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RSS universal in newsGoogle: Celebrating 10 years, with $10m 'do-gooder' pledge
News The anniversary site offers a timeline that spotlights historical moments such as Andy Bechtolsheim's $100,000 spur-of-the-moment investment in 1998, the date in 2000 when it reached one billion pages in its index of the web, the 2002... [24 Sep 2008]
Google Android: Spreading beyond phones?
News And while they've had significant success, there's a lot of fragmentation, with nothing as universal as Windows or as standardised as the iPhone. But some Android partners say the software will be used more broadly than... [23 Sep 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News A BT spokesman told silicon.com these barriers include a universal service obligation to put copper wire into new homes, something which is high cost but which fibre takes away the need for. The plans aim to give 10... [15 Jul 2008]
Exclusive: Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK tech jobs
News A spokeswoman for Barclays said: "Barclays ambition is to become one of a handful of universal banks leading the global financial services industry, helping our customers and clients throughout the world to achieve their... [14 Jul 2008]
Open source to 'blow mobiles open'
News Open source software will mean the end of proprietary phone and software bundles, and create universal compatibility and lower the cost of handsets within three years, according to analyst firm S2 Intelligence. [30 Jun 2008]
WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?
News LTE is touted as the successor to the existing UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) 3G technology, capable of supporting significantly faster data rates. Teresa Kellett, director of global development for... [11 Apr 2008]
Who's on the wrong side of the UK digital divide?
News It's several years since former Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to have achieved "universal internet access for all who want it" in the UK. A 2002 government report on progress towards Blair's... [07 Apr 2008]
UK record industry in illegal file-sharing crackdown
News Multi-national label EMI sells tracks DRM-free through Apple's iTunes catalogue while Warner, Sony/BMG and Universal offer unprotected songs on Amazon's US site. More people than ever are able to illegally swap their... [27 Mar 2008]
Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation
News and News Corp's MySpace.com have announced they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation, a not-for-profit group to support the OpenSocial initiative that Google kick-started last year to promote a universal standard for... [26 Mar 2008]
Warning over migrant tech skills shortage
News According to the report, the population of highly skilled international software professionals jumped by 26,000 in the UK between 2000 and 2007 as "the almost universal rollout of computing and internet facilities... [25 Mar 2008]
Google's engineer talks OpenSocial and the price of innovation
News Marks, a veteran of blog search start-up Technorati, now works on the search giant's OpenSocial initiative, which is working toward a universal standard for social networking standards and is slated to launch on... [03 Mar 2008]
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! jump on board OpenID
News The foundation, which is pushing for a universal internet login standard, has announced representatives from IBM, Google, Microsoft, VeriSign and Yahoo! The OpenID Foundation has announced support from some big names. [08 Feb 2008]
World's finest tech sites immortalised
News A World Heritage Site must have outstanding universal value, an importance to all humanity. They may have transformed man's understanding of the universe but the monumental impact of the world's first large radio... [22 Jan 2008]
Yahoo! logs on to OpenID
News announced late last week it is supporting the OpenID 2.0 standard for a universal online login. Yahoo! Security A to Z From antivirus to zero-day, click here for silicon.com's alphabetical guide to security. [22 Jan 2008]
£30m funding for "universal" broadband
News He warned the digital divide cannot be allowed to "reinforce social and academic divisions" and said: "We have to find a way to make access universal, or else it's not fair. The government has pledged £30m of funding... [09 Jan 2008]
