Napster debuts a premium version of its music subscription service

Napster has launched a premium version of its music subscription service that allows you to download music to up to three MP3 players and three desktops or notebooks. For ?14.95 a month you get access to the 1 million-strong catalogue under Napster To Go, a service the company claims is 'the world's first portable subscription music service'. ...more

PC shipments to climb ten per cent - analysts

According to a forecast by research firm Gartner, PC shipments worldwide will jump 10.5 per cent this year to 255.7 million computers. ...more

Palm set to unveil mysterious 'third product'

Palm founder Jeff Hawkins has intimated that he is poised to unveil the company's mysterious 'third product' that he has been working on for at least two years. In an interview with Palm Addicts, Hawkins strongly hinted that an announcement would be made at the Wall Street Journal's 'D: All Things Digital' conference in May. 'We're going to be announcing something, but I won't tell you what it is,' he said. ...more

Disney to pay $33.4 million for backdated Pixar stock options

Walt Disney may have to pay as much as $33.4 million to compensate for the backdating of stock options by Pixar, the animation company it acquired for $7.4 billion just over a year ago. ...more

Microsoft launches desktop search tool

Microsoft has pronounced its Windows Desktop Search product complete and has officially launched its desktop search product. It provides a means for users to find documents and files across their hard disk or the Internet in a relatively seamless fashion. The product also attempts to take advantage of Microsoft's domination in desktop software to integrate itself with the leading office and email applications as well as other MSN services. ...more