Well known tech news and reviews site Trusted Reviews has just been bought by mega-publisher IPC.
Terms have not been disclosed.
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Tesco: Bringing Open Source To The Masses?
Wow, Tesco’s Online are knocking out brand-new computer complete with Linux-loaded on it.Who would have guessed that the company that started their online shop totally reliant on using the Microsoft Web browser to be able to use it would shifting so radically.
OK, so the 80Gb eSys ePC is only driven by an Intel Celeron processor running but it is running at 2.66GHz and comes with Ubuntu Version 6.06, Open Office – all for £139.93.
Open source for the masses?
TV-Links.co.uk Arrest: Media Industry Is Too Slow … Again
As many people are starting to realised TV-Link, a site which linked to TV programmes of many types, has been shut down and the man behind it arrested.Details were reported last Friday, with FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) being behind the action.
The site had been a firm favourite with those at Digital-Lifestyles, as it made available content that just isn’t available anywhere else.
To those of you who lived through the original rise of music sharing services, you’ll be experiencing a total sense of Deja-vu.
(more…)Sheffield Wednesday FC Fails To Unmask Seven ‘Defamatory’ Posters On Fans Site
In a move sure to please football fans arguing the toss on bulletin boards all over the UK, a High Court judge has ruled that lively banter of a “strictly defamatory” nature can still be so trivial that The Man can’t always force board owners into revealing poster’s identities.
(more…)Peter White: Digital Switchover Help Scheme, CEO (Podcast)
Most people in the UK have to bear their own costs for converting their TVs to be digital-capable, but after pressure, was decided that the least wealthy and most vulnerable should receive assistance.This takes the form of equipment, assistance and support and is handled by the Digital Switchover Help Scheme.
(more…)Whitehaven Switchover: Ilse Howling, Freeview (Podcast)
The day after digital switch over; we caught up with Ilse Howling to have a quick chat about her views on the switch over and the the introduction of the next stage of Freeview – the ability to easily record the programmes on Digital TV.Freeview have worked with the Digital Television Group to create the specification of the Freeview Playback, their version of a PVR, or as they’re labeling it a Digital Television Recorder.
(more…)Whitehaven Switchover: Currys Mobile Shop Trial
As you’re aware there’s lot of new things being tried out in Whitehaven for the UK’s first analogue/digital switch over.One that electrical retailer Currys is trying out is a showroom/shop that can be driven to remote areas giving those who are miles away from a shop, or who aren’t that mobile.
It’s a pretty substantial lorry that has side section that extends outwards providing a lounge-type feel.
There’s four flat screens on display (co-sponsored by Samsung) and a selection of eight STBs on show to demonstrated the range of boxes on view.
(more…)Jamie Reed MP: Whitehaven Digital Switchover (Podcast)
Post Digital switchover, Jamie Reed, the MP for Copeland (that includes Whitehaven) and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on digital switch over, has a lot of interesting things to say, both about the run up to this week and following it.Whitehaven Switchover: A Retailer’s View (Podcast)
We thought we’d have a wander around the shops to try and gauge the feeling of the electronics retailers, as to how things have been with the build up to digital switch over.Given this is the first place in the UK to switch off the analogue, we thought it would be of general interest.
(more…)Whitehaven Switchover: Digital UK’s Ten Month Switch Over Buildup (Podcast)
Sarah Jane Grey has been working for Digital UK on the ground in Whitehaven since December 2006 – a full 10 months before switch over.She points out that it’s wrong to assume that older people are less able to cope with analogue/digital switch over – many of the older people in Whitehaven were highly qualified engineers working at the nearby Sellafield, nuclear power plant.
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Wow, Tesco’s Online are knocking out brand-new computer complete with Linux-loaded on it.
As many people are starting to realised TV-Link, a site which linked to TV programmes of many types, has been shut down and the man behind it arrested.
In a move sure to please football fans arguing the toss on bulletin boards all over the UK, a High Court judge has ruled that lively banter of a “strictly defamatory” nature can still be so trivial that The Man can’t always force board owners into revealing poster’s identities.
Most people in the UK have to bear their own costs for converting their TVs to be digital-capable, but after pressure, was decided that the least wealthy and most vulnerable should receive assistance.
The day after digital switch over; we caught up with Ilse Howling to have a quick chat about her views on the switch over and the the introduction of the next stage of Freeview – the ability to easily record the programmes on Digital TV.
As you’re aware there’s lot of new things being tried out in Whitehaven for the UK’s first analogue/digital switch over.
Post Digital switchover, Jamie Reed, the MP for Copeland (that includes Whitehaven) and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on digital switch over, has a lot of interesting things to say, both about the run up to this week and following it.
We thought we’d have a wander around the shops to try and gauge the feeling of the electronics retailers, as to how things have been with the build up to digital switch over.
Sarah Jane Grey has been working for Digital UK on the ground in Whitehaven since December 2006 – a full 10 months before switch over.