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Windows 7 Beta hits the road

Not official yet, but non the least initial: A beta version of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 OS did actually hit torrent trackers global wide and spread the good news: Windows 7 is more or less like Windows Vista but 'solid and fast'. At least the one, ZDNet could get a hold of ... ... [More]

Wal-Mart sells iPhone

All rumours regarding Wal-Mart selling cheaper iPhones have come true. Beginning Sunday, December 28th, the company sells Apple iPhone 3G with 8 and 16 GByte - and a 24 month contract with AT&T. ... [More]

VOD comes to Wii

Giving up its strict policy of integrating no multimedia into their Wii gameconsole, Nintendo recently announced, to follow its competitors and bringing video downloads. Teamed up with an ad agency Nintendo established a new video distribution service called 'Dentsu'. ... [More]

Frohes Fest & Guten Rutsch!

Wir wünschen allen unseren Lesern und Kunden ein erholsames Weihnachtsfest sowie einen lebendigen Jahreswechsel und bedanken uns für Ihre Treue und Ihr Interesse an unseren Produkten. Ihnen allen ein erfolgreiches 2009!

Merry Xmas & A Happy New Year

Our best wishes to all our readers and customers. Thank you all for your support and interest in our products as well as for your input to make them better. Have a very nice Christmas and a successful new year.

iPlayer on Linux & Mac

As the BBC recently announced their iPplayer will allow downloading of videos as well as streaming contents on platforms other than Windows, namely Mac OS X and Linux. ... [More]

Sony bundles music and movies on USB drives

As Sony announced, a new line of MicroVault Click USB flash drives will be bundled with either pre-loaded music albums or movies. One of the first products being shipped is Michael Jackson's 25th anniversary edition of 'Thriller', which will be available on a 2GB USB stick very shortly for about $20. Also included are some bonus music tracks and videoclips. ... [More]

Prince of Persia PC comes without DRM

"A lot of people complain that DRM is what forces people to pirate games but as Prince of Persia PC has no DRM we`ll see how truthful people actually are." This is how Chris Easton from Ubisoft notes the decision to release their game 'Prince of Persia' for the PC without any copy protection. ... [More]

Apple iTunes: Get rid of all DRM?

Rumours have, Apple's iTunes will get rid of all DRM right now or at least by the end of the year. As French magazine 'ElectronLibre' reports, Apple made new deals with the last three big labels Sony, Universal and Warner to offer DRM-free songs worldwide in their iTunes store. ... [More]

BitTorrent store shut down

What began with a passionate start has become a struggle for survival. Result: BitTorrent Inc. has shut down their paid download store. ... [More]

Confirmed (more or less): Wall-Mart will be selling iPhones

According to new rumours spred by Wall-Mart employees the retailer will sell Apple's iPhone 3G in the near future - like BestBuy before, who became the first mass-market-retailer for the gadget. ... [More]

Show leaked adds $99 iPhone?

Unconfirmed by Apple, certain Internet sources claim to have received informations about a 4GB model of the popular iPhone 3G, which is intended to be sold by Wal-Mart for $99 USD and a 2-year contract with unknown conditions. ... [More]

Apple App: Joost and 10.000 other applications

It's a gigantic number for a device that can host not more than 148 programs: 10.000 application are waiting in Apples iTunes store for downloaders - and among it Joost's newest step forward to make its nearly 20.000 videos available. This time on iPhone and iPod touch ... ... [More]

Netflix' Sony movies back on Xbox 360

Last week we reported that the online movie service Netflix had to remove alle Sony films from their Xbox 360 channel due to 'license problems', now a good part of them are back and it appears, Sony, Netflix and Microsoft have solved their problems. ... [More]