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• 19 May 2006

• News: Creative countersued by Apple

  In the latest twist in what is already becoming a bitter legal battle, Apple has countersued Creative, alleging that Creative infringes four patents it holds for digital music players.

• 18 May 2006

• News: Yahoo to focus on social search

  In the coming years Yahoo will focus on seeking and adopting new technologies, incorporating user contributions into its services and sites, and extending its reach beyond the PC.

• 17 May 2006

• News: Creative 'may fail in iPod patent case'

  Analysts have warned that Creative's legal bid to prevent the iPod being sold in the US may fall flat.

• 16 May 2006

• News: Sony's UX50 ultracompact PC

  Sony took the wraps off its Vaio UX50 ultracompact PC at a news conference in Tokyo today and we got five minutes to play with this cool-looking device.

• News: Creative and Apple at war over patent

  Digital media player vendor Creative has asked a US court to block sales of Apple's iPod devices, claiming they violate one of Creative's US patents.

• 15 May 2006

• News: iPod mobile phone plans in doubt

  Apple and Softbank, Japan's third-largest mobile carrier, have reached a basic agreement to develop mobile phones that can play songs downloaded from Apple's iTunes Music Store.

• News: MTV Urges users to drop iTunes

  Microsoft is set to support the latest attempt to prize away control of the digital music market from iTunes, MTV's Urge.

• 12 May 2006

• News: Consumers question copyright laws

  A recent survey claims 55 percent of UK consumers have ripped CDs they legally own to their iPod or computer.

• 11 May 2006

• News: French amend copyright bill

  An amended copyright bill was approved yesterday by the French Senate. It softened an earlier version of the bill that required digital music vendors such as Apple to open up their DRM technologies to competitors.

• News: Real boss accuses music lovers of theft

  iPod users steal music, according to RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser.

• 10 May 2006

• News: CD ripping could become legal

  Under UK law it is still illegal to rip CDs to be played back on MP3 players or similar devices – all because there is no definition of what constitutes fair use.

• 09 May 2006

• News: FM transmitter law change considered

  Laws concerning FM transmitters such as the Podfreq from Sonnet may not be changed until the end of 2007.

• News: Beatles case decision posted online

  The judgement in the Apple Computer versus Apple Corps High Court battle is now available to read online.

• News: Samsung makes world's slimmest phones

  Samsung has unveiled two mobile phones that are the slimmest of their kind, according to the company.

• 08 May 2006

• News: And the winner is... Apple

  Apple Corps has lost out to Apple Computer in a High Court case concerning logo use in iTunes.

• News: Apple Corps 'will appeal' High Court judgement

  Neil Aspinall, manager of Apple Corps, has confirmed that the company will appeal against the High Court judgement in the Apple versus Apple case.

• 06 May 2006

• News: Latest mobile phones threaten the iPod

  Mobile phones offering digital-music playback could be a threat to Apple's iPod and other MP3 players in the near future.

• 05 May 2006

• News: Music downloads crash NHS system

  The IT system at a hospital in Kent was down for two days because it had been overwhelmed by staff downloading music for their digital music players, according to reports.

• 04 May 2006

• News: Nokia, ATI to collaborate on multimedia

  In an effort to drive the development of multimedia capabilities for Nokia phones, the world's largest handset maker is partnering up with ATI, the companies said today.

• News: UK mobile, online music service launches

  Music-recognition service Shazam has launched a subscription-based mobile and online music service, the Ultimate Music Discovery Engine.

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