UK firm prints TFT panels with inkjet

A UK company has successfully printed a 14in colour display using specialised inkjet printing technology. Cambridge Display Technology used a 128 nozzle printer to produce the active matrix flat panel on an amorphous silicon backplane. The display has a 1024x768 resolution, the equivalent to some 30 million inkjet droplets. ...more

German music industry launches huge legal attack against file-sharers

The German record industry has commenced the largest legal campaign against p2p file sharing by filing lawsuits against 3,500 alleged sharers. Yesterday police officers searched 130 premises to gather evidence following an investigation that has lasted several months. Under German law the alleged sharers face both criminal prosecution and claims for compensation under civil law. ...more

Britain a nation of online shoppers

Britain's Internet users are Europe's shopaholics according to a new survey. 63 per cent of British home Internet users have bought something over the web in the past three months. This compares to only 55 per cent and 48 per cent for Germany and Sweden, which are the next biggest online shoppers and only 43 per cent for Europe as a whole. ...more

Apple launches the iTunes Music Store in Australia

Apple has launched the iTunes Music Store in Australia and as happened in Japan it has done so without the backing of Sony BMG. Sony's decision will deny iTunes access to around 25 per cent of the world's commercially available music although its absence appeared to have little effect in Japan where Apple quickly established itself as the market leader. This is the 21st iTunes Music Store and Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of Applications, said that Apple now has an 80 per cent market share in most countries where an iTunes Music Store is open. ...more

Microsoft takes on US eBay counterfeit traders

Microsoft is ramping up its campaign against counterfeiting, filing eight suits in the US against eBay traders selling dodgy software. Microsoft fingered seven of the defendants through customers using its Windows Genuine Advantage tool, which determines whether Microsoft software is genuine and allows them to submit reports of where they bought the software if it proves counterfeit. Other evidence came from complaints made to the company's anti-piracy hotline. ...more