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February 29, 2008
by Janet Harris
Microsoft has announced plans to cut the retail price of its Windows Vista operating system in 70 countries, at the same time as it ships Service Pack 1, Vista's first major system update.
The company hopes that this will encourage customers still using Windows XP to switch to Vista.
Boxed versions of Windows Vista, sold online and through stores, represent ...
by David Allen
There are reports that say fixed line broadband could be going the same way as a fixed line telephone, which means that the broadband companies will need to be on their toes when it comes to service and internet connection speed.
It could even be possible that within two years mobile broadband packages will be outselling fixed line contracts. This is because of the price ...
by David Allen
This is not a new government scheme that checks up on what everyone is doing on the internet, but rather a form of targeted advertising, BT, Talk Talk and Virgin Media have been impressed in what Phorm can offer them and their subscribers, but the remaining three of the big six broadband companies, Tiscali, Sky and Orange have yet to be suitably ...
by David Allen
There is to be huge a marketing campaign ahead of the fifth series of the US hit show Nip/Tuck which will be shown by FX instead of SKY One who have shown all of the previous four series.
The marketing will take place in cinemas, newspapers, open air, internet and of course on TV, this is set to become one of the biggest ...
by David Allen
The BBC have been talking about letting BBC Worldwide go, either through a float or merger this has raised several questions about the future of the service. But it looks as if there may be a solution that would suit all and keep the BBC Worldwide service going.
Apparently Channel four could be interested in taking a stake in BBC Worldwide, this is ...
by Rohan Parker
Prices have been released by Intel for their new 4 series chipsets which will be launched in the second quarter later this year. Intel have also announced an extra product to be a part of the 4 series, the P43.
The reason behind the inclusion of the P43 - which is a slightly reduced version of the P45 and ...
by Rohan Parker
Notebook makers have stated that Intel is planning on reducing the amount of Napa Refresh and Santa Rosa notebook products in the second quarter of this year in an effort to push their new Centrino 2 (Montevina) as their new key product.
Projections for sales of the Montevina show that when the notebook launches it will account for around 18% ...
by Alan Harten
Internet Explorer 8 is being beta tested by Microsoft's software testing community.
This is expected to be followed quite shortly by public beta testing, after the trials are completed, which should be by the beginning of summer.
The new Internet Explorer 8, will replace Explorer 7, which has been dogged with problems since its introduction in October 2006. ...
February 28, 2008
by Janet Harris
Firefox 3, the latest version of Mozilla's web browser, has been revamped to improve the search function for users.
The browser, which is undergoing its third stage of beta testing, features a combined search and bookmark tool, accessible via the url bar.
If a user types a word into the url bar, the browser displays a list of recently visited sites which have ...
by Lin Freestone
Throughout March and April, Sky is planning to add Sky Sports HD 3, Sky Movies Premiere HD and FX HD. The channels will air between 7pm and 2am.
FX HD will be a bespoke channel rather than an FX simulcast. Sky estimates that 90% of its output will be in high definition. It has been working with FX ...
by David Allen
It seems that despite all of the advertising that has appeared in the media and on TV around a third of the population of the UK are not quite sure as to what they will have to do about switching their TV over to digital. But in a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) it also appears that even retail are not ...
by David Allen
The last three months of 2007 has proved to be very productive for the Broadband, TV and Telecom company.
First they posted the first revenue growth of the year, which was £621.9 million in the last quarter of the year.
But something that is more precious to companies than cash, customers: they managed to attract another 24,400 customers to sign up for their services ...
by David Allen
It is the one thing that many people desire, the ability to call up their ISP and talk the customer services people for free which would take out all of the frustration with being left on the phone waiting to be transferred to another department.
But BT are looking to do just that for their broadband customers, as from the 1st of ...
by David Allen
The advert for Setanta Sports which showed everyone a gold clad Santa named Setanta Claus played by the sports commentary legend Des Lynam, this advert which was shown just before Christmas had thirty six people running for the their phones to complain that it was sexist. This is because there is a mention of breasts and two puppies when referring to one of ...
by Alan Harten
The National Audit Office (NAO) has made a statement claiming that a full third of the population of the UK is unclear about just how to prepare for the impending switchover to digital TV broadcasting.
The NAO also states, half of all retail staff involved in digital TV sales do not have sufficient knowledge to advise the public correctly about ...
February 27, 2008
by Janet Harris
At a press conference in San Francisco, Dell announced plans to offer web-hosted IT monitoring and tech support.
Dell is following major players such as Amazon, IBM and Google into the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market, which is developing rapidly.
Dell has been paving the ground for the move for quite a while. It acquired SilverBack Technologies early last year. SilverBack sold an application ...
by David Allen
4oD the video on demand service from Channel Four has been deemed a big success as they are reporting that over one hundred million downloads or streams have been made, this is since its launch in December 2006. If this is compared with the BBC’s iPlayer, it has reached seventeen million since its launch in December 2007.
But with success breads more success ...
by David Allen
The new year saw sweeping changes to the ITV set up, with the ever popular New at Ten being brought back as the channels flagship news service, the idea behind this was to enable the channel to introduce some drama back into the nine o’clock time slot.
The channel has been true to its word, with new dramas such as Honest, ...
by David Allen
The video on demand service that many people have been patiently waiting for - Kangaroo - will be launching in June this year.
The channel has been developed by the BBC, ITV and Channel Four and will be showing a mixture of content from all of the channels, which is what makes it so interesting. But the BBC is a little concerned about ...
by David Allen
Regulator Ofcom has issued to warning to digital TV broadcasters with regards to explicit adult content that is becoming available on free to air channels, in the warning they state that they may introduce new tougher regulations when it come to how adult content can be shown.
The body found that several channels have been breaking the rules when it comes to ...
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Microsoft has announced plans to cut the retail price of its Windows Vista operating system in 70 countries, at the same time as it ships Service Pack 1, Vista's first major system update.
The company hopes that this will encourage customers still using Windows XP to switch to Vista.
Boxed versions of Windows Vista, sold online and through stores, represent ...
