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BBC and private sector announce major new cross-industry media player project for the UK
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A consortium of UK media companies, including the BBC and major commercial broadcasters, today announced a major new project to build a national cross ...
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19 November 2009
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New MSN homepage revealed!
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A major update to MSN.com was revealed today, with the soft-launch of the brand new MSN homepage was launched today.
"Today is an exciting ...
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03 November 2009
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Web advertising overtakes TV advertising – for the first time in history!
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Advertising online is now more important than advertising on TV, as spending on web-based ad campaigns overtakes spending on TV ads for the first t ...
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01 October 2009
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Microsoft launches web-based MS Office apps
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Today Microsoft rolled-out the first public Beta of Microsoft Office Web Applications, under the Office Online branding. This a useful new online serv ...
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18 September 2009
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The next big blockbuster video game launches next week: Halo 3 ODST
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The top headline on the BBC News technology page is currently the imminent release of the next big blockbuster video game, Halo 3: ODST, which will dr ...
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18 September 2009
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Microsoft Tag can connect your mobile device to online content
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Microsoft issued a press release this week promoting Microsoft Tag -- a simple, convenient new service for delivering content to camera phones and oth ...
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17 September 2009
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Bing market-share rose by 22% last month
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Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, is rapidly gaining popularity and market share.
The latest trends documented in a report published by Nielsen ...
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17 September 2009
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New version of Bing.com coming soon
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A new version of the Bing web portal is imminent -- if rumours leaked following an internal company meeting by several Microsoft insiders on the micro ...
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11 September 2009
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Microsoft and Tesco announce major new online entertainment service for UK customers
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Microsoft and Tesco have been secretly collaborating to develop a next-generation interactive entertainment service on the web for UK consumers. The s ...
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10 September 2009
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US army develops Silverlight app for managing troop deployment
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The US army has migrated their troop resourcing system to Silverlight 2.0, replacing an existing conventional desktop software application powered by ...
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10 September 2009
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UK music industry announces landmark deal with YouTube
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There is a serious crisis facing the music industry. The problem is simple -- it costs too much to put music online legally.
The crisis facing onli ...
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04 September 2009
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Nokia to launch its first ever laptop later this year
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Gadget-lovers and the mass media around the world have been eagerly anticipating further details of a completely new product by Nokia, the Nokia Bookl ...
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02 September 2009
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Microsoft Word banned in USA over alleged patent infringement by district court in east Texas
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*** I am still digesting the facts. I will continue to update this web page as I progress. When finished, this page will provide a simple analysis of ...
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12 August 2009
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Zune HD portable media player: launch-date announced by Microsoft
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The new Zune HD media player will be launched in the US on 15 September, Microsoft has announced.
Zune HD is literally the state-of-the-art per ...
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12 August 2009
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Google reveals new version of its search engine
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Google today unveiled project "Caffeine", the codename for the secret project to develop the next-generation of the company's search-engine infrastruc ...
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10 August 2009
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Most young people in the UK download music illegally
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Most young people download music without paying
Research commissioned by UK Music, the umbrella body which represents the British music business, f ...
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10 August 2009
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Xbox LIVE update announced for next week
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Microsoft sent an
email
to all Xbox LIVE customers today to
announce
the date for the next major update to the Xbox LIVE service. This ...
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08 August 2009
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Google's chief executive resigns from Apple's board
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The chief executive of Google has resigned from Apple.
You could be forgiven for wondering what Eric Schmidt, the top man at Google, was doing on A ...
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04 August 2009
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Hackers can take control of Mac keyboards
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Hackers have announced a new keyboard hack for Mac computers which uses compromised hardware to steal private information from the user.
The new ha ...
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01 August 2009
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Every iPhone can be hacked by a single text message
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Hackers can take control of any iPhone, by sending a simple text message containing a square symbol.
Apple has known for "over a month" that its cu ...
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31 July 2009
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Convert Flash apps into Silverlight apps automatically with one mouse-click
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The death of Flash: upgrading to Silverlight
Flash-to-Silverlight conversion wizards mark the beginning of the end of Flash
A simple wizard like Sil ...
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22 July 2009
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Microsoft has switched back to attack mode
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Microsoft's strategic stance has shifted from defense back to offense.
The change back to a stronger, more confident, more competitive business is ...
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22 July 2009
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Apple sued for stealing touchpad idea
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Apple and other companies are being sued for stealing the idea for the touchpad interface.
The touchpad idea represents an important advancement in ...
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20 July 2009
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Twitter hacked via Google Apps
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A hacker got into Twitter's internal systems through Google Apps,
downloading confidential commercial documents and data, and gaining access to the ...
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16 July 2009
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Microsoft voted UK's best brand by British public
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Microsoft is officially the UK's favourite brand.
The BBC made the top 5. Apple just about made it into the top ten.
Apple's business model is not ...
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15 July 2009
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Silverlight 3 is released
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The new release of Silverlight, version 3.0, was launched today!
I was hoping to be the first to write a blog post about some of the powerful new f ...
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10 July 2009
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Bungie.net launches Render to Video feature for putting game videos on the web
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Bungie game studios has just launched a public Beta of their new
Render to Video feature. (I've been participating in the Beta.)
The new feature ...
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12 May 2009
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YouTube is still not a profitable business
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Google is losing an estimated 0.5 billion per year running YouTube, on top of the 1.65 billion it paid in 2006 to acquire the loss-making business.
T ...
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03 April 2009
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