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2007: A year in review, April
PS3 sales slump, Google goes on a spree and Apple and EMI revolutionise the download biz 27 December 2007 11:00 GMT
The month started with a massive announcement for the music download industry.

Apple and EMI announced DRM-free iTunes Plus offering copyright protection free music through Apple's iTunes music store.

It meant for the first time, customers could...
Most "irksome" web words revealed
"My blog got turned into blook so I'm vlogging at a webinar" 22 June 2007 13:20 GMT
A survey has revealed the web words that people find most annoying.

Here's the top ten of the list, plus a handy explanation for each one:

1. Folksonomy (a web classification system)
2. Blogosphere (the collective term for all blogs)
MySpace and Yahoo in swapsies deal?
"Tentative" deal talked up 21 June 2007 10:05 GMT
According to reports in The Times, News Corp. have been in talks about the possibility of swapping MySpace in exchange for a chunk of Yahoo.

According to anonymous sources, the two companies have been in discussions to hand over MySpace in return for either...
Fujitsu Siemens and T-Mobile team up on notebook's web offering
AMILO Pro to offer Web'n'walk package out of the box 18 June 2007 13:00 GMT
Fujitsu Siemens has announced a partnership with T-Mobile that will mean the AMILO Pro V3525 series will now feature T-Mobile's Web'n'walk mobile broadband service enabling users to connect to the Internet out of the box.

George Sebastian, head of UK mobile...
Vodafone introduces three new Mobile Broadband price plans
New monthly, 24 hour and business plans available 18 June 2007 12:05 GMT
Vodafone has announced three new price plans for its wireless PC and laptop connectivity services.

"Mobile Broadband" offers flat rate monthly access at £25 so customers can enjoy the freedom of being connected all over the UK (over 80% population coverage)...
Microsoft introduces Mediaroom - new name for IPTV platform
With new multimedia capabilites 18 June 2007 11:54 GMT
Microsoft has updated and revamped its IPTV software platform offering with the newly launched Microsoft Mediaroom.

Mediaroom Offers new multimedia capabilities, including in-home personal music and photo sharing, dynamic MultiView (multiple picture-in-picture)...
Sony Ericsson look to software in race to become No.1
We talk gaming, photography, music and more to UK marketing manager David Hilton 15 June 2007 11:16 GMT
With the mobile phone market heating up and traditional manufacturers worried what effect the introduction of Apple's iPhone will have on the market, Sony Ericsson along with others is launching a barrage of new handsets hoping to offer a plethora of choices to any would-be...
Reports suggest Nikon "D3" for summer
New high-end 18 megapixel DSLR? 11 June 2007 8:40 GMT
Nikon's 12-Megapixel D2x has been around since 2004 so it's high time for a replacement.

Rumours of a new high-end Nikon - being called the D3 for obvious reasons - are hotting up with sources predicting a June launch and August/September availability.
Visual Voicemail widget available free on Google US
"See" your mobile's messages on iGoogle 8 June 2007 15:02 GMT
Yet another one of the Apple iPhone's unique selling points as vanished with the announcement from Google that it is offering CallWave's Visual Voicemail gadget for Google Personalized Homepage.

The free (at least while it's still in Beta stage) desktop-based...
Digg's expansion plans revealed
Images, reviews and personalised content 4 June 2007 11:17 GMT
In a surprise video appearance at The NextWeb conference in Amsterdam, Digg's founder Kevin Rose revealed what the next 6 to 12 months has in store for the user driven social content site.

Digg's remit will be expanding from just news, videos, and podcasts...
Yahoo rumoured to be buying Bebo
$1bn the magic number 21 May 2007 13:48 GMT
Yahoo maybe about to buy UK social networking site Bebo for $1bn the Sunday Telegraph is reporting.

The rumoured bid comes amid a flurry of internet-related deals, which has seen lots of sales of internet start-ups this year already including dpreview.com to...
Griffin Technology surveys iPod safety
Take the survey, help stop crime 14 May 2007 12:45 GMT
iPod accessory manufacturer Griffin Technology has commissioned a survey to investigate what constitutes safe iPod use. The survey looks at where people use their iPods, how they use them and what precautions they may take to prevent theft.

iPods and crime hit...
MySpace to buy Photobucket
Sold for $250 million 8 May 2007 3:40 GMT
It claimed it was the biggest Photosite in the world, but chances are until a couple of weeks ago you had never heard of it. Now it seems, MySpace has snapped it up for $250 million in cash according to report on the Internet.

