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  • Rip an MP3 - go to jail for ten years

    From this week, if you live in the UK, you can be sent to jail for up to ten years for making, dealing with or using illicit recordings -- a longer sentence than is expected for convicted murderers, rapists or even paedophiles.

  • Studios race to douse DVD burners

    An anonymous hacker known online as "Tron" is Hollywood's latest villain -- the author of a piece of software called SmartRipper, which allows DVDs to be copied fairly easily to a computer hard drive, and from there burned onto recordable DVDs.

  • Microsoft's music plan out of tune

    Digital music and DVD movie add-on packs for Windows XP could stir controversy around its decision not to fully support the MP3 file format.

  • Apple powers up desktops, laptops

    Apple Computer came out swinging at this week's Macworld Expo with a battery of new products aimed at boosting performance at the high end of the company's desktop and notebook Mac lines.

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  • Apple iTunes 9

    iTunes 9 is a natural, yet relatively minor, evolution of Apple's popular media management software and is a required download for new iPod owners.

  • Nero 8

    Nero 8 shows off a new interface for getting started that makes the many tools easier to find from the get-go. Some welcome new features include HD support - although this rich suite can still confuse.

  • Maxtor Shared Storage Plus

    Consumer NAS drives don't get classier or easier than the Maxtor Shared Storage Plus, but we'd like to see Gigabit Ethernet on it.

  • LaCie d2 DL 16X DVDRW

    This double-layer drive is expensive, but it's one of the fastest we've come across thus far.

  • Lite-On SOHW-832S

    Lite-On's double-layer SOHW-832S is a very good DVD burner, but double-layer burning technology needs time to mature.

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