Category: Internet
Watch out for emails from Pinochet's grandson
General Pinochet, former military dictator of Chile, is the latest target of scammers’ emails asking for help moving undiscovered funds out of the country. The emails, which arrive with the subject line “President of chile who died” claim to be…
Does the Hotmail name mean anything anymore?
Will Head writes… Hotmail was a revolutionary service when it first launched – and for a while with ordinary (read: not uber-geeky) internet users it was synonymous with email. We’ve come a long way since then and it seems Microsoft…
Could Micrahoosoft! take on Google?
Will Head writes… Word on the internet is that Microsoft is lining up a bid for Yahoo in an attempt to take on Google once and for all. The software company is apparently ready to slap down hard cash for…
dotMobi announces half-a-million .mobi domain names sold
dotMobi, the company who administer the .mobi domain name extension, has announced that over half-a-million .mobi domain names have been sold, since the launch in October last year.
Pandora stops streaming outside the US
Will Head writes… As a result of pressure from rights holders, it looks like the Pandora “bit of stuff you know, bit of stuff you don’t” music service is going to be out of reach to non-US visitors. In some…
Yahoo launch web version of Messenger
Yahoo have just launched an online version of their Messenger service, meaning that users can access their instant messenger without needing the software to be downloaded on their computer.
One in three people listen to radio via the Internet
New research from Sony suggests that one in three people now listen to the radio via the Internet.
15% of people listen to radio programmes on stations outside their traditional broadcast area, while 18% have downloaded shows after they were broadcast by visiting the station’s web site.
Joost launches – well, sort of
Will Head writes… There's no big fanfare, but much hyped TV over the internet service Joost quietly slipped from a closed beta test, to a slightly less closed one just a few hours ago. That doesn't mean that you can…
Revamped ITV.com will offer exclusive broadband content and online programme archive
The latest thing every broadcaster has to do is to get some of its content online for users to digest after the event.
The BBC has had the go-ahead to launch its iPlayer service (though we don’t know when it will go live), and Channel 4 seem very happy with 4oD take up.
Now it’s ITV’s turn.
iGoogle, youGoogle – we all Google
Google has renamed its slightly long winded Google Personalized Homepage as iGoogle – though surely myGoogle would have made more sense? Users of the service can customise their Google homepage by adding gadgets that pull in information from various sources…
