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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Sony looks for profits elsewhere to offset PS3   Software licence management becomes a service   Web distributor Brightcove seeks to make video pay   Authentium asks Microsoft to approve Vista kernel trick   Egg scrambles Garlik to crack ID theft   FBI pulls plug on boarding pass hack   Nokia enters car navigation market   UK think-tank urges updated copyright laws   Web terrorism course is sellout with security pros   Hell.com's fury less than anticipated   Computer game takes "journalist's" view of Middle-East   Japan phone alerts couples to baby-making window   Samsung Elec to spend US$630 mln on memory chip line
Tuesday, 31st October 2006
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This morning, Sony has said it is looking for profits in movies and consumer electronics to offset the impact from price cuts and tough competition for its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console.

In other news, software asset management (SAM) – which ensures companies are compliant with software licence terms – is available as a hosted, managed service, thanks to a new system launched by the Liken Group.

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Sony looks for profits elsewhere to offset PS3
BEIJING - Sony said on Monday that it is looking for profits in movies and consumer electronics to offset the impact from price cuts and tough competition for its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console.


Software licence management becomes a service
Hosted system ensures compliance.


Web distributor Brightcove seeks to make video pay
NEW YORK - A pioneer of the fast-growing online video distribution market aims to help professional video makers create syndicated video channels, supported by advertising, that can play across a range of websites.


Authentium asks Microsoft to approve Vista kernel trick
A security company that made headlines last week when it announced an end-run around the kernel security in the 64-bit version of Windows Vista says it has opened direct talks with Microsoft.


Egg scrambles Garlik to crack ID theft
The developers behind internet bank Egg have turned their attention to tackling ID fraud.


FBI pulls plug on boarding pass hack
Student finds home sansacked after offering fake airplane boarding passes.


Nokia enters car navigation market
HELSINKI/AMSTERDAM - Nokia on Monday became the latest major consumer electronics company to enter the booming car-navigation market, upping the ante for Dutch market leader TomTom.


UK think-tank urges updated copyright laws
An influential UK think-tank wants Briton's 300-year-old outdated copyright laws rewritten to consider new ways people listen to music, watch movies, and read books.


Web terrorism course is sellout with security pros
LONDON - Security professionals from around the world have snapped up places on a Scottish university's pioneering new terrorism course, which went live on Monday via the Internet.


Hell.com's fury less than anticipated
A company auctioned off 113 domain names out of 312 for more than US$4.75 million during its live auction at an industry conference last week. The rest, including Hell.com, will have another chance.


Computer game takes "journalist's" view of Middle-East
JERUSALEM - A computer game developed in Denmark is about to give high school students outside the Middle East a new window into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


Japan phone alerts couples to baby-making window
TOKYO - Is it a phone call, a text message or simply time to make love?


Samsung Elec to spend US$630 mln on memory chip line
SEOUL - Samsung Electronics said on Monday it would invest 594.9 billion won (US$630.3 million) to build a new memory chip production line in South Korea.


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