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5th December 2009 Archive

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  • Apple to acquire music streamer Lala?

    Updated The future of music may be cloudy

    Apple is said to be in acquisition talks with online music-streaming service Lala. This rumor comes from Bloomberg, which reported it on Friday, citing none other than the ever-gabby "people familiar with the matter." The music-delivery method used by the Lala service is radically different from that employed by Apple in its …

    Music and Media 5 Dec 00:48

  • FCC questions Verizon's early termination fees

    Wants info on 'accidental' data charges too

    US regulators are demanding that Verizon Wireless explain why it's doubling early termination fees for smartphone customers and why subscribers without a data plan are charged for inadvertently accessing its mobile web service. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sent an open letter on Friday to the country's largest …

    Telecoms 5 Dec 00:53

  • Germans devise attacks on Windows BitLocker

    Industrial espionage drive decryption

    German researchers have devised five methods that determined attackers can use to bypass hard-drive encryption in recent versions of Microsoft operating systems. The methods, laid out by a research team from the Frauenhofer Institute for Security Information Technology, can be used to access files protected by BitLocker drive …

    Security 5 Dec 06:02

  • iTunes gifts Blighty 12 freebies of Christmas

    Their choice, not yours

    iTunes (UK) has a Christmas present for you - 12 of them, to be exact. Unfortunately, as will be true for most gifts you'll receive this holiday season, you don't get to choose what you'll receive. The 12 Days of Christmas promo runs from December 26 through January 6, and it will bestow upon European iTunesters a daily tune, …

    Music and Media 5 Dec 07:02

  • Pure Sensia widget-running DAB radio

    Review Tweet while you stream

    As a rule DAB radios don't really blow the wind up our skirt here at Register Hardware, but when Pure announced its new Sensia back in September, we had a brief Marilyn Monroe moment. Pure's Sensia: Sound idea? With a 5.7in 640 x 480 capacitive glass touchscreen, social networking apps, DAB/DAB+, RDS FM and Internet radio …

    Reg Hardware 5 Dec 09:02

  • Mozilla lights fire under Thunderbird

    Updated More releases, less stagnation

    Mozilla will step up the pace of on its Thunderbird mail and communications platform next year, to re-invigorate a "stagnant" email client scene. David Ascher, chief executive of Mozilla Messaging, told The Reg he hopes for a "couple" of releases of Thunderbird in 2010 and also in subsequent years. Speaking as Thunderbird 3.0 …

    Applications 5 Dec 22:05