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  • News: News Corp's Hulu takes on YouTube & iTunes

    News Corp and NBC Universal have debuted their joint-venture online video service Hulu.com with a private beta, adding a new rival to Apple's iTunes and Google's YouTube services.

  • News: Google to use Nielsen TV audience data

    Google, the new kid on the block in TV advertising, has signed up with TV audience measurement firm The Nielsen, in a deal that will increase the data available to participants in the Google TV Ads programme in the US.

  • News: New Xbox Arcade model targets families

    Microsoft has launched Xbox 360 Arcade, a version of its popular game console aimed specifically at families in the US.

  • News: BBC iPlayer forced to support Mac & Linux

    BBC governors are to force the broadcast to ensure Mac and Linux users, not just Windows users, via iPlayer.

  • News: Can YouTube video ID tool stamp out piracy?

    Google has unveiled a test version of a much-awaited antipiracy system for its wildly popular yet controversial YouTube video-sharing site.

  • News: BBC iPlayer finally coming to Mac & Linux

    The BBC is finally ready to allow Mac and Linux users to access its iPlayer streaming service, announcing a deal to use Adobe's Flash Player software to make iPlayer available to non-Windows users.

  • News: BSA demands new cybersecurity legislation

    The BSA (Business Software Alliance) has called on the US Congress to pass legislation that would address new types of cybercrimes and increase funding for law enforcement.

  • News: Olive, MusicGiants offer lossless DRM-free music

    Olive and MusicGiants yesterday announced that users of Olive's Opus media player will be able to purchase and download DRM-free digital music made with lossless compression techniques.

  • News: File-sharing woman to appeal huge RIAA fine

    A woman last week ordered to pay $222,000 for illegally downloading and sharing music files is to appeal the case. Jammie Thomas said on her Myspace.com blog that the appeal was announced by her lawyer, Brian Toder, in an interview with CNN.

  • News: Testcard TV launches, offers free online TV

    Yesterday Testcard TV was made generally available following trials. Testcard TV offers free online TV, movies and music videos, by aggregating content hosted on third-party platforms such as YouTube, as well as mainstream broadcasters such as Channel 4. No content is hosted or managed by Testcard TV.

  • News: Sony slashes UK price of PlayStation 3

    Sony last week announced today it was cutting the price of its failing PlayStation 3 games console. Sony made the move in the face of poor results for the PS3 which will face stiff competition from Microsoft's Xbox 360 and the popular Nintendo Wii in the all important build-up to Christmas.

  • News: Illegal file-sharing still growing

    If 20,000-plus lawsuits by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) aren't enough to show US residents that the unauthorised sharing of music files will cause legal problems, now there's a $222,000 jury verdict against a Minnesota woman.

  • News: Bill Gates: Halo 3 is 'a cultural phenomenon'

    Sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 console have more than doubled since Halo 3's release on 25 September, the company has announced.

  • News: Feature: The 8 biggest consumer IT threats

    High-tech consumer products and services of all kinds are making their way into the workplace. They include everything from smartphones, voice-over-IP systems and flash memory sticks to virtual online worlds. And as people grow more accustomed to having their own personal technology at their beck and call - and in fact can't imagine functioning without it - the line between what they use for work and what they use for recreation is blurring.

  • News: Microsoft & Toshiba plan advanced HD-DVD

    Toshiba and Microsoft have announced plans to launch the Advanced Interactivity Consortium to extend interactive features in HD DVD, a high-definition format, in an effort to attract more users.

  • News: Toshiba shows off HD-DVD recorders

    Toshiba is showing three yet-to-be-launched HD DVD recorders at this week's Ceatec show in Japan.

  • News: FED monitors to launch in 2009

    A company spun off from Sony is developing a line of monitors based on FED (field emission display) technology, which offers faster response times, consumes less power, and produces warmer, more realistic images than is possible with other flat-panel technologies.

  • News: Toshiba pushes PS3 chip to TV makers

    Toshiba has developed a common platform for consumer electronics products that it hopes will help spur adoption of the PS3's (PlayStation 3) Cell processor by electronics makers.

  • News: The 16 best starscapes in Google Sky

    Google recently introduced a new feature to Google Earth - Google Sky - which lets you travel the far reaches of the universe, often in startling and beautiful clarity. From nebulae and galaxies to stars and comets, we've collected just a few of the breathtaking and spectacular sights.

  • News: iPod touch update fixes video flaw

    Apple has released a fix for the iPod touch which appears to correct a video-display problem that would leave some iPod touch units displaying dark images improperly.