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News Online television has a bright future and we're only at the beginning, according to one of the executives responsible for the launch of the BBC iPlayer. Highfield said he was confident the UK would embrace online TV due... [12 Feb 2009]
Project Kangaroo shot dead by Competition Commission
News Kangaroo would likely have been similar to the BBC's iPlayer platform, only with more channels available to watch live or catch up with on-demand. The man largely responsible for the iPlayer's success,... [04 Feb 2009]
Irish ISP to ban illegal music downloaders
News Check out silicon.com's Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Irish internet provider Eircom has agreed to disconnect users who download music... [02 Feb 2009]
Broadband Britain to get 2Mbps universal service
News Where possible it is now time to address those 'notspots' in terms of availability and I think that's really on the basis that broadband is increasingly being seen as a basic utility for households, both in terms of the benefits of... [29 Jan 2009]
Rejected: Intel's appeal to delay antitrust
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Intel has failed in its bid to delay European Commission antitrust procedures... [29 Jan 2009]
Broadband Britain: 'Forget fibre - let's plug UK's notspots'
News He said: "Where possible it is now time to address those 'notspots' in terms of availability and I think that's really on the basis that broadband is increasingly being seen as a basic utility for households, both in terms of the... [26 Jan 2009]
Five of the best mobile browsers
Photo Its biggest claim to fame is Flash and Java support - the likes of iPlayer, YouTube et al work as they do on the full-fat internet, embedded in the page. Here, silicon.com rounds up five of the best offerings out there... [05 Jan 2009]
High fibre, high investment and high speeds
News Been enjoying the unfettered broadband access that lets you cram iPlayer programme after iPlayer programme down your fat pipe? While it's been some years since the UK became a majority broadband nation... [29 Dec 2008]
Five tech predictions for 2009
Comment Free software and the ads that go with it are fine for a downturn but come the recovery - and when SMEs start to become larger companies - the progression to a paid-for, ad-less equivalent could well become all too... [23 Dec 2008]
iPlayer realises Mac and Linux download dream
News The download version of BBC iPlayer is now available for Mac and Linux users. The beta version is now available to members of the BBC iPlayer Labs testing group with a full rollout expected early next year. [19 Dec 2008]
North West leading the rise of online banking
News Check out silicon.com's Cheat Sheets… Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Galileo CRM Biometrics The North West has embraced online and phone banking more than anywhere else in the UK. [18 Dec 2008]
iPlayer and chums coming to your set-top box and mobile
News Having conquered the PC world with one million requests per day, the BBC's iPlayer could soon be coming to your set-top box. Such a platform will mean the likes of BBC's iPlayer and ITV's newly rebranded... [11 Dec 2008]
iPlayer smoking with a million per day
News The BBC's iPlayer web on-demand TV service saw its programme requests top more than a million per day last month. BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage BBC iPlayer downloads coming to Mac and... [04 Dec 2008]
Watchdog kills Project Kangaroo's bounce
News BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage BBC iPlayer downloads coming to Mac and Linux BBC iPlayer gets portable with Windows Media BBC iPlayer gets smart on N96 BBC... [03 Dec 2008]
Don't expect a UK LTE network before 2011
News Once an LTE network is up and running, the Ericsson CTO said increasing demand for on-demand video services could mean some local media content caching could be required to keep up with users' thirst for YouTube and BBC... [25 Nov 2008]
