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XP SP3 throws off AMD machines

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Owners of some AMD-based computers are finding the move to Windows XP Service Pack 3...

Tags: windows, sp3, xp

[14 May 2008]

Virgin Media to ramp up capacity on core network

News The trend for online video content and popular bandwidth-heavy apps - such as the BBC's iPlayer - has led to concerns among ISPs their infrastructure will soon be creaking under the strain. As web users' thirst for bandwidth soars, cable broadband...

Tags: fibre, nortel, bandwidth, broadband

[09 May 2008]

Carphone Warehouse plans broadband boost

News Bandwidth-draining apps such as the BBC iPlayer may also be causing ISPs to scratch their heads over their broadband strategies, he added. Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse is to sell 50 per cent of its retail business to US retail giant...

Tags: talktalk, broadband, carphone warehouse

[09 May 2008]

Ignore social networks at your peril, retailers told

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Retailers need to wake up to the potential of social networks in order to tap into the...

Tags: gartner, marketing, traffic, retailers

[02 May 2008]

Facebook top of Vodafone's mobile web

News Facebook is also the most visited site for Vodafone mobile broadband users, followed by Google and the BBC. The social networking craze is helping to drive mobile broadband, says Vodafone UK. The top two searches on the operator's mobile internet...

Tags: mobile internet, social networking, vodafone, facebook

[01 May 2008]

iPlayer loses its Virgin-ity

News The BBC iPlayer is now available on Virgin Media's cable service, further expanding the availability of the on-demand TV service. This is the first time iPlayer has been available on a TV platform and will bring full quality BBC programmes to the...

Tags: platform, cable, virgin media, bbc

[30 Apr 2008]

Microsoft earmarks $1.5bn for Yahoo! staff

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Microsoft plans to set aside $1.5bn for employee retention at Yahoo!

Tags: staff, yahoo, microsoft

[30 Apr 2008]

Computer classics, Vista uptake, iPhone price cuts and Heathrow T5...

News BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage Soon to be ex-BBC tech chief Ashley Highfield raised interesting points about how the broadband industry should deal with the explosion of online content. It was time for some tech nostalgia during April...

Tags: jobs, vista, iphone, heathrow

[28 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 25.04.08

Round-Up Still, there was always Elite (THE classic BBC game in Round-Up's opinion). The tiny computer beat off a decent but ultimately crap challenge from other retro computing delights such as the Amiga and the BBC Micro.

Tags: open source, zx spectrum, apple, london

[25 Apr 2008]

Cool tech gets down with the kids

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Social trends and the zeitgeist are more important than how good a new technology...

Tags: ipod, apple, virtual worlds

[23 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Yahoo! posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday but failed to deliver...

Tags: profit, microsoft, yahoo

[23 Apr 2008]

Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum

Comment That meant beating other classics such as the Apple II, BBC Micro, my own personal favourite the Amstrad CPC464, and others including the Commodore 64 and Dragon 32. Here at silicon.com we recently, rather unexpectedly, unleashed a tidal wave of...

Tags: sinclair, commodore, spectrum

[22 Apr 2008]

Profits reports equal big week for Microsoft/Yahoo!?

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics In the latest in the Microsoft/Yahoo! takeover bid, the software maker has set a...

Tags: microsoft, aol, time warner, yahoo

[22 Apr 2008]

Police Facebook presence strikes privacy chord

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Last week, Greater Manchester Police became the first UK police force to establish a...

Tags: facebook, privacy, police, submit

[22 Apr 2008]

Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010

News The BBC has come under fire from service providers, such as Tiscali, which claim that its iPlayer online-TV service is becoming a major drain on network bandwidth. In a recent posting on his BBC blog, Ashley Highfield, the corporation's director of...

Tags: web, web 2.0, isps, government

[21 Apr 2008]

ZX Spectrum crowned king of computer classics

News The Sinclair ZX Spectrum has been crowned the most popular first home computer, beating off competition from other classics such as the Amiga and BBC Micro. In comparison the Spectrum's big rivals of the day, the BBC Micro and Commodore 64, could...

Tags: commodore, spectrum, bbc, sinclair

[18 Apr 2008]

US no longer king of the PC?

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics The US PC market is beginning to have less influence on the global market, according to...

Tags: asus, dell, us, pc

[17 Apr 2008]

Corus hammers out £26m IT deal with Capgemini

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Steel manufacturer Corus has extended its IT outsourcing deal to manage its mainframe...

Tags: capgemini, corus

[17 Apr 2008]

RIM-India: To meet again over security

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics The Indian government will hold its next meeting with BlackBerry-maker RIM next week, a...

Tags: email, blackberry, rim

[17 Apr 2008]

Open source key to SaaS future

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Open source software will be key to the adoption of software as a service (SaaS) over...

Tags: gartner, future, sharing, saas

[16 Apr 2008]

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