Scottish Police arrest suspect counterfeiter

A two-year anti-piracy operation in Scotland has lead to the arrest of a 35-year-old man and the seizure of an estimated ?250,000 worth of games, music and film discs. Most of the counterfeit software comprised PlayStation 2, Xbox and Gamecube titles, and there was also evidence of consoles being 'chipped'. Trading Standards officers worked with ELSPA (the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) to target five locations in Dumfries and Galloway. ...more

BT changes corporate branding with new logo

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Music swapping service exchanges CDs

A new US online music service is exploiting a provision in US copyright laws to run a legal music swapping service. Rather than swap MP3 files, La La Media customers exchange CDs, a practice protected in US law. CDs are swapped between members, who pay $1 to the company each time they receive a new disc. ...more

Hynix intros GDDR4 DRAM

Korean memory manufacturer Hynix Semiconductor has announced the availability of the world's first 512 Megabit GDDR4 DRAM. The company claims that new chips provide the world's fastest and highest density graphics memory. The foundation of the blazingly fast graphics from the major suppliers such as ATi and NVidia GDDR is an ultra-high speed graphics DRAM that processes movie quality animations and graphics data for personal computers and game consoles. ...more

Firefox take-up slows, IE drops below 90 per cent

Internet Explorer's share of Web browser usage has dropped below 90 per cent, according to new figures from two monitoring services. WebSideStory calculates IE's share in the US at 89.85 per cent, a significant drop from highs of 96 per cent and more. ...more