Apple set to prevail in iTunes pricing battle

Apple may be about to prevail in its battle with the major record companies over iTunes pricing, according to a New York Post report. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has argued vehemently that the single-price model makes the music store easier for customers to understand and that introducing higher prices for new releases will only result in fewer people buying digital music and more downloading it on file-sharing networks. Industry bosses had expected to win the argument for variable pricing, but according to the Post Jobs 'has dug in his heels'. ...more

New high end graphics cards from Asus

ASUS has launched two new high performance graphics cards including a 'limited edition' version of a Radeon 9800XT graphics card. Only 2000 of the Radeon 9800XT special editions are on offer. It sports a black a USB 2. ...more

Epson sides with the SoHo

Epson yesterday announced a complete range of 12 new printers and scanners devices. At the launch event, Epson was keen to impress upon its audience the company's long heritage in the business - experience it hopes to turn to the benefit to small businesses everywhere. The essence of Epson's sales pitch for the new product range is clearly on helping the SoHo Davids take on the Goliaths of the business world in helping to turn out professional-quality, contract-winning literature and presentations to order. ...more

Apple releases iTunes Store patch for Vista

Apple has released a software tool that enables iTunes Store compatibility with Windows Vista. The patch repairs permissions for files that iTunes requires to play DRM-restricted files purchased from the accompanying downloads service. Previously, Vista users had to enable administrator permissions for the iTunes. ...more

Microsoft tries out beta speech

Microsoft has updated its .Net Speech family of products. In a bid to make speech technology more mainstream, Microsoft has announced a new speech software SDK (software development kit), a Joint Development Program for larger businesses implanting speech-based applications and a technical preview of its . ...more