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This week flash memory product manufacturer SanDisk found itself in a bizarre legal situation. German officials removed all of the company's MP3 players from its stand at the IFA in Berlin, when Italian patents firm Sisvel won an injunction against SanDisk alleging a refusal to pay licensing fees for the MP3 file format. On Wednesday, the order was overturned and SanDisk - one of 19 companies who had products seized at the fair - was allowed to display its players on the very last day of the show. The trouble isn't over, though: Sisvel is appealing and wants the reversed order un-reversed.
Amazon.com has finally launched its much anticipated download service for films and TV shows. Amazon Unbox will offer programmes from six major Hollywood studios and TV networks, including Warner Bros and Fox, but is only available in the US for now. TV shows are priced at $1.99 per episode, and films start at $3.99.
No week without something new from Google - the search giant has now opened up 200 years of news. The service,
Google News Archive Search, enables you to browse digitised newspaper articles from hundreds of sources, such as TheGuardian, and The New York Times. Google has also teamed up with subscription services, so you can read excerpts from a subscription article and click on the site to purchase the full article if you're interested.
That's all from us this week, have a great weekend.
Christian, staff writer .net
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