Music companies line up for their share of YouTube

It has been a classic case of the dog that did not bark. Earlier this week two small video sharing companies, Grouper and Bolt.com were sued for breach of copyright. ...more

NVIDIA's miserly approach to graphics

Laptops get 3D boost and battery life is increased NVIDIA has developed a "radical new mobile technology", designed to provide 2D and 3D graphics to power-starved laptop PCs, without running the batteries down. The power management system is called PowerMizer, and Nvidia claims that it can reduce power consumption by more than four watts. PowerMizer is a combination of a software interface and hardware functions that are already built into the GeForce2 Go mobile chips. ...more

MGI Cinematic: one-touch video editing

MGI, maker of VideoWave, is to launch Cinematic, an automated video-editing suite aimed at the amateur DVcam owner. As the VideoWave range increases in complexity and sophistication, Cinematic comes to the aid of the complete novice with a simple plug and play approach. In CineMagic mode, you simply plug your video footage and audio track into the software, select a style (say, Pop video or Old Time Movie) and press go. ...more

Holograms make light work of 300GB

There has been another advance for the use of holographic media - the Japanese company Optware has prototyped what it describes as the first recording and playback device using holographic principles. At ODS 2004 - the international conference of optical storage technology held in Monterey, California - Optware has been exhibiting its new optical discs. Measuring 12cm across, up to 300GB of data can be stored, reports North East Asia Online. ...more

Microsoft flags May Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has released its advanced notification for May's security update, out next week. The bulletin will include three patches covering Windows and Exchange with maximum ratings of critical for all three. For Exchange, the update will include a fix for users having trouble sending email from mobile devices or from a shared mailbox in Exchange 2000 Server and in Exchange Server 2003, as detailed in Knowledge Base article 912918. ...more