worth noting 4th August 2003

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:: Mobile operator 3 UK looks set to poach more users from its rivals following the launch of a Premiership football promotion that will enable users to watch goals on their handsets for free. 3 will provide the free package to any new subscriber that signs up before the end of September on its VideoTalk price plans.

:: The second series of Pop Idol is to provide viewers with the chance to participate in the reality show through a range of digital channels, with support from a number of companies including O2 and RealNetworks. The new series will make use of interactive TV as a voting platform, in addition to premium rate telephony, SMS and the Web. TwoWayTV and Attic Media designed and built the iTV platform, which sits on Sky Active. Viewers can press the red - or 'TEXT' - button on the remote control to access behind-the-scenes gossip and news or play Pop Idol games built by Littlewoods Game On.

:: US Universities are considering ways to bring legal Internet jukeboxes to dorm rooms, including entering deals with commercial service providers that would see online music charges included alongside tuition fees or picked up by the schools themselves.

:: BT has launched a summer broadband promotion aimed at further boosting take-up of the high speed Internet around the UK. Customers that sign up for broadband in August and September will pay £30 less for their modem from BT, which has slashed the price from £80 to £50.

:: Britain's biggest dial-up ISP Freeserve, could get the boot from one-time parent Dixons, with analysts saying it's struggling to keep up with a changing market. Apparently, electrical retailer Dixons is expected to install AOL's Internet access software on its PCs.

:: The number of homes with Freeview, which gives access to digital TV without having to pay a subscription, has almost doubled in the last nine months, according to research. More than 1.5m Freeview boxes were being used at the start of July, a report from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) said, that's up from 763,000 on 1 October 2002.

:: AOL has struck a deal with Careerbuilder.com, which is owned by the three top newspaper publishers, to replace Monster.com as the provider of its online job services content.

rolfw

That'll be the kiss of death for them then.

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jimbo

A O HELL is a better name for it.

Jimbo

rolfw

Yes, I remember when I was house sitting for a friend, so i took my laptop and took advantage of their month free trial, I phoned them up after four days and told them to stick it, as it completely tried to take over the laptop. I ended paying for my access in preference.

Like probably many other users, i don't want an interactive gateway, with value added features, I don't want to have my decisions made for me, all I want is access to the internet and the choice to use whatever software takes my fancy.

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Channel Hopper

(Pedant hat on )

Shouldn't the title be 4th August ?

(Pedant hat off )

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

rolfw

LOL, I didn't notice that, just shows how much I miss.

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I stand corrected CH. Net1