Digital Media
RSS Digital MediaMake haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News The European Commission has called for EU members to speed their switchover to digital television, and therefore in the process free up spectrum, which can then be used for broadband services. Viviane Reding, information... [30 Oct 2009]
Amazon's Kindle ignites legal upheaval
Comment It will be interesting to observe whether, in due course, illegal e-book file-sharing attracts the same levels of controversy and media attention as illegal music file-sharing. They are capable of storing thousands of... [27 Oct 2009]
IBM XIV® Storage System: Ideal Storage for the New Media Era
White Paper The last decade has seen a revolution in the way in which digital information is generated and organized. The IBM XIV® Storage System provides a revolutionary solution for these requirements, in that it combines... [12 Oct 2009]
BBC iPlayer gets ready to go Worldwide
News It's inevitable that we, the digital media business, need to move to a mix of paid services," he said. The BBC's iPlayer video-on-demand service, which first appeared in summer 2007 has now become a part... [12 Oct 2009]
BBC names new CIO as part of tech shake-up
News The BBC has appointed a new CIO as part of a restructuring of its broadcast and enterprise technology area within the Future Media & Technology division. She has also been technology controller for BBC Nations & Regions,... [09 Oct 2009]
Christian Engström
AS Profile For Engström it is his latest move in his ongoing battle against digital copyright, working as an unpaid activist within the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, a not-for-profit organisation that lobbies... [08 Oct 2009]
Photos: Amazon's Kindle comes to the UK
Photo Some media companies are hoping the device will allow them to generate new revenue streams by charging consumers for subscriptions. The Kindle offers UK users access to more than 200,000 English-language... [08 Oct 2009]
Rupert Murdoch
AS Profile Rupert Murdoch is one of the most powerful men in the media - when the News Corp butterfly flaps its wings, a tornado bursts over the media landscape somewhere. There's no doubt about it - it's going to... [30 Sep 2009]
Nicholas Negroponte
AS Profile He is currently on leave from MIT, where he was co-founder and director of the MIT Media Laboratory, and the Jerome B Wiesner Professor of Media Technology. He also serves on the board of directors for... [30 Sep 2009]
Photos: The hottest tech out of the UK's Silicon Valley
Photo The RatPlug, produced by OmniPlug Technologies, will download media files, such as photos and videos to any USB-enabled device - such as an MP3 or portable video player - while it's charging. From then on, the device... [24 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Stephen Timms, Minister for Digital Britain and financial secretary to the Treasury, said the government is committed to making its £6 per year tax on landlines law to pay for rolling out next-gen broadband in the UK. [23 Sep 2009]
Facebook adds Nielsen to friends for ads
News While Facebook has been growing in prominence as a digital ad destination, it's still had to do some convincing to combat the industry attitude that social media advertising doesn't work. Earlier this... [22 Sep 2009]
Australian cops investigate 'anonymous' cyber attack threat
News AGD said it had advised agencies likely to be targeted - such as the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy and the Australian Communications and Media Authority - to contact... [09 Sep 2009]
Silverlight 4: Microsoft casts light on next version of Adobe Flash rival
News In particular, Microsoft said the next version of the Adobe Flash rival would support its PlayReady digital rights management technology for offline content. Also on Tuesday, Microsoft said it would release in the next... [09 Sep 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News On the first day of the events, Viviane Reding, the EU's commissioner for information society and media, and Charlie McCreevy, commissioner for the bloc's internal market, said in a joint statement "it is time for... [08 Sep 2009]
