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Comet beset with e-commerce problems
News A technical glitch has hit hundreds of online shoppers at electrical retailer Comet following a major technical upgrade to the store's e-commerce Web site. Others have been forced to reorder their goods using Comet's telephone sales service.
[July 26, 2005, 16:40]
Comet Cowboy
Downloads Comet Cowboy is a completely original iPhone game that uses the multi-touch screen to send you on a mining expedition in outer space. Draw a lasso around comets as they sail by, capturing and mining them Move around a vast star field with the flick...
[August 22, 2008, 8:00]
Five years ago: Comet fights millennium bug with sticky logo
News Prove IT 2000" logos, with the sub heading, "make sure your PC has a future," will be slapped on PCs that pass Comet's millennium-ready test. First published 13 June, 1997. The retailer will launch the scheme on Tuesday at its store in Croydon.
[June 13, 2002, 7:02]
Flash Comet
Downloads CrystalFire Flash Comet can help protect that data! Enter CrystalFire Flash Comet: by making a routine copy trivially simple, Flash Comet provides an extra layer of protection for your drivesāon as many computers as you have available.
[May 30, 2006, 8:00]
Hale-Bopp Comet Nokia E90 Theme Free Flash Lite Screensaver
Downloads Hale-Bopp Comet Theme for Nokia S60 3rd Edition phone, free screen saver with big timer + signal strength + battery indicator.Nitrio is the Top brand in providing the Mobile Entertainment Solution. Our products are done and tested well by Nitrio...
[February 1, 2008, 6:00]
Comet fights millennium bug with sticky logo
News "Prove IT 2000" logos, with the sub heading, "make sure your PC has a future," will be slapped on PCs that pass Comet's millennium-ready test. The retailer will launch the scheme on Tuesday at its store in Croydon.
[June 13, 1997, 12:18]
SNI PCs will sell through Comet
News The German conglomerate has made a startling recovery in PC system sales over the last two years and now has the chance of a dash at the UK consumer market thanks to a deal with Comet. The retailer will sell SNI's Scenic Xpert line of Pentium MMX...
[September 1, 1997, 10:11]
Member Review Dtop Comets
Downloads With the Dtop Comet screensaver you can enjoy the view and comets come crashing down onto you're desktop. You can also set it so each comet, and trail is a different color. You can set it to make your screen shake on impact, force a different...
[January 16, 2007, 9:59]
BSkyB partner closes UK operations
News Australian-based Comet Satellite & Cable has been forced to retreat from the United Kingdom market, leaving 160 employees in its wake. From Comet's perspective, management has made the hard decision to withdraw the business and absorb the losses so...
[May 24, 2001, 10:44]
Cursors face defining moments on the Web
News Although such technology has been attractive to consumers -- Comet boasts its software has been downloaded 61 million times -- companies giving away the software have yet to see profits. The company, Comet Systems, is best known for creating tools...
[January 29, 2001, 17:14]
Funmail flotation to raise £5m for projects
News CurrentBun, which launched three months ago, has teamed up with rival electrical retailer Comet to offer subscribers access to Comet's Web site and e-commerce offerings. The flotation will raise around £5m for a "number of different projects...
[July 5, 1999, 15:09]
Netscape Online and Woolies target lads
News Kingfisher owns Comet stores and MVC (Music and Video Club) and, according to Jones, "has lots of plans for e-commerce". He believes distribution deals with Comet and MVC are in the pipeline. At the launch of its free ISP Tuesday, AOL announced...
[August 24, 1999, 11:20]
Brits splash cash on gadget stash
News High street retailer Comet has already been active in encouraging people to recycle mobile phones. Earlier this year Comet also launched an initiative which encouraged UK mobile phone users to send in any unused handsets in a pre-paid envelope.
[August 19, 2002, 8:40]
US Report: NT 5.0 readied for early takeoff?
News Microsoft has begun selectively spreading the word to its reseller and developer partners about NT 5.0 service pack 1, code named Asteroid; NT 6.0, code-named Janus; SNA Server 3.0, code-named Babylon; Proxy Server 3.0, code-named Comet; and a...
[September 22, 1998, 7:00]
AOL broadband-in-a-box hits the shops
News Leading retailers Carphone Warehouse and Comet have started offering 'Easy-Install' modem packs for AOL Broadband. Comet will distribute the kits in 260 shops across the UK. Both retailers will share marketing costs with the ISP.
[December 24, 2002, 9:18]
MGE Personal Solution-Pac
Downloads For Comet Extreme, Pulsar Ellipse Premium USB, Pulsar Ellipse USB, Pulsar Evolution 1500/2200/3000, Pulsar Evolution 500/800/1100, Pulsar Extreme, and Pulsar Extreme C.
[January 27, 2004, 6:00]
VisionSynth
Downloads Following in the tradition of other popular Psychedelic Spiral Screensavers Comet Way is pleased to release its own unique screensaver for the Mac: VisionSynth. It adds some uniqueness and variety of its own while retaining many of the familiar...
[February 14, 2008, 6:00]
Nasa uses spacecraft to test interplanetary network
News As the craft dropped back towards Earth for one of the gravity assists that will ultimately sling it back towards the comet in 2010, it transmitted simulated images of the Martian moon Phobos using the new protocol.
[November 20, 2008, 15:38]
Sony VAIO PCV-W1
Talkback I played with one of these machines in Comet and PC World and they worked beautifully. Gald to have found these reviews BEFORE buying :) The concern I had was that all components are tucked away and that the keyboard didn't look too convenient...
[December 18, 2003, 18:03]
