News Archive

Ebusiness news archive from June 2005
HIE broadband campaign receives national awards

Highlands and Islands Enterprise's Speak Up for Broadband campaign undertaken by a collaboration of businesses from the area has received national recognition for its success from the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising).
24 June 2005


2Mbps upgrades for Demon customers

The latest ISP to offer broadband customers a free upgrade to 2Mbps is Demon.
24 June 2005


Vlogging dos and don’ts

Rounding up our spotlight on vlogs this week, discover the main pitfalls to avoid before it’s too late…
24 June 2005


Mobile sat nav

How often have you been fretting on a business trip because you’re negotiating on foot the streets of an unfamiliar town or city?
24 June 2005


Tough facts on hard copy

The long held dream of the paperless office remains as elusive as ever. But not only that; millions of pounds are wasted by UK businesses on hard copies that are never used or are immediately binned.
24 June 2005


Get vlogging

In a previous article, we discussed vlogging, net shorthand for video blogging. But how do we join this internet broadcasting revolution?
17 June 2005


Alternative email address

Need to pick up an email when out on the road? Email system down at a crucial moment? Sick and tired of spam? A new mobile phone email address service may be the answer…
17 June 2005


Vlogging life

First, we had the blog – the online journal. Now, thanks in large part to greater access to broadband, comes the next generation of blog, the vlog, or video blog.
10 June 2005


Video phone for Skypers

While we’re on the subject of video, a video conferencing plug-in for the broadband phone software, Skype has just been released.
10 June 2005


Bad design ranked No.1 by search engines

Poor web site design continues to be the primary cause of company web sites failing to make it onto the major search engines.
10 June 2005


Hands off

Protecting copyright in the content-hungry environment of the internet is an issue that frequently taxes web site owners. And none more so than those whose stock in trade is images.
06 June 2005


Directory search

Need a site search to help visitors navigate your web presence? Try the UK Business Directory who are now offering a free search tool for companies listing with them.
06 June 2005


MacWindows

Running Apple Macs and PCs together on a network or exchanging data from standalone machines is never easy. But it may not be as difficult as you imagine.
06 June 2005


Rogue dialler software launched

BT’s much anticipated free software to stop modems being hijacked by rogue diallers is now available to download.
06 June 2005