iTunes more popular than file-sharing - report

The iTunes Music Store is now more popular than most peer-to-peer file sharing networks, according to new research. NPD Group reports that 1.7 million US households downloaded music from Apple's online music store during March, the same number as obtained files using Limewire but more than Kazaa, BearShare, Ares, Morpheus and iMesh. ...more

VeriSign hit with customer-stealing lawsuit

VeriSign's latest sales methods have sparked protests from rivals, resulting in a lawsuit being brought by competitor BulkRegister, reports Reuters. The lawsuit, alleges that Verisign sought to dupe domain name owners into switching their accounts in which the domain is held. The direct marketing campaign emailed 'domain-name expiry' notices to name owners registered by competitors, implying that they could lose control of their names unless they renewed them, along with a $29 fee, by 15 May. ...more

BenQ to roll out movie based on Hollywood expertise

Double Edge Entertainment (DEE), a movie producer in which BenQ is a main shareholder, will soon start production of a new movie with Chinese ancient occult ghost stories as its theme, although it has a modern western setting and will be produced using Hollywood expertise, according to a DEE press release of February 2. This is the first movie to be produced following BenQ's investment in DEE in September 2004. BenQ's investment in DEE is intended to extend its business into the digital content field since DEE has advanced cinematic digital technology and close connections with Hollywood movie experts. ...more

Intel debuts 64-bit Pentiums

Intel has slipped out what is probably the biggest change in its mainstream product line in years. The new Pentium 4 600 series features a larger cache as well as adding in some power management facilities borrowed from its Centrino line of mobile processors. Most importantly, it is the first Pentium to support 64-bit processing. ...more

Record industry takes on Yahoo! China

Following in the wake of the BPI's legal pursual of AllofMP3.com, the record industry has its sights on Yahoo! China. The international music industry body, the IFPI, is set to sue the Chinese arm of the Internet search giant, according to the BBC. ...more