Tate Modern launches virtual tours

The Tate Online is the online presence of the major UK arts organisation (alongside Tate Britain, Modern, Liverpool and St Ives) and a new interactive tour of Tate Modern has been launched. The feature Explore Tate Modern has been revamped - with aid from its sponsor, BT - for a better virtual cultural experience. Specifically, the Flash-based feature coincides with the Kandinsky: The Path to Abstraction exhibition. ...more

US media manufacturers vote for HD DVD

A group of US media manufacturers has voted to back HD DVD over Blu-ray as its preferred next-generation optical disc format. The American Independent Media Manufacturers Association (AIMMA) comprises senior executives from 37 media manufacturing companies. It made its decision following presentations from both camps and a discussion focussing on the economics and efficiencies of transitioning to either format, including equipment costs and installation timing. ...more

Everyone agrees, Apple will announce music service today

Leading business publications in the US are all agreed, Apple will announce a music downloading service at its 'special event' this afternoon. Forbes, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Billboard all cite various sources to report that the service will, at least to begin with, be Mac only and administered through iTunes. Billboard adds that is expected to cost $0. ...more

Red Hat in IPO recriminations

As high-tech stocks lose their lustre, the recriminations continue. This time it is Red Hat that is charged with misleading investors over the details of its original share issue. We have reported before on the search for scapegoats as investors count their losses, with lawsuits being brought against Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Larry Ellison of Oracle. ...more

Trade unionists unhappy with Apple report

Trade unionists have expressed dissatisfaction at Apple's report into working conditions at Foxconn's iPod manufacturing plant in China. While Apple, with some reservations, gave the plant a clean bill of health, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)'s director of human and trade union rights, Janek Kuczkiewicz, told the BBC that it has 'serious reservations' about the report. 'We are not impressed either by the report or by the findings of Apple,' Kuczkiewicz said. ...more