Networks

Ofcom Confirms Virgin Media Need Not Share Its Ducts

Virgin Media does not have "significant market power" so will not have to share its ducts, Ofcom has confirmed

13 years ago

Polycom Closes HP Visual Collaboration Acquisition

Polycom has completed its acquisition of HP's visual collaboration business and signs a webOS deal

13 years ago

Scavenging Free Green Power From Radio Waves

Radio wave propagation may be a form of pollution but it could be a source of free, ubiquitous energy

13 years ago

Hollywood Wins BT Block On Newzbin2 Pirate Website

BT has been ordered to stop its customers from accessing file-sharing website Newzbin2

13 years ago

BT Extends ADSL2+ Deployment, But Deadline Slips

BT is extending its ADSL2+ copper network deployment, meaning faster broadband for more people

13 years ago

Ofcom Slams ISPs For Phoney Broadband Claims

Broadband speeds in the UK are improving, but the advertising still misleads consumers, says Ofcom

13 years ago

Dell’s Open-Source OpenStack Cloud Platform

Dell is launching an open-source cloud computing platform based on OpenStack with Dell's Crowbar installer

13 years ago

Tesco To Provide Free In-Store Wi-Fi

Supermarket chain Tesco is testing free in-store Wi-Fi in four of its stores, with plans to roll out across the…

13 years ago

Alcatel-Lucent Pushes Into Video Collaboration

Alcatel-Lucent is using partnerships and its own technology in the new Visual Collaboration Suite

13 years ago

Microsoft’s Muglia Heads To Juniper

Former Microsoft executive Bob Muglia will work with Juniper to compete with Cisco and HP in networking

13 years ago

Qualcomm Adds Gesture To Snapdragon With Asset Buy

Qualcomm is to add gesture recognition to its Snapdragon mobile chips by acquiring GestureTek assets

13 years ago

F5 Enchances Big-IP Security Platform

F5 Networks has updated its security platform to better protect Web 2.0 applications

13 years ago

Nominet Launches Free Trial Of Secure DNS

Nominet will give .uk domain owners a DNSSEC service to prevent hackers spreading counterfeit addresses

13 years ago

Hospital Denies Forcing Visits By Skype

A hospital has denied it was forcing relatives to use Skype instead of visiting them in hospital

13 years ago

TalkTalk Shamed For Poor Broadband Service

Talk Talk finished bottom of an Ofcom survey of broadband customer satisfaction

13 years ago

Can We Monetise The Web Without Breaking It?

Net neutrality has made the web what it is today. Surely we can expand it without abandoning that principle, says…

13 years ago

Virgin Trumpets 1.5Gb Fibre Trial Success

Silicon Roundabout has 1.5Gbps broadband, thanks to a Virgin Media Business trial

13 years ago

Virgin Media Says Ofcom’s Rural Broadband Price Cut Won’t Help

Virgin Media has warned that Ofcom's change to rural broadband pricing does little to address the problem

13 years ago

Ofcom Demands Rural Broadband Price

Rural broadband bills should fall after Ofcom "significantly" cut the broadband wholesale price BT charges other ISPs

13 years ago

Dell Beefs Up Networking Play With Force10 Acquisition

Dell has equipped itself with serious networking capabilities thanks to its acquisition of Force10 Networks

13 years ago

Lego Comes In All Colours But PCs Need To Be Green

Building a computer case from Lego is a sustainable concept but the rest of the computer has to measure up

13 years ago

Intel Bids To Buy Ethernet Chip Maker Fulcrum

Intel is expanding its networking portfolio by acquiring Fulcrum, a maker of high-speed switch chips

13 years ago

Cisco To Cut 6,500 Jobs As It Begins Restructuring

Cisco will cut its workforce in August, with further losses when Cisco sells a manufacturing plant to Foxconn

13 years ago

Companies Buy Up .XXX Domains To Protect Brands

Businesses will have until 28 October to buy a .xxx domain for their trademark or opt out altogether

13 years ago

Attackers Go Gaga Over Latest Hack

Normally headline-grabbing, Lady Gaga has been unusually quiet about the theft of fans' email addresses from her site

13 years ago

BBC Crowdsources UK 3G Coverage Map

The BBC is asking Android users to upload information which will map Britain's 3G coverage

13 years ago

Vodafone Sure Signal Subject To Phone Hacking

Calls made using Vodafone's Sure Signal femtocells can be hacked and recorded, according to researchers

14 years ago

Telcos Seek End To Net Neutrality On Mobile Networks

A new report argues that European telecommunications providers should be able to charge for network priority

14 years ago

Digital Cold War Breaks Out Between Web Sheriffs

A 'digital Cold War' has been declared between British and Russian anti-piracy companies

14 years ago

Cisco Rounds Out Enterprise Support For Cius Tablet

Cisco's enterprise focused tablet now has app support from the likes of Sybase, Lexmark and others

14 years ago