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Entries from March 2008

Video Goes Mobile: UK Mobile Users To Have FREE, Personalised Access To Over 150 Million Web Videos On Their PCs, Mobile Devices and Social Network Profiles

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

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London, UK March 31 – Veveo ™  Inc., (http://corporate.veveo.net/) a driving force behind the video-anywhere revolution, today launches [...]

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Teneros and ETC Partner To Help UK Businesses Fight Email Downtime

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

… UK businesses will benefit from Teneros’ market leading application continuity appliances™ for high availability and disaster recovery of Microsoft® Exchange…
London, UK and Mountain View, Calif. – 31 March, 2008.  Teneros, (www.teneros.com) a market leader in application continuity appliances, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement for its products in the UK and [...]

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Bored Brits need a spring in their step

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Yahoo! calls for people to pick up a passion as lack of motivation prevents 1 in 5 from being happy
Sheer lack of motivation is preventing 1 in 5 Brits from being happy with over half of us neglecting our passions and interests in life according to a survey by Yahoo! (www.yahoo.co.uk).
The good news is we [...]

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Burda:ic launches Hello Kitty online fan community across Europe

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

www.sanriotown.com set to become the official meeting place for fans
London, 27 March 2008 – Burda:ic has just announced the launch of the European Hello Kitty online portal at www.sanriotown.com. Licensed by Sanrio Digital, this new official Hello Kitty site will offer fans a free online community in six different languages. The portal will provide a [...]

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A double take on MPLS

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Photo studio likens MPLS to the leap from dial-up to broadband

A UK firm specialising in photo shoot experiences has installed an MPLS network to support its four studios and has likened the benefits to the leap from dial-up to broadband connections.
Doubletakestudios, with studios in London’s Pimlico and Farringdon, as well as Manchester and Southampton, has [...]

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What Firewall Do And What Firewalls Don’t Do

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Over the last few years, security threats to companies have grown and altered dramatically and so have the defences. Traditional firewalls, installed over three years ago, are often not best suited for current threats and don’t protect against a number of newer threats.
What firewalls do
A firewall is a system designed to prevent unauthorised access to [...]

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Thin clients assist business in battle to reduce carbon footprint

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

CO2 emissions reduced by 166,000 tonnes in Western Europe during 2007
Reading, London, 26 March 2008 – Thin clients are helping business in the battle against global warming, IGEL Technology reported today. The choice of thin clients over PCs on the business desktop has reduced CO2 emissions in Western Europe by 166,000 tonnes in 2007 - [...]

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Protect your employees’ backs and your bottom line

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

300,000 people will have today off work due to back pain – what about you and your team?
Fellowes, in partnership with BackCare, the charity for healthier backs, has launched Ergonomix, a nationwide month-long campaign that aims to reduce the risk of RSI, back pain and other musculoskeletal disorders by raising awareness of workstation assessments and [...]

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Dateline Commits to Online Relationship with WhiteLabelDating.com

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

WhiteLabelDating.com been appointed by Dateline, the UK’s most experienced dating service, to create and provide the platform for Dateline.co.uk. 
Designed to rival market leaders DatingDirect and Match.com, the site is being launched to compliment Dateline’s existing specialist service, www.dateline121.com, which provides users with the company’s traditional personal matching service in an online environment. The new site [...]

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Velocix Announces Complete Family of Massively Scalable Live Streaming Solutions

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Product Family includes support for Audio and Video Live Streaming with scalability to large global audiences
Expands Partnerships with Adobe & Microsoft to cover Live Events with Adobe Flash & Microsoft Windows Media
Announces introduction of new revolutionary hybrid-P2P live streaming solution
Cambridge, UK – March 26th 2008. Velocix™ (www.velocix.com), provider of the worlds leading Digital Asset Delivery [...]

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Momail announced as finalist for the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008 Award

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Stockholm, March 25, 2008 – Red Herring has announced that Momail is a finalist of the Red Herring 100 Europe, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year.
“This year’s impressive list of submissions from companies demonstrates Europe’s growing role as a [...]

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Wyse’s New Ultra Thin Client Named Best New Green IT Product

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Global leader in thin computing and desktop virtualization recognised with European Green IT Awards for contribution to green IT
London, United Kingdom - 25 March 2008 – Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing, today announced that its V10L thin client has been awarded Best New Green IT Product Award by an Established Vendor at [...]

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Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90

March 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Sir Arthur C Clarke was famous for his science fiction writing
British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in his adopted home of Sri Lanka at the age of 90.
The Somerset-born author achieved his greatest fame in 1968 when his short story The Sentinel was turned into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Put on your black suit, dark shades and annihilate some alien scum

March 14th, 2008 · No Comments

-Ojom release Men In Black: Alien Assault–
Ojom GmbH, a leading creator and global publisher of mobile games, announced today the launch of the mobile game adaptation of the alien-thwarting classic, Men in Black. Packed with intergalactic action lurking around every corner, the classic movie comes to your mobile phone. Are you prepared to give up [...]

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mobilePeople empowers iPhone search

March 12th, 2008 · No Comments

White label local mobile search solution optimized for Safari browser on iPhone
Copenhagen / London, 12 March, 2008 – mobilePeople’s award winning liquidTM mobile search platform now supports the iPhone, extending new monetisation opportunities for directory publishers and directory assistance companies. This news comes swift on the heels of Apple’s announcement that the majority of mobile [...]

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