Disney Mixes it Up with Pint-Sized MP3 Player
In a move to tap into the growing popularity of the digital device type that Apple’s iPod has made a household name, the Walt Disney Co. yesterday announced plans to peddle a kid-sized MP3 Latest News about MP3 player.
Disney Mix Sticks is about the size of a pack of gum, holds about 60 songs on [...]
Patent Office Deals Blow to Microsoft, Internet Explorer
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this week dealt Microsoft a blow that may not be a knock-out punch, but comes pretty close to hobbling its argument that Internet Explorer (IE) does not infringe on a Web browser patent because prior art makes the patent invalid.
The USPTO reviewed and reaffirmed the patent owned by [...]
Stones’ album to come on memory card
Virgin Records said Tuesday it would release the Rolling Stones’ latest album on a new encrypted flash memory card that will allow users to preview and buy locked tracks from four of the veteran rockers’ previous albums.
The memory card, dubbed Gruvi, is manufactured by Sunnyvale, Calif.-based SanDisk Corp., and will be available in November [...]
iTunes for Windows Mobile 5.0?
According to the German tech blog http://www.technology-ninja.com, someone has succeeded in getting iTunes to run on his Windows Mobile handheld.
With the touch of your finger you can scroll through songs and adjust features such as equalizer, playlists, etc..
He was not actually able to buy anything on iTunes, it apparently crashed when he tried, so [...]
Eight charged over Star Wars leak
Eight people have been charged by US authorities with the illegal online release of the final Star Wars film before it appeared in cinemas.
The US attorney in Los Angeles filed a copyright infringement charge against Albert Valente, 28, of Lakewood, California, for taking the Star Wars copy from the post-production house where he worked. [...]
Google and Nasa in space venture
Web search firm Google has formed a partnership with US space agency Nasa in an effort to harness new technology which could boost the space programme.
Google is to build a new office complex on the site of Nasa’s research facility in California, close to its own headquarters in Silicon Valley. The two companies will co-operate [...]
U.S. insists on keeping control of Web
A senior U.S. official rejected calls on Thursday for a U.N. body to take over control of the main computers that direct traffic on the Internet, reiterating U.S. intentions to keep its historical role as the medium’s principal overseer.
"We will not agree to the U.N. taking over the management of the Internet," said Ambassador David [...]
Apple: Small number of iPod Nanos flawed
Display screens crack easily on a small number of iPod Nano digital music players, Apple Computer Inc. acknowledged Wednesday, saying it would replace flawed units.
Apple was responding to a flurry of complaints posted to online forums and community sites about faulty screens on the Nano, the tiny music player the company launched earlier this [...]
Congress to legislate file swapping?
A California senator has suggested that because file-sharing networks continue to house illegal files, they should be shut down.
Intellectual property protection "can’t function in a country where the high-tech services become such that you can’t protect copyright," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said Wednesday at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. The session centered on the [...]
Congress to legislate file swapping?
A California senator has suggested that because file-sharing networks continue to house illegal files, they should be shut down.
Intellectual property protection "can’t function in a country where the high-tech services become such that you can’t protect copyright," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said Wednesday at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. The session centered on [...]
