Apple to license FairPlay DRM for iPod?

Certain copy-protectd CDs may soon be compatible with iTunes and iPods, according to a report that Macrovision may be about to license Apple's FairPlay rights management software. If Macrovision is successful in gaining a licence from Apple, it would be able to include compressed AAC files alongside those encoded in Windows Media on CDs protected by its CDS-300 DRM software. Any agreement would make sense for Apple, as the deployment of copy-protection on CDs seems set to increase now that the software developers have overcome early teething problems that prevented many CDS from playing in computers. ...more

Broadband still too expensive

Price cuts over better content - that's the key to broadband ubiquity. With an overwhelming 94 per cent, voters on our recent poll plumped for price cuts as the factor that would make them sign up for ADSL en masse. The poll asked whether better content or cheaper prices were the key contributing elements to signing up to broadband. ...more

Netscape updated

Netscape has updated its eponymous Web browser. The apparently minor update has four new features: control over pop-up windows, tab grouping, AOL Mail and improved security Pop-up window controls let you suppress pop-up ads. The home page group feature lets you automatically open several of your favorite pages as tabs when starting Netscape. ...more

Intel and HP collaborate on futurism

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UK games chart: X-Men fail to dent World Cup dominance

FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 is once again sitting pretty at the top of this week's ELSPA games chart. Published by EA Sports (for the PC, PS2, Xbox and Xb360), it holds off Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (PC, PS2, PSP, Xb, Xb360) at number two. Making steady progress is Nintendo's Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) - up to number three, from six - which uses the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service to let you make friends with your animal neighbours. ...more