More rumours are circulating the net that Microsoft is planning on going head-to-head with Apple by launching a music service to compete with iTunes.  Reuters are the latest source, citing un-named 'sources', who have revealed that Microsoft is already having discussions with the big music publishers on licensing their tracks for the new service. Robbie [...]

Poor old Amir! Amir tried to get one-up on a canny eBay punter by selling a broken laptop for £375 and then refusing to give a refund.
Unfortunately, he forgot to wipe the Hard Drive which contained lots of pictures (gay, fetish, London bombing, 9/11, Amir topless) as well as bank account details, passport and [...]

If only I’d backed up my files. After spending many hours Tidying Up My iTunes MP3 Collection to remove duplicates, add the correct Album Artwork and to get all my ID3 tags correct etc, I somehow managed to delete ALL of my ID3 tags. This wasn’t too much of a problem for iTunes [...]

My boss installed this last night and said that he didn’t have any problems. Connect360 automatically indexes your iTunes and iPhoto libraries and shares them to your Xbox 360. You can then use the Xbox 360 Dashboard to browse and play your media, organized in the exact same way that it is on your [...]

Thanks to some very kind Connected readers last night I’ve been able to try out the Newsvine Beta service and all I can say is it is amazing. If Digg and Del.icio.us are Web 2.0 services then Newsvine is Web 2.5.
Newsvine collates stories from various Associated Press sources, but also allows users to create [...]