Networks

Skype CEO To Become President Of Microsoft Voice

Skype will carry more adverts under Microsoft rule, and Xbox will become a home videoconference suite

14 years ago

Confirmed: Microsoft Buys Skype For £5bn

Skype will go to Microsoft for a price of around $13 per registered user, the company has confirmed

14 years ago

Gov’t Warns Of Climate Change Threat To Wi-Fi

Intense rainfall or high temperatures disrupt Wi-Fi networks, leading to a communications breakdown

14 years ago

Why Microsoft Might Regret Buying Skype

Microsoft doesn't need to buy Skype to reap the benefits of its service, says Peter Judge. Could this end up…

14 years ago

Microsoft Rumoured To Buy Skype For $7.5bn

Microsoft is said to be close to a deal to buy VoIP service Skype, in what would be its biggest-ever…

14 years ago

HP FlexNetwork Takes Aim At Cisco Dominance

HP's FlexNetwork architecture is designed as an open standards-based rival to Cisco's 'proprietary' products

14 years ago

After Sony, Governments Must Protect Citizens

Sony's lack of attention to security raises an argument for governments to set minimum standards like the PCI-DSS rules, says…

14 years ago

TalkTalk To Offer Network-Level Child Protection

TalkTalk's new HomeSafe security feature offers parental controls for all devices connected the network

14 years ago

Sony Ran Obsolete Software Without Firewall

Fundamental security, like updating Web software and adding network firewalls could have saved Sony

14 years ago

SMBs Look To Gain the Most From Unified Comms

The recession prompted businesses to cut costs and respond faster with unified communications, says Vodafone's Tom Craig

14 years ago

TalkTalk Paralysed By Network Failure

UK's third largest internet service provider TalkTalk went silent with a network failure this morning

14 years ago

Brocade Touts Ethernet Fabric And Open Cloud

Storage network vendor aims to take the data centre with 16Gbps Fibre Channel and an Ethernet fabric

14 years ago

Cisco Reorganises Sales, Services And Management

Cisco is realigning its businesses to improve performance. The move follows the closure of its consumer efforts

14 years ago

Facebook, Google Rumoured To Partner With Skype

Facebook and Google are competing for a tie-up with VoIP giant Skype, rumours have revealed

14 years ago

BT Recruits Former Military Engineers For Fibre Rollout

BT is to recruit 200 former armed forces personnel to help it with the labour intensive fibre rollout

14 years ago

Ofcom Boss Anticipates Regulation Of Duct Pricing

Ofcom admits it may need to step in and regulate the prices for access to BT's ducts and telegraph poles

14 years ago

Ford To Offer In-Car Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot

Fancy updating your Facebook status while in the car? Now you can thanks to Ford's rolling Wi-Fi hotspot

14 years ago

Free DNS Sandbox From OpenDNS For IPv6 Tests

The OpenDNS sandbox for IPv6 is a free service to encourage networking administrators to try the protocol

14 years ago

Vodafone Installs Phone Chargers In 500 London Cabs

Vodafone taxis will offer mobile charging and allow text payments as part of a giant ad campaign in London

14 years ago

Sony, Amazon Problems Aren’t Unique To The Cloud

Cloud services aren’t inherently less secure than those held in data centres. In fact, they may be more secure

14 years ago

Cameron: Rural Broadband Investment Vital

The prime minister has underlined the importance of broadband to boost new businesses in rural areas

14 years ago

Mobile Operators Brace For Royal Wedding Demand

Mobile operators in the UK are gearing up for the royal wedding with a boost in network capacity

14 years ago

Westminster Abbey Blocks Twitter At Royal Wedding

Signal jamming technology will be deployed at Westminster Abbey to avoid disruptions to the royal wedding

14 years ago

Cisco Criticises Its Networking Critics

Cisco is seeking to reassert its networking credibility, lambasting rivals advocating “good enough” products

14 years ago

Sky Signs Three Month Ducting Trial With BT

Sky is considering installing its own fibre network in the UK after signing a deal with BT to use its…

14 years ago

Akamai Rates Bradford As UK Broadband Speedster

Bradford holds the UK's fastest overall broadband record but it is only 99th in the world rankings

14 years ago

TalkTalk And 3 Lead Ofcom Complaints Table

TalkTalk and 3 are the top two telecom providers that us Brits complain about the most

14 years ago

EU Launches Net Neutrality Probe

The European Union is to investigate the techniques used by ISPs to manage network traffic

14 years ago

Virgin Tests 1.5 Gbps Cable Broadband

London's 'Silicon Roundabout' will test a Virgin 1.5Gbps service on cable, as the super-fast broadband battle heats up

14 years ago

IPv6 Traffic Remains Minuscule

Despite growing interest in IPv6, the traffic over the protocol remains less than 1 percent of overall online traffic, Arbor…

14 years ago