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• 04 May 2006

• 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.

• News: French bill amendments could help Apple

  French legislators may can proposals to require online music retailers to use interoperable DRM systems to protect their stock when a copyright bill is debated today.

• 02 May 2006

• News: Samsung Origami device makes US debut

  Samsung said yesterday that its Q1 Windows-based ultramobile PC is available online in the US through hardware reseller CDW Corp.

• 28 April 2006

• News: Pirates steal NEC corporate identity

  NEC has been the victim of a large-scale piracy ring that sold counterfeit NEC goods as well as NEC-branded products that the company does not even manufacture, it acknowledged today.

• News: Sony to take another swing at the iPod

  Sony is preparing to take another swing at Apple's iPod digital music player, a top executive at the company said today.

• 27 April 2006

• News: Grappling with Origami

  PC Advisor was treated to an in-depth briefing on Samsung’s Q1 mini notebook yesterday and is currently in the process of putting one of the first review models through its paces.

• News: Seagate reveals 750GB external hard drive

  Seagate has introduced the world's first 750GB desktop hard drive.

• 26 April 2006

• News: First-generation UMPCs 'may not succeed'

  On 1 May, Samsung will start selling its Q1 UMPC (ultramobile PC), the first of a breed of handheld device that Microsoft and Intel hope will change the way people use computers.

• 25 April 2006

• News: Supreme Court ponders review of AT&T case

  The opinion of the US government could be the deciding factor in whether the Supreme Court hears an appeal by Microsoft to avoid paying overseas fines in a patent dispute with AT&T.

• 19 April 2006

• News: Apple iPhone 'logical and inevitable'

  The release of an Apple-branded iPod mobile phone is "logical and inevitable", according to analysts at Visiongain.

• 18 April 2006

• News: Burst.com sues Apple for patent infringement

  Apple is facing a lawsuit over technology within its popular iPod digital music player and two related applications.

• 13 April 2006

• News: Samsung to launch ultra-mobile PC

  Samsung is planning to put its Q1 ultra-mobile PC on sale worldwide in May, the company said today.

• 12 April 2006

• News: China talks yield 'modest' success

  Trade talks between US and China this week yielded some "incremental" commitments by China to reduce intellectual property infringements, said a group representing US software and entertainment companies.

• News: The Beatles make online music plans

  The Beatles may be preparing to release their music through digital-music services, reports claim.

• 11 April 2006

• News: MS develops entry-level music-making app

  Microsoft is developing a product to compete with Apple's GarageBand, code-named 'Monaco'.

• News: Creative declares war on iPod

  Creative has launched a full-scale attack on Apple's iPod market share in the UK, aggressively slashing prices across its product range.

• News: Band to release track on mobiles first

  Next month, an Italian-British band will offer a new track exclusively available as a download to handsets.

• 05 April 2006

• News: Apples case: closing arguments focus on timing

  Apple Corps executives did not object to names and logos now under dispute when they were shown during an Apple Computer iTunes Music Store demonstration four months before the public service launched.

• 04 April 2006

• News: Trademark rift between Apples may be over soon

  The trademark battle between Apple Computer and The Beatles' record label is likely to be in a judge's hands tomorrow.

• 03 April 2006

• News: Apple vs Apple case hears iTunes testimony

  An Apple Computer executive took the witness stand today to defend the company against a lawsuit filed by The Beatles' record company for allegedly breaching a trademark agreement.

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