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Internet service providers (ISPs) should be “obliged” to deliver speeds of
8Mbit/s to smaller firms, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
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Vtesse, a fibre provider that is gearing up for national contracts, is establishing the network to gauge the level of demand for such services
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A row is brewing over separate projects to use the web to bring people closer to their local police forces. Read Full Story…
A row is brewing over separate projects to use the web to bring people closer to their local police forces. Read Full Story…
LONDON (Reuters) – Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile operator by revenue, is to close its navigation business as it could not compete with free services provided by Google and Nokia. Read Full Story…
The acquisition of monitoring software company is part of CA’s plan to add new customers in emerging enterprises
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But not saying how, or whenBarclaycard has let slip plans to deploy NFC-enabled mobile phones, along with Orange, before the end of 2010.…
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The company’s chief technology officer said he expects a launch of mobile handsets with 4G capability within three to six months after launching its 4G network
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If you have the right kind of phoneVodafone customers can get free books today, assuming they’ve got the right kind of handset and can find the download page.…
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2010
 
Microsoft plants Bing on Google-free Chinese AndroidsPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
Google apps ‘postponed’ on China carriersMotorola will soon push Microsoft’s Bing search engine onto Android phones in China, after announcing an alliance with the Redmond software giant that will see Bing appear on Androids across the globe.…
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The Tories have promised to roll out superfast broadband to most of the country as part of a strategy to make the UK a hotbed of technological talent. Read Full Story…
Mar
11
2010
Pink Floyd score victory for the concept album in court battle over ringtonesPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
EMI told not to sell single tracks as downloads in ruling which could mean further losses for music label Pink Floyd, the British rock group behind platinum-selling albums The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, today secured a legal victory for the much-maligned genre of the concept album against the apparently inexorable march of the instant pop download. In a high court ruling that led the band’s fans to proclaim a victory for their heroes’ artistic integrity over the forces of commercial exploitation, a judge ruled that EMI can no longer sell the songs from any Pink Floyd albums as single downloads or mobile phone ringtones. After a case brought by the band’s surviving members, Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason, the high court chancellor, Sir Andrew Morritt, said the label must adhere to a clause in its contract with the group intended to “preserve the artistic integrity of the albums” which prevented the unbundling of Pink Floyd’s records. Pink Floyd became one of the biggest rock bands in history with their elaborate and experimental concept albums and highly theatrical live tours. EMI had argued that its deal with the band, reaffirmed in 1999 before the download market took off, related to physical CDs and DVDs but not to online distribution. Pink Floyd alleged, and EMI agreed, that the label had allowed online downloads from the albums and allowed parts of tracks to be used as ringtones despite the clause which “expressly prohibits” EMI from selling songs out of context. The judge granted the band the declaration they sought – that the contract means EMI is not entitled to exploit recordings by online distribution or by any other means other than the complete original album without Pink Floyd’s consent. “This is great for a band who are the masters of the concept album,” said Matthew Johns, who runs Brain Damage, a dedicated Pink Floyd fan site. “Their music is unlike most other artists and listening to a whole album can be an immersive experience if you get into the concepts.” Generations of young people have, like Johns, pulled the curtains and turned down the lights to listen to the whole 43 minutes of 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon, in which tracks merge seamlessly, exploring themes of conflict, greed and the passage of time. Each side is a single piece, beginning and ending with a fading heartbeat. It sold an estimated 45 million copies. The verdict means the band’s music may now have to be taken down from the iTunes online music store which requires that album tracks are for sale individually. It could mean a further loss of revenue for EMI, which releases recordings for Coldplay and Kylie Minogue but last year posted a £1.75bn loss. Its chief executive, Elio Leoni-Sceti, this week announced his resignation and former ITV boss Charles Allen will take control of its music business. Yesterday’s verdict is thought to be the first time a band have successfully taken their record label to court over the way it has distributed their music online. It could lead to other cases, music industry analysts believe. Robert Howe QC, representing Pink Floyd, argued that it would have been “a very odd result” if members of Pink Floyd were able to control exactly how their music was sold as a physical product but there was “a free-for-all with no limitation on online distribution”.Elizabeth Jones QC, appearing for EMI, disagreed and said the word record “plainly applies to the physical thing – there is nothing to suggest it applies to online distribution”.
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Mar
11
2010
Jesus Phone to exhibit holy gift of bilocationPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
Jobsian prophets predict multitasking for iPhone 4.0Apple will add multitasking to the Jesus Phone this summer with the release of the divine handset’s version 4.0 software update, according to a report citing anonymous people who have accurately predicted Jobsian behavior in the past .…
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2010
Tories promise to ‘turbo charge’ UK broadbandPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
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Part of Amendment 120A mirrors a BPI lobbying proposal, but the peer who tabled the amendment says there was a “mixture of influences”
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Mar
11
2010
Virgin Media tests broadband via telegraph polesPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
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Mar
11
2010
Google, Facebook cop for preposterous patent potshotPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
Bits of the internet on a phone? WE OWN THAT!Gathering information from around the internet and presenting it on a mobile phone is protected by patent, according to Wireless Ink, which is suing Google and Facebook over it.…
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Mexican billionaire and Telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim Helu has overtaken Bill Gates on the Forbes “rich list”. Read Full Story… |
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