Bebo, Apple in deal to sell music online
Bebo, an online social networking site, has reached an agreement with Apple's iTunes digital music store on a partnership that is aimed at encouraging young music fans to buy music rather than pirate it, says the International Herald Tribune.
Under the arrangement, which was to be announced Wednesday, Bebo users in Britain and Ireland will be able to buy music directly from the Bebo "profiles" of musicians whose work is available on iTunes.
By clicking on a link in those profiles, users will be directed to a music store run by iTunes, but within the Bebo "environment", said Joanna Shields, Bebo's international president.
Computer glitch looms over space station
A major, new problem popped up on the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, as space shuttle astronauts finished installing a new solar-power unit - the failure of key computers that could, in an extreme scenario, force the crew off the station, officials said.
"That's not something I'm really concerned about," ISS programme manager Mike Suffredini said of having to leave the station at least temporarily with no crew aboard, according to M&C. But "that's the worst-case scenario," he told a late night news briefing.
The failure occurred in computers on the Russian segment of the 16-nation space station, computers that control navigation and key life-support systems on the huge orbital base. Without them, the station cannot maintain proper orbit and the crew cannot stay on board.
Apple eyes bigger Web presence
Little by little, Apple is making inroads into Microsoft's traditional stronghold - the home-computer market, says the Telegraph.
Apple's masterstroke was releasing a version of iTunes that could run on PCs, meaning Windows users could at last get an iPod and buy music through the online store. Then came a range of good-looking, high-spec computers, such as the iMac and MacBook, which use Intel processors.
This means users can dual-boot both the Mac and Windows operating systems on an Apple machine, providing the perfect solution for those people nervous of making the switch between platforms. This week came the news that Apple is releasing a Web browser that can be used on PCs and Macs.
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