Briefly: Apple buys CoverFlow; 9 UK stores

In brief: Steel Skies' CoverFlow technology and intellectual property has been recently sold to Apple, which today announced iTunes 7 with "CoverFlow" features to smoothly navigate media items.... Apple Europe boss Pascal Cagni has confirmed new plans to focus on retail stores in Europe, promising nine UK retail stores by year's end.... Music Inc Magazine has named AudioSkin one of its "Best in Show" from the summer NAMM convention, honoring the device designed to collect loose cables.... SanDisk today announced a 4GB miniSD high capacity (SDHC) flash card at the CTIA Wireless Show, where the company is exhibiting in Booth #1147.... TiVo today announced the launch of its Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder -- the first stand-alone TiVo product that is HD compatible, according to the company.... NetGear today began shipping its SPH101 Wi-Fi Phone for Skype, the first publicly announced device certified to enable Skype Wi-Fi internet calling, according to NetGear.

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