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  • Microsoft dumps book search efforts

    Microsoft's Live Search Team is ending its book search efforts, according to a blog post Friday. Its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic sites will be discontinued next week, and books and academic publishings will show up in regular search results rather than separate sites.

  • Tension grows between labels and digital radio

    The entry of satellite and digital radio into the technological mainstream is increasing tension with the record industry, which wants new rules governing how consumers can make digital copies of songs from the airwaves.

  • Who has the right to control your PC?

    Sony BMG Music Entertainment opened a rather ugly can of worms when it started selling copy-protected compact discs that planted so-called rootkit software on computers that played them.

  • DVD-copying trailblazer closes its doors

    DVD copying software maker 321 Studios has closed its doors, driven out of business by a succession of court decisions that said its most popular product was illegal to distribute.

  • Is Real's hacking of iPod legal?

    Code-crackers risk fines and prison time when they defeat copy-protection technology, but such draconian rules likely don't apply in the case of RealNetworks and its iPod "hack," legal experts said.

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  • How corporate Australia battles information overload

    We look at five organisations that took different approaches to satisfying a common business requirement: to improve the management of corporate information. We hear from Jetstar, Family Court, SHFA, Count Wealth and MBF.

  • How wikis are changing our view of the world

    Many now turn to the collaborative, democratic wiki form for fast news and history from different perspectives. But there are issues with accuracy and an author's agenda can be questionable. We look at the benefits and downsides of wikis.

  • Leaving your prints all over the place

    Print documents are already being drawn into the world of digital security, and it's happening faster than we think.

  • Who's afraid of digital rights management?

    Digital Rights Management certainly gives media companies the ability to control the manner in which consumers use licensed products, but it could also lead to more price flexibility for consumers.

Reviews (5)

  • Dell SE198WFP

    The Dell SE198WFP is a 19-inch monitor which presents excellent value for money, and a decent level of performance as well. Check our Australian review.

  • Tech Guide: Buying a CD/DVD burner

    From discs to drives, our Tech Guide has everything you need to know about burning CDs and DVDs.

  • Microsoft CD copy protection advances

    The software giant digs its roots a little deeper into the music business as Macrovision agrees to license its Windows digital rights management technology for CDs.

  • Reviews News: A few things of interest

    The Christmas rush might be starting slowly, but some interesting things have come out in the past week.

  • Hewlett Packard

    Hewlett Packard have announced a new direction in its printing and imaging strategy. It has combined its latest web-enabled printers with new printing e-services to relegate the -just a printer" concept to the Dark Ages. To ensure the commercial success of the strategy, HP is building a suite of Internet services that will turn its new generation of printers into on-line printing devices.

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