Archive for December, 2004
Posted by Simon Perry on 23 December 2004 | Tagged as: Business, Europe, Legal, Licensing, Microsoft
After this ruling, does Europe now have the ability to decide what is bundled with Windows in the future? Possibly, but it doesn’t appear to touch PDA or smartphone versions.
Posted by Simon Perry on 22 December 2004 | Tagged as: Cellular, Distribution, Europe
There have been a number of investigations over the years to try to discover if mobile phone emissions cause harm. This latest claims damage is done to DNA strands. Will the landline have a come back?
Posted by Simon Perry on 21 December 2004 | Tagged as: Business, Legal, P2P, Uncategorized
The heat goes up on BitTorrent and associated sites. We hope the MPAA are also seeing the opportunities this technology brings.
Posted by Simon Perry on 20 December 2004 | Tagged as: Broadband, BT, Distribution, Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), UK
The headline figures sound good – a million DSL connections in three month. Will BT continue to be so strong with meaningful competition?
Posted by Simon Perry on 17 December 2004 | Tagged as: BBC, Content, Industry Trends, Podcasting
Postcasting is hitting the mainstream after much discussion in the blog world. Now BBC Radio are benefiting for considerable downloads from it.
Posted by Simon Perry on 16 December 2004 | Tagged as: Business, Legal
The row between Kelvin MacKenzie’s The Wireless Group and RAJAR has been long running and high profile. Today a judge has ruled against TWG.
Posted by Simon Perry on 16 December 2004 | Tagged as: BBC, Content, Digital Rights Management (DRM), UK, User Generated Content (UGC)
Good news that the BBC Creative Archive is begin mentioned in the Culture, Media and Sport Committee report on “A public BBC.” We’re just not sure why DRM is mentioned in the same sentence.
Posted by Simon Perry on 16 December 2004 | Tagged as: Apple, Content, Music
iTunes figure officially pass into the “so what” category.
Posted by Simon Perry on 16 December 2004 | Tagged as: Gadgets, Platforms
In what looks like a game of catch-up, Nintendo will launch an adaptor in Japan to play video and music for their handheld game consoles … just like Sony’s PSP.
Posted by Simon Perry on 15 December 2004 | Tagged as: Business, Cellular, Legal, Mobile, Wireless
The patent dispute between NTP and RIM has been ongoing for years. The latest chapter finds for NTP.