Digital-Lifestyles

Digital-Lifestyles pre-empted and reported thousands of articles on the then-coming impact that technology was to have on all forms of Media. Launched in 2001 as a research blog to aid its founder, Simon Perry, present at IBC 2002, it grew into a wide ranging, multi-author publication that was quoted in many publications globally including the BBC, was described by the Guardian as 'Informative' and also cited in a myriad of tech publications before closing in 2009

  • Just heard from Exonetric: ser…

    Just heard from Exonetric: servers have arrived, so i’m doing the racking and installation now. Hu-jolly-rah!

  • Test move to Virtual Server wo…

    Test move to Virtual Server worked well last week, but showed up that current template in WP canes the server. Tuning ahoy following move.

  • Server move has been a long ti…

    Server move has been a long time in the planning. Decided to plum for Exonetric after careful consideration.

  • Today is the birth of the next…

    Today is the birth of the next phase of Digital-Lifestyles. Crappy 1&1 servers being swapped for speedy quality. About time. Thank Goodness.

  • BT Offer Local Numbers for VoIP

    BT Offer Local Numbers for VoIPBT are to offer those who sign up for their Business Broadband Voice service – VoIP to you and me – an option of having a local phone number connected to it. At a charge, naturally.

    BT is calling the service “Geographic Numbers”, ie what you’d normally have if you had a landline phone line from them.
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  • Lenovo Announces Linux ThinkPads And £100 PCs

    Lenovo Announces Linux ThinkPads And £100 PCsFollowing in Dell’s footsteps, Lenovo has announced that it will start selling its ThinkPad notebooks with the open source Linux operating system preloaded.

    Commercial buyers and individual customers will now be able to specify SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 from Novell on Lenovo’s range of notebooks from the fourth quarter of 2007 – including those in the popular ThinkPad T Series.
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  • iPlayer: BBC To Enter Computer Games Market?

    BBC To Enter Computer Games Market?The BBC is set to unveil a “significant” move into the videogames market, according to a report in The Scotsman.

    The Corporation – still smarting from the humiliation of being caught out ripping off viewers taking part in TV phone-ins – is expected to unveil their new gaming strategy next week at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival.
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  • O2 i-Mode Scrapped, Bursting Their Bubble

    O2 i-Mode Scrapped, Bursting Their BubbleThe UK’s number one mobile company O2 has dumped its flagship i-mode mobile Internet service after failing to attract enough customers – just two years after launching the service.

    The ‘umbling turnaround came about after the company revealed that it had only managed to woo 546,000 customers to sign up to their i-mode service in the UK and Ireland. That may sound quite a respectable figure, but it only adds up to just 3 per cent of their 18 million customer base.

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  • Fujitsu Creates A Colossal 231″ Screen

    Fujitsu Creates A Colossal 231Not that long ago, a 24″ CRT TV screen sat in your living room would mark you out as a well-wedged consumer, drawing envy from lesser mortals squinting at bedsit portables or bog standard 20″ units hired out from the once mighty Radio Rentals.

    Come the 90s, impressively well dimensioned Plasma and LCD screens started to take a hold in upmarket homes, with the slimline, stylish goggleboxes expanding to wall filling screen sizes of 37″, 42″ and upwards.
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  • Nokia Sign Up for Microsoft PlayReady DRM

    Nokia To Support PlayReady DRMNokia has signed a deal with Microsoft to put PlayReady on some of their handsets.

    Nokia say that they “plan to support PlayReady across a range of S60 and Series 40 devices starting in 2008.”
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