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Apple releases patches for ‘critical’ iTunes, QuickTime flaws - The Money Times
Apple on Monday has released a collection of 8 updates for both the OS X and Windows versions of its QuickTime multimedia software and also issued a security update for its digital jukebox software iTunes.

Nikon Announces DX Telephoto Zoom Lens - Popular Photography Magazine
By Aimee Baldridge. Nikon has introduced a compact new telephoto zoom lens. The 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor is made exclusively for Nikon digital SLRs that use the company’s DX sensor format.

A Zettabyte by 2010: Corporate data grows 50-fold in three years - Computerworld
Over the past three years, Fortune 1000 companies have on average seen their data grow from 190TB to 1 petabyte (1 million gigabytes) and data at America’s 9000 midsize companies has grown from 2TB to 100TB during the …

Xbox Live reaches six million user milestone - TG Daily
The new target has been reached four months sooner than the company originally had predicted. The number includes subscribers to the original Xbox Live service, as well as both the free (silver) and $50/year (gold) versions of the Xbox 360 service.

Adobe announces upcoming CS3 announcement - iTWire
If you’ve been waiting for Adobe Creative Suite 3, you’ll discover on March 27th that you’ll still be waiting a few more weeks before you’ll be able to get your hands on it.

Sony’s console dominance to slide, EA predicts - CNET News.com
Sony will win the new console war, but with a less commanding lead than the last time around, says Electronic Arts’ outgoing CEO.

Microsoft attacks Google on copyrights - Xinhua
Microsoft, which is increasingly competing with Google in business software and other areas, accused the Silicon Valley giant of a “cavalier” attitude to copyright, media reported on Wednesday.

Microsoft Research shows off what’s next for search - ZDNet
New Microsoft Research (MSR) search techniques and technologies under development were a hot topic at the March 6 kick-off of Microsoft’s TechFest 2007 research showcase.

Microsoft Announces Six Million Xbox Live Users - DailyTech
Microsoft announced a goal during E3 2006 to try and have six million people connect to the Microsoft Xbox Live service by June 2007.

Archos 704 WiFi - CNET Reviews
The good: The Archos 704 WiFi multimedia player features smooth video playback on a bright, reasonably sharp screen. The PVP offers a good viewing angle, and A/V recordings are very high quality.

Turtle power battles its way onto Xbox 360 - Digital Spy
A forthcoming CGI Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is also due to be released as a video game for the Xbox 360.

Fujitsu 2.5in HDD Breaks Size/Speed Records - TrustedReviews
Just six weeks ago Fujitsu was crowing about a major advance in hard drive technology and already it looks to have delivered on that claim.

Fake professor in Wikipedia storm - BBC News
Internet site Wikipedia has been hit by controversy after the disclosure that a prominent editor had assumed a false identity complete with fake PhD.

BBC plans to compete online with iTunes - Telegraph.co.uk
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has unveiled ambitious plans to compete with music and video download service iTunes.

‘Commodore’ to return to the high street - Digital Spy
Once the darling of the home computer industry, the Commodore brand name is to return to the high street via a new range of gaming PCs.

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Microsoft Gives Xbox Gamers a Memory Boost - E-Commerce Times
Microsoft announced new hardware offerings for the Xbox 360 Monday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Sony’s console dominance to slide, EA predicts - CNET News.com
Sony will win the new console war, but with a less commanding lead than the last time around, says Electronic Arts’ outgoing CEO.

British Broadcasting Channel Broadcasts Itself on the Web - Playfuls.com
The 4th most popular site in the world, YouTube, recently signed a non-exclusive agreement with BBC, according to which the latter will bring its content on the popular video-sharing site.

Apple plugs eight QuickTime holes - CNET News.com
Vulnerabilities in Apple’s widely used QuickTime media player software can expose both Macs and Windows PCs to attack.

Study: US game console ownership rising rapidly - CNET News.com
Number of households that hook them up to TVs has increased 18 percent since late 2004, Nielsen says. By Caroline McCarthy. Media research company Nielsen released a study Monday showing that the number of US households supplementing their televisions …

Open Call From the Patent Office - Washington Post
The government is about to start opening up the process of reviewing patents to the modern font of wisdom: the Internet.

Vista keygen script - a hoax, but not impossible - ZDNet
Computer User, the individual behind the Vista keygen script has admitted that the program was a joke, but this joke could lead to problems for Microsoft.

