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News In the new role Pavitt, who featured on silicon.com's CIO50 list of the UK's most influential CIOs last year, will be expected to "transform customer service and improve compliance with the tax system, as well as enhance the efficiency... [02 Jun 2009]
Newspapers failing web 2.0 challenge
Comment Interestingly, soon after that incident, Sky ran an advert that claimed their news channel had "millions of reporters bringing the news to your screens". Newspapers need to find innovative ways to embrace web 2.0 - or... [12 May 2009]
Apple back on naughty bench over iPhone ads
News Back in August the ASA banned another advert for the iPhone - which promised users access to "all parts of the internet" on their Apple device, despite the phone's inability to display Flash or Java web content. [26 Nov 2008]
'Mobile broadband is not the same standard as fixed'
News Virgin Media also fell foul of the ASA this week over claims in an advert that its 20Mbps fibre optic service is the UK's fastest, which attracted complaints from members of the public and from Sky. The ASA's... [16 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.10.08
Round-Up In 2005, the organisation launched its very own job seekers website and tempted techies with an advert in The Times the following year. The name's Round-Up. Weekly Round-Up. In the past, the MI6 used to recruit spies by... [03 Oct 2008]
When is free broadband not free broadband?
News The Advertising Standards Authority has rapped Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk unit over a recent TV advert that promised free broadband even though it was not available to all customers. The advert... [25 Sep 2008]
Photos: From reel-to-reel to Blu-ray
Photo Sony introduced the MiniDisc in 1992 with an advert that featured rock band Reef, giving them their big break. Audio visual technology stalwart TDK showed off its history with its TDK Life on Record trailer, which rolled... [17 Sep 2008]
iPhone ad banned over 'all internet' claim
News The TV advert featured an individual flicking through holiday-related web pages on an iPhone to a voiceover saying: "You never know which part of the internet you'll need. Apple, however, sees the advert... [27 Aug 2008]
Legal Eye: Trademark landmark
Comment In that advert, 3 used a bubbles motif to introduce ThreePay as a cheaper alternative to O2's service. While O2 was unable to challenge the price comparison, it felt 3 had infringed its trademark and that consumers would... [16 Jul 2008]
Tesco Mobile users hungry for ads
News According to a survey commissioned by Tesco, more than half (60 per cent) of portal users are female and the same percentage said they visit the portal at least once a month, while 69 per cent claimed they would click on a relevant... [09 Apr 2008]
Bill Maguire
AS Profile Since joining the airline at the beginning of 2006 through an advert on online classifieds service Craigslist, Maguire has built a green-field IT infrastructure on a relatively modest budget with an in-house tech team of... [12 Oct 2007]
$8m illegal software haul from online auctions
News The trader has also been ordered to take out an advert in a monthly trade magazine detailing the case and the ruling. Anti-software piracy body the Business Software Alliance, which represents the likes of Adobe, Apple,... [02 Oct 2007]
London gets free wi-fi network
News The free network, which has been branded as "online-4-free.com", gives users free access if they agree to view a 15 to 30 second advert every 15 minutes. A free metropolitan wi-fi network has been launched in London,... [16 Jul 2007]
PC World escapes punishment over chip ads
News A national press advert for the retailer featured laptops and PCs using Intel's dual-core Core 2 Duo processors. The footnote in the advert read: "Based on multitasking benchmarking against... [06 Jul 2007]
MI5 wants more techies
News One advert reads: "So technology-reliant is our work that IT in all its forms is absolutely central, not peripheral, to our business. The advert continues: "As well as supporting and upgrading existing... [15 May 2007]
