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The end

Time to say goodbye from all of us at bit-tech.net

November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Firefox sets world record

The Mozilla Foundation has officially announced the results of the Firefox Download Day - a Guinness World Record for most downloads of a software product in 24 hours.

July 4, 2008 | 08:17

45% of all traffic is P2P, say Sandvine

Figures released by network equipment vendor Sandvine yesterday show peer-to-peer networking accounting for almost half of overall US Internet traffic.

June 25, 2008 | 08:27

QTrax offers free music, legally

QTrax has announced deals with major music industry types to offer a 25 million song catalogue for free download, with no risk of being sued? Has the music industry finally woken up?

January 28, 2008 | 07:31

Hell freezes over as Sony drops DRM

I know it's damn cold here in Blighty, but I didn't think I'd live to see the day when Sony BMG plans to drop DRM (and sell music through channels other than Apple's iTunes).

January 4, 2008 | 13:10

Verizon steps up FiOS speed to 20Mb symmetrical

Verizon is bumping up the speed of its FIOS services to a whopping 20mb symmetrical connection.

October 24, 2007 | 11:01

Which brand of MP3 player do you use?

In this week's poll, we're asking what brand of digital music player you use. Did you get picked up by the Apple steamroller, or are you using something else?

September 29, 2007 | 14:14

Apple and NBC Universal battle it out

NBC Universal has declined to renew its contract with Apple to sell TV shows through the iTunes store. Apple responds by not selling any new NBC show.

September 3, 2007 | 04:30

BBC iPlayer = Hogware

Shut down the iPlayer? NEVER! Secret background processes continue to hog your Internet connection despite what you tell it to do.

August 16, 2007 | 16:10

iTunes breaks through 3 billion song barrier

Apple announced yesterday that its iTunes music store has now sold more than three billion songs since its launch four years ago.

August 1, 2007 | 13:46

Illegal music downloads hit record levels in UK

Amid an ever increasing amount of lawsuits in the US, UK citizens are downloading more unauthorised music then ever before.

August 1, 2007 | 12:54

DRM Free Music: Not as soon as you think

EMI wants "compensation" from Apple and Microsoft's online download services for releasing music DRM free

February 26, 2007 | 18:03

Google accused of helping pirates

Google is coming under fire from Hollywood after the company is believed to have helped websites responsible for offering illegal film downloads.

February 15, 2007 | 12:40

Music industry set to relax digital restrictions?

2007 could be the year where the DRM wall finally crumbles because a number of major record labels are pushing for the right to sell unprotected digital downloads.

January 2, 2007 | 16:15

New music service to offer legal, free downloads!

A new service called SpiralFrog will launch in December, offering completely free music downloads. They've already got Universal backing them so could this be the end of iTunes?

August 30, 2006 | 16:11

Yahoo! to offer DRM-free MP3 downloads

Yahoo! may well set the trend for the music industry in the future, by selling MP3s without DRM protections in place.

July 21, 2006 | 16:26

Microsoft Stops Vista Torrent Downloads

Microsoft has issued a cease and desist order to the owners of VistaTorrent.com in order to stop the unauthorised distribution of the company's Windows Vista public beta.

June 19, 2006 | 10:21

Xbox Live has loads of users

Microsoft offered exclusive E3 content for download onto the Xbox 360 last week, and the move proved massively popular. Live has now had over 24 million downloads.

May 19, 2006 | 11:44

Apple may win battle for iTunes pricing

Variable pricing for songs on the store? Not if Jobs has his way, and it rather looks like he will, according to new reports.

April 21, 2006 | 13:31

ABC will offer ad-supported TV downloads

The network that shows Lost and Desperate Housewives will be conducting a download experiment this year. Could this be the beginning of the IPTV era?

March 6, 2006 | 17:27

DoJ probes online music pricing

The US Department of Justice is investigating the price of digital music downloads. Sony BMG, Universal, EMI and Warner Music Group are all in the firing line.

March 3, 2006 | 19:26

Apple denies iTunes tax dodge

Apple are rumoured to be setting up an iTunes office in the Channel Islands. Many suspect this is to offer VAT-free music to UK users, but Apple deny this.

January 18, 2006 | 13:20