Advertising keywords pop up from website text

A new Internet advertising technology is threatening to invade the last area of most websites that until now has remained ad-free: the text. Vibrant Media's IntelliTXT system searches content for specified keywords and converts them into a link. Only a difference in colour - the sponsored links will appear in green will distinguish the advertising from editorial links that commonly appear in blue. ...more

BBC boss sees digital TV timescale slipping

When the analogue signal is switched off, all UK TV viewers will have to receive digital broadcasts, but the BBC's boss has warned that the timescales are slipping. The government's plan is for the whole of the UK to receive digital TV by 2010. A big incentive for this disruptive change will be the opportunity to auction off wavelengths, in the lucrative manner - the government will hope - of the 3G wireless licences. ...more

802.11n draft proposal approved

The standards body for the electronics industry, the IEEE, has voted to accept a working draft specification for the emerging 802.11n standard for wireless networking. The unanimous vote accepting a Joint Proposal specification took place during the IEEE's bi-monthly meeting in Kona, Hawaii. ...more

Strained relations cause Adobe no-show

Adobe Systems has decided not to exhibit at this month's Macworld Expo in New York. The company cited the slowdown in the economy as its reason for not exhibiting, but sources claim that the real reason has more to do with tension between Adobe and Apple over the development of Mac OS X versions of Adobe products. The party line, according to Cheryl Edwards, Adobe's public relations director, is simple: "For economic reasons, Adobe will not be exhibiting at Macworld New York this summer," she said. ...more

BT and BSkyB grab Premiership rights

BT has announced it has won rights to show Premiership matches throughout the 2007-8, 2008-9 and 2009-10 seasons. In a joint bid with BSkyB, the companies will have access to 242 matches each season with the rights to broadcast them on 'near-live'. Matches will be available on-demand from 10pm on the day of a given match and for another 50 hours on a pay per view basis. ...more