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British media group BSkyB will next week launch Sky Songs, a digital music service it hopes will challenge Apple's iTunes and Spotify in the music downloads business.

Rock Band announced Friday it will launch an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch later this month. In the iPhone version from EA Mobile, allows users to choose if they want to play as a drummer, guitarist, bassist, or vocalist at any one of three difficulty levels.

Almost a month after Apple launched the iPhone 3.1 update, Apple today released the iPhone 3.1.2 update for iPhone and iPod Touch users.

Apple has selected Foxconn to build the company's anticipated tablet PC, DigiTimes reported on Wednesday, citing market sources. The report says the device will hit the market in Q1 2010, with initial shipments of 300,000-400,000 units.

Nearly 12 percent of U.S. computer-owning households now own a Mac, according to an NPD Group released Monday.

Hewlett-Packard Co may get acquisitive again despite its recent absence from the technology sector's M&A scene, analysts said, and Brocade Communications Systems Inc may a prime target.

Apple could double its iPhone sales if it ended its policy of exclusive contract with mobile service providers, according to analysts.

Analysts have raised estimates for Apple in spite of poor economic signs, mainly due to their confidence in the strong momentum from iPhone and iPod sales.

Electronic Arts on Friday released its soccer flagship FIFA 10, its latest game for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch, which costs $10 at the App store.

Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said former Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson should stay on the boards of both Google and Apple Inc, despite regulatory scrutiny.

Apple and Eminem's music publisher, Eight Mile Style LLC, reached a settlement agreement on Thursday, putting an end to a lawsuit alleging that Apple was never authorized to digitally sell 93 of Eminem's songs on iTunes.

New accounting rules show that Apple's profitability of the iPhone could be much higher than previously expected, according to a new report.

In an ongoing attempt to compete with Google, Apple bought small mapping company Placebase over the summer in a deal that went unnoticed until this week

Apple is in talks with several media companies rooted in print, negotiating content for a new device, according to Gizmodo.

Video gaming will hit the big screen next month when Sony Corp unveils a new game title for its Playstation3 game console at movie theaters.

Apple's iPhone and iPod touch dominate most of the world in the mobile Web browsing battle, with a 40 percent global total that bests its rivals, according to a new study.

Apple begins to end its iPhone exclusivity as Vodafone on Tuesday announced it will join France Telecom's Orange and Telefonica's O2 in selling the phone in Britain.

Media players like Apple's iPod will be set by default to a new, lower, safe volume level in Europe, according to a new rule passed by the European Commission on Monday.

South Korea's KT Corp, which is holding talks to sell Apple's iPhone in South Korea, plans to introduce 3G smartphones supporting WiFi and mobile WiMAX from Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, its chief strategy officer told Reuters.

Apple announced Monday that over 2 billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store since the e-commerce site's launch in July 2008, and the pace continues to accelerate, according to chief executive Steve Jobs.

Apple Inc said on Monday that downloads from its iTunes applications store had passed 2 billion and that it now has more than 85,000 apps available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.