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LG KF600

Are two screens better than one? The KF600's morphing touch-navigation pad is a cool concept and adds a little high-end class to an otherwise low-spec handset.

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France rolls over on iTunes-busting DRM law

France has given the thumbs-up to the defanged version of a controversial law that would have forced Apple Computer to open up its iTunes digital rights management to players other than its iPod.

U.K. government rejects calls for DRM ban

Almost 1,500 sign anti-DRM petition, but U.K. officials say the technology, when certain safeguards are observed, still has value.

I want a dual-DRM iPod

James Kim implores Apple and others to embrace an MP3 player that plays multiple protected formats.

Apple's Jobs calls for DRM-free world

Record companies are the ones who demand digital rights management technology, not Apple, CEO says in rare open letter.

Apple criticised for embedding names, e-mails in songs

It used to be that music fans believed cryptic messages about Satan or the death of a band member were hidden within rock albums. Nowadays, the secrets buried in digital music are way too easy to find, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The consumer watchdog group, which focuses on the Web, is taking issue with Apple's practice of embedding customer information within iTunes music.

Dream Tech: DreaMP3 player

Surrounded by neat new technology, CNETers every once in while sit back and daydream about the perfect gadget. Here's the MP3 player that we dreamed up.

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