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Euro e-health getting the right attention

News M is for Murdoch European primary healthcare services are benefiting from broadband, says the European Commission, but there are still wide discrepancies in GPs' use of IT across Europe. An EC e-health survey has found the vast majority (87 per...

Tags: telemonitoring, healthcare, e-health

[28 Apr 2008]

BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software

News M is for Murdoch BT and NetSuite have joined forces to bring web-based on-demand software to the telco's 1.6 million business customers. BT is offering NetSuite's business management applications and will soon provide customer relationship...

Tags: smes, saas, crm, bt

[22 Apr 2008]

Profits reports equal big week for Microsoft/Yahoo!?

News Meanwhile, Rupert Murdoch signalled Monday that he may not be totally against joining with Microsoft. According to Reuters, Murdoch said at an event Monday: "[It] depends on the deal. In the latest in the Microsoft/Yahoo!

Tags: microsoft, aol, time warner, yahoo

[22 Apr 2008]

Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010

News M is for Murdoch The US telecoms giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010. Speaking at a Westminster eForum on web 2.0 this week in London, Jim...

Tags: web, web 2.0, isps, government

[21 Apr 2008]

Europe embracing speedy fat pipes

News M is for Murdoch More than a quarter of a billion Europeans regularly use the internet with around 80 per cent of those people being hooked up to broadband connections. Around three-quarters (77 per cent) of businesses in Europe are now using high...

Tags: online, i2010, eu, broadband

[18 Apr 2008]

Tesco to launch iTunes challenger

News M is for Murdoch Tesco is launching an online music service next month with more than three million tracks available to download and more content to follow. Tesco Digital will initially offer all of the tracks in Window Media format with around...

Tags: mp3, online, digital music, itunes

[15 Apr 2008]

3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth

News M is for Murdoch The number of 3.5G devices on the market is mushrooming with 150 per cent annual growth in HSDPA gizmos, according to stats from GSM/3G supplier association the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, hsdpa

[07 Apr 2008]

Come an' Avatalk in Second Life, urges BT

News M is for Murdoch BT is upping its presence in Second Life with a trial of its free 'Avatalk' phone and texting service. The one month virtual world pilot will start on 26 March allowing users to make 10 free calls (of up to one hour each) and send...

Tags: bt, trial, ip, sms

[20 Mar 2008]

'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?

News M is for Murdoch Time is running out for so-called "unlimited broadband" packages, according to analysts and ISPs. For some time, many ISPs have been offering users what they call unlimited broadband, although it almost always comes with some kind...

Tags: broadband, iplayer, youtube, isps

[17 Mar 2008]

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

News M is for Murdoch Sir Tim Berners-Lee, recognised as the founding father of the world wide web, claims the work of companies like Google has made the web a much more powerful tool. Speaking at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts...

Tags: berners-lee, semantic web, google, internet

[13 Mar 2008]

Tennis federation rallies web presence

Case Study M is for Murdoch The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has beefed up its website to improve availability and speed for millions of tennis fans following the scores of Davis Cup matches online. The ITF runs the annual Davis Cup tournament, which...

Tags: tennis, ntt, website, servers

[12 Mar 2008]

Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide

News M is for Murdoch Broadband may be as common, and almost as cheap, as chips in Blighty these days but there are plenty of places in the world where bog-standard fat pipes are harder to come by. The UN's comms agency, the International...

Tags: broadband, satellite, wimax, spectrum

[06 Mar 2008]

Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer

Cheat Sheet M is for Murdoch Is this another one of those shiny Apple gadgets from Cupertino? Not quite.iPlayer is actually the BBC's online on-demand TV service. Tell me more… Well users can download or stream BBC content broadcast during the preceding seven...

Tags: isp, online, on demand, iplayer

[05 Mar 2008]

Local gov't adopts web-savvy interaction

News M is for Murdoch Web services are becoming an increasingly important way for citizens to interact with local government and councils are responding with improved websites. The number of visitors to council websites sites increased by more than 10...

Tags: socitm, online, web services, local government

[04 Mar 2008]

LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking

Comment M is for Murdoch M is for Murdoch During 2007, LinkedIn doubled in size in all of its major regions including Europe and signed up its millionth UK member in October, making Blighty the largest market outside the US.silicon.com spoke to LinkedIn...

Tags: linkedin, network, online, facebook

[28 Feb 2008]

Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC

News M is for Murdoch The European Commission is to issue a recommendation on how member states should go about rolling out fibre connectivity to homes and businesses. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: fibre, eu, ec, authority

[28 Feb 2008]

'Tamper-proof' chip and PIN terminals hacked

News Saar Drimer and Steven Murdoch, overseen by Professor Ross Anderson, managed to hack two widely used PIN terminals: the Ingenico i3300 and the Dione Xtreme. Researchers from Cambridge University have succeeded in capturing both PIN numbers and card...

Tags: chip and pin, cambridge university, connected, entry

[27 Feb 2008]

Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?

News M is for Murdoch The government has launched an independent review on barriers to rolling out high speed, next-generation broadband networks in the UK which it says are essential for the future economic success of the country.

Tags: broadband, fibre, ofcom, high speed

[22 Feb 2008]

How fans can grab a slice of the music pie

Comment M is for Murdoch M is for Murdoch It also gives bands unprecedented access to accurate and valuable feedback from the music public.silicon.com spoke to founder David Courtier-Dutton to get the lowdown on Slicethepie and how it is taking on the...

Tags: music, web 2.0, industry, web

[18 Feb 2008]

Broadband switching still a tricky business

News M is for Murdoch Switching broadband providers is still proving a tricky business despite Ofcom rules introduced a year ago designed to make the process easier. To switch providers, subscribers need to obtain a Migration Authorisation Code (MAC...

Tags: customers, ofcom, regulations, broadband

[15 Feb 2008]

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