That Friday feeling, except for me it’s felt like Thursday all day. We’ve had some members of the Usergroup with us today which is always nice. And we learned that we’d been nominated for some awards for the ISPA UK Internet Industry Awards 2008. ..we’ve got some shiny logos on the www website. More…
Hallo! Hoe gaan dit? Or in English instead of Afrikaans, Hello! How are you? I thought it was about time that we updated you a little on the Madasafish integration from a CSC perspective, there have been various EODs or posts that have mentioned it briefly but it really has been a major part of PlusNet life in recent months. More…
Some of our regular readers may remember that back in September we were the extremely proud winners of the ISPA Football Cup. Well, we’ve also been nominated for a few ISPA 2008 awards too!
Hello hello hello, it’s so busy in PlusNet Towers today you’ve got a new guest editor, I’m not Simon Pegg though, and I haven’t looked at what’s living in the roof (a Kit Kat to the first person that gets the reference) being press-ganged, err volunteered, agreeing to compile the end of day.
So on with the show. More…
Progress was slowed a little by the Madasafish project and the initial schedule for this roadmap was perhaps a little optimistic but we’re getting back on track. More…
Anyone fed up with the Apple marketing machine or disappointed with the footprint of the MacBook Air might already be looking towards the tiny Sonys or the amazingly compact and cheap Asus Eee for true sling it in your coat pocket mobility. Over at Engadget more subnotebooks are being announced all the time. Has Apple got it wrong to go for the full-size keyboard on the Air?
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From a quick discussion around the desk, today’s felt like Friday… but we’re not sure why.
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The telecoms and Internet strategy consultants over at Telco 2.0 have written a very interesting article with their take on the future of broadband. They’re talking about worldwide trends rather than just the UK but there are some intriguing lines of thought.
We’ve spoken before about the iPlayer here and here and things have changed a fair bit since then.
First of all the BBC in response to concerns that the download version of the iPlayer isn’t cross platform compatible have built a second iPlayer which uses Flash and streams the shows rather than downloads them. That means you can click the play button and watch the show there and then rather than having to wait for the download to complete.
Secondly is out of the beta phase and is now a live product and is being promoted on the Beeb as a way to catch up on shows that have been missed. More…
One of the most frequent reasons customers call in to our support centre is when setting up broadband routers for the first time. Mark, in our support content team, has just put together a short (14mins) video explaining some of the essentials and basic troubleshooting tips that can help when getting started.. More…
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