Microsoft Demos Xbox IPTV in London

Link: Microsoft Demos Xbox IPTV in London
Filed under: Hardware News, IPTV News, Technology News, Microsoft News

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 360™ gaming console and the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform, to ...

 

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PC World seeks to sell Green PC

Link: PC World seeks to sell Green PC
Filed under: Software News, Hardware News, Companies News, Open Source News, Technology News, Microsoft News

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, ...

 

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Google Unveils Apps Premier Edition

Link: Google Unveils Apps Premier Edition
Filed under: Software News, Google News, Security News, Internet News, Business News

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 ...

 

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Eutelsat launching satellite broadband

Link: Eutelsat launching satellite broadband
Filed under: Broadband News, Telecoms News, Wireless News, Technology News, Internet News

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 ...

 

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UK Government refuses to ban DRM

Link: UK Government refuses to ban DRM
Filed under: Blogs, Legal News, Technology News, Security News

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 ...

 

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Amnesty calls for ISPs to protect free speech

Link: Amnesty calls for ISPs to protect free speech
Filed under: Telecoms News, Legal News, Internet News, General News

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 ...

 

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Orange IPTV service available in Q3 2007

Link: Orange IPTV service available in Q3 2007
Filed under: Wireless News, Mobile News, IPTV News, Technology News, Internet News

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, ...

 

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YouTube antipiracy software policy criticised

Link: YouTube antipiracy software policy criticised
Filed under: IPTV News, Google News, Technology News, Internet News

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 ...

 

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Joost Releases Beta For Intel Macs

Link: Joost Releases Beta For Intel Macs
Filed under: Apple News, IPTV News, Technology News, Internet News

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 ...

 

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Be pushes on ADSL2+

Link: Be pushes on ADSL2+
Filed under: Broadband News, Telecoms News, Technology News

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 ...

 

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BT Vision Secures IPTV Deals

Link: BT Vision Secures IPTV Deals
Filed under: IPTV News, Technology News, Internet News

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 ...

 

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Vista Upgrade Workaround Discovered

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Filed under: Software News, Companies News, Technology News, Microsoft News

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 ...

 

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Global Wireless Broadband Launched

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Filed under: Wireless News, Telecoms News, Hardware News, VoIP News, Technology News, Mobile News, Internet News

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 ...

 

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D-Wave Demos Quantum Computer

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Filed under: Hardware News, Technology News

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, ...

 

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Digital Content Exchange Launched

Link: Digital Content Exchange Launched
Filed under: IPTV News, Webmaster News, Internet News

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 ...

 

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Greenzap claims it’s not a scam

Link: Greenzap claims it’s not a scam
Filed under: Legal News, Webhosting News, Webmaster News, Security News, Internet News

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. ...

 

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Intel Demonstrates Teraflop Processor

Link: Intel Demonstrates Teraflop Processor
Filed under: Hardware News, Technology News

Intel demonstrated its 80-core processor in San Francisco last week and will present a paper on the research behind it during the International Solid State Circuits Conference in the city this week. Intel's super-fast chip can produce 1 trillion floating-point operations per ...

 

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