Napster available on Lenovo

Napster and Lenovo have signed an agreement under which Napster's music subscription service will be offered as a free 14-day trial on most new Lenovo notebook and desktop PCs in the US and Canada, reports Biz.yahoo.

The roll-out will give Lenovo customers access to millions of music tracks with a free, 14-day trial subscription to Napster To Go, as well as access to Napster's catalogue of more than six million songs.

The Napster To Go service will also lets music fans transfer an unlimited number of music tracks to any compatible MP3 player or music-enabled cellphone.

Dell has unveiled a retail strategy which will see the company selling most of its factories and outsourcing production to cut costs, reports Dallasnews.

Dell will abandon its original business model that delayed production until customers had placed orders directly with the company.

Trends such as the 46% increase in laptop sales have increased the disadvantages of in-house manufacturing, and resulted in the change to Dell's retail strategy.

AuthenTec updated revenue estimates for the third quarter and fiscal year 2008 and reported the loss of a 2009 design-in opportunity at a significant PC customer, reports Marketwatch.

Based on order trends and discussions with customers, AuthenTec now expects third quarter 2008 revenue to range between $18.2 million and $18.5 million and fiscal year 2008 revenue to range between $69 million and $71 million.

AuthenTec attributes the reduction in estimated revenue to an overstocked inventory position at a new customer and the impact of lower than expected sales of higher-end notebooks, which are more likely to be equipped with a fingerprint sensor as a standard or optional feature.