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Nationwide WiMax in next two years?

News On the subject of the sudden increase in 3G dongle usage in the UK, Patel said the trend "validates the market for mobile data" but said he was "convinced that, at some point, 3G will not be able to cope from a backhaul [and general traffic...

Tags: 3g, wimax

[09 May 2008]

Mobile market ripe for femtocell loving

News The stars are aligning to create a market that's ripe for femtocell technology, according to a report from analyst house Infonetics Research - but don't start counting your mobile-access-point chickens just yet.

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, femtocell

[23 Apr 2008]

Beware the insider security threat

Beware the insider security threat

News He said: "However good the security, there's always a point when data or IP needs to be used by employees and at that point it's always insecure whatever security product set is used. Security from A to Z

Tags: insider, security

[17 Apr 2008]

Nokia to release NFC phone this year

News In the near future the technology could also be used as an alternative to standard ticketing systems on public transport, or as a 'smart-card' style payment option at the point-of-sale in retailers. Wireless from A-Z

Tags: bluetooth, nfc, nokia

[16 Apr 2008]

WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News Collier raised the point of WiMax and 3G being complementary and the possibility of co-existence. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… Z is for Zigbee A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth

News HSDPA networks entered commercial service 30 months ago; the number of HSDPA devices launched worldwide is over twice the number of GSM/Edge devices and over six times the number of 3G/WCDMA devices had at the same point in their service development.

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, hsdpa

[07 Apr 2008]

Facebook ups privacy and says it wants to Chat

News Matt Cohler, vice president of strategy and business operations, reiterated a common Facebook talking point that the social network is designed to facilitate better, more personal ways to share and communicate information.

Tags: facebook, im, social networking, controls

[19 Mar 2008]

Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer

Cheat Sheet iPlayer uses peer-to-peer technology for the download service, allowing content to be downloaded from the nearest point in the network, meaning not all content has to come directly from BBC servers. Broadband from A to Z

Tags: isp, online, on demand, iplayer

[05 Mar 2008]

Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC

News He also made it clear that the regulatory barriers to such a deployment would have to be addressed - an incumbent provider may, for example, be loathed to start a major fibre rollout at this point while it is not yet clear whether it would have to...

Tags: fibre, eu, ec, authority

[28 Feb 2008]

Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?

News And that's the argument and it is a point that we have made to Ofcom. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. Z is for Zombies A is for ADSL B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless

Tags: broadband, fibre, ofcom, high speed

[22 Feb 2008]

Biometrics the future for flying bliss?

News Finn added: "At that point 99 per cent of people will only face manual checks by exception rather than by rule. It gets to the point where it can almost be carried out as you walk. By 2015, biometric technology will make getting on a plane almost...

Tags: biometrics, travel, airport, automated

[21 Feb 2008]

Google warns: Malicious 'drive-by downloads' on the up

News The Google researchers also wrote in a paper called All Your iFrames Point To Us that 67 per cent of compromised servers and 64 per cent of the websites that link to them are located in China. Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: google, china, malicious, malware

[20 Feb 2008]

Europe dishing out more spam than US

News Spammers tend to use closer turf as a jump off point. Click on the links below to find out more. Security from A to Z Z is for Zero-day B is for Botnets C is for CMA D is for DDoS E is for Extradition

Tags: email, europe, us, spam

[07 Feb 2008]

Why O2 isn't willing to share

News Ben Dowd, head of business sales at O2 and recently appointed O2 UK board director, told silicon.com owning its own network is a unique selling point for the company. Click on the links below to find out more…

Tags: o2, 3g, iphone, coverage

[05 Feb 2008]

Broadband Britain cheaper and faster than ever

News Broadband analyst Point Topic estimates broadband penetration will hit 19 million households by 2012 - or 74 per cent of the country. CN, which is due to reach almost 10 million Brits by the end of 2008 provided it doesn't slip behind schedule...

Tags: broadband, speed, fat pipes, connection

[01 Feb 2008]

Virtual tech will 'kill the office'

News Nortel enterprise CTO Phil Edholm told silicon.com: "A lot of businesses have set up a virtual presence [in Second Life] and what they find is what's the point? Wireless from A to Z Wireless from A to Z

Tags: nortel, second life, wireless, person

[31 Jan 2008]

AstraZeneca brings its email bang up to date

Case Study The old system was becoming out of date from a support point of view. So users could be on either of the virtual systems and it would effectively, from their point of view, feel the same. The list from A to Z

Tags: astrazeneca, migration, global, email

[23 Jan 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Christmas wish list

Comment Adequate PCs and laptops are now hitting the $400 break point and all the associated peripherals come at inconsequential cost. Click on the links below to find out more. The list from A to Z Z is for Zombies

Tags: artificial intelligence, christmas, applications, play

[20 Dec 2007]

MPs condemn government over L-driver data loss

News He added the HMRC incident and its aftermath mark a "turning point for data protection in the UK", while public confidence "must be earned through tighter security and other data protection safeguards".

Tags: hmrc, dsa, department of transport, loss

[18 Dec 2007]

Top 10 weird data disasters

News Melting point: During an experiment, a scientist spilt acid on an external hard drive and burnt away his important data. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. Z is for Zero-day

Tags: recovery, hard drive, data, laptop

[05 Dec 2007]

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