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News C is for CMA W is for Wi-fi From 2010 the e-Borders system will cross reference the personal details for almost all passengers travelling to and from Britain against a watchlist of suspects. In a report... [30 Mar 2009]
BT slammed over unbundling price hike
News C is for Cable & Wireless W is for WiMax According to a statement from TalkTalk on Monday, BT raising its line charges for local loop unbundling (LLU) will "raise the barrier [to broadband access] for... [10 Mar 2009]
Legal Eye: Social networkers get smart about privacy rights
Comment C is for CMA W is for Wi-fi Since their introduction, social networks have always had to walk a fine line regarding the usage of user data, particularly because of the personal information shared by... [05 Mar 2009]
"Netbook security is not there yet"
News C is for CMA W is for Wi-fi Since their introduction less than two years ago by Taiwan's Asus, nearly all major PC makers, including Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo, have jumped on the netbook bandwagon.... [04 Mar 2009]
Cheap broadband will stop BT going fibre charge crazy
News C is for Cable & Wireless W is for WiMax The watchdog today announced it will be imposing no price controls on super high-speed broadband services, allowing BT to resell fibre access to other ISPs at... [03 Mar 2009]
Mind the mobile broadband cash gap
News C is for Cable & Wireless W is for WiMax According to analyst Strand Consult, many operators are selling mobile broadband for around 50 per cent less than it costs to produce such volumes of data. Tough... [11 Feb 2009]
Airlines fear delays from snooping tech
News W is for Wi-fi C is for CMA Fliers face possible disruption from plans to begin electronic tracking of every journey into the UK during one of the busiest holiday periods of the year, the UK airline... [11 Feb 2009]
BT's wi-fi router turns biz into hotspots
News C is for The Cloud W is for WiMax The latest version of the BT Business Total Broadband hub, unveiled on Monday, can effectively be turned into a BT Openzone wi-fi hotspot - users can give their... [10 Feb 2009]
Dongle power users will be booted off 3G first
News C is for The Cloud W is for WiMax Operators' roadmaps to LTE - the predicted upgrade path for the majority of mobile networks currently on 3G - are likely to be a diverse bunch, according to Motorola. [06 Feb 2009]
UK is Big Brother capital of the world say Lords
News C is for CMA W is for Wi-fi At the same time national databases designed to hold personal information on nearly every UK citizen are being set up across Whitehall, from the NHS Care Records Service to... [06 Feb 2009]
As crunch bites: Don't neglect the logs
Comment C is for CMA W is for Wi-fi Managing log files may seem like a mundane issue but doing it well tightens data security and boosts compliance efforts, says Quocirca's Fran Howarth. Managing risk,... [05 Feb 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment C is for Cable & Wireless W is for WiMax The interim Digital Britain report sets out a pledge of universal broadband access by 2012 at speeds of up to 2Mbps via fixed and wireless networks. The final... [30 Jan 2009]
Is this the largest security breach ever?
News C is for CMA W is for Wi-fi Heartland Payment Systems, which processes payroll and credit card payments for more than 250,000 businesses, reported Tuesday that consumer credit card data was exposed in... [21 Jan 2009]
PCs at five hospitals struck down by virus
News C is for CMA W is for Wi-fi The Conficker B virus infected 800 out of the 7,000 PCs at five hospitals in Sheffield, leading to a "small number" of patient appointments being cancelled, according to a... [21 Jan 2009]
Stopping corporate IT break-ins
News C is for CMA W is for Wi-fi In an identity management guide published today, the Corporate IT Forum (TiF) recommends using automation to smooth over some of the difficulties in keeping track of who is... [20 Jan 2009]
