BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Call for controls on BBC website
There should be tighter controls on the management of the BBC’s website – in part to prevent it stifling commercial rivals, the BBC Trust has said. After reviewing bbc.co.uk, the trust said it was “an excellent service” but that its content had to be diff
(tags: [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 30, 2008
links for 2008-05-30
May 29, 2008
links for 2008-05-29
BBC NEWS | Business | Yahoo ‘listening’ to Microsoft
The boss of Yahoo has said Microsoft is no longer interested in buying the company but that it “makes sense” for the two to discuss working together.
(tags: Yahoo Microsoft)
FT.com / Companies / Media & internet – Disney to test free TV scheme in Spain
The Disney Channel will [...]
May 22, 2008
ONE SMALL TWEET FOR MANKIND
Gordon Brown’s much publicised tweet has created some turbulence in coffee thoughts. On the face of it the tweet can really be seen as a step change. His minute-by-minute, almost ludicrously detailed commentary of his PM’s agenda, complete with interactive feedback from its audience, represents a monumental shift in how politicians – or at least [...]
May 20, 2008
COLDJABBERWOCKY PART DEUX
I am still rather stung by the vitriol coming from ‘fruit of’s’ comment on my cold jabberwocky. In particularly as it appears so much at odds with the mood of the moment. I came across a fascinating technology business the other day imaginatik who have an interesting product called Ideas Central that allows its users [...]
May 16, 2008
links for 2008-05-16
BBC NEWS | Business | CBS buys tech news website CNET
CBS has agreed to buy CNET for about $1.75bn (£900m).
(tags: technology)
FT.com / Companies / Telecoms – BT seeking increased landline use charges
BT signalled its determination to charge rivals more money for renting its landlines for the supply of phone and broadband services, as it reported [...]
May 15, 2008
links for 2008-05-15
BBC NEWS | Technology | MySpace wins bumper spam payout
MySpace has won a $234m (£120m) legal judgement over junk messages sent to members of the social networking site. Victory in the case was awarded to MySpace after Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines, the men behind the junk mail, failed to show up in court.
(tags: myspace)
BBC [...]
May 14, 2008
links for 2008-05-14
BBC NEWS | Business | HP in $12.6bn challenge to IBM
Hewlett-Packard has struck a deal to buy the information technology provider Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for $12.6bn (£6.5bn). The move will help HP compete with IBM and is HP’s biggest acquisition since 2002 when it bought Compaq for $19bn.
(tags: HP)
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Sky’s [...]
May 13, 2008
links for 2008-05-13
BBC NEWS | Business | HP confirms in talks to buy EDS
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has confirmed that it is in talks to buy the information technology provider Electronic Data Systems (EDS).
(tags: HP)
BBC NEWS | Technology | Google helps the web to go social
Google has joined the drive to make the web more social by introducing tools [...]
May 12, 2008
Pub or Blog?
So the coffee question that’s been on my mind for the last few quarters: is the online conversation today the same as the conversation in the pub or even coffee shop? Well it clearly depends on the company you keep. But if five years ago you were to treat the rantings , ruminations and postings [...]
May 8, 2008
links for 2008-05-08
BBC NEWS | Technology | PlayStation ‘will reclaim lead’
PlayStation 3 will help Sony reclaim its position as the leading games console maker, the head of the firm’s console division has said. Speaking to BBC News, Kaz Hirai said the machine would overhaul rivals Nintendo and Microsoft within its 10-year lifecy
(tags: gaming)
BBC NEWS | Technology | [...]
