A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Apple's video sales send shares up 5%
Apple Computer has sold a million videos on its iTunes online service in less than 20 days, sending shares up almost 5 per cent.
On October 12th, the iTunes online music store began selling about 2,000 music videos and episodes of ABC's Desperate Housewives and Lost for $1.99 (€1.65). It coincided with the launch of a new generation of the iPod digital music player that plays video on a 2.5 inch (6.35cm) colour screen.
Topping the list of sellers were music videos by Michael Jackson, Fatboy Slim and Kanye West, as well as episodes of ABC shows.
"Selling one million videos in less than 20 days strongly suggests there is a market for legal downloads," Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said in a statement. "Our next challenge is to broaden our content offerings."
At the launch, ABC was the only non-music provider apart from Mr Jobs's Pixar Animation Studios. Sources have said Apple is in discussions to encourage more US television networks to provide programming. - (Reuters)
Sun revenue up 3.7% in 3 months
US technology group Sun Microsystems, which employs 140 people at its development centre in Dublin, reported a 3.7 per cent increase in revenue in the three months ended September 25th, as demand for its products remained high.
Revenue rose to $2.73 billion (€2.27 billion) in the quarter, from $2.63 billion in the year-earlier period.
The group also started to see the benefit of the addition of two acquisitions completed in the period, SeeBeyond Technology and Storage Technology.
Results released earlier this week showed Sun's net loss narrowed in the quarter to $123 million, from $133 million in the year-earlier period. The loss includes one-time costs relating to the acquisitions and restructuring.
Eland founder joins CarTrawler
The founder of Eland Technologies, Bobby Healy, has joined motor distribution software group CarTrawler as chief technology officer. Mr Healy recently sold Eland, which was also involved in developing distribution technology and online booking systems for airlines.
CarTrawler software facilitates airlines and travel agencies selling car rental to customers.
Mobile firm lands Samsung deal
Vimio, a developer of mobile media content distribution solutions, has signed an agreement enabling its audio software to be used in Samsung's mobile phones.
Samsung will embed Vimio's audio and video software in its mobile phones at the point of manufacture. In return, Vimio will receive a royalty payment for every handset with the software.
Vimio's software compresses wireless media content sent to a mobile phone down to as little as one-tenth the size of competing technologies while maintaining audio and visual quality. The handsets will initially be launched in the Korean market.
