Apple iPhone software prices may rise

Those iPhone applications in your collection might soon cost you more to use if you tap into an array of new features coming your way. Apple (AAPL) on Tuesday gave a sneak peek of 100 forthcoming software updates for the iPhone, including a feature that lets software developers build in additional charges within an application. [...]

New iPod Shuffle

So little. And yet so much. The new iPod shuffle is jaw-droppingly small. It’s half the size of the previous generation. Yet there’s room for so much more. With 4GB of storage, it now holds up to 1,000 songs,1 and lets you enjoy multiple playlists, too. It speaks for itself. Introducing VoiceOver,2 the feature that [...]

Microsoft to let PC users turn off IE Web browser

SEATTLE — A single check box deep in the guts of the next version of Windows is giving Microsoft watchers a peek at how the software maker plans to keep European antitrust regulators from marring a crucial software launch. Windows 7, the successor to the much-maligned Vista, isn’t expected to reach consumers until next year, [...]

Pirate Bay Founder Begs For Hacker Ceasefire

Pirate Bay’s co-founder has pleaded for hackers to stop attacking the sites of those organizations lined up against him. Peter Sunde is on trial with Pirate Bay’s three other founders for allegedly distributing copyrighted material. The trial is about to enter its fourth day, and in a gesture of support for the four men hackers [...]