Virtuaffinity News 2003
The Register - Music and Media
Biting the hand that feeds IT
BBC fixes BT Home Hub auto-vomit bug
Olympic delay for iPlayer tweak
BBC engineers have solved a mysterious, long-running bug that has meant iPlayer and live TV streams have frequently prompted the BT Home Hub, UK's most common router, to reset itself.?
Feds cuff blogger for Guns N' Roses leak
Chinese Democracy, American Extremism
The FBI has arrested a 27-year-old American blogger for leaking some unreleased Guns N' Roses tunes to the internet.?
UK etailer punts bovine coitus thumb drive
'A niche market'
An army of online deal seekers has called for a boycott of Boffer.co.uk, after the "daily deal" site fooled them into coveting a non-existent bovine sex device.?
China pardons iTunes (but not Sting)
Music store returns - minus 'Songs for Tibet'
The People's Republic has pardoned iTunes after access to the online music store was apparently blocked in reaction to selling a new Tibet-themed album during the Olympic games.?
Amazon goes on Shelfari
Acquires facebooky wooky start-up?
Amazon.com is buying Shelfari ? that is, according to the Seattle social networking start-up, but for now the online retail giant is keeping mum about the deal.?
- 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
