2nd March 2006 Archive

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iTunes' long march to market share

DMF Behind the numbers

Apple's iTunes Music Store has been hailed as "the future of music" so many times that you might conclude the future has already been written. But a few statistics we gleaned at this week's Digital Music Forum (DMF), held only days after Apple boasted of its billionth download, help put it all in perspective. The first, and …

Media players 2 Mar 2006, 09:19
AMD calls on Skype for Intel anti-trust evidence

AMD vs Intel VoIP firm gets subpoena

AMD has subpoenaed VoIP software developer Skype in a bid to seek evidence to back its allegations that Intel abused its dominant position in the x86 chip market to hinder its smaller competitor. The move follows an announcement that Skype 2.0 contains features that are only available to PCs fitted with Intel CPUs. Early last …

Bits 'n' Chips 2 Mar 2006, 11:51
MS to unfold Origami at CeBIT?

Updated Revelation date moved to 9 March

Microsoft has pushed back the unveiling of its mysterious Origami Project, believed to be a consumer-friendly tablet PC, to next week. The website dedicated to the project last week said we would "learn more" today, 2 March, but the site now says we'll "find out" about it on 9 March. Next Thursday is, of course, the opening …

Gadgets and Gizmos 2 Mar 2006, 12:10
Photo standards war

The next round begins at PMA

For those of us that don’t follow photo standards every day, there appears to be a new standards war forming among the picture takers of the world, with Kodak firmly holding up one side of the war, and representatives from the PC printing world led by Epson and HP, supporting the other. Their two statements read virtually …

Cameras 2 Mar 2006, 12:20
Gun clip found near ex-Gizmondo exec's crashed Ferrari

Plot thickens

US police have found a gun magazine near the site of a crash that totalled a $1m Ferrari Enzo in which former Gizmondo executive Stefan Eriksson was riding. Local law enforcement officials believe the clip is connected with the smash, the Los Angeles Times reported this week. The crash took place at dawn on Tuesday, 21 …

Consoles 2 Mar 2006, 12:53
Apple update fixes 'critical' security bug

Rumble in the jungle

Apple released a security update on Wednesday that fixes multiple vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw in its Safari web browser that created a means for hackers to attack vulnerable systems. The security bug meant malicious hackers could rename "safe file" extensions stored in ZIP archives, creating a way to trick …

Mac 2 Mar 2006, 13:00
LG ships multimedia sub-notebook

Tiny TX Express strikes a chord

We like sub-notebooks here at Reg Hardware, and LG's 2.3cm-thick, 1.1kg Xnote TX - it's called the TX Express outside Korea - quite caught our eye. It may not be based on the latest Core Duo processor, but it still packs in some impressive features in its compact casing. LG says the TX is based on an ultra-low voltage …

PCs 2 Mar 2006, 14:55
HP, Gateway sign $47m patent pact

Long-running legal dispute over

HP and Gateway have agreed to settle their legal differences with a $47m payment, from Gateway to HP. The two firms fell out in 2004 over patent infringement allegations made by both companies against each other - both now have a licence to use the other's intellectual property. The deal was announced just as a ban on the …

PCs 2 Mar 2006, 15:24
Slim Devices Squeezebox 3 network music player

Review Computer-to-stereo music streaming goes mainstream

I first reviewed Slim Devices' network music player, the Squeezebox, in April 2004. We're not quite two years on from that, but the machine has already undergone two major revisions: first, in March 2005, an upgrade of its networking capabilities and audio engine, and then, just seven months later, a complete case redesign …

Media players 2 Mar 2006, 15:26