http://www.silicon.com Results for red nose en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60672185p,00.htm Comic Relief wanted to calculate real-time online donations for broadcast during Red Nose Day 2009, a seven-hour, live, televised fundraising event and identify the clips that generate the highest emotional response from the public and result in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:22:53 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39406835,00.htm Comic Relief has turned to cloud computing to make sure its web and transaction platforms can cope with the demands of Friday's Red Nose Day 2009. During the previous Red Nose Day in 2007, the organisation took donations from around 450,000 people... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:13:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60542356p,00.htm With the rise of broadband, Comic Relief decided to emphasize its Red Nose Day Web site as the main channel through which people could access information and make donations. One of the most widely recognized charity brands in the United Kingdom... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:30 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60521791p,00.htm The challenge was to continue to cut operating overheads for the entire technology stack while reducing power consumption and cutting carbon footprint and process an anticipated US$50 million from Red Nose day 2009. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39166399,00.htm However, later on this evening, Red Nose Day will culminate in a huge telethon which will no doubt be the usual priceless mix of BBC news readers doing song and dance routines and well, BBC news readers doing song and dance routines. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:30:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/storage/0,39024649,39166358,00.htm The charity expects between 1.2 and 1.3 million donations to come in on the Red Nose night alone, with the lion's share being split between the charity's website and the 13,500 call centre operators employed to take donations. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:55:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39166219,00.htm Comic Relief has teamed up with social networking site Piczo to get users more involved in Red Nose Day. The campaign asks Piczo users to 'step up to the plate' to think up fundraising ideas and promote Red Nose Day via the social networking site. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:49:57 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39166090,00.htm Comic Relief is working with social-networking sites to expand its online reach and increase Red Nose Day's appeal. Bebo has already signed up to give its homepage a Red Nose Day makeover on the charity's main fundraising day: 16 March 2007. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:35:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/travel/0,3800011481,39163013,00.htm The system also provides on screen a host of other information including the aircraft's speed, height and the desired destination so there's little chance of landing on the wrong airfield or runway (a common mistake when even the nose of the plane... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:15:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39128459,00.htm The football match at Villa Park will hopefully help make this year's Red Nose Day fundraising total the highest ever. Red Nose Day encourages people to do something out of the ordinary to raise funds. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 08 Mar 2005 10:15:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,10003306,00.htm And by the time you read this, he will have delivered a 40 minute poem for Red Nose Day. Wallace and Gromit eat your heart out: some UK boffins have invented a pair of genuinely clever trousers. Researchers at ICI-owned Quest International and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:39:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,10003074,00.htm This is the first time Comic Relief has created a Red Nose Day event website separate from its usual year-round online home. Amanda Horton-Mastin, Comic Relief’s marketing director, said: "Comic Relief is thrilled that so many people have visited... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:36:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,10002984,00.htm The organisers of this year's Red Nose Day are gearing up for record-breaking levels of online activity in the run up to, and during, the event itself. Hopefully people will find the new site even more fun than last Red Nose Day. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 21 Feb 2003 13:43:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,10002833,00.htm The latest Red Nose Day charity campaign kicked off last Friday, with the website playing a more important role in helping raise funds than ever before. The site runs on Sun's Sun Fire V1280 server, making Comic Relief - the charity behind Red Nose... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:38:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,11030032,00.htm Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer is the mobile phone ringtone of choice this Christmas, trouncing other Yuletide staples such as Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer According to iobox.com, the tune about Santa's rose-nosed... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 19 Dec 2001 09:58:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,11021657,00.htm The site will launch on 6 February 2001 as part of the run-up to Red Nose Day in March. CEO Kevin Cahill said: "We want Red Nose Day to spread its wings and do different things, so we are very keen to increase our online capacity. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:30:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/0,39024711,11012098,00.htm Jim Burnham, worldwide general manager for SmartSuite, believes the firm's future problems are right under its nose. It's a red herring, not a Red Hat. Last Friday, Silicon.com published a compilation video examining the threats Microsoft could... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:10:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/webservices/0,39024657,11008847,00.htm The site at http://www.rednoseday.beeb.com is already taking some donations but will be put to the test on 12 March - Red Nose Day. ICL has been chosen by UK charity, Comic Relief to design and implement an electronic payment system that allows... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sun, 07 Mar 1999 23:20:00 +0000