Yahoo! launches SmartAds

Link: Yahoo! launches SmartAds
Filed under: Apple News, Yahoo! News, Search Engine News, Internet News

Yahoo! has launched SmartAds, a new display advertising product which allows marketers to display customised ads. The product allows ads to be tailored to appeal to a targeted audience, based on age, gender, location and online activities. Instead of one generic ad ...

 

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Safari supports enhanced browser colours

Link: Safari supports enhanced browser colours
Filed under: Apple News, Browsers, Internet News

Apple could lead the way to making the web a more colourful place with its new Safari browser. Safari, which is now available in beta on Windows, supports different ways of encoding images to those provided by browsers such as Microsoft's Internet ...

 

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YouTube launches Adobe tool for online editing

Link: YouTube launches Adobe tool for online editing
Filed under: Software News, Apple News, Internet News

YouTube, the popular video sharing website, has launched a Web-based editing tool with Adobe branding. The tool, known as 'remixer', allows users to create more professional-looking videos by splicing together video clips, photos, music, graphics and other media. Similar tools are already ...

 

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Apple commits to greener products

Link: Apple commits to greener products
Filed under: Apple News, Technology News

In its first public commitment to reducing its environmental impact Apple has revealed new manufacturing policies which will eliminate arsenic, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from current products by 2008. The company also plans to recycle 30% of its own electronic waste ...

 

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Mac users run Vista with Boot Camp beta

Link: Mac users run Vista with Boot Camp beta
Filed under: Software News, Apple News, Technology News

Apple has made the newest version of Boot Camp available for download on its website. The software allows Mac users to run the Vista operating system on their Intel-based systems. The new version is still officially a beta product, but it now works with ...

 

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UK leads Western Europe in broadband penetration

Link: UK leads Western Europe in broadband penetration
Filed under: Broadband News, Apple News, Technology News

New reports from eMarketer and the IAB place the UK as the most digital country in Western Europe, reinforcing the findings of a report by Informa which was published in May 2006. According to eMarketer’s “UK Online” report, the UK has the fifth-highest ...

 

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£1.1m investment in underwater wireless communication

Link: £1.1m investment in underwater wireless communication
Filed under: Telecoms News, Apple News, Technology News

A consortium led by Wireless Fibre Systems has secured £560,000 funding for a two-year research project into technologies to allow divers and machines to communicate wirelessly underwater. The funding from the Department of Trade and Industry will part-fund the £1.1m project, which hopes to ...

 

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Apple TV now available in UK

Link: Apple TV now available in UK
Filed under: Apple News, IPTV News, Internet News

Apple TV, which allows iTunes content from a PC or Mac to be wirelessly played on a widescreen television is now shipping in the UK following a one-month delay. All types of content can be viewed, including movies, TV shows, music, photos and ...

 

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Apple delays TV launch

Link: Apple delays TV launch
Filed under: Apple News, IPTV News, Technology News, Internet News

Apple Inc., has delayed the launch of its Apple TV set-top box until the middle of March. The device, which will cost around £199, was expected to be available in the US in February. The company has not given a reason for the ...

 

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Joost Releases Beta For Intel Macs

Link: Joost Releases Beta For Intel Macs
Filed under: Apple News, IPTV News, Technology News, Internet News

TV distribution platform Joost (formerly the Venice Project), has released version 0.8 of its beta player for Windows and also the first Mac beta, which is only for Intel processor powered Macs. The application was previously only available on the Windows platform. The Mac ...

 

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Vista kills iTunes

Link: Vista kills iTunes
Filed under: Software News, Apple News, Technology News, Microsoft News

Windows users running iTunes software could face a number of compatibility issues if they upgrade to Microsoft's new Vista operating system. PC's running Vista may experience problems playing music or video purchased and downloaded to the desktop iTunes player from the iTunes Store. Problems ...

 

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Seagate Launching New Wireless Drive

Link: Seagate Launching New Wireless Drive
Filed under: Apple News

Seagate Technology LLC will demonstrate an innovative, wireless portable drive at the DEMO technology show in California. The mini hard-disk - named D.A.V.E. (digital audio-video experience) - can store up to 30GB of files downloaded over cell phone networks using either Bluetooth, Wi-Fi ...

 

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Apple and Microsoft Battle For Home Entertainment Market

Link: Apple and Microsoft Battle For Home Entertainment Market
Filed under: Companies News, HDTV News, Apple News, Mobile News, Technology News, Microsoft News

Silicon.com, the technology news site, asked its readers if they thought Apple or Microsoft was the most likely to win the battle for the home entertainment market. Apple came out first with 54% of the vote, while Microsoft came a close second ...

 

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Apple attacks iPhone clones as Cisco may lose trademark

Link: Apple attacks iPhone clones as Cisco may lose trademark
Filed under: Legal News, Apple News, Technology News

A number of programs have begun appearing online that mimick the Apple iPhone's iconic appearance, for use on other products. One is a mock-up of the Apple iPhone interface for a Pocket PC running Windows; Another is a theme customised for a Palm OS ...

 

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Apple sued over iPhone - more to follow?

Link: Apple sued over iPhone - more to follow?
Filed under: Wireless News, Telecoms News, Hardware News, Legal News, Mobile News, Apple News, Technology News

After the high-profile launch of the Apple iPhone on Monday, Cisco has stepped in with a legal suit for trademark infringement. Cisco-owned company Linksys already owns the trademark on the iPhone, and has done since the purchase of Infogear in 2000. Although talks between Apple and ...

 

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Official: Apple iPhone launched

Link: Official: Apple iPhone launched
Filed under: Apple News, Hardware News, Wireless News, Mobile News, Browsers, Google News, Yahoo! News, Technology News

It's official - the long-rumoured Apple iPhone will be launched this year. And it's not simply a phone, but a widescreen iPod, mobile phone and mobile internet device all in one. Steve Jobs provided the first tour of the "internet multimedia device" at MacWorld Expo, hailing ...

 

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iPhone: Cisco beats Apple to name

Link: iPhone: Cisco beats Apple to name
Filed under: Apple News, Technology News

Cisco have formally announced the launch of the iPhone - and it's not from Apple. Linksys, a division of Cisco, launched two VoIP handset devices on Monday with the "i" prefix iconic to Apple products. While Apple fans may accuse Linksys of trying to cause ...

 

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