Art of Zen
Creative has launched two new media players, a Zen Vision:M with a 60GB hard drive, and a new Zen Vision:W with a 16:9 format widescreen display. The Vision:W also has a CompactFlash card slot with adaptors for other cards, plus built in microphone and FM radio.
MySpace in shorts
Tired & Tested, which launched today, says it's "the first social networking site for sport players and fans".
Skype via DECT
Philips says it will introduce the world's first cordless DECT digital cordless phone that can make Skype internet calls without being connected to a personal computer. The VOIP841 should be out for Christmas.
Skype via DECT too
USR Robotics has also developed a cordless Skype phone that works via DECT, and the base station connects either to a phone line or a USB port on a PC. The USR9630 should be out this month.
Blu-ray coming
Sony Pictures says it will release "a broad mix" of titles on Blu-ray discs in the UK on October 16, including Exorcism of Emily Rose, SWAT, Tears of the Sun and Hostel. This will "coincide with the first availability of Blu-ray hardware" in Europe.
A quiet August
Russian anti-virus company Kaspersky Lab says there wasn't the usual August virus panic that brought Windows users Welchia in 2003, Sasser in 2004 and Mytob in 2005. Instead, "phishing emails were rife".
Google tops European chart
Google is now the top European site, according to comScore World Metrix. Google sites had 156m visitors in July, giving it the lead in nine countries, whereas Microsoft sites had 144m visitors and led in six.
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