Record industry seeks to 'sex up' music buying

John Dyer, the general manager of Domino Records, the Arctic Monkey's label, will keynote a seminar next week that will debate how to persuade the public to buy more music. The 'Pimp My Tune: Making Music Compete With Free' seminar will look at ways of 'sexing up' music purchasing options, asking the question 'Is a product and/or marketing re-think necessary to get the public more enthused about the legal product?' at a time when filesharing is outstripping paid-for downloads by 40 to one. Issues under consideration will include traditional 'added-value' options such as bonus tracks, commentary, videos and more comprehensive liner notes are all traditional options. ...more

Nokia claims patent dispute hampers 3G uptake

Nokia's ongoing patent battle with Qualcomm may work against the uptake of 'third-generation' mobile technology, believes the mobile phone giant. Nokia is putting its focus for 3G mobile phones on higher-end models, chief technology officer Tero Ojanpera said, despite moves by smaller rivals to lower device costs for the high-speed wireless service. The company, which makes more than one in three of the mobile phones sold globally, is mired in a legal dispute over patents with US mobile phone chip maker Qualcomm after part of a major cross-licensing agreement expired last month. ...more

16-02-2002 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. Sony Vaio puts more Bluetooth in Europe A NeuStar on the horizon, a new domain on the Net Crucial details memory Visual Studio.NET officially unveiled Simple security hole found in many networks Intel puts a fire under mobile devices Into the Terrarium. ...more

UK games chart: Nothing gets past Gran Turismo 4

Nothing gets past Gran Turismo, which remains at number one in this week's ELSPA UK games chart. But just beneath Sony's PS2 game there are three new entries in the top five.. ...more

AMD launches Sempron for low power notebooks

AMD has released the Mobile AMD Sempron processor 3000+ 'for Thin and Light Notebooks'. The low-power processor is aimed at entry-level notebooks, as opposed to the 3000+ Mobile AMD Sempron Processor for Full-Size Notebooks. As with other Semprons, features include 802. ...more