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Warner Music Group inks deal for IPTV

News Warner Music Group has cut a deal with Internet video service Brightcove in order to be able to distribute its video content catalogue on its own Web sites -- and profit from it. In the partnership, announced on Thursday, Warner Music Group will...

27 October 2006, 9:41

Skype inks deal for Wi-Fi access in Europe

News This agreement delivers on our commitment to provide the widest range of Wi-Fi services to customers across Europe," Murphy continued, adding that the deal "marks the start of a real low-cost alternative to traditional telecoms services.

12 October 2006, 7:10

Chinese vendor completes ThinkPad deal

News Under the deal, IBM takes an 18.9 percent stake in Lenovo. The deal, which was announced in December 2004, has come under regulatory scrutiny over national security concerns. However, the Federal Trade Commission indicated in January that it would...

3 May 2005, 8:41

BitTorrent's deal sparks Hollywood debate

News Even BitTorrent's competitors say the Warner Bros.agreement is a good deal for everyone. Peer-to-peer technology took another step towards joining respectable society with Monday's news that the file-sharing company BitTorrent would distribute...

10 May 2006, 9:19

Dell strikes deal with Google

News Speaking at a Goldman Sachs conference in Las Vegas, Schmidt discussed details of a long-rumoured deal between the highest ranked search engine and the top PC maker, which is a strike against Google rival Microsoft.

26 May 2006, 9:38

HP, Novell do desktop Linux deal

News IBM rival Hewlett-Packard is already permitted to load SuSE Linux onto its servers but is now extending the deal to desktop computers, according to Richard Seibt, SuSE's former chief executive and now head of Novell's European operation.

25 March 2004, 8:25

Birmingham inks deal for blanket Wi-Fi

News The UK's second city has signed a deal with BT as part of its Digital Birmingham initiative and will see a square mile in the city centre, covering Brum's main shopping streets, equipped with wireless Internet access.

17 November 2006, 9:25

NTL to buy Virgin Mobile deal this week?

News Under the new deal, Virgin head Sir Richard Branson will receive 349p per share for his majority stake in the company, with the minority shareholders receiving 372p per share. It's thought the final deal will be announced within the course of this...

21 February 2006, 9:13

News.blog: Qtrax signs deal with EMI

News Qtrax, the free music site with the questionable history of signing labels, has cut a licensing agreement with EMI Music, the company announced on Tuesday. EMI's music will be available free to registered Qtrax users for unlimited streaming or...

Tags: songs, labels, portable, signed

4 June 2008, 9:09

BT offers smart phones with broadband deal

News BT is talking convergence again -- the telco has added a smart phone option to its consumer broadband package. The new service -- BT Total Broadband Anywhere -- furnishes customers with one of a choice of two HTC smart phones, along with 50 any...

Tags: environment, customers, wi fi, package

9 May 2008, 9:26

Carphone Warehouse unveils 'free' broadband deal

News Carphone Warehouse has put an end to speculation on its free broadband product by revealing what it calls 'free broadband forever'. For £9.99 a month and an additional £11 line rental, Carphone customers will get free local and national calls...

12 April 2006, 10:03

Hollywood strikes deal with BitTorrent creator

News Hollywood studios have announced an agreement with Bram Cohen, the creator of the popular BitTorrent file-swapping technology, that will keep him from helping people find pirated copies of movies online.

23 November 2005, 8:47

Aruba edges Cisco for Microsoft Wi-Fi deal

News Aruba Networks has won a major wireless contract with Microsoft, beating Cisco Systems. Microsoft plans to use Aruba's wireless switches and roughly 5,000 Wi-Fi access points to replace its six-year-old wireless gear from Cisco, Aruba plans to...

13 June 2005, 9:18

Intel deal signals end of 'Classic' Mac OS support

News Apple's move to Intel chips appears to spell the eventual end of support for older, pre-Mac OS X programs. Current versions of Mac OS X support the running of Mac OS 9 programs in a 'Classic' environment.

7 June 2005, 9:28

News.blog: Acer reels in E-Ten deal

News Continuing its spending spree, Acer announced on Monday it plans to acquire E-Ten for $290m (£145m). Based in Taiwan, E-Ten has been around for more than two decades, and part of its business includes manufacturing Pocket PC phones and PDAs for...

Tags: laptops, phones, pocket pc, segment

4 March 2008, 9:22