Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has made the most anticipated announcement of the year: The next version of Microsoft’s hugely popular operating systems – Windows 8 – will be available next year. The software giant is hard at work producing Windows 8, which is also expected to hit tablet computers, by 2012. "We have done a lot in Windows 7 to improve customer satisfaction. We have a brand-new user interface. We have added touch and ink and speech. And yet, as we look ...
Vectra widens internet offer 10.31 Europe/London, August 17, 2011 By Chris Dziadul Poland’s second largest cable operator Vectra has begun to offer its broadband internet service Flashnet via the Xbox 360 for a nominal fee of only PLN1 (€0.24). It is being made available to subscribers who already receive Flashnet at speeds of 8 Mbps or higher, initially in the cities of Warsaw, Starachowice, Olsztyn and Ostroleka and on the rest of Vectra’s network throughout ...
[B]Smoking gun’ letter hurts J Murdoch By Chris Forrester A letter from News Corp’s lawyers Harbottle & Lewis is going to make life extremely difficult for James Murdoch. The damning letter, revealed by the lawyers to a UK parliamentary enquiry, in effect confirms that bosses at disgraced newspaper the News of the World knew all about the now notorious phone-hacking methods, and that such methods were regularly employed by the newspaper. ...
[B]Sky-I ‘astonished’ at Champions League enquiry extension 08.28 Europe/London, August 17, 2011 By Julian Clover Sky Italia has expressed its astonishment at the decision by the Italian antitrust authority to extend the current investigation into its purchase of UEFA Champions League rights for the period 2012/13-2014/15. Under the investigation, which began last November, Sky Italia is accused of abusing a dominant position in the market. “The Antitrust Authority’s ...
[B]A1TV reaches 174,800 homes 10.45 Europe/London, August 17, 2011 By Robert Briel Telekom Austria’s IPTV service A1TV (formerly knwon as Aon TV) has reached 174,800 homes at the end of Q2, 2011, an increase of 50% compared with the previous year when 123,500 households subscribed to the service. The figures were released during the presentation of the half year result for 2011. The Austrian telecoms operator also said that the acquisiton of Croatia’s cable network ...
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