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• 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.

• 11 August 2006

• News: Jobs 'excited' by iPhone plans

  The iPod phone might be much closer to release than previously thought, if reports are to believed.

• 10 August 2006

• News: Laptops, iPods must go in the hold

  Authorities have banned passengers from taking electronic items on board aeroplanes following the arrests of 21 people today in connection with an alleged plot to blow up aircraft mid-flight en route to the US.

• News: PC World selling FM transmitters

  Though they can't legally be used in the UK yet, PC World is selling FM transmitters for iPods across its stores.

• News: Creative suffers poor fourth quarter

  Creative, the leading challenger to the iPod in the digital music player market, reported its second consecutive quarterly loss as it battles strong competition from rivals and mobile phones with built-in music players.

• 08 August 2006

• News: Nokia plans iTunes killer

  Mobile phone giant Nokia is set to buy digital music distributor Loudeye for $60 million. The move is seen as the first step in an attempt by the handset maker to develop a music download service that can challenge iTunes.

• 05 August 2006

• News: Apple's reputation takes a knock

  Traditionally seen as an innovative and unique company, Apple's reputation may be suffering as its sales figures rocket.

• 04 August 2006

• News: French copyright law takes effect

  Software publishers and Socialist Party members are among the groups unhappy with the French copyright law that takes effect today.

• 01 August 2006

• News: Mashboxx supported by major record label

  Mashboxx, a legal P2P service currently in development, will have the entirity of record label EMI's catalogue of digital recordings at its disposal.

• News: Apple responds to Nordic criticism

  Apple has replied to criticism of its iTunes DRM policy, meeting a deadline set by consumer agencies in Scandinavia, an advisor at Norway's Consumer Council said today.

• News: Will Apple fail without Jobs?

  The fortunes of Apple are inextricably linked with those of company co-founder Steve Jobs.

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