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2009: The infrastructure issue

DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Tue, 12/30/2008 - 07:40

An interesting report from the BBC this morning suggests that smartphone sales will decline worldwide except in developing nations over the coming 12 months.

Well, duh. It's been known for a while at least in the UK that there are now actually more handsets than there are people.

And as the functions on those handsets become more sophisticated yes, there will be many more people happy with what they've got.

Be honest - how many of the functions on your phone do you actually use? So sales will come down. That matters less in the UK than elsewhere because we have this system of subsidised...


 

BBC Launches First Spanish-Language Channel In U.S.

Broadcasting & Cable - Business and Deals News  Wed, 11/19/2008 - 09:23

CBeebies, a channel targeting preschoolers enters U.S. market via DISH Network carriage deal.


 

Tranter to Co-Head BBC Worldwide U.S. Production

Broadcasting & Cable - Business and Deals News  Mon, 09/22/2008 - 09:00

BBC Fiction controller Jane Tranter to team up with executive VP of content and production Paul Telegdy.

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House prices could fall for two more years

Digg - Business & Finance  Sun, 07/20/2008 - 00:40

Citigroup chairman Win Bischoff has warned that house prices in Britain and the United States are likely to keep falling for another two years.

The chairman of one of the world's most powerful banks told the BBC in an interview that he expects it will take two years for the markets to stabilize.


 

The Secret to Bill Gate's Success: Weak Competitors

Digg - Business & Finance  Fri, 06/20/2008 - 16:00

As Bill Gates prepares to end his full-time work at Microsoft, he tells the BBC in an interview that it wasn't just what Microsoft did, but what his rivals didn't do that let Microsoft get ahead.

"Most of our competitors were very poorly run," he tells Fiona Bruce, for The Money Programme.


 

Firefox 3 released today

DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Wed, 06/18/2008 - 03:10

It's up there now and according to the BBC its makers want it to be the most downloaded software in its first 24 hours ever.

Firefox 3 is now available for public download, although the final release candidate has been so close to commercial standard you wouldn't be able to see much difference.

Personally I've adopted it as my browser of choice after using the final release candidate for about a week.