Xbox Live members will also be able to take part in polls to gauge their voting intentions.
The company's new device, PSP-3000, will offer players a built-in microphone and an upgraded high-resolution liquid crystal display.
The teenager said she was trying to be proactive at a time of crisis by sending the e-mails last Thursday.
By clicking a button, users of IE8 will be able to limit how much information is recorded about where they go online and what they do.
Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock said Tuesday, "the software update improves communication with 3G networks."
The U.S. attorney's office says the suspects used peer-to-peer networks to exchange graphic images and videos, then stored the files on their computers.
"After several incidents like these, it would be appropriate for Apple to take some measures to raise the public's awareness."
Researchers say the company has "started an effort to identify all web pages on the internet that could be malicious".
With the zooming sales of such video games as Activision Blizzard Inc.'s Guitar Hero and MTV's Rock Band, music publishers say privately they're being shortchanged on the deal.
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