It's all Greek to them

Chuck out your foreign language phrase books, because the Pocket Voice Translator UT-103 has arrived. You'll never need to learn a foreign language again. Simply say what you want to say into the palm-sized device and then play it back in the language you want. ...more

Lindows ponders new name for Dutch operation

Following its enforced withdrawal under Microsoft's legal muscle, Linux distributor Lindows is looking for a new name for its operations in the Benelux countries. The company has asked its existing users to come up with a possible temporary name which can be used and which will satisfy the courts in the Netherlands. If you can come up with a suitable name which doesn't libel Microsoft or its management and will pass the average spam filter send it to mailto:temporaryName@lindows. ...more

UPDATED: Playfair cracks iTunes DRM protection

The digital rights management technology that Apple uses to restrict the copying of songs bought from its iTunes Music Store has been cracked. An anonymous programmer has released software called Playfair that takes one of the iTMS AAC files, decodes it using a key obtained from an iPod or Microsoft Windows system and then writes the new, decoded version to disk as a regular AAC Audio File. It can also, if required, copy the metadata tags that describe the song, including the cover art, to the new file. ...more

Demon aims to plug in business broadband users at home

Demon Internet has been late to join in the consumer broadbandwagon but has now jumped on with its Home 500 offering, designed primarily for its business customers when they are at home. The 512Kbps service, which is priced at £19.99 per month is completely uncapped. ...more

Nokia turns to Safari for smartphone browser

Nokia is building a Web browser for its Series 60 smartphones which is based upon Apple's open source Safari technologies. Apple made the code for its WebKit, WebCore and JavaScript Core open source last week. The technologies underpin Apple's Safari Web browser and its Dashboard software as well as several browsers and applications from other developers. ...more