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Sony is to launch an online store selling films, music and TV shows in the UK. It is expected to sell downloadable versions of Sony films such as the Spider-Man series, along with music from Sony artists. The move will put Sony into a head-to-head battle with Apple, which is expected to launch a UK film and TV download service within months to complement its iTunes music store.

Sony to Debut UK Challenger to iTunes

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In a move to fend off competition from the likes of Apple and Motorola, Sunnyvale, Calif., smartphone maker Palm has hired one of the engineers behind the vaunted iPod to work on future products. Paul Mercer, whose start-up Pixo -- since acquired by Sun Microsystems -- helped create the original iPod operating system for Apple, joined Palm in February, according to a Palm spokesperson.

Palm Snags Former Apple Engineer

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EU consumer protection commissioner Meglena Kuneva has criticized Apple in an interview with a German magazine, arguing that the company violates consumer rights by coupling its iTunes service exclusively to its iPod MP3 player. The group's online music store is not compatible with digital music player systems other than its own Apple iPod.

EU Commissioner Scolds Apple Over iTunes

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Firefox offers a couple of features that are important to me, and are pretty much standard fare for modern Web browsers: Pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing. The overall interface, however, felt more and more clunky as the week went on. I'm a big fan of keyboard shortcuts because they let me keep my hands on my keyboard instead of pulling me away to my mouse/trackball/graphics tablet.

Can Firefox Out-Surf Safari on the Mac

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After this year's Macworld, the number of iPod accessories has probably doubled. That's good because there's one accessory that I would like to see more of: voice recorders. Several companies have released them recently, however, and one of the newer models is the Belkin TuneTalk Stereo Recorder. The TuneTalk Stereo unit is small, lightweight, and conveniently carried, a major plus in my book

TuneTalk iPod Recorder: Fantastic Sound, Flimsy Design