Aug
25

SMEs face 200% hike on 0870 phone bills

Thousands of small businesses could see their phone bills treble next month as new Ofcom rules on non-geographic numbers come into force. Companies that have failed to migrate from 0870, 0871,.. more
Aug
25

Kapersky makes HSBC malware error

Those who use Kapersky’s security software were warned last week, needlessly, that the HSBC Personal Internet banking site had malware. The security suite warned users upon logging into the banking website.. more
Aug
25

Students pay for lunch with a finger

Biometric technology is now being used for lunch at an Elyria, OH high school in the US. The system scans students’ fingerprints and debits their lunch purchase from their school lunch.. more
Aug
25

Council Deploys Evidian’s Single Sign On Solution

Winchester City Council has deployed Enterprise SSO from Evidian, the European leader in identity and access management, to simplify access for staff to multiple applications while increasing security. The solution was supplied through specialist distributor, AppSpeed The Evidian solution is being used together with two-factor.. more
Aug
25

Jajah bolted-on to Microsoft OCS

IP communications provider Jajah is collaborating with Microsoft on a new IP service for enterprise customers. Under the terms of the agreement between the two firms, businesses making calls using Microsoft’s Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 Release 2 will be given access to Jajah’s cloud.. more
Aug
25

Arqiva acquires Project Kangaroo

On-demand TV platform Project Kangaroo has been acquired by broadcast infrastructure company Arqiva. Arqiva has acquired the hardware, software, and intellectual property assets of Project Kangaroo, which was developed in a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, Channel 4, and ITV. Arqiva aims to use the.. more
Aug
25

QuickPlay unveils mobile set-top box

QuickPlay Media has unveiled a new mobile set-top box solution that will extend the reach of TV service providers to mobile devices. The platform allows IPTV subscribers to download movies and TV programmes to watch on their mobile devices. Content can be downloaded over Wi-Fi,.. more
Aug
25

iPhone in legal trouble over i.TV photo

Apple is facing a lawsuit over its iPhone App Store’s i.TV application, from US photographer Louis Psihoyosis, who claims the company used a photograph of his that was stored on the iPhone media application. The photograph is the same curved wall of television screens that.. more
Aug
25

ZTE and Apple get into IPTV

IPTV is picking up steam with two companies, Apple and ZTE, a Chinese firm, tossing their hats into the ring. ZTE will use encoding solutions from Optibase to create an end to end IPTV service. It will also utilise the Optibase Media Gateway IPTV encoding.. more
Aug
25

Apples new ultra thin mobile computer

Apple is about to launch a new product, a tablet computer, available to the public for the first time. The tablet computer is large enough to allow users to browse the web, watch films, and read online but small enough to fit into a handbag.. more