The Ultimate Guide to Google News publishing
February 27, 2007
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If you’re building websites, you’re publishing.
And if you’re publishing websites whose focus is delivering information first, then you’re effectively an online magazine already.
If you’re a website publishing news, you’re effectively an online newspaper.
One of the great opportunities for […]
Petition calls for Vista price cuts in UK
February 27, 2007
An electronic petition on the Government’s E-Petitions website calls for the Prime Minister to use his influence to stop Microsoft Corp overcharging UK customers for its new Visa operating system.
The petition, which over 1,250 people signed in less than one day, will be sent to the Prime Minister’s office after it closes on 20 […]
Tiscali To Extend IPTV Service
February 27, 2007
Tiscali UK, which acquired IPTV company Homechoice for around £50 million in August 2006, plans to extend IPTV services outside of London. The company’s chief executive, Mary Turner, aims to make Tiscali one of the UK’s leading on-demand TV companies, serving 10 million homes by the end of 2007.
Tiscali, which currently provides IPTV to […]
BT to complete 21CN in Northern Ireland
February 24, 2007
BT will complete Northern Irelands’s £260m next-generation broadband network - known as 21st Century Network or 21CN - in 2010, making it the first region in the UK to benefit from the service.
BT will roll 21CN out across the UK, providing a platform for high-bandwidth services, including IPTV. It will cost a total of […]
Microsoft Demos Xbox IPTV in London
February 24, 2007
Microsoft Corp plans to demonstrate its latest Xbox technology at The Connected Home show at London’s Olympia in March.
The technology bring together two of Microsoft’s leading entertainment products, the Xbox 360â„¢ gaming console and the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform, to create a new digital entertainment offering with some unique features.
IPTV on Xbox […]
PC World seeks to sell Green PC
February 22, 2007
PC World, the UK retailer, is developing what it claims will be the world’s most energy-efficient and environmentally friendly PC.
The PC will be partly built of recycled components and components will be selected for their efficiency and low energy consumption. However, the plan has come under criticism for its use of Microsoft’s Vista as […]
Google Unveils Apps Premier Edition
February 22, 2007
Google is launching a business version of its application suite, with 24-hour telephone support and 10GB of storage, at a cost to companies of $50 per user. Additional storage capacity is available at an extra cost.
Google Apps Premier Edition provides email, calendars, instant messaging word processor and spreadsheet applications and also features APIs (application […]
Eutelsat launching satellite broadband
February 22, 2007
Eutelsat, the European satellite operator, is planning to launch a satellite-based broadband service in June.
The new service will provide broadband connectivity to European consumers currently unable to access fixed-line broadband in their locality.
The service will cost about the same as traditional broadband networks and will provide comprehensive coverage of Europe and the Mediterranean […]
UK Government refuses to ban DRM
February 22, 2007
Although the UK Government has rejected a call for digital rights management (DRM) to be banned in the UK, it also acknowledged that consumer rights could be undermined through the use of the technology.
Blogger Neil Holmes posted an online petition, calling for DRM to be outlawed, on the government’s e-petitions Web site. The petition, […]
Amnesty calls for ISPs to protect free speech
February 20, 2007
Human rights group Amnesty International has called for Internet service providers to protect free speech online.
Amnesty’s campaigns director, Mr Tim Hancock, told delegates at the 2007 annual awards dinner of the Internet Service Providers’ Association, that ISP’s and web users had a responsibility to protect democracy, freedom and access to knowledge on the Internet. […]
Orange IPTV service available in Q3 2007
February 20, 2007
According to The Sunday Telegraph, mobile operator Orange is planning to launch an internet protocol television (IPTV) service in the UK in the third quarter of 2007.
The company is also developing a technology which will allow subscribers to transfer content between their PC, TV and mobile phone - effectively turning a mobile phone into […]
YouTube antipiracy software policy criticised
February 20, 2007
YouTube, Google’s free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips, is planning to offer antipiracy tools to companies which it has distribution deals with.
The technology would help media companies identify pirated videos uploaded by users.
YouTube’s plan to provide the tools only as part of broader negotiations on licensing […]
Joost Releases Beta For Intel Macs
February 20, 2007
TV distribution platform Joost (formerly the Venice Project), has released version 0.8 of its beta player for Windows and also the first Mac beta, which is only for Intel processor powered Macs. The application was previously only available on the Windows platform.
The Mac version is said to be visually very much like Joost for […]
Be pushes on ADSL2+
February 16, 2007
Be, the internet service provider, which was acquired by O2 in June 2006, has expanded its super-fast broadband network.
The company has installed its equipment in 500 BT telephone exchanges, providing ADSL2+ broadband services to around 33% of the UK.
ADSL2+ is a broadband technology which can theoretically provide speeds of up to 24Mbps - […]
BT Vision Secures IPTV Deals
February 16, 2007
Telecoms group BT has secured content agreements with HBO and Universal Music Group for its BT Vision IPTV service.
Under the terms of the agreement, HBO will provide BT Vision viewers with a range of programming, including series, mini-series, documentaries and comedy specials not previously shown in the UK.
Universal Music Group will provide video-on-demand […]
Vista Upgrade Workaround Discovered
February 16, 2007
An IT professional is believed to have found a way of upgrading to a full version of Vista from scratch, while paying only for the cost of upgrading an earlier version of Windows.
Microsoft offers existing Windows users several routes to upgrade an existing version of Windows on their computer to the recently launched Vista […]
Global Wireless Broadband Launched
February 16, 2007
Inmarsat, a pioneer of global mobile satellite communications, has launched a satellite broadband service which will offer Internet connectivity to most of the world except for the North and South poles.
Inmarsat has joined with defence company Thales UK, to provide the Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service. BGAN provides connection speeds of […]
D-Wave Demos Quantum Computer
February 16, 2007
Canadian start-up, D-Wave, demonstrated its quantum computer - ‘Orion’ - at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, this week.
The company hopes to be ready to sell time on the computer to major institutions, by the first quarter of 2008.
Quantum computers, which have never yet existed outside of the laboratory, are fundamentally […]
Digital Content Exchange Launched
February 16, 2007
Digital TX Limited is launching a new global business program for the exchange and distribution of digital content, called DMEX, or Digital Media Exchange.
DMEX aims to help sellers of digital content find platform operators who would like to licence it. It also aims to help operators find content for their digital services.
DMEX collects […]
Greenzap claims it’s not a scam
February 14, 2007
Greenzap has unleashed a $57 million lawsuit against webhosting company LiquidWeb, claiming that it is hosting defamatory content.
Greenzap is a company that claimed itself to be a Paypal killer - offering incentives of $25 per sign-up - apparently for payment processing.
However, according to a Yahoo! News report, users would not be able to withdraw […]