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Third of UK homes still without web access
News The stats also show a digital refusenik attitude is growing among Brits. The ONS figures also reveal a growing north-south digital divide. Individuals who have no formal qualifications are least likely to have internet connection in their home, at... [27 Aug 2008]
Ofcom: Copper capable of high-speed broadband
News The more expensive 'worst is first' option, cabling up the cabinets furthest away, would aid the closing of the digital divide more, by helping those whose broadband speeds are currently worst - and might need to be backed by Ofcom rules, the... [22 Aug 2008]
Manchester Airport begins biometric ID trial
News The facial recognition technology will be used to verify adult travellers with a UK or European chipped biometric passport by comparing scans with the digital photographs stored on their passports. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said in a statement... [20 Aug 2008]
Mobile broadband threatening fixed line?
News A recent state of the digital nation Ofcom report found UK dongle sales nearly doubled between February and June this year, rising from 69,000 to 133,000 per month. However the survey also shows evidence of dissatisfaction with the dongle... [20 Aug 2008]
Photos: Top summer holiday gadgets
Photo Or upload your digital holiday pics and make friends back home jealous. If there are any wi-fi hotspots in the locality you can use it for a spot of surfing, email checking and - for those also packing a headset - VoIP-based phoning home. [11 Aug 2008]
BBC reveals iPlayer user habits
News Writing on the BBC blog, Anthony Rose, head of digital media for BBC Future Media and Technology, said: "It's great to have some solid evidence to back up our ideas on how people were using the service, and I've been delighted to see how positive... [06 Aug 2008]
Home servers latest trend to sweep market?
News Soon, the 500GB hard drive that comes as standard on most home computers today won't even be big enough to store and organise the amount of digital music, video and photography that users are accumulating as part of the emerging "terabyte lifestyle". [21 Jul 2008]
DTCP-IP Applied: Secure Premium Content Module
White Paper The presentation presents breakdown of how DTCP-IP is used in the digital home and a part of Intel Viiv technology. The presentation provides description and demonstration of a Secure Premium Content Module (SPCM) using Windows Digital Rights... [03 Jul 2008]
2007 Mobile Platform Vision
White Paper The presentation provides detailed look at Intel's 2006 mobile concept PCs and the functionality they will bring to digital office and digital home users. This presentation provides update on Intel's Mobile platform Roadmap and guidance on mobile... [03 Jul 2008]
Mobile Productivity Web Seminar
White Paper If you want to keep them productive then give them a secure, personalized work environment, with all their digital resources, where, when and how they need them. Your people are constantly on the move, from the home office to the hotel to... [03 Jul 2008]
FPGA Enabled Home Networking Technology Bridges—Connecting Disparate Technologies
White Paper The Internet revolution and distribution of broadband access to different digital consumer electronics and their interoperation introduces a new wave of technology into your home. The digital age of consumer electronics is here and it is bringing... [03 Jul 2008]
White Paper: Connecting the Digital Home - Emerging Technologies for Creating Home Networks
White Paper Though current 802.11x (WiFi) technologies offer enough capacity for sending data traffic to multiple PCs and devices linked together in a home network, they provide insufficient throughput and control of the quality and latency of the signal for... [03 Jul 2008]
Advanced Mobile Digital Video Systems
White Paper Digital multi-channel television to the home is now a mature technology and other applications are being developed using the core digital delivery technologies. One such application is the use of the DVB-T open standard technologies, originally... [03 Jul 2008]
HomePlug 1.0: Technology White Paper
White Paper With the inevitable arrival of broadband access, the demand for sending digital voice, video and Internet data within the home increases continuously. With multiple outlets in every room, residential powerlines are already the most pervasive... [03 Jul 2008]
Beyond the PC: Television Commerce Brings E-Commerce Potential Into Every Home
White Paper Ultimately the spread of digital television, with its sharper, wider images and audio and data programming capabilities, will provide a platform for two-way personalized communication in the center of most homes. [03 Jul 2008]
