iTunes sales boost Disney profits

Disney has revealed a 27% leap in profits, thanks - in part - to its success in selling movies and TV shows through the iTunes Store. In its latest set of results, the company detailed sales of 23.7 million TV episodes, and 2 million films through iTunes. ...more

Renaissance cam

Fujifilm launches digicam that records 6 megapixel images and offers full VGA movies. The FinePix M603 camera including 512MB IBM Microdrive will cost you less than ?700 on the high street when it is launched in November, but it's the first digital stills camera to add a truly useful movie mode. While DV camcorders can take stills, they can't compete in quality to the huge dedicated CCDs of digital cameras. ...more

Real patches critical flaws in its media players

Real Networks has released security patches to fix four highly critical flaws in multiple versions of its RealOne, RealPlayer and Helix Player software. The flaw could enable the overwriting of local files and compromise a user's system. The first vulnerability is an unspecified error that can be exploited to overwrite local files or to execute an ActiveX control on a user's system via a specially crafted MP3 file. ...more

Ofcom to investigate BT's new residential phone tariffs

Telcoms regulator Ofcom is to investigate whether BT's new residential phone tariffs are anti-competitive. Ofcom says it has received complaints from 13 so-called Carrier Pre-Selection Operators (CPSOs). These are the companies who offer alternative call rates if you type a number in before dialling your destination number. ...more

A forte for Java

Sun releases Forte for Java 3.0. Sun's latest Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is for those working on the Java 2 platform, on an enterprise scale. ...more