Apple clears up QuickTime update confusion

Having sown confusion by releasing the latest QuickTime update as 6.3.1, despite the most recent version being 6. ...more

Western Digital opens My Book World Edition storage

Western Digital has announced its My Book World Edition storage appliances of up to 1TB in capacity. The range, comprising the My Book World Edition and My Book World Edition II, is available in 500GB and 1TB capacities, respectively, with the latter equipped with RAID capabilities to configure the two 500GB drives for either mirroring or striping. The selling point however is software. ...more

CD Wow denies illegal importing of CDs

CD Wow has denied that it intentionally breached an agreement with the BPI not to sell CDs in the UK that have been imported from outside Europe, simply because it never has. In an email, the online retailer said that it does not knowingly despatch unlicensed CDs to UK customers and that all CD's bought by CD Wow are legitimately acquired from the record companies. CD Wow was responding to a BPI lawsuit alleging that a 2004 court order had been broken, with the retailer continuing to import CDs 'illegally' from South East Asia. ...more

iTunes passes 150 million downloads

The iTunes Music Store has passed 150 million downloads. The milestone was reached when Beth Santisteven from Ignacio, Colorado bought Ex-factor by Lauryn Hill. Apple is now selling 4 million songs every week, with a market share estimated at around 70 per cent. ...more

A third of businesses fail to report cybercrime - survey

Businesses often weigh up the damage to their reputations before going to the police, according to a new survey, which finds a third of UK businesses fail to report cyber crimes and security breaches. The research, carried out by Infosecurity Europe on 285 companies as well as more in-depth interviews with 20 chief security officers found that companies face being the victim of this type of crime on a daily basis. According to law experts, in reporting such crimes, firms often think the news of a breach could tarnish the reputation of the victim and cause more damage than the crime itself. ...more