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  • Audiogalaxy swaps music services

    One-time file-swapping powerhouse Audiogalaxy, hobbled by a legal settlement with record labels, has launched a legal music offer in place of its old download service.

  • Net music's Groundhog Day

    Big record labels and other music powerhouses are finally beginning to thaw to new kinds of Internet music services, but those emerging so far may be a big disappointment -- to both consumers and the companies offering them.

  • Napster buyout blocked--end is near

    Napster loses its final battle against the RIAA, as music industry lawyers convince a judge to block the file-swapping company's US$9 million sale to Bertelsmann.

  • Napster's keeper makes big Net bet

    Bertelsmann's US$60 million wager on Napster falls flat, but the company is still up for the high-stakes online game.

  • Acacia purchase creates Net patent powerhouse

    In the streaming media business, a letter from Acacia Research usually means one thing: the threat of a patent lawsuit.

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  • Getting to know GNOME

    Linux has come a long way from the early, oft-crashing days. GNOME is now one of the primary desktops for the Linux operating system; not only is it highly customisable, but it is amazingly stable. We examine why Linux -- running GNOME -- is a viable desktop alternative.

  • Celebrating three decades of Apple

    In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.

  • Fighting for the right to swap

    Kazaa's chief lobbyist, Philip Corwin, says Hollywood is sparing no expense to squash P2P.

  • Peer to peer: Revolution recedes

    It took a boom and a bust to do it, but peer-to-peer technology is finding its post-Napster place in the world.

Reviews (17)

  • Motorola ROKR E8

    The ROKR E8 looks to be Motorola's stab at the iPhone killer, with a morphing touchscreen display and media focused features.

  • Adobe Audition 1.5

    Intermediate and professional users will benefit the most from this powerful app's full suite of features.

  • LG Arena

    LG's touchscreen features class-leading multimedia support, but we're not convinced it makes an excellent phone. Its flashy new interface looks great but tends to make things slower and more difficult.

  • HTC Shift

    HTC's Shift is yet another UMPC and another white elephant to add to the pile. By trying to be everything to everyone, the Shift succeeds at being nothing to anyone.

  • Asus W3V

    Asus' new W3V notebook aims to be a multimedia powerhouse with looks to match.

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