Lexmark stops copy-cartridges

Lexmark has wielded the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) to win a preliminary injunction to stop a company called Static Control Components (SCC) from selling mod chips that make Lexmark printers accept recycled printer cartridges. Vincent Cole, Lexmark's general counsel, said: 'We invest hundreds of millions of dollars annually in research and development to help ensure that we are providing the very best technologies and the finest services and support to our valued customers. We believe that our printing solutions and services make us unique, and we intend to vigorously protect the intellectual property that helps to set us apart from our competition. ...more

Apple looks to take iTunes in-car

Apple is in talks with a number of major car manufacturers to bring iTunes into the car. Speaking at today's launch of the iTunes Music Store in the UK, Germany and France, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that he expected to be able to make an announcement later this year. He said that while you can play iTunes music through your computer, your iPod and your h-fi, the car remained the one area where people listen to a lot of music but couldn't access their iTunes collection. ...more

UK games chart: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas smashes into number one

With a squeal of burning tyres and the wail of sirens, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas careers straight in as number one on this week's ELSPA UK games chart. Kicking aside EA Sports's FIFA 2005 and Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (down to number two and three, respectively), Rockstar's mayhem-causing sequel runs on the PS2. To complete the top five, Activision's Tony Hawk's Underground 2 slips down one place to four, and Burnout 3: Takedown, Electronic Arts's console game, inches up one place to five. ...more

And also today (6-July-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Amaya 5.0 released For those concerned with adherence to Web standards, Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. ...more

Security flaw discovered in QuickTime installation

Security firm eEye has discovered a flaw in the default installation of QuickTime. The company notified Apple 14 days ago and its practice is not to reveal details of the flaw until it has been fixed, confining itself to the following description: 'A vulnerability in default installations of the affected software that allows malicious code to be executed with little user interaction.' Further information is available in eEye Upcoming Advisory EEYEB-20040218. ...more