Internet radio licensing madness, Chinese podcasting for cash, Treasury foot-dragging, Supreme Commander and much more

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• Will licensing kill the radio star?
  New rules on royalties are stifling British internet radio stations while allowing foreign rivals to broadcast into the UK unhindered, reports Wendy M. Grossman.
• Now you're speaking my language
  A businessman in China plans to deliver language learning to millions through podcasts, cutting out teachers and classrooms. Glyn Moody reports.
• Should government charge ... and how much?
  Charles Arthur investigates why six years is apparently not quite enough time in the civil service to carry out a study into the economic benefits of free data.
• Roaming instinct to cut costs
  The next step in the phone revolution is a mobile that will get cheaper the moment you step inside your home or office, discovers Peter Judge.
• Intel's approach is logical but won't have mass appeal
  It will take more than the undoubted logic that underpins Intel's latest offerings to revitalise the company's slowing sales, predicts Jack Schofield.
• War that's worth the wait
  Supreme Commander will deliver an intergalactic war on a spectacular scale, the game's lead designer tells Alexander Gambotto-Burke.
• Why has the Guardian been spamming my blog?
  A spammer inserted spam weblinks on hundreds of blogs and sites over the weekend, giving Guardian Technology's email as a contact address. Many of the blog owners weren't enchanted. Nor were we.
• Who wins if iTunes songs have a single price?
  Although Apple barely scrapes a profit from its iTunes Music Store, analysts are convinced that the company benefits from having a single price for all its songs.
• Caught in the middle of a net revolution
  The internet allows us to bypass the shops and buy online, or to forsake the bookies and bet against individuals - and Victor Keegan reckons estate agents and banks might be the next intermediaries to suffer.
• Technobile
  Filling in online forms is one of modern life's most testing experiences - it's easier just to visit the local shops, insists Kate Bevan.
• Read this week's letters
  Send your letters, comments, questions and rants to tech@theguardian.com, and please include your address and post town.
• Nintendo's name change a Wii bit too far for fans
  In calling their next generation games console "Wii", Nintendo have reinforced the barrier between gamer and non-gamer, argues Aleks Krotoski.
• Games of the week
  Football Manager Handheld | 2006 Fifa World Cup | Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
• Ask Jack
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