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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Slacker personalises Internet radio with iPod rival   CeBIT - World's poor don't need pared-down PCs   Skype launches user-generated guides   Ovum: APAC voice market to maintain steady growth   Nintendo Wii crushing the competition   More video games, fewer books at schools?   Google acquires in-game ad company Adscape   Barclays online transaction system crashes   Finance sector leads server spending spree   HD-DVD heavyweights target Europe   Philips signs three-year deal with World Cyber Games   Windows StickyKeys could pose security risk   Chinese surfers overturn book ban   UK firm wins European ICT prize
Monday, 19th March 2007
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This afternoon, fans of Internet radio can soon listen to their favourite stations away from the computer with a new digital music player called Slacker.

Also making news, Intel and AMD have joined forces against supplying cheap PCs to low income and emerging economies, arguing that affordable access to the Internet and full-featured second-hand PCs, are more important.

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Slacker personalises Internet radio with iPod rival
Fans of Internet radio who want to listen to their favourite stations away from the computer will soon be able to do so with a new digital music player called Slacker.
By Yinka Adegoke


Hardware
CeBIT - World's poor don't need pared-down PCs
Low income consumers in emerging economies do not need pared-down cheap PCs, but affordable access to the Internet and full-featured second-hand PCs, the world's main two microprocessor makers said at CeBIT.
By Lucas van


Telco/ISP
Skype launches user-generated guides
SkypeFind lets users rate and review their favourite businesses.
By Staff Writers


Research/Trends
Ovum: APAC voice market to maintain steady growth
By 2010 the Asia-Pacific region will host over 2 billion fixed and mobile voice connections.
By Staff Writers


Convergence
Nintendo Wii crushing the competition
More US sales in February than Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 combined.
By Matt Chapman


Research/Trends
More video games, fewer books at schools?
Of all of the proposals aimed at improving America's failing schools, there's one idea kids will really like: More video games and fewer books.
By Debra Sherman


Finance
Google acquires in-game ad company Adscape
The search engine is expected to integrate Adscape's technology with its AdWords and AdSense programs..
By Staff writers


Internet
Barclays online transaction system crashes
No online payments for nearly 24 hours.
By Staff Writers


Finance
Finance sector leads server spending spree
Industry accounted for 25.1 per cent of worldwide server revenue in 2006.
By Clement James


Hardware
HD-DVD heavyweights target Europe
Universal, Toshiba and Microsoft hook up to push format.
By Clement James


Hardware
Philips signs three-year deal with World Cyber Games
Inaugural WCG Philips amBX Cup Challenge.
By Staff Writers


Security
Windows StickyKeys could pose security risk
Microsoft dismisses claims of vulnerability in software component.
By Shaun Nichols


Government/Law
Chinese surfers overturn book ban
Existing copies of banned books allowed to sell out without fear of
punishment.
By Matt Chapman


Research/Trends
UK firm wins European ICT prize
Transitive Corporation scoops grand prize for software translator.
By Matt Chapman
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