iPod extra adds record, remote and radio

Griffin Technology has released a combined radio tuner, recorder and remote control for iPods. The sleek, aluminium casing of the iFM conceals an FM tuner that can also be used as an inline remote to access the iPod's main controls. It has a built-in microphone for voice recording but can also be used to record radio programmes to the iPod. ...more

Comment: Holding an Apple in your Palm?

This is probably not the sort of question you'll get in the pub quiz on a Wednesday night but anyway, here goes: 'What connects the following people: David Nagel, Steve Sakoman, Doug Solomon and Satjiv Chahil?' The answer is that they all at some time in the past worked for Apple and are all now working for Palm. It seems that not a week goes by without one Web site or other proclaiming the need for Apple to re-enter the handheld market it left behind with the scrapping of the Newton. Apple, however, insists that it has no plans to return and - despite the fact that every so often one of the Mac rumour sites will carry a 'report' from someone who claims to know someone who overheard someone in a bar talking about the new Apple handheld they'd seen whilst strolling around Apple's Cupertino HQ - there is no evidence to suggest that it even has any product in development, 'just in case'. ...more

Nokia to take control of Symbian smart phone technology

Nokia is to acquire Psion's stake in Symbian, the mobile phone software licensing company. Already a major shareholder in the firm that produces the platforms for smart phones, Nokia is now to have a controlling stake. The deal, which begins with a cash payment of ?93. ...more

P2P software authors fight movie studios appeal

StreamCast Networks, the publishers of the Morpheus P2P software, has formally lodged its opposition to attempts by the movie and music industries to have peer to peer software declared illegal. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had claimed that P2P software from StreamCast and Grokster violated copyright law by facilitating illegal downloading of copyrighted material. In August of this year three judges in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal in San Francisco ruled unanimously that P2P software has legitimate uses and its authors cannot be held responsible for the way in which it is used. ...more

AOL acquires Advertising.com to reach beyond the walled garden

AOL has bought Internet marketing group Advertising.com for $435 million. This is AOL's biggest splash in the acquisitions market since its merger with Time Warner in 2000 and shows a renewed confidence in the online advertising market. ...more