Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo 'to list shares in the US'

Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo is planning an IPO in the US, according to the Shanghai Youth Daily. The company bought IBM's PC division in December of last year for $1.75 billion. ...more

Java, the Microsoft way

Microsoft updates Visual J#, a beta version of its Java development tool for .NET. Microsoft's Visual J# . ...more

My MP3.com, the second time around

The service that launched a thousand lawsuits against MP3.com has re-launched, but this time around no one is getting into any trouble. The re-vamped service is no longer a free-for-all. ...more

Samsung's BD-P1000 makes its Blu-ray play for Europe

Samsung has announced that its first Blu-ray player, the BD-P1000, will be available in Europe from October. The player takes full advantage of high-definition displays, playing content at native 720p, 1080i or 1080p video resolution. It has a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) output, which provides an uncompressed, digital audio/video interface through a single cable, and is designed to enable users to easily connect the Blu-ray player to their existing home televisions. ...more

The weekly news roundup - Thursday 5 April 2007

Keep abreast of the news with our weekly roundup of the week's main tech stories. The story that has generated most headlines has been EMI's decision to abandon digital rights management (DRM). As well removing copy protection from its entire music catalogue, it will be selling higher-quality editions of every song to which it owns the rights. ...more