Warner Music approaches EMI EMI today confirmed that Warner Music approached the major record label for a possible takeover in a move that could have serious repercussions for the future of digital rights management (DRM) technology. Industry watchers suggested that EMI may prove to be the first record label to allow third-party websites to sell its music without any DRM copy protection, while Warner Music is flatly opposed to abandoning the controversial anti-piracy measures. Google study A long-term study conducted by Google suggests that hard drives are more resilient to high temperatures than was once believed. The study also discovered that SMART predictive analysis used to calculate the chances of drive errors is almost entirely ineffective, while basic disk checks can reveal whether a drive is about to fail. Lexar updates card readers Lexar has updated its card readers for professional photographers, offering an entirely new Professional UDMA FireWire 800 Reader with support for Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) CompactFlash cards. The company also unveiled its new Professional Dual-Slot USB Reader that plugs into a USB 2.0 port, offering a pop-up adapter that accepts CF cards -- including UDMA models -- as well as SD or SDHC cards in another slot.