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Virgin Media to ramp up capacity on core network
Focusing on need for speed and bandwidth...

Tags: fibre, nortel, bandwidth, broadband

Travel site bookings fly when glitch fixed
Case study: Testing software gives Thomson Holidays a boost

Tags: testing, ecommerce, travel

Nasa supercomputer gets rocket power
The US space agency is hoping for a petaflop...

Tags: petaflop, performance, upgrade, supercomputer

Met Office forecasts blue skies for green IT
Sunny outlook on CO2…

Tags: met office, energy, green it

Brits want ASBOs for rude mobile users
And reckon in-flight calls should be grounded

Tags: texting, in-flight, mobile

Video: Future security threats
Infosec 2008: Experts give the low-down on what to look out for…

Tags: expert, infosec, threat, security

Carphone Warehouse plans broadband boost
£1.1bn deal could pour cash into infrastructure...

Tags: talktalk, broadband, carphone warehouse

Green dream fuels shift in Whitehall
In an IT revolution

Tags: energy, climate change, green

Caption Competition: Clamped!?
But I only stopped for five minutes...

Galileo phones home
Test satellite makes contact...

Tags: gps, signal, europe, sat nav


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Google execs defend a Yahoo! ad deal
Eric Schmidt: Advertisers always have a choice…

Tags: ad, yahoo, google

OpenOffice 3.0 beta gets an airing
Mac support top of the list

Tags: windows, mac, openoffice

Nationwide WiMax in next two years?
Intel: And will live happily with 3G…

Tags: 3g, wimax

Tech not to blame for Terminal 5 fiasco
BA boss: Lack of 'staff familiarity' was biggest problem

Tags: problem, baa, ba, heathrow

Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
In-body, on-body networks keeping a check

Tags: e-health, ofcom, wireless

UK blueprint on how tech can beat climate change
Gov't green IT plan to slash carbon nasties

Tags: climate change, energy, green it

BT adds smart phone to home broadband package
Surfing on the go…

Tags: broadband, smart phone, bt

Bournemouth to be UK's first Fibrecity
Surf's up...

Tags: h2o, fibre, bournemouth


Childnet helps parents get web savvy
Case study: Gov't initiative to bridge digital divide

Tags: parents, children, education

MoD fights data losses with encryption
20,000 laptops up their defences

Tags: security, army, mod

The tech behind the Beijing 2008 Olympics
Inside the world's largest sports IT contract

Tags: infrastructure, servers, olympic

Microsoft's next plan: Make over Live Search
When in 'Rome'… Google beware

Tags: live search, yahoo, microsoft

Sun unveils JavaFX for rich web apps
Rival to Microsoft Silverlight?

Tags: ria, java, sun

Microsoft considered Facebook move
After Yahoo!, social network on the cards?

Tags: facebook, yahoo, microsoft

Lie detectors to hunt out benefit cheats
Trial saves thousands in taxpayer money

Tags: dwp, benefits, lie detector

Microsoft - halted Vista, XP updates resumed
But filter not a fix for those with Dynamics RMS

Tags: windows, microsoft, xp, vista

NHS cleans up keyboard act
Hospitals to get 7,500 infection-resistant keyboards...

Tags: hospitals, health, keyboards, connecting for health

Photos: Beijing Olympics 2008 - tech keeping the games on track
Behind the scenes at the Bird's Nest, Water Cube and more…

Tags: project, infrastructure, olympic

Video: Tackling security threats
Infosec 2008: What businesses must do to ensure they're secure...

Tags: infosec, business, threat, security

IT spend in retail slowing down?
Tech teams making do

Tags: online retail, torex

Whitbread serves up £1m saving on card payments
Beefeater, Costa Coffee get streamlined with chip and PIN

Tags: pos, chip and pin, pci

Photos: HTC unveils its Diamond touch
An iPhone rival?

Tags: touchscreen, iphone, htc

Microsoft plans to go it alone online
Post Yahoo!: Redmond considers its options

Tags: aol, google, yahoo, microsoft

Europe, India net gets cast under the sea
Verizon cable to provide a traffic Gateway

Tags: internet, cable, verizon

Warning: The Storm still rages on
With new avenues for attack

Tags: malware, botnet, storm

Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle
MoD lays down the surveillance challenge

Tags: military, sensor, robot

Video: How to manage tech complexity
Top execs tell all…

Tags: infrastructure, servers, complexity

Job boom: Indian outsourcing braced for eight million more
…and makes a home in smaller cities

Tags: india, offshoring, outsourcing

Mobile M2M connections on the up
Telematics in the driving seat...

Tags: ecall, telematics, m2m

Workers hit by password overload
Poll: How many combinations do you rely on?

Tags: techies, security, passwords

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