TDK Life To Run DMC World DJ Championships Associating their brand with the event for the second year in a row, TDK Life on Record will sponsor the 2008 World DJ Championships to be held throughout July and August in bars and clubs in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Perth.
The national winner scores an opportunity to represent Australia and compete for the title of ‘World DJ Champion’.
Sony PSP To Get Google Upgrade Sony are set to roll out a firware upgrade for the PSP which will allow users to search Google over a WiFi network
Samsung Rolls Out 256GB SD Memory Card Just when you thought 64GB on an SSD memory card was impressive Samsung has revealed a 2.5-inch 256GB card which will allow a user to shoot hours of video on an HD camcorder.
New Apple Patent Should Do Well In OZ Apple should do well in Australia if their latest patent is applied to devices sold here. Apparently the Company has filed a patent to place solar cells on portable devices.
Will Japan Put Copyright Levy On iPod Users? According to AFP, Japan is considering a copyright fee for buyers of iPods and similar portable audio players, as well as hard disc video recorders.
Fake Boobs And Story Stealing Land Fairfax Scribes In Hot Water Fairfax journalists Vanda Carson and IT scribe Asher Moses have both found themselves in hot water recently, Carson for wrongly reporting that a former tech PR consultant Vivienne Dye had received a $20,000 payout for workplace bullying from her former employer Vodafone and had spent it on a "boob" job and Moses stands accused of “Stealing” stories from other technology web sites.
Fake Boobs And Story Stealing Land Fairfax Scribes In Hot Water Fairfax journalists Vanda Carson and IT scribe Asher Moses have both found themselves in hot water recently, Carson for wrongly reporting that a former tech PR consultant Vivienne Dye had received a $20,000 payout for workplace bullying from her former employer Vodafone and had spent it on a "boob" job and Moses stands accused of “Stealing” stories from other technology web sites.
An Apple A Day Keeps The Online Music Rivals At Bay As yet another new music online service is launched, the folks over at Apple are happier than pigs in swill with how well iTunes is going and how badly the competition is faring.
Music Group Wants iPod Tax Now here is an idea that is sure to go down like a lead balloon. In another salvo in the increasingly complex and bitter music copyright war, the UK-based Music Business Group (MBG) wants the UK government to tax media players such as iPods.
Apple Set To Check Your Pulse Apple is set to move into the fitness market accordingt to Apple Insider. Not content with trying to mold the communication and entertainment habits of the public, Apple may also have designs on encouraging better health practices as well.
Apple Wobbles As Analysts Write Them Down Apple shares have fallen 10% in out of hours trading following weaker-than- expected guidance for its current fiscal quarter. Apple said it now expects second quarter revenue of $6.8 billion on a profit of 94 cents a share, below the average analyst estimates of $1.09 a share on revenue of $6.98 billion.
Apple Reports Record Revenue & Profits 47% Growth Apple has posted record revenue and profits only a week after announcing new products at Macworld San Francisco. Apple posted revenue of $9.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.58 billion, or $1.76 per diluted share.
New Chip Nobbles iPod Attach Devices Demands by Apple that OEM manufacturers include new authentication chips in iPod attach products could lead to problems for consumers as well as retailers and distributors selling the products, Apple has admitted.
New Apple Patent For Input Device According to Apple Insider, Apple has filed a patent for a new generation input device that will allow iPod or iPhone users to play interactive gaming titles on their device's touch-screen while at the same time maintaining control of a secondary application from the touch-screen.
Flash Memory To Dominate Over Hard Drives While portable, handheld devices will increasingly offer hard disk drive solutions, by 2012, flash memory will remain king, predicts research company Parks Associates.
Portable Media Player Market On Fire The portable media player market that has seen new iPods from Apple and several new competitors from Sony, Samsung and Toshiba, is forecasting to be a big revenue earner this Xmas with flash based players set to drive sales.
Apple Monopolist, Copycat and a Bully Claim US Media Are Apple's days numbered as an iconic IT company and are the technology media that was responsible for building the image of Apple about to turn on it like they did with Microsoft?
Samsung Chases iPod Left Overs Samsung has used the IFA trade show in Berlin to roll out a pair of new MP3 players that include its first model with iPhone-like “motion user interface.”
Creative Opens Online Store Creative Labs, which manufactures MP3 players, webcams, headphones and other products, has launched an online shopping facility on its site.
Portable Audio Set To Decline Despite new iPods due this year and an abundance of portable attachment devices, the Consumer Electronics Association is claiming that the portable audio market has peaked.
New Wireless iPod & Remote Control Revealed Both Bang & Olufsen and Apple are set to launch radical new remote controls for the home. Apple’s secret remote control plans have been revealed in patents lodged with the US patents office.
More iPods To Go Flash As Memory Falls 47% New flash memory based iPods will drive growth in the memory market while also leading to some clever new design, claim memory market analysts. They also predict price falls of up to 47%.
