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Movie rentals coming to iTunes Store?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2007-06-11 01:14:04
Reports are circulating that Apple is preparing to offer movie rentals through its iTunes Store.


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Three million iPhones ready to rock and roll?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2007-06-08 03:08:52
Apple plans to have three million iPhones ready for customers when the device goes on sale on June 29, according to a report.


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NHL authorises match clip sharing via Sling
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2007-06-07 22:42:14
The National Hockey League and Sling Media have reached an agreement permitting the use of clips from NHL broadcasts with the Clip+Sling feature coming to the Slingbox.


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US Trade Commission bans phones with Qualcomm chips
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2007-06-07 21:49:55
The US International Trade Commission has banned the import into the US of mobile phones incorporating Qualcomm chipsets which infringe a patent owned by rival chip maker, Broadcom.


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LG submits to Microsoft's sword of Damocles
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2007-06-07 18:02:12
The cross-patenting deal between LG and Microsoft is about Linux.


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Dell's next step - SUSE Linux desktops?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce

Category: Linux Blog

2007-06-07 13:27:54
Why would the world's second-ranked PC seller make an effort to sell an operating system that it's never sold before on custom hardware - and do it in a half-hearted manner? Why would it do this at a time when it's desperately trying to regain its number 1 ranking?


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Microsoft, LG, patents and Linux get cross
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2007-06-07 10:28:11
A cross-license patent agreement between software behemoth Microsoft and Korean electronics powerhouse LG may result in some interesting products. Will we see an LG HDTV with built-in Xbox 360?


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A cry from Xandros: please, take note of us
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce

Category: Linux Blog

2007-06-05 18:54:07
The deal Xandros Corporation signed with Microsoft on June 4 is an indicator of several things.


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Microsoft simplifies hardware licensing
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2007-06-05 01:07:13
Changes to Microsoft's hardware intellectual property licensing program allow contract manufacturers and outsourced design and manufacturing firms to take out a single IP licence to cover the work they do for multiple clients.


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Microsoft does patent deal with Xandros Linux
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2007-06-04 14:01:01
Not content with one Linux deal with Novell, Microsoft has announced at the US Tech Ed that it’s done a similar deal with Novell’s competitor, Xandros, despite the latest draft of the GPLv3.


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Microsoft adds books to Live Search
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Search engines

2007-06-03 22:29:16
Microsoft's Live Search now includes full-text searching of in-copyright books from a range of publishers.


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New miCard memory card also plugs into USB ports
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Storage

2007-06-03 17:17:32
Just when SD/MMC memory cards had become widely supported in mobile electronics such as cameras and phones, along comes a new standard. Fortunately, this one has a real advantage for users.


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iTunes Plus scaremongering
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2007-05-31 18:40:58
The arrival of iTunes Plus - DRM-free content from Apple's iTunes Store - has triggered hysteria in some quarters.


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Has Jobs backed the wrong horse with Apple TV's YouTube access?
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana

Category: The Digital Lounge Room

2007-05-31 02:28:52
The hamstrung Apple TV media player is finally showing signs of life, with Apple adding YouTube access and a 160GB hard drive, but getting into bed with GooTube might backfire on Steve Jobs.

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Ol' Blue Eyes is back at iTunes Plus
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2007-05-30 16:47:44
Apple and EMI made good their promise to deliver higher-quality, DRM-free tracks by the end of May - and golden oldies feature strongly in initial sales.


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iTunes 7.2 gets a Plus for DRM-free downloads
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-05-30 03:15:14
iTunes 7.2 allows the preview and purchase of iTunes Plus music - Apple's branding for the higher quality and DRM-free tracks from EMI and (hopefully soon) other labels.


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Canon and Toshiba delay SED TVs - again
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2007-05-28 01:48:32
Canon and Toshiba were planning to launch SED TVs in time for the holiday buying season, but the partners have now postponed them indefinitely.


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iTunes, EMI, DRM and sliding music sales
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2007-05-27 22:49:08
EMI and Apple said DRM-free tracks would be available on iTunes by the end of May. There's only a few days left, but the word is that they will deliver.


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Sony faces patent challenge to Blu-ray
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Storage

2007-05-27 17:07:45
Three of Sony's divisions face a patent suit over the metallic layers used to reflect laser light in Blu-ray discs.


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Can Nokia quash Qualcomm's lawsuit?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Smart Phones

2007-05-25 03:55:21
Nokia has responded to Qualcomm’s latest patent infringement lawsuit with patent counter assertions of its own, but can Qualcomm win this time after losing 11 previous patent cases?


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