Photobucket says it has 41 million...
Property seekers go online
Survey finds that people are now surfing the web for properties 20 April 2007 13:04 GMT
It's been found that 91% of active homebuyers would consider using the Internet as their first step when looking for a property.

The study published by Findaproperty.com and PrimeLocation.com discovered the findings in its "Surfing for Homes" report compiled...
Google signs radio deal in US
Multi-year agreement sees ads on radio 16 April 2007 16:27 GMT
Google has announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement that enables the search engine to sell a guaranteed portion of 30-second advertising inventory available on more than 675 of Clear Channel's AM/FM stations.

Under the agreement, Google Audio Ads...
Google buys DoubleClick
3.1 billion dollars in cash 16 April 2007 11:01 GMT
Google has expanding its advertising reach even further with the acquisition of ad firm DoubleClick.

The search engine has announced that it is paying $3.1 billion in cash for the company and in the process gains software for creating and measuring internet...
Google launch RSS reader
Google say yes to RSS aggregator 10 October 2005 14:30 GMT
Google has launched an RSS feed reader called Google Reader so users can collate RSS feeds in one place.

Similar to the online service offered by NewsGator or Bloglines, the online app allowing users to subscribe to RSS feeds and receive a notification when a...
Google Merges Local and Maps Products
Google Local comes out of beta 7 October 2005 17:09 GMT
Google today announced the official launch of Google Local, its local directory of businesses similar to the Yellow Pages in the UK. The search engine also merged the technologies behind Google Local and Google Maps to create one application to access map directions and...
Google and Sun team up to tout Open Office and Google Toolbar
Nothing dramatic, but it will pave the way for future talks 4 October 2005 18:46 GMT
People were expecting an announcement to change the computing world forever, but it seems that today's Google/Sun conference is to let everyone know that the two companies have come to an agreement to promote and distribute their software technologies to millions of users...
Google and Sun to join forces in secret project to be announced tonight
Operating system, office application or just buying some servers 4 October 2005 13:52 GMT
Google and Sun are holding a joint press release today (10:30 PT, 13:30 ET, and 18:30 BST) in what industry pundits believe could be to announce a number of ventures from a office suite, to operating system to merely buying some server space for its Wi-fi experiment in the...
Tiger gets update to 10.4.1
Tiger update 17 May 2005 1:38 GMT
Apple has released 10.4.1 update for Tiger users. The update, some 37.7Mb fixes a number of issues mainly with iMail. Full details from Apple of the improvements the update will make below.

Improvements

This update offers many reliability and compatibility...
Tiger Direct loses battle with Apple
Apple and judge maul TigerDirect 16 May 2005 16:54 GMT
Two weeks after Tiger Direct announced that it was suing Apple (here) for using the Tiger name, the case has been thrown out of a Florida court.

The Florida judge ruled against Tiger Direct, who wanted complete ownership of the name, for its lawsuit over the...
Tiger Direct sues Apple over Tiger
Big cats try to get fat 29 April 2005 17:00 GMT
Tiger Direct, a reseller in America, is suing Apple over the launch of its latest operating system OS10.4 Tiger.

The company claims that by using the name of the large cat Apple has "overwhelmed the computer world with a sea of Tiger references", displacing the...
Apple confirms date for Tiger operating system
New OS on the way 12 April 2005 15:19 GMT
Apple has confirmed the launch date of its latest operating system. The much awaited “Tiger” edition will be available in the UK from April 29 2005.

With over 200 new features Apple fans should get their fill of 10.4. The biggest new feature to look forward to...
Ask Jeeves if its bought Bloglines?
7 February 2005 15:29 GMT
Ask Jeeves have followed other search engines by buying into the blog market. The internet search engine is due to confirm that it has bought Bloglines, a privately held start-up that aggregates personal websites.

The acquisition if true would mean the company...