Launches New iTunes Phone and iPod (AP)AP - Apple Computer (Internet advertising)

Launches New iTunes Phone and iPod (AP)AP - Apple Computer (Internet advertising)

Apple Launches New iTunes Phone and iPod (AP)

AP - Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduced a long-anticipated music-playing cell phone on Wednesday and surprised the faithful with a new pencil-thin iPod.

Internet pirates copying films even before cinema release (AFP)

AFP - Films being presented at Deauville, Venice and other festivals are no longer so exclusive: many are already available in pirated versions online in a trend threatening the whole cinema industry, according to a French subsidiary of a major US distributor.

News Corp. to buy IGN (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Jumping into the market to provide online news for video game junkies, News Corp. agreed Thursday to pay$650 million in cash to acquire San Francisco-based IGN Entertainment, a publisher of video game Web sites.

Microsoft Looks To Developers To Close Rivals'Search Lead (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft next week is releasing at its Professional Developers Conference several APIs that begin the process of turning MSN's search capabilities into a development platform.

Movie, Recording Industries Join Internet2 (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The movie and music industries are joining the Internet2 consortium to influence new technologies for protecting electronic content.

Japan's Access to buy PalmSource (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - PalmSource, a pioneer in developing software that runs handheld computers, has agreed to be bought by Access, a Japanese company that makes mobile Internet browsers, for$324.3 million in cash.