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  • News: Channel 4 shows now available on iTunes

    Channel 4 has joined the BBC in making some of its TV shows available through Apple's iTunes service in the UK.

  • News: VLC media player flaw could expose PCs

    A flaw in the open-source VLC media player could allow an attacker to execute harmful code on a PC.

  • News: Microsoft warns of Xbox 360 shortages

    Microsoft is citing a shortage in console availability as the reason its Xbox 360 console trailed substantially behind competitors in US sales for the second month in a row in February, according to the latest numbers from the NPD Group.

  • News: BBC stops iPlayer hackers

    The BBC has closed the loophole on its iPlayer that allowed users to share programmes with others.

  • News: Apple hit with iPod & iTunes lawsuit

    Apple has been struck by yet another patent infringement lawsuit, with ZapMedia Services claiming Apple's iTunes and iPod infringe on a patent for a "platform and vision for the enjoyment of digital media assets".

  • News: YouTube releases APIs to developers

    Third-party websites can now build their own YouTube capabilities, after the video-sharing site gave developers access to the YouTube video library and underlying video hosting and streaming infrastructure.

  • News: Acer launches multimedia Aspire laptops

    Acer launched a new range of multimedia laptops in New York yesterday, with the Aspire 8920 and 6920 series featuring a new design the company is calling Aspire Gemstone blue.

  • News: eMusic catalogue surpasses 3.5m tracks

    Apple iTunes' biggest competitor – eMusic – has announced that its catalogue now includes more than 3.5 million tracks. The company recently added 43 new record labels and aggregators, including German electronic label Kompakt, indie rock label Constellation Records, and indie pop/rock/electronic label Iamsound Records.

  • News: Report: Blu-ray MacBooks & Xbox 360s planned

    Apple and Microsoft have been in discussions with Sony over the possibility of including Blu-ray Disc drives in MacBooks and the Xbox 360, according to Sony Electronics US president Stan Glasgow.

  • News: Reports: iTunes to get Beatles records

    Major media outlets are claiming that Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has made £200m through licensing the band's tracks to an online retailer.

  • News: YouTube tops 66m US users in January

    Google's YouTube continues as the preferred online video site of US users, with a popularity that dwarfs its closest competitors, according to Nielsen Online.

  • News: Video: Vodafone photo frame has built-in modem

    Vodafone is demonstrating a new twist on digital photo frames at the Cebit IT exhibition in Hanover. The company is showing off a digital photo frame with an in-built cellular data modem which allows it to remain constantly connected to the network so your friends and family can send new pictures by MMS or email.

  • News: YouTube to launch live video-streaming site

    YouTube has announced its plan to launch a live video-streaming site this year.

  • News: Taiwan presidential hopeful embraces YouTube

    Taiwan presidential candidate Frank Hsieh has opened an account on YouTube and is publishing videos of himself as a way to talk to young voters, he said in the first video.

  • News: The future of HDTV revealed

    Five years ago, just about any flat-panel television could induce oohs and aahs, and high-definition was a rarity. Research firm Screen Digest predicts that by 2010 just under half of the UK's TV-watching households will have an HD-ready set but they're common enough now and the gee-whiz factor has gone. So where do HDTVs go from here?

  • News: Four reasons Blu-ray Disc will fail

    Now that the smoke is clearing, and Blu-ray has officially kicked HD DVD's proverbial butt, why am I still waiting to buy a Blu-ray player? My colleague forked out his hard-earned cash over a year ago so he could be the first on his street to own one, but today, Blu-ray players are less than half the price.

  • News: 50 great, free ways to improve your software

    We rounded up more than 50 of our favourite tools and tips for unlocking extra value from popular browsers, productivity applications and multimedia tools.

  • News: PS3 games to get third-party advertising

    PS3 users may well soon be seeing adverts from a host of companies as Sony prepares to open up its in-game advertising to a wider audience.

  • News: Google beats BBC & Apple as UK 'Superbrand'

    Google has topped the UK Superbrands survey for the first time, knocking the BBC off the top spot in a Top 500 list that's compiled by a council of senior business leaders and through an independent survey of 1,500 professionals.

  • News: Xbox 360 HD DVD drive killed off by Microsoft

    Microsoft is to stop making external HD DVD drives for its Xbox 360 game console, but won't say whether it will switch to Blu-ray Disc drive instead. The company will continue to provide warranty and product support for existing HD DVD players, it said.