17-03-2001 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here is a roundup of some of the week's main news stories from the world of IT. Tiny squeezes PC, TV, hi-fi into one .NET to be Linux friendly Hercules announces new graphics card The future looks bear for hi-tech stocks IR35 goes to Judicial Review Music comes to DataPlay IBM in the process of getting smaller Microsoft casts its . ...more

Apple releases iTunes Store patch for Vista

Apple has released a software tool that enables iTunes Store compatibility with Windows Vista. The patch repairs permissions for files that iTunes requires to play DRM-restricted files purchased from the accompanying downloads service. Previously, Vista users had to enable administrator permissions for the iTunes. ...more

NEC launches the Versa P520 notebook

NEC has launched the Versa P520. It is a 15.1in notebook that - NEC claims - delivers the performance of a workstation to mobile business users. ...more

Price Check: Hard drives

Spin speed, seek time, buffer memory. IDE, SCSI, Serial ATA. These are all factors you need to consider when buying a hard drive. ...more

Next-gen Xbox to be unveiled at E3 show

Xenon, Xbox2, NextBox, call it what you will - Bill Gates says Microsoft's new gaming console will be unveiled later this month. After all the jostling to be first into the next-gen console market, it seems Microsoft has successfully stolen a march on the imminent PlayStation 3. The new version of Microsoft's gaming console will be showcased at the E3 games show 17 May, reports Reuters. ...more