Nokia is making N-Gage a software, rather than hardware, affair - DailyTech
Nokia today announced at GDC its latest development with the N-Gage mobile gaming brand. Rather than launching its own game-centric phone, Nokia is now concentrating on the N-Gage as a software platform to run on Nokia S60 3rd edition devices.

CA bill requires open XML format - ZDNet
The movement towards open document formats in government is gaining steam, as a bill was introduced in the California legislature to require state government to use XML formats, BetaNews reports.

Microsoft’s OneCare Finishes Last in Antivirus Tests - PC Magazine
A well-regarded antivirus testing laboratory has released its latest quarterly results, and placed Microsoft’s OneCare antivirus solution squarely at the bottom of the list.

VMware Advances Enterprise Desktop Management - Playfuls.com
VMware announced the public beta of VMware ACE 2 Enterprise edition. VMware ACE is a breakthrough product that enables IT desktop managers to create a standard PC environment including operating system, data and applications, …

South Park HD hits Marketplace for free - CVG Online
Microsoft and Viacom have teamed up to offer Xbox Live subscribers the first ever high definition episode of South Park. According to Wired News, Xbox Live members in the US will be able to download the episode, Good Times With Weapons, for free from …

Resistance is not futile - The Age
Resistance: Fall of Man is PlayStation 3’s highest-profile and best-received launch title, and will undoubtedly be the start of another popular franchise for Californian developer Insomniac.

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BBC targets YouTube for ‘new audience’ - Contractor UK
The BBC has said “thank you” to the thousands of YouTube users who’ve racked up over 60000 views of its new commercial brainchild worldwide.

PS3 will upscale DVD in the future? - iTWire
By Mike Bantick. It already has a Blu-ray drive, now Sony gives the scoop on a possible improvement to viewing your current collection of DVDs on PlayStation 3. Finally some good PR press for Sony on the PlayStation 3. Phil Harrison, President of Sony …

Can a 51Gb HD DVD beat Blu-ray at 50Gb - iTWire
Despite reports that Toshiba’s new 51Gb HD DVD has been submitted for approval, this hasn’t yet happened.

Xbox Cinema - New York Times
WHEN the dust finally settled on the 2006 holiday buying season, American consumers — who braved long lines, cold weather and possibly a few kicks to the shins — had spent $3.7 billion on new video-game consoles and software

Social Networking’s Next Phase - New York Times
Next week Cisco Systems, a Silicon Valley heavyweight, plans to announce one of its most unusual deals: it is buying the technology assets of Tribe.net, a mostly forgotten social networking site, according to people close to the companies’ discussions.

Rivals launch dueling Mac virtualization products - Computerworld
Two makers of virtualization software for running the Windows operating system on Apple Inc.’s computers have announced dueling upgrades this week.

Berners-Lee: Keep the Internet free - ZDNet.com.au
World wide web father Tim Berners-Lee told politicians on Friday that it’s critical to shield his seminal innovation from control by a single company or country.

Tool Cracks Vista Activation for the Ultrapatient - PC World
A user can apparently crack Windows Vista’s activation process by applying brute force to come up with valid product keys. A Web site posted a tool Thursday that can apparently crack Windows Vista’s activation process by applying brute force.

Windows Live OneCare struggles in latest comparative - Ars Technica
Windows Live OneCare has received yet another negative review, this time with the Microsoft antivirus product finishing dead last in a test of 17 scanners.

Joost TV Gets Multinational - Red Herring
Internet TV broadcaster Joost won’t formally launch for another few months, but it’s wasted no time in lining up eclectic content that analysts say could steal away some of YouTube’s audience.

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BBC does deal to post clips on YouTube - Times Online
BBC content will be made available on the video-sharing website YouTube, starting today, in a landmark deal that will see the Corporation take advertising on a wide range of television material for the first time ever.

‘God of War’ sequel offers gorgeous, intense action - Indianapolis Star
Even better than the original, Sony Computer Entertainment America’s “God of War II” for the Sony PlayStation 2 is a stunning, visceral action game.

AMD unveils first ATI product - Globe and Mail
It is a distant second to Intel Corp., but Silicon Valley’s Advanced Micro Devices Inc. promised to build a “processing powerhouse” when it bought Canada’s largest computer chip player last year.

Videogames: PlayStation 2 - Exclaim!
It’s been a banner year for gaming, with the long-awaited Wii and PS3 launches helping propel the biz to a record $12.5 billion in earnings in 2006.

