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If digital-music veteran Rob Lord wanted to court controversy with his new open-source digital music software 'Songbird', he probably couldn't have done much better than to compare Apple's iTunes software to Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser. Add comment
[url=http://www.anandtech.com/]AnandTech[/url] reports that ATI has secretly released details of its R580 GPU. R580, or Radeon X1900 as it is called internally, is expected to "launch" in January according to ATI documentation. Add comment
A measure to legalize P2P file sharing has passed through France's lower house amidst a storm of protest from the country's film, music, and audiovisual industries. Add comment
Following a report yesterday by [url=http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2108]CoolTechZone[/url] that Opera was going to be bought out by Microsoft, an Opera representitive has since flat out denied the report. Add comment
Activision has released a special HTT patch for Call of Duty 2 users with HTT enabled processors, multiple processors, or systems with a dual core processor. Add comment
Seven months after a teaser was shown at E3, Midway and Epic's 'Unreal Tournament 2007' is confirmed for Sony's 'Playstation 3'. Add comment
[url=http://www.neowin.net]Neowin[/url] reports that Western Digital plan to announce a new version of their 10,000RPM Raptor Hard Drives in the new year. Add comment
A new version of the popular CD/DVD authoring suite 'Nero 7' has been released. Add comment
Microsoft has stated that it will contest a recent EU demand to release parts of its OS code to competitors. Add comment
Seagate on Wednesday said it would buy rival computer disk-drive maker Maxtor for $1.9 billion in stock. Add comment
Oracle has changed its pricing structure to recognize the increasing use of multiple core CPUs among its customers, meaning that a customer with a multi-core single CPU will pay less than a customer with multiple physical CPUs. Add comment
Although it is against the guidelines of Wikipedia to make changes to a Wikipedia entry on one's self, it seems that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has done just that. Add comment
A while ago, Microsoft stopped updating IE for the Mac, freezing it at version 5. According to Microsoft's webpage, all support will cease for the browser December 31, 2005, and any official distribution with cease January 31, 2006. Add comment
The SETI@Home project, which searches for signs of extra terrestrial life from deep space, is changing hands as of December 15th. The project is to become part of the BOINC platform software system. Add comment
Wired reports that Asheron's Call 2 is scheduled to be shut down on December 31, due to financial difficulties. Add comment
Techdirt reports that Bill Gates' time is nearly up on his pledge to stop email spam by 2006. Add comment
AT&T and Bellsouth are lobbying the US Congress for permission to create a 'two-tiered' structure of information delivery speeds on the internet. Add comment
Carl Icahn, a Time Warner stockholder, seeks to block Google's purchase of 5% of Time Warner stock, on the grounds that the purchase might prevent one of Google's rivals from merging with AOL. Add comment
A variety of shortcomings in the antivirus programs for PCs have been pointed out in a recent BBC article. Add comment
A new version of the popular IM client MSN Messenger has been made available for download. Add comment
Following up from [url=http://www.short-media.com/extendednews.php?n=4207]this[/url] piece of news looking at ATI's upcoming Catalyst 5.13 driver suite, I can now bring you news that the beta version of the driver is now available for download. Add comment
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