Apple UK offers Premiere to Final Cut upgrade path

Apple UK is offering users of Adobe Premiere the chance to upgrade to either of its Final Cut video editing packages. Premiere users can exchange for Final Cut Express for free. Alternatively a ?300 (inc. ...more

Record industry escalates music download legal battle

The RIAA is targeting another 500 music sharers with lawsuits. The organisation has asked a judge for permission to subpoena ISPs to discover the identities of these 'John Does'. Before the subpoenas can be issued, the RIAA has to seek permission following the RIAA vs Verizon case. ...more

BT tidies up broadband pricing

BT has changed the start-up costs of its BT Broadband and BT Openworld broadband services, bringing them into line with each other, if only for a while. BT Broadband, the wires-only, self-install product, now has free connection until 30 September, a saving of ?30. BT Openworld has permanent free activation. ...more

Nasdaq booms in third-ever biggest gain

Technology stocks are back in favour, it seems, as the Nasdaq index rises by its third-biggest gain. Upbeat profit reports Nokia, Microsoft and Sun have more than lifted the gloom generated by the figures from the likes of Apple and Intel and the general pricking of the dot com bubble. After a rush to sell on Wednesday, stocks have now climbed. ...more

Microsoft wins injunction against Google

A Judge in the US has issued a temporary restraining order preventing former Microsoft employee Kai-Fu Lee from taking up his new position with Google. He had been appointed as head of its new research and development facility in China. Granting Microsoft's application, Judge Steven Gonzalez sitting in Washington State Superior Court, agreed that Lee's move to Google could mean that his insider knowledge both of the company's intellectual property and its business plans could damage its commercial interests. ...more