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LOS ANGELES, CA, United States (UPI) — This Tuesday will mark the official launch of Tower.com/Digital, Los Angeles-based Tower Records` digital download music store.
The Hollywood Reporter said that the Puretracks-powered download service will offer music listeners over 1.2 million music tracks to choose from, all recorded at a higher bit-rate then other services in order [...]

Microsoft has acquired iView Multimedia, the founder of the British photo cataloging software company said on its Web site.
“With Microsoft’s purchase of iView, we are in a position to enhance our industry-leading product, whilst strengthening our customer service and support,” iView Multimedia founder Yan Calotychos said in an open letter to customers.
The information on iView’s [...]

Microsoft has released an updated version of its anti-piracy program that changes the frequency with which the program checks for pirated or counterfeit copies of its client operating system. A new version of Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Notifications program available now no longer checks a server-side configuration of a user’s version of Windows every [...]

Guba.com is now offering premium-content videos from Warner Bros. Entertainment thanks to a new agreement between the two companies.
Users of the video site can now rent and buy over 200 films from the movie studios, including Syriana, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and The Matrix.
Videos that are purchases can be played on PCs, [...]

PC hardware failure rates have dropped 25 per cent in the past two years, according to a study done by research firm Gartner.
But the analyst says there is still room for improvement.
Gartner analyst Leslie Fiering says users need to track their PC failure rates to spot problems and hold their suppliers accountable.