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UK broadband outcasts to get 100Mbps first
News According to recent statistics from the Office of National Statistics, one third of UK homes are still without internet access. Chair of the Ofcom Consumer Panel, Anna Bradley said the issue of serving broadband-less areas needs to be addressed... [04 Sep 2008]
Fibre era fraught with roadblocks: EC
News But the upgrading of the choke point in the high speed internet must not become a new and enduring bottleneck for competition in the future. The EC hopes more efficient and consistent management of spectrum will boost wireless innovation and could... [04 Sep 2008]
Microsoft makes a Move on web TV
News Microsoft has invested in internet TV company Move Networks for an undisclosed sum, in a move to broaden the reach of its video streaming technology. Edwards said in a statement: "Our close relationship with Microsoft demonstrates their confidence... [26 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News Hiding internet or email traffic is relatively simple using methods such as logging on using unregistered 3G dongles, using third party wi-fi networks and by sending email using a secure tunnel and proxy. [13 Aug 2008]
Social networking: Global phenomenon
News The nine per cent growth in North America meant it was the only region of the world where the growth of social networks did not outpace the growth of the internet-using populace as a whole, which ComScore pegged at 11 per cent. [13 Aug 2008]
BT's Ribbit buy to take on Android?
News BT has bought internet-telephony company Ribbit, in a move that will bring the communications giant up against competitors ranging from Skype to Google's Android platform. Ribbit provides what it terms 'an open platform' - not to be confused with... [30 Jul 2008]
Internet blacklisting tool unveiled
News Security researchers have taken a page out of Google's book in reinventing the blacklist, a tool for blocking internet attacks. DShield is a community-based system that collaborates firewall logs from contributors in order to analyse attack trends... [28 Jul 2008]
RIM warns on BlackBerry PDF flaw
News The way the end user can determine if they are vulnerable is to try to open the browser on the BlackBerry and attempt to access your intranet resources; if it comes up on the BlackBerry and you know it's not published on the internet, that should... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super-fast internet. Ofcom CEO Ed Richards said the plan shows the UK is moving in the right direction with these new networks forming a... [15 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News WiMax really is 'the intelligent pipe' right into the enterprise, which will be a real boon to UK plc's need for high speed symmetrical internet connectivity. The spread of WiMax networks across the UK is continuing, with two providers announcing... [10 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News Around a third also said they "currently do not receive satisfactory access to internet technology, such as infrastructure, services and applications", the CMA said in a statement. Richards said: "Ofcom favours a regulatory environment for the next... [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News The CMA has called on the government to create a national broadband strategy that will take account of rising demand for next generation access to the internet over the next 12 to 24 months. More than a third of UK businesses predict they will need... [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News But the Google lawyer called on Viacom to allow YouTube to anonymise user data -- in other words, redact rows of data containing usernames or unique computer internet addresses. Viacom, owner of movie studio Paramount and MTV Networks, requested... [04 Jul 2008]
Jonathan Zittrain on why the internet is on a knife edge
News I think they can see the rise of both unmanaged - the internet - and managed -mobile phones, BlackBerrys - networks, and through investment and licensing schemes favour one over the other. Internet scholar Jonathan Zittrain says the web is on the... [30 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News The analyst said growth will be driven by consumer demand for ubiquitous internet access - and mobile broadband laptops will therefore not replace fixed networks but remain a complementary access tech for use outside the home. [20 Jun 2008]
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