RealNetworks makes moves on MusicNet rival

RealNetworks invests in online music subscription service Listen.com. Despite its 40 per cent stake in the MusicNet service, RealNetworks has cast its gaze farther afield with the announcement that it has taken a 'strategic minority investment' in Listen. ...more

CA draws a line under financial troubles

CA is hoping to draw a line under its financial troubles, finally filing its late 10k and appointing a new CFO. The management software company has seen a fifth of its market value wiped out this year as it underwent an internal investigation into financial irregularities that brought to light stock awards made several years after they were granted, as well as errors in accounting for its subscription revenues prior to 2006. Its 10k form filed today noted 'material weaknesses in its financial controls . ...more

Pro and Shopper disassociate themselves from AV Force website

PC Pro and Computer Shopper would like to disassociate themselves from the website for AV Force, which claims to have received awards from the magazines. Dennis Publishing is taking action to remove the logos. All the reviews we publish can be found at www. ...more

Google turns the page on calendaring

Google has unveiled its much-anticipated online calendar application, unimaginatively but inevitably called Google Calendar. Designed to 'address the challenges that we found in other calendaring products' according to product manager Carl Sjogreen, the application lets users add events from Gmail conversation and websites and from other calendar apps, compare friends' and family's schedules right next to their own, set up automatic reminders - via SMS if required, assuming a compatible mobile carrier - and create invitations and track RSVPs. And this being Google, it's all underpinned by powerful search tools. ...more

Toshiba takes Flash memory to 2Gbit

Toshiba and SanDisk have developed a 1Gbit Flash memory IC (integrated circuit) to be manufactured using 0.13micron process technology. While 1Gbit Flash products are available in stacked chips or multi-level-cell-based ICs, this is the first single-level-cell IC of 1Gbit. ...more