Clash of the MP3 player titans

Archos has launched a heavyweight MP3 player with an incredible 6Gb of storage - enough for 100 hours of music. The Archos Jukebox 6000 is to take on Creative's Nomad Jukebox, again with a spacious 6Gb. But retailing for ?349 and being a sprightly 12 ounces, the Archos is both cheaper and lighter than Creative's monster. ...more

Fresh security flaw found in Sony DRM component

Nothing appears to be going right for Sony at the moment. Fresh from allegations of unfair price fixing and the controversy surrounding certain of its copy-protected CDs, a major security flaw has been discovered in another DRM technology that it uses. To be fair to Sony, this time the flaw is not in the DRM itself, SunnComm's MediaMax, but in SunnComm's uninstaller. ...more

Steve Ballmer details Microsoft's security stance

Microsoft's tough-talking CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday outlined his company's 'three-pronged' approach to security which includes a new 'Client Protection' solution. Speaking in Munich alongside Mike Nash, corporate VP for Microsoft's security division, the business-oriented Client Protection product was described as boasting an integrated management console that delivers reports and alerts from systems across the network to sysadmins. It will hook into existing software deployment systems and support technologies such as Active Directory. ...more

Who wants to be online?

Celador Productions' global TV hit show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is going digital, as ITV has acquired exclusive rights to broadcast it via its ITV2 channel and the ITV Web site. While viewers of the show on interactive TV will be able to play along with the contestants, users of the Web site will also be able to participate in three other game types, including single player and multiplayer (where as many as ten players can compete head to head). There will also be the introduction of the e-mercial, a seven-second animated advert that players will have to watch to proceed to the next stage. ...more

Xbox seeing double

It seems that the Xbox is already in stormy waters before the next-generation console has even reached the shelves. This time it's got nothing to do with the technology but the ownership of the name. The Financial Times has reported that Microsoft is in talks with a small Florida-based company over the rights to the name "Xbox". ...more