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How global computing grid could save the world
News Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals Photos: Broadband in London's Victorian sewers A global grid of computers could one day be used to protect the world against disease pandemics and natural disasters. [20 Oct 2008]
Is Nokia losing its enterprise mojo?
Comment Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals Photos: Broadband in London's Victorian sewers Nokia has announced it will stop marketing its own unified communications offerings for enterprise mobility. Natasha... [06 Oct 2008]
Firefox 3.1 to jump on privacy bandwagon?
News Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals Photos: Broadband in London's Victorian sewers The next version of Firefox is likely to add a private surfing mode to Mozilla's popular browser. Such functionality is... [16 Sep 2008]
IE8 unleashed as Microsoft plays Firefox catch-up
News Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals Photos: Broadband in London's Victorian sewers Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8 on Wednesday. If anything, this release brings IE up to... [28 Aug 2008]
Blowing up hard drives, stinky broadband and super cars
Photo See more of Hero in action here. The modestly named Hero bot uses its spotlights and high resolution cameras to scan the underside of UK-bound lorries and coaches travelling through Calais - one of... [01 Aug 2008]
UK voted internet villain 2006
News The All Party Internet Group was given the title of internet hero for trying to update the Computer Misuse Act. Iain Johnstone, the company's sales manger, picked up gongs for best uncontended service, best heavy... [24 Feb 2006]
What do Carol Vorderman and David Blunkett have in common?
News The nominations for the rather more coveted award of Internet Hero have also been released. ISPA is unhappy about its recent wholesale broadband price rises. BT, the European Union, Lycos, Carol... [23 Dec 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.02.04
Round-Up But for every Darth Vader there must be a Luke Skywalker and the Hero Award - perhaps the most predictable of the evening - deservedly went to anti-spam campaigner Steve Linford - which is handy, because silicon.com last... [20 Feb 2004]
Internet Hero and Villain honoured with gongs
News Steve Linford, the inspirational anti-spam campaigner and silicon.com Agenda Setter, has won the Internet Hero Award at an ISPA ceremony in London on Thursday night. Others up for nomination in the Hero... [20 Feb 2004]
DTI and SpamHaus contest Internet Hero of the year award
News This year's nominees for the ISPA Internet Hero award illustrate the importance that spam, laws and a bit of enthusiasm play in the Internet industry. Timms is likely to be relieved by the nomination, even if he does not... [23 Dec 2003]
BT wireless trials offer rural broadband hope
News BT is testing a wireless broadband service that if launched commercially could help to bring high-speed internet access to 100 per cent of the UK population. If these trials are a success, the service could then be used... [17 Dec 2003]
'Broadband Hero' gets his fat pipe
News West Haddon and Winwick fall within the 10 per cent of the country which BT has said will never be ADSL-enabled but 'Broadband Hero' Sherman and a number of like-minded souls refused to take 'no' for an... [03 Oct 2003]
Who are the champions of Broadband Britain?
News There was also an award for a Local Hero, Pete Berry, for his work with the Broadband4Grimsby campaign group, which co-ordinates local demand for high-speed internet access with a view to hitting trigger levels for... [15 Sep 2003]
Broadband 'go slow': Government gets off lightly in blame game
News Trevor Sherman, a 'local hero' profiled by silicon.com last year as he attempted to bring broadband to West Haddon in the Midlands, and who falls firmly in the 10 per cent who aren't even on BT's radar,... [12 Aug 2003]
Is Anne Robinson the internet's biggest villain?
News There are five nominees in the 'hero' and 'villain' categories. Hero Award Oftel, "for (among a host of other things) failing to ensure expedient local loop unbundling by BT which has hindered both... [23 Dec 2002]
