Warner chief threatens to scalp iTunes

A Warner Music executive has threatened to cut off Apple if Steve Jobs continues to refuse to give ground on iTunes Music Store pricing. Digital strategy chief Michael Nash said during a discussion at a wireless telecoms conference that the music industry has let Apple get too much power in the digital downloads market. 'What if Jobs says 39 cents or 29 cents per download - what then?,' he said. ...more

Jurassic Park III trailer online

Everyone loves a dinosaur flick, so you must be holding your breath in anticipation of the latest in the Jurassic Park series of films, due out this summer. Well, to tease you into a frenzy, the brand spanking new trailer is available online. For those of you who are not familiar with the series, Jurassic Park was a Steven Spielberg movie based on the novel by Michael Crichton, in which dinosaurs are brought back to life to be exhibited in an amusement park before they go on the rampage. ...more

Visual Basic worm spreads across the globe

It's the virus equivalent of a nerd, written in 'so last century' Visual Basic, and with the pedantry to keep a running count of infections through a website. But Nyxem.E is spreading and spreading fast according to Finnish security company F-Secure. ...more

Price Check: Projectors

Digital projectors are going to be the next big thing. Decent models broke through the ?1,000 barrier last year and while the prices fall, the technology just keeps getting better. Some manufacturers, such as Sony and Epson, are sticking with LCD technology, which they say offers better color fidelity and image sharpness, while others, such as HP, prefer DLP (digital light processing) which offers higher contrast ratios. ...more

Gateway misses expectations again

Gateway has performed much worse than analysts expected, only breaking even in this quarter. The PC manufacturer has instated many cost-saving measures to try to push itself back into profitability in the second half of the year. It has already announced job losses and said it would streamline or close many international operations. ...more