Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - PC-free MusicGremlin trumps rivals but could use some fine-tuning (USATODAY.com)
June 15, 2006USATODAY.com - MusicGremlin's portable music uses Wi-Fi connections to pull songs out of thin air and onto its device. Gremlin poses no near-term threat to the iPod, but it is promising. The plain-looking, black, 4-ounce, deck-of-cards-size Gremlin is chunkier and lacks the polish of the iPod and other rival portable players.
European nations pressure Apple on iTunes (AP)
June 15, 2006
AP - Portable media player maker Creative Technology Ltd. said Wednesday the U.S. International Trade Commission agreed to investigate whether Apple Computer Inc.'s rival iPod infringes on one of its patents.
Creative: ITC to probe Apple patent (AP)
June 15, 2006
AP - Portable media player maker Creative Technology Ltd. said Wednesday the U.S. International Trade Commission agreed to investigate whether Apple Computer Inc.'s rival iPod infringes on one of its patents.
Review: MTV, Microsoft team up on URGE (AP)
June 15, 2006
AP - It's hard to tell where MTV Networks Inc.'s new URGE online music service starts and where Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Media Player 11 software ends, and that's no accident.
Creative says ITC probe under way against Apple (Reuters)
June 15, 2006
Reuters - The U.S. International Trade
Commission has launched a probe into whether Apple Computer
Inc.'s iPod digital music player infringes on a
Creative Technology Ltd. patent, Creative
said on Wednesday.
Apple Looks Into iPod "Sweat Shop" Charges (TechWeb)
June 15, 2006TechWeb - Apple responds to charges that a Taiwanese manufacturer of its iPod nano music player was running sweat shop-style factories in mainland China.
Scandinavian agencies extend Apple reply deadline (Reuters)
June 15, 2006
Reuters - Consumer-rights protection agencies
in Denmark, Norway and Sweden have given Apple Computer until
August 1 to respond to their claim that the U.S. firm's iTunes
service breaches Scandinavian consumer laws.
Norway Orders Apple To Clean Up ITunes Act (TechWeb)
June 15, 2006TechWeb - Apple Computer Inc. and its iTunes shop in Norway have until June 21 to change their terms and conditions for dowloading files, after the government charges the company with violating a number of consumer protection laws.