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Name that tune...the rise of Shazam
Comment The company's revenue is no longer restricted to ID-ing songs either, which typically costs 50p per successful ID for pay-as-you-go users, along with the cost of a standard network call. There's a chart of most identified songs on the homepage... [12 Jun 2008]
Photos: The top 10 smart mobile devices
Photo The Q is Moto's attempt at Razr-ing the smart phone and looks are most definitely its main selling point.Based squarely on the 'thin is in', the Q wins a beauty contest as the skinniest Qwerty device, but it's no size 0 bimbo. [09 Nov 2006]
Complexity holding IT back, say CIOs
News While it's fine for customers to have an opinion on which technologies are used by the outsourcer, Coupland said: "The trick is not controlling the [technical] spec-ing process.the trick is to retain alignment of business interest. [19 May 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.09.03
Round-Up Now in my present life I'm a still bust your f***ing *ss" That pretty much sums up MSN's approach to its chat rooms which it shelved this week amid concerns over child safety (.not cost, honest, no siree. [26 Sep 2003]
ITV Digital: Who is to blame?
Comment The omens certainly aren't good and there will probably have to be some pretty heavy-duty Feng Shui-ing before a new tenant can be found. Club chairmen must have known the sum they were originally offered for broadcast rights was massively... [01 May 2002]
Cheat Sheet: The Microsoft antitrust case
Cheat Sheet The DoJ asked for an injunction to prevent the product being sold and, after much to-ing and fro-ing, between 1995 and 1998 the US Appeals courts agreed with Microsoft. The main problem is that it reckons Microsoft was a bully, carried out... [24 Jan 2002]
John Lamb's week: Blackberry to put juice into GPRS
Comment The technology is already used by the Dutch ING Postbank. That means that the 'always on' GPRS has the potential to be a lot more user friendly than the much derided WAP services, although current speeds are a lot less than those originally... [25 May 2001]
The silicon.com Yearly Round-Up
Comment They sit in class text-ing each other. That's not too much to ask, is it? 5. A virus-free world This year has seen more and more nasty people write horrid viruses and vicious worms and let them loose on the internet. [14 Feb 2001]
nCipher readies itself for IPO
News Deutsche Bank has been appointed as sponsor and financial advisor, and will lead the listing in partnership with ING Barings. You can never do too much innovating. Alex van Someren, co-founder and CEO of nCipher, said: "I'm very happy with the market. [20 Sep 2000]
Cutting down on email overload
Comment By cc-ing you on an email, your colleagues can assume that you've tacitly approved their actions. Remember the days when you came into the office and got stuck straight into your work? Ah, the simplicity of working down a list of priorities... [15 Oct 1998]
