts to remove 'pod' from dictionary

  Apple is attempting to take control of the word 'pod' within product names.

• News: 120GB iPod-ready HDD coming from Seagate

  A 120GB hard drive that's suitable for iPods should be released by Seagate by December this year.

• News: BBC to launch iPod digital radio

  The BBC is developing a tiny digital radio receiver that can be used with existing MP3 players, including iPods.

• 14 August 2006

• News: DRM-free music download service launched

  Music fans in the UK searching for DRM-free music to buy legitimately online have a new service to use.

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