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  • News: ISPs pressured to close file-sharers accounts

    The British Phonographic Industry has written to Tiscali and Cable & Wireless, demanding that they close the accounts of 59 alleged illegal file-sharers.

  • News: 'iPod-killer' from MS to be Wi-Fi ready?

    If rumours are to believed, Microsoft is doing everything it can to burst Apple's bubble with the 'iPod-killer' device that is said to be coming to market before Christmas this year.

  • News: Creative, Apple could strike deal

    In a bid to end their dispute about the way iPods allow users to navigate stored content, Creative and Apple could reach a settlement out of court.

  • News: 'iPod-killer Xmas' planned by Microsoft?

    Microsoft has made plans to release its iPod killer – which will be capable of playing music and video – by this Christmas, according to Bloomberg News.

  • News: Yahoo China in trouble with music industry

    Yahoo China is facing a lawsuit for allegedly infringing the copyright of members of a recording industry group by providing links to illegal music download sites, a spokesman for the group confirmed today.

  • News: Russian music download site to be sued

    A lawsuit has been filed against Russian music download site AllofMP3.com by the British recording industry.

  • News: Implications of French copyright law

    French lawmakers approved a copyright law on Friday, in a move that could have profound consequences for online music stores, open-source programmers, desktop Linux users and P2P filesharers.

  • News: Fight copyright law, French youth told

    Richard Stallman, the veteran free software campaigner, has said French youth should take to the streets to protest against a draft law on copyright.

  • News: WMP 11.0 beta - slim pickings so far

    Microsoft is overhauling Windows Media Player, giving its music player its biggest revamp in years.

  • News: French copyright compromise advances

    A committee convened to determine a compromise draft of a French copyright law had no trouble reaching a decision today - after opposition lawmakers walked out of the meeting.

  • News: Origami feedback mixed, says Samsung

    Citing a mixture of reactions from customers who bought its Q1 device, Samsung has said that the pre-launch teaser campaign run by Microsoft about the Origami project may have been misleading.

  • News: Microsoft to challenge iPod and iTunes?

    A music and video service, as well as a media player, is being developed by Microsoft to compete with Apple's iPod and iTunes, according to Reuters.

  • News: Opinion: Computex highlights digital evolution

    The Computex show in Taipei used a lot of scantily clad young women as well as pen, mouse-pad, and mini-football giveaways to hype what amounted to incremental improvements in a range of digital devices.

  • News: The wit and wisdom of Bill Gates

    As the personification of both Microsoft and geek success, Bill Gates has had plenty of opportunities to pontificate on a wide range of tech-related topics. Sometimes his insights have proved visionary. Other times, well, not so much.

  • News: ITC investigates Apple in patent case

    The US International Trade Commission will investigate claims that Apple's iPod infringes a patent claimed by Creative, the so-called 'Zen patent'.

  • News: The hard-labour truth about iPods

    Low-paid workers toil long hours at Hon Hai's Longhua, China, plant to produce Apple's popular iPod nano music player. The monthly salary of these workers is around £27.

  • News: Cool gadgets-a-plenty at Computex

    The thousands of booths at the Computex trade show in Taipei are enough to keep any gadget fan happy - at least for a week.

  • News: Philips unveils gaming screens, VoIP and music gear

  • News: Apple's 'unhealthy' iTunes attacked in Europe

    Pressure is mounting in Europe for Apple to loosen the ties between its iTunes music store and its iPod music players, with activity in Norway and the UK this week demonstrating opposition to Apple's policies. This follows legal moves in France that required Apple to allow iTunes songs to play on digital music players other than the iPod.

  • News: Intel looks beyond entertainment with Viiv

    For the moment, Intel's Viiv platform is all about digital entertainment, but that might not always be the case.