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Apple settles Creative patent spat for $100m
News The $100m, to be paid by Apple, grants Apple a licence to a Creative patent for the hierarchical user interface used in that company's Zen music players. Its Zen products haven't translated into profits,... [24 Aug 2006]
Apple gets Creative with patent suit
News Creative's complaints centre on a patent describing a system for organising music and songs used in its Zen MP3 player, which the US Patent and Trademark Office awarded it last August. Faced with a... [22 May 2006]
Creative slaps Apple with iPod patent suit
News In both cases, Creative says the iPod and iPod Nano infringe on a patent the company has for the interface in its Zen media player, a patent granted last August. Singapore-based electronics maker... [16 May 2006]
Creative to make Apple pay over iPod patent
News He added that Creative, which makes the Zen range of music players, is already in talks with parties over the patent, awarded this August. Sim Wong Hoo, head of MP3 player maker Creative, has indicated... [09 Dec 2005]
First virus-infected Creative Zen MP3 players found
News A number of Creative's Zen digital music players infected with the Wullik.B virus have been shipped to consumers in Japan. According to the firm's Japanese website, the problem has affected 5GB Creative... [01 Sep 2005]
Leader: Is the iPod love affair over?
Leader Here at Silicon Towers, one staffer plans to pick up a 20GB Creative Zen Touch for about the same amount as it would cost to fix the replacement iPod mini. The service from Apple at the time can't be faulted as all three... [20 Jun 2005]
Leader: Apple work with Microsoft? Let the people decide
Leader Still, the news isn't ideal for consumers - anyone thinking of swapping their iTunes-bought music from an iPod to a Zen Micro, or transferring their Napster-bought music the other way, will have a real problem. [07 Apr 2005]
Napster to give users one million songs for under £15
News The Napster to Go service works on a subscription model - for £14.95 a month, users can, monthly, take their pick from Napster's entire catalogue and load them onto one of five compatible music players: the Zen Micro and... [03 Feb 2005]
Microsoft: "iPod has captured the imagination"
News Baker cited the latest release of Windows Media Player along with the likes of Creative's Zen multi-purpose audio and video portable media device as the way Microsoft sees the market going, although he... [22 Sep 2004]