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The European Union Consumer Commission has announced a crack down on sites pushing free ringtone scams and that often target kids and teens.  The crackdown covered all 27 EU countries plus Iceland and Norway and resulted 9 Italian companies being slammed with nearly $3 million in fines.  Of the 301… Continue Reading »

Beatles fans everywhere rejoice!  The band’s catalog is finally being released in mp3 form, but don’t go running to iTunes.  Record company EMI is releasing the entire catalog of 14 albums on a special edition 16GB USB drive.  The drive, which is shiny green and shaped like an apple, will… Continue Reading »

Norway’s Consumer Council is threatening to sue Amazon over the user agreement for its popular Kindle e-reader.  The council insists that the terms of the agreement are in violation of basic consumer rights.  Those terms include Amazon’s right to remove books from the Kindle if the terms are violated, their… Continue Reading »

Google has partnered with several major providers of online music to launch a music search engine.  Now when you type in the name of a song, artist or title, you can access audio or video previews of your music search query.  The previews will be available via links to MySpace,… Continue Reading »

This week’s Recession-O-Rama deals features a portable USB drive, an iPhone app, buy 2 get 1 game free deal, a Blu-Ray player, and a digital camera.  Our first deal this weekend is an 8GB portable USB drive from Newegg.  Priced at $19 and $3 for shipping, it operates at 200x… Continue Reading »

Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover wireless power, Google Android all over CTIA, Verizon joins up with Google Voice, doubleTwist becomes a serious iTunes competitor, and Flash on every phone except the iPhone. Continue Reading »

Anyone who is frustrated, fed up, or just looking for an alternative to iTunes may want to consider checking out the latest release of doubleTwist.  The latest version is (at this time) Mac only, however a PC version is promised to be in the works.  Additionally, an international version is… Continue Reading »

After the recent WebOS version 1.2 upgrade, some users found certain features missing or broken.  There was an issue with some Exchange servers, there’s an app store, but no paid apps yet, and, oh yeah, iTunes syncing was still broken.  Surely this meant that Palm had simply given up after… Continue Reading »

Palm has announced that an update to the Pre’s WebOS firmware is on the way.  The update, WebOS 1.2.1, offers over 70 fixes and improvements including a revised cut and paste, notifications via the LED light on the Pre, the browser can now download files and open links as new… Continue Reading »

The latest in the cat and mouse game with Palm, the Pre, and iTunes now has Apple in the lead.  If you remember back, the last we heard was that iTunes 9 broke the Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes over a USB connection, at which Palm quickly followed up… Continue Reading »