Virtuaffinity News 2003
The Register - Music and Media
Biting the hand that feeds IT
European revolt over ACTA treaty gains ground
Poles stall, Slovenian ambassador calls for protests
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty, signed by most European countries last week, may not be a done deal after all, as governments across the continent face a storm of protest.?
Anonymous hackers leak Scotland Yard-FBI conference call
Were you talking about us?
Members of Anonymous have released an intercept of a conference call between investigators at the FBI and Scotland Yard during which operations against hacktivist group were discussed.?
'We're totally in LA pissing people off'
Plus 'The horror!'
Quotw This was the week when Facebook finally filed for its IPO.?
Facebook's Googly IPO delivers on Sun man's vision
Selling data ain't like shiftin' boxes, boy
History may record Scott McNealy as a straight-dealing leader of a major Silicon Valley tech company.?
BT Vision throws Microsoft Mediaroom under a bus for Linux
Set-top box software to be torn out and replaced over the net
UK hybrid TV service BT Vision plans to be the first customer to discard Microsoft's Mediaroom software, almost imminently, after at least a year-long effort to put in completely new software building blocks to rejuvenate the service.?
- Mery Xmas
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VirtuAffinity would like to wish all our clients and everyone we have worked with during 2003 a very merry xmas.
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To aid you in the xmas wind down we have provided a xmas game for you to while away those office hours.
Virtuaffinity Xmas Game
- December 2003 | Roy Wilding
- Broadband Marketing Project (PROJECT NOW CLOSED)
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VirtuAffinity in association with MultimediaMarketing.Com (MMC) supported by the North-West Broadband Fund and North-West Development Agency launch a broadband marketing project. Designed to help small to medium sized companies improve their marketing effectiveness and to encourage the take up and use of Broadband technologies in Greater Manchester.
Through this project, your company will be eligible for:
- Connection to VirtuAffinity Broadband with a £100.00 rebate.
- Free Domain Name.
- Unlimited E-Mail Address.
- Telephone Technical Support.
- Free consultancy VirtuAffinity session.
- Free access to MMC's "Improving Marketing Effectiveness Programme" online marketing training for 3 months.
- Free copy of MMC's unique online toolkit to enable you to create an effective Marketing Plan for your company that you retain after the project.
- Free support by email during the project.
- A Certificate of Completion for your personal records.
To register for the project download the registration form available in our download section.
- November 2003 | Simon Wharton
- Virtuaffinity WiFi Presentation
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VirtuAffinity are facilitating a WiFi presentation at the CircleClub in Manchester on 15th October. Guest speakers are Clive Mayhew-Begg, CEO of MyZones who will be presenting "Public Access HotSpots, Why Free is the key..." Also presenting is Dr T.B. Senior of Mancom who will deliver "A Wireless Network in Whalley Range" Doors are open at 6pm for presentations at 7pm. All with even the vaguest interest in WiFi are welcome.
- October 2003 | Simon Wharton
- Oldham Athletic Supporters Trust
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The Oldham Athletic Supporters Trust have taken on VirtuAffinity services to drive forward the Trust Oldham brand and generate much needed revenue for the club. Supporters of the Trust, or any football fan or member of the community, can sign up to get their Internet services from Trust Oldham and at no additional cost to themselves, money goes into the Trusts coffers while they surf the Net.
- September 2003 | Simon Wharton
- Northern Film Network
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VirtuAffinity have been contracted by the Northern Film Network to deliver their new website. The site will be built to enable the Film community to access online and offline resources with greater ease and to act as a showcase for the talent in the North West.
- September 2003 | Roy Wilding
