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Pink Floyd Win Digital Battle!
Friday, den 12. March 2010Thanks to a High Court ruling that gave Pink Floyd a small victory over record label EMI in a battle over millions in royalties, individual tracks of the legendary rock band’s music could potentially leave the digital world at some point.
The High Court’s ruling was based on a clause in Pink Floyd’s contract with EMI that [...]
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10 years since The Dotcom Bubble
Thursday, den 11. March 2010Wow, 10 years today since the bursting of the dotcom bubble! Great post here from Robin Goad from Hitwise about how the Internet landscape has changed over the last decade:
“Below is a list of the top 20 websites in the UK last week, with Google and Facebook topping the list. Back in the heyday of [...]
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Bigmouthmedia merger with LBi
Thursday, den 25. February 2010Big news today folks…big news for the Bigmouths at Bigmouthmedia that is. I saw the tweets come flooding in this morning at about 9am, shortly followed by the official press release which reported the merger of LBi and Netherlands-based Obtineo (amalgamation of Bigmouthmedia plus €40m from capital investors) and I have to say it’s no [...]
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China Busts it’s Biggest Hacker School
Monday, den 8. February 2010China can’t seem to keep out of the news about hacking and cyberwar can it? The country’s police have scored a positive news report, however: They’ve closed down the nation’s biggest hacker training school. It does raise some questions though.
The action went down in Hubei province in Central China, and three people were [...]
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France Considers Tax for Search Giants
Friday, den 8. January 2010The BBC report that France are considering charging Tax for Google, Yahoo and Facebook. See below for a quote from the BBC website:
“Google and other net firms could be taxed under plans being considered by the French government.
A report, commissioned by the government, suggests firms such as Google, Yahoo and Facebook should pay a new [...]
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Amazon drop £25 Million Royal Mail Contract
Friday, den 9. October 2009Amazon have pulled its £25m contract with Royal Mail as strike action threatens deliveries in the run-up to Christmas. The online retailer has cancelled its long-term contract with Royal Mail for parcels over 500 grams, which will instead be delivered by rival service Home Delivery Network (HDN), currently used by Tesco and Argos…Read the [...]
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What are Browsers? by Google
Wednesday, den 7. October 2009Jason Toff has blogged about browsers and how they work on the Google Blog, below is a short video which is sure to help anyone who still doesnt quite get it!
Read more here.
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Dell to Buy Perot Systems for $3.9bln
Wednesday, den 23. September 2009Dell plans to buy Perot Systems for about $3.9 billion (2.4 billion pounds), paying a steep 67.5 percent premium to expand its technology services business and compete with Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM.
Perot Systems, a computer services provider founded in 1988 by former U.S. presidential candidate Ross Perot, would be the largest ever acquisition by Dell [...]
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Germanys Pirate Party hopes for election surprise
Wednesday, den 23. September 2009Founded by computer geeks in Sweden in 2006 and now active in 33 countries, the Pirate Party is hoping to win over young, disaffected voters in Germany’s federal election on Sept. 27 with demands to reform copyright and patent laws along with their policies that oppose internet censorship and surveillance. But do the single-issue activists, with no stance [...]
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Adobe to Acquire Omniture – Shares Slump
Thursday, den 17. September 2009Adobe have officialy announced their plans to acquire the Analytics company, Omniture. Shortly after Adobe released their plans, their shares fell by 6%. This will hopefully lead to better tracking for Flash files such as videos and websites. See below for a quote from MarketWatch:
“The merger is expected to close in the current quarter, according [...]
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