The court ruling prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums. The New York Times reports. Lawyers said it was the first time a royalties dispute between artists and their record companies had been held in private, after EMI successfully applied for a news blackout for reasons of “commercial confidentiality.” Read full article.

From far east in Shenzhen, China comes the Energy 888D Mobile Phone. This is a new, cylindrical cell phone features a 2-inch curved display and a pen-like clip at the back of the handset. This strange looking phone has a pink finish which makes it an ideal handset for the female user. It doesn’t seem to

So lots of people have been submitting versions of the story about how Pink Floyd is suing EMI, claiming that EMI isn't paying the band what it owes for iTunes downloads. I'd avoided posting this, because it's basically the same contractual dispute we've seen from other acts, where they claim that their labels are accounting for iTunes downloads improperly in order to avoid pay...

Legendary rock band Pink Floyd have won a legal injunction against record label EMI, preventing the label from selling individual songs through digital means. The band argued this was against their 1999 contract, which stated that albums werent allowed to be sold in any but their original configuration, and EMI countered that this only applied

BBC News reports that Pink Floyd has won a legal battle with its record label EMI over whether the label should be allowed to distribute digital versions of the band's material on a track-by-track basis a...

Vodafone (which might soon launch two Microsoft Project Pink phones) is getting ready to introduce its first own-branded Android handset the Vodafone 845. The Vodafone 845 will be quite cheap: only €150. But thats because its not a high-end smartphone. Its features apparently include: 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.2MP camera, 512MB of

Leaks continue to pile up in cell phone news about Microsoft's Pink phones running on to the Marketplace. The latest two models being the Pure and the Turtle, suggested to land at Verizon Wireless sometime around April 20th. These will be the first two devices available in the line-up, and they will be targeted at the 13-17 and 18-29 age demographics. These two devices are said to be "feature...

REDMOND, USA - New evidence to back-up the existence of the mysterious Pink series of smartphones from Microsoft has emerged in the wild, further adding to the hype surrounding the foray of Microsoft into affordable smartphones. Leaked images of publicity material of US carrier Verizon have revealed two devices with slide-out QWERTY keyboards. The leaked screen-shots show

Mobile phone carrier Vodafone UK has reportedly confirmed plans to cut around 545 jobs in the UK, which represent about 6 percent of its total workforce. However, it seems that the decision will be offset by plans to hire 170 new staff in consumer facing positions, which means that the wireless operator will end up giving the pink slip to 375 employees. ...

Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, will introduce two phones from Microsoft Corp. in about May or June that are targeted at teenagers, two people with knowledge of the companies’ plans said.