Anger Over Apple Data Capture On iTunes web Site Consumers are angry with Apple over the fact that confidential data relating to who has purchased DRM free music from the iTunes web site is being retained. According to the BBC, some fear this data could be used to identify the owner of the tracks if they turn up on file-sharing sites.
Play DRM Free iTunes Music On Any MP3 Player Owners of non Apple MP3 players can now access music from the Apple iTunes site from as low as $2.19 a song following a new deal by Apple and EMI.
Judge Screws Bose. CEDIA Wins Court Case After spending over $1,000,000 CEDIA has won its patent case against Bose. The judge slammed the US sound company in making a judgement over the use of the words "Electronic Lifestyle".
Apple 88% Jump In Profits As Directors Cuddle Up To Jobs Apple has stunned Wall Street with an 88% jump in profits. And as shares in the iPod company soar over $100, directors have issued a statement in support of Steve Jobs, who is currently under investigation by the SEC.
Apple Boss Steve Jobs Under Investigation By SEC The former CFO of Apple Fred Anderson has dropped Steve Jobs right in it by claiming that Jobs knew about the backdating of stock options. He has also told investigators that staff at Apple have gone out of their way to make sure that the Apple boss is not tainted by any investigation.
Sony Boss Talks About Steve Jobs And Apple In a frank TV interview which has not been put to air yet, Sony boss Sir Howard Stringer has said that he would not bet up against Apple boss Steve Jobs. He has also talked about how Sony missed out on the portable music boom.
MP3 Industry Gets Its Knickers In A Twist The world of MP3 is all in a lather after little-known company Texas MP3 Technologies filed a patent-infringement suit against Apple, Samsung and SanDisk. The move comes as the company tries to fend off competition from low-cost Asian competitors that it claims copies its designs.
Microsoft Claims Alcatel Verdict Is Illegal Microsoft, which has been hit by the US District Court with a $1.9 billion damages bill for infringing MP3 patents held by Alcatel-Lucent, claims the verdict is not supported by the law.
MP3 Patent Battle Apple could Be Next Claim Analysts Apple could well find itself in the sights of Alcatel-Lucent according to analysts following a decision by a US Judge who ordered Microsoft to pay $1.52 billion ($1.9 billion Australian) in patent-infringement damages over the use of MP3 patents.
High-Tech T-Shirt For Rock Stars This new high-tech wearable instrument t-shirt from the CSIRO is set to change the world of air-guitar forever.
Steve Jobs How Does He Do It? They are already saying that the new look iTunes movie store is a flop, with limited content and expensive download fees.
Microsoft To Take On iPod Microsoft has confirmed that it is set to take on the Apple iPod player with its own player a battle to win more market share from highly competitive portable music and video market.
Microsoft Set To Fight iPod Microsoft is set to compete up against partners like Samsung, Sony, and Creative Technology in an effort to topple Apple from its portable music throne.
Microsoft To Take On iTunes In what could be a nasty spat Microsoft is set to take on Apple in a battle aimed at knocking a dent in iPod sales and iTunes.
Apple Under Attack Over DRM Apple is under attack after the Electronic Frontier Foundation slammed them over their DRM practises which they claim is being used soely to lock in customers to the iPod platform claims Cory Doctorow, a fellow with the EFF.
Apple Sues Creative First it was Creative sueing Apple, now Apple has called in the lawyers to sue Creative.
Struggling Creative Sues Apple Struggling MP3 Manufacturer Creative Technology has decided that if thet cant beat Apple they can at least sue them.
Samsung Execs Jailed Over CE Price Fixing The US Government has netted over a billion dollars in fines and jailed 3 Samsung exectives following an investigation onto CE DRAM Memory price fixing.
AMX Catches iPod Religion AMX and iPort have announced the availability of the AMX for iPort Duet Module, enabling system integrators to incorporate the popular Apple iPod into their customers' AMX control systems.
Apple Stuns With Overpriced Movie 24 hours after Intel launched their new Viiv platform where several speakers said we were facing an era of cheap down loaded Movies, Apple has stunned everyone by starting to sell the first full-length movie through its iTunes media store at $13.00 a pop.
Massive Growth For Portable Music Shipments of portable MP3 music players leapt 190.8 percent last year to a total of 1.95 million units.
MP3 Wars – Apple iPod Vs Sony And Creative COMMENT: Creative and Sony are slugging it out for second spot in the massive wake of Apple’s iPod. They’re scaling a metaphorical Everest in an MP3 blizzard and only one of them can make it.
Apple iPod Vs Sony And Creative Creative and Sony are currently trying to climb Everest in a raging MP3 storm. Only one will make it to the #2 slot.
Creative A Vision In White Its stablemate the Zen Vision:M may have hogged the spotlight recently, but we believe there is still a place for the original Vision.
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