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Yahoo! to launch paid Net video service
News is close to unveiling details of a paid, subscription-based Internet video service that will compete with a similar product from RealNetworks, according to sources familiar with the plans. The video service comes on the heels of a paid version of...
[February 10, 2003, 8:38]
Napster seeks testers for paid service
News Music-swapping service Napster is calling for people to test its forthcoming subscription service, tentatively scheduled to launch this summer. The company posted an appeal for beta testers on its Web site yesterday, saying it is looking for people...
[May 17, 2001, 8:07]
RealNetworks launches subscription music service
News RealNetworks launched its much-anticipated subscription service for online music Tuesday, offering a major test of consumer demand for paid content on the Web. The service, known as RealOne Music, comes amid a flurry of similar announcements -- and...
[December 4, 2001, 16:00]
Yahoo! video service goes live
News is planning a Monday launch of its paid video subscriber service, which will feature news, sports and entertainment clips, pitting the company against a comparable service offered by RealNetworks. The video service is just the latest paid version...
[March 17, 2003, 7:31]
Subscription-based Outlook piloted
News Microsoft Office Outlook Live, as the service is being called, would be a paid service that would let consumers use Outlook to manage Hotmail-based email, calendar and contact information. A Microsoft representative said Outlook Live would be a...
[December 14, 2004, 8:15]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback I am writing to complain about the abominable customer service that you provide. This is basic customer service. Your customer service is rubbish! I paid for my laptop, I paid for insurance and when I was offered the insurance, I was told that I...
[October 26, 2006, 18:17]
Apple extends .Mac sign-up deadline
News Earlier this month, Apple touted that 100,000 users have signed up for the paid service. Apple said it is extending the deadline until 14 October for users of the free email, Web hosting and online storage service to subscribe to Apple's new .Mac...
[September 30, 2002, 10:45]
Hotmail lifts storage limit
News The upgrade will increase Hotmail's free email storage limits from 2 megabytes to 250MB and its paid email service, which costs $19.95 (£10.99) a year, from 10MB to 2 gigabytes. Microsoft said on Wednesday that it will boost storage limits in its...
[June 24, 2004, 8:45]
BTopenworld, NTL top complaints charts
Talkback On thursday last we had a letter saying if the outstanding bill wast paid within 7 days our service would be downgraded. This is the only way I have of showing my dissatisfaction with a standard of service I personally would be ashamed to provide...
[March 8, 2005, 6:26]
Amazon sellers fume over auction glitch
News Several Amazon.com auction sellers say the e-commerce giant is not delivering a service they say they have bid on and paid for. But Amazon customer service representatives told prospective auction sellers that the company was aware of the problem...
[May 31, 2001, 9:52]
Customer fury over breathe's final tactics
News I was appalled this morning to find out that breathe has discontinued its 'breathe freely' service which I paid £50 for lifetime Internet access. Unmetered ISP breathe appears to have choked on its decision to shut its service Monday, refusing to...
[December 11, 2000, 15:44]
Yahoo! adopts paid search listings
News It has also introduced new subscription services such as paid personal ads and an email service for businesses. said on Tuesday that it has partnered with for-fee search service Overture to add sponsored links to its directory, in a move to bolster...
[November 14, 2001, 15:24]
Microsoft directs chatters to IM
News Even though MSN Messenger is not a paid service, it's the leading edge of where Microsoft wants to go with paid services," said Rob Helm, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, an independent market research firm.
[September 26, 2003, 9:00]
Napster's subscription Holy Grail fading
News Monday's legal ruling against Napster has once again raised the specter of a court-ordered shutdown, adding new momentum to a direction the music-swapping service was already headed -- away from an unpaid and largely unsupervised network to a paid...
[February 13, 2001, 15:02]
Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight
News Powerful computer and telecommunications companies are allying with upstart file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net.
[May 16, 2002, 13:12]
.Mac may prove a hard sell for Apple
News Apple is giving existing iTools subscribers 75 days to mull whether to spring for the paid service and is crediting those who paid $49 and up for additional online storage for a full year's subscription.
[July 18, 2002, 12:43]
Brocade extends healthy storage
News Announced in the UK on Thursday, the additions to Brocade's SAN (storage area network) Health Family include the SAN Health Professional framework and analytical modules, and the interactive SAN Health Expert consultation service — a paid-for...
[November 9, 2006, 16:24]
BTopenworld trials music subscription service
News BTopenworld is trialling a music subscription service that will allow subscribers on its broadband and narrowband services to download paid-for music over the Internet, but Linux users will be cut out of the loop.
[October 29, 2001, 15:18]
IM bot will talk for cash
News Code-named SmarterChild, the instantaneous fact-finding technology will be one of the first tests of a paid consumer service over IM -- which has quickly rivalled email as the Net's most loved application.
[January 30, 2003, 12:12]
Skype getting nearer the big time
News Skype's tests for new paid services throw a spotlight on the company's audacious plans to transform itself from a largely free service into a commercial dynamo. Last July, Skype launched a paid service called SkypeOut that lets subscribers make...
[March 18, 2005, 13:20]
