Digital music download sales stall

Apple may be in the process of selling over 10 million iPods each month but a development that is bound to be worrying record company executives is that sales of digital music downloads have stalled. Since May the number of tracks sold, most of which are downloaded from Apple's iTunes Music Store, has remained almost static at around 6.5 million per week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. ...more

Be begins free trials of ADSL2+ broadband

Be has begun offering free trials of its ADSL2+ broadband service, which in theory can take speeds up to 24Mbps. The free trial runs until the end of September and if you partake you will subsequently pay ?20 per month 'for life'. Be also throws in an ADSL2+ wireless modem router. ...more

Apple beefs up iTunes telly

Apple has added 11 new TV shows to its iTunes video service in the US. The shows from NBC Universal include Law & Order, The Office, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno plus classics such as Knight Rider and Battlestar Galactica. 'We are committed to helping viewers enjoy the wide breadth of our programs across an equally wide range of devices and distribution models,' said Bob Wright, CEO of NBC Universal. ...more

Acer maps GPS to its PDA range

Acer has beefed up its PDA range with new GPS devices. The n35 'Enhanced Navigator' boasts a 12-channel GPS receiver and pre-activated software - meaning you don't have to hook it up to the Internet to get access to the maps of the country in which it is sold. The PDA runs Microsoft Windows Mobile Premium Edition, has 32MB of flash memory for the OS and embedded apps, a further 64MB of SDRAM for storage and other programs and a 256MB SD card on which is stored the navigation software and maps. ...more

IPTV companies club on single standards push

Companies that provide TV over the Internet (IPTV) joined forces on Monday to set a single global standard so that systems can work together. The Open IPTV Forum is backed by companies including Ericsson, Matsushita's Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Siemens AG, Sony, AT&T, Telecom Italia and France Telecom. Not on the starting list are Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft, the market leaders and alliance partners in IPTV networks and software. ...more