They may struggle to tell the difference between LastNinja and LOLcats and bang on and on about how they used to leave their front doors open at night, but when it comes to online security, it’s the old folks who are the most sussed.
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Changes to business digitisation brings
Silver Surfers Smarter On Safer Online Shopping
Warner Drop DRM On 7Digital
Warner Music is making its music catalogue available on music service 7digital in MP3 format, without no content protection.Having a peruse of the 7digial site, we see that they’re also banging out albums for £5/€6.99 — for a limited period — which for a track-filled album like Hatful of Hollow by the Smiths can be had for 31p per track against the 79p normally paid.
Mobile Phone Sales Slow In Mature Markets
Despite rip-roaring, cash-churning global mobile device sales of 1.15bn units in 2007, analyst-spod types Gartner are predicting sales to drop by around ten per cent in mature markets this year.
(more…)Facebook Boosts Music Service; MTV And MySpace Launch TV Show
Oh great. There’s yet another social networking service arriving on an already crowded landscape, and this time it’s Facebook ripping off MySpace by offering their own full-on dedicated music service.The feature set appears to be a note for note copy of the basic MySpace services, so bands or musicians can create their own homepages, add songs and videos, post up information about gigs, blog updates and news, yadda yadda yadda.
(more…)Microsoft Vista Prices Slashed
Microsoft has announced that it’s set to cut the the price of Vista, with online discounts rumoured to send versions of Vista tumbling down to around half price.Billy and his bog software gang plan to dish out the cheapo deals when Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) reaches retail, and that’s expected to arrive in around two months time (but don’t quote us on that).
(more…)BT Sponsor Isle of Wight Festival 2008
BT have been taking people to the Isle of Wight during Cowes week with rather enjoyable sailing events both for press, customers and as team building events. Of course they also sponsor the Island’s sailing wunderkind Dame Ellen Macarthur through, BT Team Ellen.Well it looks like the Island has really got under their skin, as today they’re officially announcing that they’re the primary sponsors of this year’s Isle of Wight Music Festival.
Business Users Still Packing Multiple Gadgets
Although we’re supposed to be in the vortex of a convergence storm, with do-it-all devices replacing multiple gadgets, new research has revealed that nearly a third of business travellers are still carrying more than one cell phone, laptop or other electronic device on the road.
(more…)Google Is Britain’s Top Business Brand
Google’s climb into near-ubiquity continues with the news that it is now the UK’s top business brand.The claim comes from Superbrands, who survey 1,500 professionals every year to find out who are the big shots in the brand world and which companies enjoy the best reputation.
(more…)Audio Network Music ‘Blanket License’ Wins Tiscali Deal
Audio Network, a rights-cleared music library, has announced a deal with Tiscali, enabling the use of their 12,000+ music tracks to be used on Tiscali’s AV productions that will be distributed over their network.BBC TV Now on iTunes: At The Right Price?
A selection of BBC TV programmes are, from today, available to be bought on iTunes.BBC Worldwide, the commercial side of the corporation, has penned the deal, which has been long anticipated.
Individual episodes will cost £1.89 with some available as a series bundle, an example being the Catherine Tate Show, selling at £9.99 for six episodes.
Warner Music is making its music catalogue available on music service 7digital in MP3 format, without no content protection.
Despite rip-roaring, cash-churning global mobile device sales of 1.15bn units in 2007, analyst-spod types Gartner are predicting sales to drop by around ten per cent in mature markets this year.
Microsoft has announced that it’s set to cut the the price of Vista, with online discounts rumoured to send versions of Vista tumbling down to around half price.
BT have been taking people to the 
Although we’re supposed to be in the vortex of a convergence storm, with do-it-all devices replacing multiple gadgets, new research has revealed that nearly a third of business travellers are still carrying more than one cell phone, laptop or other electronic device on the road.
Google’s climb into near-ubiquity continues with the news that it is now the UK’s top business brand.
Audio Network, a rights-cleared music library, has announced a deal with Tiscali, enabling the use of their 12,000+ music tracks to be used on Tiscali’s AV productions that will be distributed over their network.
A selection of BBC TV programmes are, from today, available to be bought on iTunes.