Adobe Photoshop Online Faces Disinterest From Photo Pros - InformationWeek
An online version of Photoshop should appeal to the average consumer in the same way that Google’s Picasa or other online photo services.

Verizon Wireless turns on V Cast Mobile TV service - infoSync World
Customers in twenty markets can now watch V Cast TV on the new Samsung SCH-U620. In a first for the American market, Verizon Wireless is offering genuine, streaming television to mobile phone customers.

Few Reasons NOT to Believe Phil Harrison about Software BC in PS3 - Playfuls.com
So there you go: Phil Harrison confirms on the Threespeech semi-official blog that around 1000 PS2 titles will be available for the PS3’s launch in PAL territories, all made compatible through software emulation.

Tool Cracks Vista Activation for the Ultrapatient - PC World
A user can apparently crack Windows Vista’s activation process by applying brute force to come up with valid product keys. A Web site posted a tool Thursday that can apparently crack Windows Vista’s activation process by applying brute force — and …

Electronics Arts puts soundtrack songs up for sale - Reuters
In a first for the videogame industry, Electronic Arts has opened a digital music store called EA Trax on its Web site, selling licensed and original music found on its videogame soundtracks.

Microsoft last in security test - Economic Times
Security seems to be Microsoft’s Achille’s Heel. Despite Microsoft Chief Bill Gates claiming that Vista is “dramatically more secure” than other operating systems,” it’s much-talked about Windows Live OneCare has been ranked at the bottom in a group of …

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Google Courts Small YouTube Deals - New York Times
Google has been frustrated in its efforts to reach comprehensive deals with major studios and networks to put their video on YouTube. Meanwhile, it is forming partnerships with hundreds of smaller media companies that see value - or at least a valuable experiment - in contributing to the site.

Scarface coming to Wii - Boomtown
Vivendi has announced the sweary GTA-style action adventure Scarface: The World is Yours will be released on Nintendo Wii this summer. The game on other formats has been well received critically and has already sold 1.5 million copies.

Verizon launches Mobile TV on Qualcomm’s MediaFlo network - iTWire
US telco Verizon has launched a mobile TV service in 20 markets in the US on Qualcomm’s MediaFLO network. Initial service areas are predominantly in the western USA and some in the mid west.

Microsoft puts up roadblocks on Vista for Mac owners - International Herald Tribune
After years of delays and billions in development and marketing efforts, it would seem that Microsoft would want anyone who possibly can to buy its new Windows Vista operating system.

New Graphene Transistor Promises Life After Death Of Silicon Chip - Playfuls.com
Researchers have used the world’s thinnest material to create the world’s smallest transistor.

AMD-ATI combo launches first integrated product - CBC News
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. unveiled its first product featuring technology from ATI Technologies, the former darling of the Canadian computer industry it acquired last year.

First details on 360, PS3 Stuntman - CVG Online
The first details have emerged on Stuntman: Ignition, the sequel to the PS2 original previously published by Atari. Revealed to IGN by new developer Paradigm, the premise for the new Stuntman has essentially remained the same.

Adobe to take Photoshop online - CNET News.com
A hosted version of Photoshop will appear within six months, CEO says, as the company looks to combine online features with packaged apps.

Nintendo DS Annexing ‘SimCity’ - TechNewsWorld
Electronic Arts will release a version of its pioneering computer game “SimCity” for the Nintendo DS platform this summer.

Microsoft’s new architect faces the future - Ars Technica
As Microsoft prepares for a future without the leadership of Bill Gates, many people are wondering what lies ahead for the software behemoth.

Joost builds program list but no threat to YouTube - iTWire
The news that online TV platform Joost is to add more programs to its growing inventory of TV shows with international TV program distributor JumpTV has the media buzzing with speculation of its growing threat to YouTube.

Hacking Vista by guessing a product key - CNET News.com
Fighting Vista’s piracy protection? Perhaps trying to guess a product activation key will solve the problem. A “brute force” key generator that randomly tries a variety of 25-digit codes until it finds one that works is now available, according to …

Europe’s PlayStation 3 Gets the Shaft - PC World
Europe can’t be happy. And with good reason. Less than a month before the release of the PlayStation 3 across the Atlantic, Sony has announced that Europeans will be getting a watered-down version of the PS3.

Netscape Founder’s New Company Lets Users Build Social Networks - FOX News
Ning, the latest startup of Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, is looking to get a jump ahead of MySpace and Facebook by giving consumers free tools to create and operate specialized online social networks of their own.

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