LaCie claims fastest DVD writing around with new drive

LaCie has released a new external dual-format DVD writer which the company claims, at 8x speed, is the 'fastest on the market'. In addition to 8x writing it also provide 4x re-writing and is compatible with discs in both the DVD+ and DVD- formats. It is also a fully-fledged CD burner. ...more

Record label boss accuses Apple of not caring about the record industry

Record label boss and iTunes refusenik Tony Brummel has accused Apple of not caring about the record industry and called for labels to stop supplying content for the company's music store. In an editorial for Hits, Brummel, who has steadfastly refused to licence any content from his Victory Records label, asks why the record companies agreed to provide free [sic] content to Apple without negotiating a cut of iPod revenues 'Without the music industry, their site and their iPods are useless,' he claims. 'Since when do record companies give their content away without extracting an advance?' he asks. ...more

VMware virtualises the Intel-based Mac

VMware has announced the Intel-based Mac version of its client virtualisation software. The new version was demonstrated yesterday at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 in San Francisco and allows Intel-based Macs running OS X to run a whole host of guest operating systems within its virtualised environment without having to dual boot. Apple's first concession to allowing other platforms onto its hardware came in the form of Boot Camp, which allowed the installation of Windows XP alongside Mac OS X in a dual-boot environment. ...more

CIA agents find themselves Googled

The Chicago Tribune [reg required] says that Internet searches have revealed private and personal details of thousands of CIA operatives. The paper conceded to the CIA's request not to publish either its findings or the methods it used. But it says the searches it conducted through free and paid-for online databases turned up a 'virtual directory' of 2,653 CIA staff, 50 internal agency phone numbers and the sites of two dozen secret facilities across the US. ...more

AOL makes 1Mbit broadband push

AOL is the latest ISP to announce a 1Mbit/sec service, following a two-month trial. AOL's offering will cost ?34.99 and the company will cover BT's charge for existing customers who want to upgrade from a 512K connection. ...more