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BBC takes wraps off iPlayer 2.0
News The streaming version of iPlayer was launched on Christmas Day last year and has since received more than 100 million programme requests. The BBC's iPlayer on-demand TV service has undergone a major facelift designed to make it more appealing and... [25 Jun 2008]
When is a supplier gift/junket inappropriate?
News And by the way, one supplier once tried sending me an iPod for Christmas - I sent it back as its value was obviously way up on the 'unethical' scale. Free junkets, gifts, trips to big sporting events and free gifts are all still tools of the trade... [06 Jun 2008]
Apple iPhone loses market share
News During its most recent earnings call, Apple revealed it had sold 1.7 million iPhones, which was down from the 2.3 million units it sold during the fourth-quarter Christmas shopping season. Apple has experienced a slight setback in the US smart... [03 Jun 2008]
iPlayer loses its Virgin-ity
News Since its launch, iPlayer has also been rolled out to the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch as well as the Nintendo Wii computer console.iPlayer has gone from strength to strength with both download and streaming versions proving massively popular since... [30 Apr 2008]
BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage
News Highfield claims broadband usage has "changed beyond recognition" since BBC iPlayer received its full launch on Christmas Day last year, contributing to a significant growth in people watching TV on the web. [04 Apr 2008]
Mobile 'radio silence' fear afflicts Brits
News We're all familiar with the stressful situations of everyday life such as moving house, break-ups and organising a family Christmas - but it seems being out of mobile contact may be the 21st century's contribution to our already manic lives," he... [31 Mar 2008]
BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole
News The download version of iPlayer was launched in beta form last summer before being joined by a streaming version when the service received its marketing launch on Christmas Day last year. The BBC has issued a fix for a loophole that allowed hackers... [13 Mar 2008]
Internet shoppers clueless on web security
News Research from IMRG, which found £84m was spent online on Christmas Day alone, supports this. Consumers still lack awareness of basic online security alarms despite well publicised instances of data breaches and fraud. [26 Feb 2008]
Online shopping up by 75 per cent
News On Christmas day, more people were online than went to church. Online shopping jumped in January, with sales reaching a record high of £4.5bn in the UK over the month.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to... [22 Feb 2008]
BBC iPlayer continues to soar with 17 million downloads
News The BBC's online on-demand TV service, iPlayer, continues to go from strength to strength, with 17 million programmes being downloaded or streamed in the past seven weeks.iPlayer received its full marketing launch on Christmas Day last year after... [20 Feb 2008]
Mobile data keeps Wiltshire Police out on the beat
News The rollout is expected to be completed by Christmas 2008. Wiltshire Police is to start usability testing of a mobile data application next month in a project slated to cost £2.1m and save £4.4m in productivity by keeping officers out on the beat. [11 Feb 2008]
Toy retailer entertains web upgrade
News Bewley explained: "Up to 60 per cent of our sales for the year come in the six weeks running up to Christmas, so we needed something that could scale to that sort of demand. Independent toy retailer The Entertainer has completed a website refresh... [30 Jan 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News Inevitably the post-Christmas January blues prompts many people into looking for a new career or job and recruitment agencies predicted a healthy flow of new candidates and continued high demand for tech skills in this analysis of the 2008 IT job... [30 Jan 2008]
Retailers count the online Xmas coffers
News Retailers participating in the index found sales growth actually dipped in the run up to the festive holiday, but picked up from Christmas day. It's possible that people were holding money back and waiting to spend after Christmas. [17 Jan 2008]
Confusion over Granger's NHS departure
News A spokesman for the Department of Health said at Christmas a decision about the interim management arrangements would be finalised within a "few weeks" - but no decision had been made as of this week. [15 Jan 2008]
