Dell reveals printer strategy

With Dell announcing four printers in the US to mark its entry into the printer market, it outlines what it has in store for Europe and the future. The highly anticipated product launch comprises an entry level multifunction device (MFD) and a monochrome laser, along with two business monochrome printers, one of which offers networking capabilities. Ink cartridges will be available online only but aggressively priced with delivery included to compete with high street prices. ...more

Database bug delays UK salaries

Hundreds of thousands of salaries have not been paid out this month due to a database error in the BACS system. Around 1.6 per cent of UK monthly and weekly salaries, numbering some 400,000, failed to go through, the Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) confirmed. ...more

EMI/Time Warner make further concessions

EMI Group and Time Warner are prepared to make drastic concessions to push through their merger, says an industry source. According to the source, quoted by Reuters, the two companies will pacify the European Commission by agreeing to shed record labels in Spain, France and Denmark and stop their CD manufacturing business. The two firms have also agreed to restructure their distribution business and stick to prices set for music copyrights by national collecting societies. ...more

First contact for .tel TLD

As if there weren't enough top level domains (TLD) already - the latest, .eu was opened to the public last week - a .tel is being considered by the body that controls the Internet. ...more

iTunes more popular than file-sharing - report

The iTunes Music Store is now more popular than most peer-to-peer file sharing networks, according to new research. NPD Group reports that 1.7 million US households downloaded music from Apple's online music store during March, the same number as obtained files using Limewire but more than Kazaa, BearShare, Ares, Morpheus and iMesh. ...more