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Wi-Fi memory cards for cameras imminent

News After 2GB, people should be downloading anyway, he added. Finding public Wi-Fi spots for downloading often isn't easy, either. Think of it as point, shoot and post. In the autumn, US-based start-up Eye-Fi plans to release Secure Digital memory...

11 June 2007, 9:35

Podcast fans favour Apple and Star Trek

News Compared to those statistics, downloading podcasts is still a relatively unpopular activity. We can expect to see [podcast downloading] become increasingly popular as portable content media players proliferate," said Michael Lanz, a Nielsen...

13 July 2006, 10:19

Downloads soar despite crackdown

News The research firm found that while the number of people downloading music has increased, they are turning to various alternatives to avoid the wrath of the music industry. Last January, we reported that after the recording industry lawsuits were...

27 April 2004, 11:05

ISPs reject uSwitch 'unfairness' claims

News Similarly a BT spokesman said the company contacts users who exceed their usage limits, advising them to reduce their level of downloading or move to a more suitable service plan. Of customers on unlimited broadband contracts, the BT spokesman said...

14 March 2007, 10:12

Number of music file-swappers has fallen

News The months after the Recording Industry Association of America first said it would start suing individuals did see a substantial drop in music downloading through networks such as Kazaa and eDonkey. Now it appears that many casual swappers have...

15 December 2005, 8:50

Apple gets break from French DRM saga

News The original text of the Dadvsi law also had proposed the decriminalisation of file sharing, with fixed penalty fines for those convicted of illegal uploading or downloading of music files. Instead of a fine of €150 (£102) or €38 (£26) for...

1 August 2006, 9:40

Teens have a full-time job in media

News Harrison estimates that 75 per cent of teens spend two or three hours a day downloading or listening to music online. Roughly half of those kids say that downloading music for free is illegal. For teens, consuming media is a full-time job.

8 December 2006, 9:51

Is the time right for phone-music player hybrids?

News Despite the popularity of the iPod, the public still may need some coaxing in downloading songs. Apple could offer a special on downloading songs from iTunes with the purchase of a phone and the plan," said Tim Deal, an analyst with Technology...

8 September 2005, 9:50

Swapping doesn't hurt music sales - study

News Researchers found that the average user logged in only twice during that period, downloading about 17 songs. Some people vastly overshot that average, however -- one user apparently logged in 71 times, downloading more than 5,000 songs.

30 March 2004, 9:45

Photos: Cambridge boffs display tech of tomorrow

News The OnMyMobile system uses small servers with a local area network connection for uploading and downloading files. The mobile phone user wanders past and can find out information about what's on and whether the film is fully booked, as well as...

14 November 2006, 10:29

Microsoft to lock Vista pirates out of PCs

News In XP, the piracy-busting features only put a block on downloading additional programs from Microsoft's Web sites. This happens, for example, when downloading additional Microsoft programs. If Vista is not activated with a legitimate product...

5 October 2006, 10:29

Service lets you rip videos from YouTube

News And while videos ripped using Keepvid cannot be played back directly -- it requires the downloading and installation of a devoted video player -- a quick test by CNET.co.uk's sister site News.com revealed that it's not at all difficult to download...

15 June 2006, 9:25

Company trials films on flash

News Importantly, the system erodes the desirability of downloading movies. Because the company can control access to the box and makes the devices for downloading movies, viruses become less of a worry. First, he stopped at the cashpoint to get some...

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4 March 2008, 9:07

Macs are not invincible

News Long recommends two tweaks to the OS X settings to make it more secure -- enabling the firewall, and disabling the "Open safe files after downloading" option in the Safari preferences. That last option, if not locked up, could be exploited to trick...

28 February 2006, 10:08

Images: Top ten extensions for Firefox 2

News This extension for downloading embedded media is preferable to similar add-ons because it lets you go bananas with video. It offers one-click downloading, and it can save videos in their native formats -- Flash video, WMP or MOV.

17 November 2006, 10:40