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Beeb appoints new iPlayer chief
News Huggers will have responsibility for Auntie's iPlayer and other online output, along with the likes of interactive TV and mobile. The BBC has appointed former Microsoft employee, Erik Huggers, as the new director of its Future Media and Technology... [18 Jul 2008]
University ramps up network bandwidth for e-learning
News Technologies being deployed across the network include course management system WebCT (Course Tools), and CitySpace, a virtual learning environment which gives students access to online course materials, resources, interactive activities, and... [23 Jun 2008]
Mobile broadband ushers in Blue day
News Most of the exchange information is provided by Interactive Data Corporation (IDC) and Blue Systems own data centre - based on an HP blade server architecture - is housed in the same building as IDC's own, to minimise the latency of the data traffic. [03 Jun 2008]
Exclusive: silicon.com reveals the world's Tech Hotspots
News Find out more about each Tech Hotspot by using the interactive map at the top of the page, or the list on the right hand side. Silicon Valley, Bangalore and London have been named the most innovative and influential locations for technology... [03 Jun 2008]
'Huge' Apple update plugs 40 Leopard security holes
News Normally, SWF files contain animations or interactive applications. Apple has released an update to Mac OS X patching more than 40 security holes, as detailed in Security Update 2008-003/Mac OS X 10.5.3. [30 May 2008]
HP close to buying EDS for $12bn
News In recent years, HP has also been spending big on corporate infrastructure software companies, including the acquisitions of Mercury Interactive, Opsware, SPI Dynamics, Bristol Technology, and Peregrine. [13 May 2008]
Microsoft's next plan: Make over Live Search
News He also played up the notion Microsoft is an important counterweight to Google's position in the market saying, Microsoft wants to "make sure that state of the art does get advanced and advertisers have good choices in terms of what they are doing... [08 May 2008]
Call to increase online data protection for teens
News The letter will be delivered to the FTC tomorrow to meet a deadline for comments on the Commission's proposed privacy standards for interactive marketing. The group - which includes the American Academy of Pediatrics, Children Now, and the Center... [10 Apr 2008]
Microsoft unveils web tool betas
News Coming soon after the company's recent bid for Yahoo, Microsoft says these product enhancements will bridge the developer-to-designer workflow gap and help to build more interactive applications for the desktop, the web and mobile devices. [09 Mar 2008]
Microsoft Silverlight makes pact with Nokia
News All the main features of Silverlight, including video and interactive web application development, will be included in all mobile versions. Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in will be bringing videos and other rich media to Nokia smart phones... [04 Mar 2008]
William Hill profits hit by online problems
News Technical difficulties with a new online platform wiped £10.6m from the operating profit of high street betting chain William Hill's interactive channel for the year ended 1 January 2008. Revenue and operating profit fell to £119m and £50.9m during... [27 Feb 2008]
Do proposed guidelines for online ads cut the mustard?
News The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has proposed new privacy guidelines related to online advertising that offer weaker consumer notice and choice requirements than the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants. [25 Feb 2008]
Schools failing to harness tech potential
News The vast majority of respondents (80 per cent) also said technology - such as interactive white boards - bring lessons to life and engage their children more effectively in difficult subjects. He added that in the near future technology will make... [16 Jan 2008]
Top 10 retail IT stories of the year
News According to the organising committee's new media head, it will also make full use of interactive web services and social networking to help spectators and fans get the most out of the Games. In the face of all that economic gloom however, many... [19 Dec 2007]
Tesco IT chief steps down
News It was at Woolworths that Cobain launched the world's first national interactive digital TV store. Group IT director Colin Cobain is leaving at the end of November after leading the IT implementation behind Tesco's first US stores, which opened in... [14 Nov 2007]
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