Do pirates buy more music?
There have been many studies into the piracy issues that plague the internet, where consumers are able to get their hands on music, film and even games for free. The studies seem to say that although there may be a huge market in pirated material the people that use it are also big money spending [...]
December 2, 2008Virgin have a deal with Yahoo
A deal has been struck between Virgin Mobil and Yahoo; this will see the Yahoo search engine pre-installed for all Virgin Mobiles four million customers throughout the UK.
This is a plan that could see Yahoo attempting to get ahead of Google in this very different but important mobile search sector. Especially as Google have dominated [...]
Should eBay auction off Skype?
The way that people use the internet is changing all of the time, and there is no doubt that any business that uses the internet as their primary source of business need to change their style and practices accordingly.
One such success is eBay, they have grown and kept growing because they have adapted to the [...]
Firefox reaches record figures
Mozilla have been keeping quiet about their recent success in the browser market, their Firefox browser has secured around twenty per cent of the market last month proving that they are a true competitor for Microsoft’s internet explorer.
Internet explorer has a commanding lead over the browser market with a holding of around seventy two per [...]
BBC should be an info hub
Is the BBC about to become the next big thing to hit the internet, after all they already have serious web presence, but could the BBC become as big on the internet as the likes of FaceBook and Google?
Some people believe that this could be the direction that the BBC should be taking in fact [...]
Internet failing in the USA
At one time if we in the UK wanted to look at a website based in another country the access was almost certainly routed through the USA, after they claim to have invented the internet in the 1970’s so it is only natural that they had control of the traffic.
But over the last few years [...]
The cloud changing business
Cloud computing is term that is becoming ever more popular these days, mainly because of the introduction of mobile broadband and Wi-Fi. This has helped employees of companies to work either from home or in the field.
The Cloud are applications which are server based, this means that remote staff are able to login wherever they [...]
Japan ignores Facebook and MySpace
Although Japan has an online advertising market of some £3 billion per year, but it seems their different way of life and idea of what is good is affected some of the west’s more popular money making machines, but why would that be?
It is not that social networking is not a happening over there, they [...]
Using a messenger helps productivity
There some companies who go out of their way to stop their employees from using all types of social networking and messenger services. This is because it is believed to be detrimental to the ability of the employee to do their jobs efficiently.
But recent research turns all of those concerns on their head as it [...]
Coloured labels
Google are forever moving forward to get more features out on their products and services, this time we are talking about gmail, now this is a service that people either love or hate, fortunately for Google there is a lot of love out there.
In return Google will be looking at beefing up the features and [...]
IBM actually encourages employees to social network
Social networks and business are not very compatible, at least when companies find out that their staff are spending too much work time on their own social networking site. But some companies have seen the light and social networking could soon become cool at work again.
IBM have been experimenting with social networking and encouraging their [...]
CBS to take over CNET
One of the top internet companies CBS is looking to take over the CNet group of news, entertainment and information sites. It has been announce that the offered is said to be worth around $1.8 billion, the move would make CBS one of the Top Ten internet companies in the world.
Shareholders in CNet would be [...]
No more surfing in company time
Companies are increasing getting annoyed at employees who spend their working time on the internet. This follows a case in Japan where a civil servant had been surfing the net for porn. It turns out the poor guy had logged up over 780,000 hits on various porn related websites in just nine months.
In a case [...]
80% of bandwidth used by 10% of users
For long time we were told and believed that the majority of the bandwidth was being sucked up by people who selfishly engaged in peer to peer usage, but recent evidence proves that this may not be case.
As with many resources the internet has changed over the years and has now evolved into an entertainment [...]
The business of junk mail
Virtually everyone connected to the internet receives a little bit of junk mail, this is different to spam as these messages are sent to you because you have at some stage subscribed to the company’s list, this authorises them to send you adverts and offers.
Sometimes when you have had enough of them all you need [...]
EU puts $22 million into filesharing
Peer to peer filesharing has been given the thumbs up by the European Union as a new project named P2P-Next has been given $22 million from the EU and another $6 million from other European partners to develop the new system.
Surprisingly one of the more famous names who will be taking part in the project [...]
Google unhappy with Microsoft/Yahoo deal
It was inevitable that at some stage a partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo would be going ahead, however what was not clear was how this would happen. But the cat is out of the bag now and Yahoo will be going under the very large umbrella that is known as the Microsoft organisation.
Almost immediately after [...]
Netflix producing set top box
The film rental company is said to be producing a set top box which will allow user to stream films and other programming directly into the TV.
There was some talk of this device a while ago but nothing really materialised but it seems a partnership with electronics giant LG the actual details of the device [...]
Amazon has a good Christmas
Considering that there has been much talk about the slow lead up to the Christmas rush, but that must have just been one side of the story, for despite the talking down of sales, some businesses have actually thrived and it is the online retailers who have done very well for themselves.
Amazon has announced that [...]
BT caps business broadband
Some BT broadband users are finding that they are being capped for their use, despite having an unlimited usage.
But apparently it seems this does apply, as some users are seeing their connection speeds falling from 800 kbps to 50-100 kbps, but after contacting the service dept, who simply say that there must be a fault [...]