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21 December 2006
News: iTunes video outpaced by P2P downloads

A new study by the NPD Group shows that peer-to-peer (P2P) digital video downloads reign supreme in the US, outpacing legal alternatives such as the iTunes Store by five to one.
18 December 2006
News: YouTube to tackle copyright concerns in Japan

YouTube said it’s ready to discuss copyright issues with some of Japan's largest producers of video content after they complained earlier this month about the amount of their material on the popular video website.
25 November 2006
News: iPod DVD ripping request rejected

The US Library of Congress has rejected a petition that would allow US iPod users to copy their movies to iPods and other devices.
24 November 2006
News: Sony fault threatens camera market

Problems with the image pick-up in eight models of Sony digital still camera could prevent users from taking clear pictures or any photos at all, the company has said
20 November 2006
News: iPod DVD ripping firm sued

A group of movie studios has filed a lawsuit against tiny iPod service firm Load 'N Go Video, demanding that the latter party stops loading DVDs onto iPods, according to Macworld UK.
News: Toshiba announces 8GB high-speed SD card

Toshiba plans to start selling an 8GB high-speed SD (Secure Digital) memory card in January next year, the firm said today
14 November 2006
News: Lycos combines social networking & video

Lycos has launched a movie streaming service that it hopes will catch on with people by mixing elements from two of the web's most popular services: social networking and online video.
10 November 2006
News: Microsoft puts Photosynth preview online

Microsoft has put a preview of its photo-management application Photosynth online to let people test-drive the new tool
26 October 2006
News: US group combats copyright

It's time for consumers, musicians and filmmakers to band together and advocate copyright laws that make sense for them, not for large music labels and movie studios, a group of advocacy groups said during the launch of the Digital Freedom campaign yesterday.
20 October 2006
News: PlayStation 3 gets free web service

Sony claims the PlayStation Network will rival Microsoft;s Xbox Live service with music downloads and online shopping, plus voice and video chat
News: 30,000 videos forced off YouTube

YouTube has deleted close to 30,000 files after complaints from an organisation representing Japanese copyright holders
18 October 2006
News: Mobile TV fans get new options

Watch your home TV programming on your mobile
17 October 2006
News: Spamhaus sparks net power struggle

The Spamhaus Project has told a US court that it plans to appeal against a recent ruling that threatened the volunteer organisation with millions of dollars in legal fines and a possible shutdown of its database of known spammers
News: Camcorder uploads directly to Google Video

Pure Digital Technologies has announced a new camcorder in the US that works with Macs and PCs and features built-in software that can upload its content to video-sharing websites, including Google Video and Grouper
16 October 2006
News: Google faces YouTube dilemma

Google's acquisition of YouTube provides a "tantalising opportunity" for the search giant to boost its advertising model, but the success of the partnership is far from certain, according to Gartner.
13 October 2006
News: Time Warner targets Google

Time Warner has revealed it will approach Google to resolve the copyright issues that plague video-sharing phenomenon YouTube.
News: Adobe's internet app for offline PCs

Adobe is planning to offer more details later this month on its Apollo project, designed to run rich internet applications offline on PCs
12 October 2006
News: News Corp upset with YouTube deal

Google executives have held an urgent meeting with News Corp to ease concerns over the search giant's $1.6bn YouTube acquisition, according to reports
News: UK operators test mobile-TV rival

Three, Orange and Vodafone claim 3G technology could drive better broadcasts to UK handsets
11 October 2006
News: Adobe buys mobile video technology

Pushing deeper into the market for mobile phone applications, Adobe has agreed to acquire technololgy from Actimagine, a French developer of video and interactive vector graphics