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13 October 2006
News: Apple set to release red iPod Nano

Oprah Winfrey and U2 frontman Bono took away any surprise of Apple's new iPod announcement as the pair went shopping today in Chicago and purchased 10 new red iPod nanos.
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: Apple planning 'Home' folder on iPods

Apple has secured a patent on technology that makes it feasible for the company to offer portable user accounts in future.
News: Sony claims key advantage over iPods

Sony is packing its new Walkman digital music players with noise cancellation and other audio enhancing technology in its latest attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple's iPod.
News: UK operators test mobile-TV rival

Three, Orange and Vodafone claim 3G technology could drive better broadcasts to UK handsets
10 October 2006
News: Microsoft ups video stakes

Microsoft is expected to confirm a deal later today that would see video search engine Blinkx power portions of the MSN and Live.com sites.
News: iPod gets wireless fabric remote

Belkin has launched an armband wireless remote control that uses a fabric-based interface to control iPods. The SportCommand works with most dock connector-equipped iPods and will costs $79.99 when it becomes available in the US in November.
News: Google buys YouTube, reveals video plans

Popular video-sharing startup will continue to operate independently following a $1.6bn deal, but it may dump its 'silly' name, according to one analyst.
09 October 2006
News: Google & YouTube confirm music deals

Video-sharing sites make online music breakthrough after signing high-profile deals with the record industry
06 October 2006
News: FM transmitters 'legal by Christmas'

FM transmitters seem set to be made legal in the UK just in time for Christmas.
News: Apple rivals join together against iTunes

Giant US consumer electronics retailer Best Buy, in cooperation with SanDisk and RealNetworks, is the latest company to join the growing list of competitors to Apple's iTunes music service.
05 October 2006
News: Jobs knew of backdating, says Apple

Apple CEO Steve Jobs apologised to shareholders yesterday after an internal investigation found that he had been aware of the company's practice of 'backdating' employee stock options.
04 October 2006
News: Fujitsu's prototype PC designs displayed

Fujitsu offered visitors to the Ceatec exhibition in Chiba, Japan, a look at entertainment PCs of the future with the display of two prototype computer designs.
03 October 2006
News: Intel calls for open standards

Intel looks set to find itself in the midst of an industry battle over how the power and complexity of computers should be combined with the convenience and simplicity of consumer electronics.
02 October 2006
News: Record companies agree on digital royalties

Recording artists such as the Rolling Stones, Elton John and Paul McCartney will get an 8 percent slice from the sale of their music sold through online services and mobile networks in the UK under a compromise reached last week with content sellers.
29 September 2006
News: Morpheus software 'encouraged piracy'

In another blow to P2P filesharing, a US federal judge ruled this week that the Morpheus software program encouraged users to infringe upon copyrighted works.
News: Zune will go on sale in US on 14 November

Microsoft's Zune digital media player will go on sale in the US on 14 November for $250, the company said yesterday, in line with the price of video iPods already available from Apple.
26 September 2006
News: Nokia announces music-recommendation service

Nokia has introduced several phones and also announced a music recommendation service that hints at the potential for a full-blown music store from the company.
News: LimeWire countersues record companies

P2P filesharing software developer LimeWire has countersued the biggest record companies, charging them with anticompetitive behaviour.
News: Acer predicts big year for digital home

After a series of false starts, sales of devices for the digital home will take off in 2007, the chairman of Acer said today.