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YouTube vs Viacom row takes a new turn as YouTube hits out with accusation
19 March 2010 In the latest in a long-running dispute between the two companies, YouTube has this week accused Viacom of using phony email addresses to upload videos to its site, after 'roughing them up' to make them look like illegally obtained material. The fight, which has been going on since before Google bought YouTube in 2006, revolves around Viacom's claim that YouTube continually allows users to upload and...Comment | Read more > |
Guest blog: ISPs must learn from the Digital Economy Bill debacle
19 March 2010 Guest blogger Trefor Davies is co-founder and chief technology officer of communications provider Timico. Check out his own blog, over at Trefor.net, for opinion on everything broadband related. It's been a roller-coaster few weeks for the ISP industry, with the House of Lords providing an unusual backdrop for a fairground ride. There has been plenty of excitement although I’m not sure that anyone...Comment | Read more > |
Virgin Media to demo 200Mb broadband this weekend
19 March 2010 Internet service provider Virgin Media will be demonstrating its 200Mb broadband service at the Ideal Home Show, taking place at Earls Court between 20 March and 5 April. Virgin Media is currently trialling its 200Mb broadband in Kent and has announced it will be rolling out the demo of this speedier service to folks in Coventry soon. Plans have been announced officially launch its 100Mb service before...Comment | Read more > |
Sky kicks off 3D TV with Manchester United vs. Chelsea
19 March 2010 Sky has confirmed it will be launching its eagerly anticipated 3D TV service in a couple of weeks with the broadcast of the Barclays Premier League football match between Manchester United and Chelsea. This first 3D football game on Saturday 3 April marks the start of a set of 3D Premier League games. Sky is hoping to show at least five more before the end of the current season (Sunday 9 May) and should...Comment | Read more > |
Dongle users suffering as smartphones eat up all the mobile broadband data
18 March 2010 Despite analyst claims that mobile broadband will overtake fixed-line in the near future, Broadband Genie can reveal contract data limits for dongle buyers are static or going down, rather than improving – and the blame can be laid firmly at the door of smartphones. When we became the first dedicated mobile broadband comparison website back in 2007, T-Mobile was offering unlimited data downloads (with...Comment | Read more > |
Spotify wants to make the move to Xbox and set-top boxes
18 March 2010 Music streaming service Spotify has hinted it could be making the move to the games console in the near future as it hopes to expand its service to run on TVs, or any other devices connected to the internet. Speaking at this week's SXSWi event Spotify's CEO Daniel Ek revealed he would love to see the service migrate onto a number of web-connected platforms around the home and sees this as essential for...Comment | Read more > |
Heat rising on solicitors accused of bullying tactics in P2P file-sharing cases
18 March 2010 Two solicitors have been referred by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) over bullying claims related to P2P file-sharing. Davenport Lyons partner David Gore and former partner Brian Miller will face charges of 'bullying' and using 'excessive conduct' while acting on behalf of copyright holders against alleged file-sharers. The news, reported by...Comment | Read more > |
HTC says its confident it can defend Apple's patent lawsuit
18 March 2010 Mobile phone developer HTC has responded to a lawsuit recently issued by Apple over allegations of infringing 20 hardware and software patents for its touchscreen smartphones using Google software. After investigating the claims it says it's confident it will be able to defend itself and would use every means possible to fight off the suit. Although HTC has declined to reveal in detail how it will make...Comment | Read more > |
O2 condemns £500+ P2P file-sharing warning letters
18 March 2010 Internet service provider and mobile operator O2 is the latest to join the row over measures to tackle illegal file-sharing after it was revealed thousands of controversial letters had been distributed by lawyers to suspected pirates. It condemned the issuing of letters sent by UK law firm ACS:Law and its client DigiProtect, an anti-piracy firm which represents a number of content owners, after deeming them...Comment | Read more > |
Virgin Media secures new range of Android smartphones
17 March 2010 Virgin Media has confirmed today it's secured a range of new Android smartphone handsets, including the recently launched LG InTouch Max. As well as the Samsung Galaxy Portal, the 4-inch screen Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and the LG InTouch Max GW620 it will also be adding the HTC Desire, an eagerly anticipated Android 2.1 device with a speedy 1GHz processor, to its catalogue. Both the LG InTouch Max and...Comment | Read more > |
