UPDATED: iTunes begins selling Band Aid 20

The 2004 version of Do They Know It's Christmas has gone on sale on the iTunes Music Store - but at Apple's fixed price of 79p, not the ?1.49 that Band Aid wanted. However Apple will donate an extra 70p for each download sold. ...more

Surge in notebook demand puts pressure on manufacturers

A number of China-based notebook PC plants belonging to Taiwan makers are currently operating 24 hours per day, in order to cope with a surge of orders from leading vendors, including Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Acer, according to sources at the makers. An additional factor in meeting demand is a national holiday in China, which this year will see many factories closed between 1-7 October. However, Taiwan notebook makers are paying workers triple-time wages to continue working, the sources said. ...more

Internet radio killed the video star?

There is an abundance of radio stations that broadcast over the Internet, but what can you do if you want to listen to your favourite net radio show yet you don't fancy being hunched over the computer? A new gadget called the Kima is on the market and aims to transform the way we listen to Internet radio stations. The device can only be described as a fancy baby alarm with a base unit that plugs into your PC (or TV or DVD player) and a receiver that transmits the audio as an FM signal so you can tune in your radio to the broadcast. The device uses a wireless signal and can transmit over 1,000 feet away, so you need never have to miss another web broadcast again. ...more

Motorola claims display breakthrough

Motorola has unveiled a new video technology, which, it claims, will enable the manufacturing of large, flat panel displays with superior quality, longer lifetimes and lower costs than current offerings. The company's research arm has demonstrated a 5in colour working prototype based on its proprietary Carbon Nanotube (CNT) technology. Carbon nanotubes are extremely thin (one nanometer in diameter, about 10,000 times smaller than that of a human hair), hollow cylinders made of carbon atoms. ...more

Novell guns for identity

Novell deepened its commitment to identity computing at its BrainShare conference in Salt Lake City this week launching new initiatives. Its Application Services Foundation and Identity Services Foundation set out a modular architecture for running software and identity services across the enterprise. The idea is to enable enterprises to manage identity and assets through entire life cycles. ...more