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"Greedy" record companies are pushing for an increase in the price of music downloads, Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs has said. Mr Jobs vowed to resist such pressure, after revealing that music firms were pushing for higher prices on Apple's iTunes internet music store. Add comment
Mozilla 'is in much better shape' than Microsoft when it comes to fixing security problems, claims the organisation Mozilla has reacted to a Symantec report issued on Monday which said serious vulnerabilities were being found in Mozilla's browsers faster than in Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The study was conducted over the first six months of 2005. Add comment
Malicious hackers are turning their attention to the technology behind net phone calls, says a report. The biannual Symantec Threat Report identified Voice over IP (Voip) systems as a technology starting to interest hi-tech criminals. The report predicted that within 18 months, Voip will start to be used as a "significant" attack vector. As well as prompting new attacks, Voip could also resurrect some old hacking techniques, warned the report. Add comment
US bank Wells Fargo has entered the world of online role-playing in an effort to teach young people the basics of managing their money. In the bank's Stagecoach Island game, players explore an imaginary world using virtual money, which they earn by answering financial questions. Add comment
TV delivered into living rooms over broadband connections will completely change TV as well as the internet as we know it, concludes a major report. IPTV (internet protocol TV), as it is known, is a budding area that is exciting telecoms and media companies. Within a decade, says the report from Lovelace Consulting and informitv, TV delivered to sets over the net will be an established way to receive content. TV will be much more web-like, with millions of shows to download. Add comment
The teenager who reportedly hacked into the mobile phone of socialite Paris Hilton has been sent to jail. The hacker, who cannot be named because of his age, will serve an 11-month sentence in a juvenile jail. Add comment
Microsoft's next generation Xbox 360 games console will be in US shops on 22 November, the company has announced. The software giant is set to be the first of the console makers to release a next generation machine. Once launched in the US, the Xbox 360 is due to be in stores in Japan and Europe in early December. Up to 20 games will be ready at the launch. The move could give it a vital edge over rival Sony which plans to release its PlayStation 3 in spring 2006. Add comment
The "third" browser has big plans, and selling browsers to desktop users isn't one of them... Add comment
Microsoft and Time Warner have been in talks to discuss a possible partnership between MSN and AOL. Add comment
Tristan Perich, a musician and geek, has created a form of music that encodes entire songs in 1-bit streams, along with a player housed in a CD case. Add comment
Microsoft have announced the official release date for it's next-gen console the Xbox 360 as November 22nd. Add comment
Ars Technica gives an intro and short commentary on Google's Blog Search tool, which is now in Beta testing. Add comment
For the past four months, Zamos has been fighting four high-powered Microsoft attorneys. They claimed he violated trademark and copyright laws by selling two unopened pieces of software on eBay for $203.50. Add comment
Online auction site Ebay has made another blockbuster aquisition, today announcing it will purchase VoIP start-up Skype. Add comment
If you've been wondering why Windows Vista has taken a long time to reach Beta 1, we can now tell you why: there are seven separate editions of Vista headed your way. Add comment
Microsoft is very confident about the level of security implemented in the Xbox 360. Is the company too confident? Add comment
At long last, here is a quick video I put together from clips and pics shot at SM LAN 2005 this summer. It's five minutes long. Add comment
[url=http://www.physorg.com]Physorg[/url] is reporting on a recent survey by [URL=http://womenswallstreet.com]Women's Wall Street[/URL] that aimed to find out which electronic devices women favored, and which devices women disliked. Add comment
HKEPC has posted some pics and info of the still unreleased ATI R520 next-gen video card Add comment
GamePC reviews the Intel Pentium-M 780 (2.26ghz) Processor. Add comment
[url=http://firingsquad.com/]Firing Squad[/url] have put up a Battlefield 2 optimisation guide for your reading pleasure. Add comment
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