Networks

Virgin Media Offers Customers 100Mbps Broadband

Virgin Media is offering some of its customers the chance to enjoy 100Mbps broadband

14 years ago

Silver Surfers Are Growing, But Need More Help Online

Ofcom says the over-65s are gradually coming online, but charities want more help for the offline generation

14 years ago

Arqiva Trials LTE Network For UK Not Spots

Arqiva has teamed up with Alcatel-Lucent to test an open LTE network for rural broadband

14 years ago

Mastercard Website Punished For WikiLeaks Ban

Operation: Payback, a WikiLeaks’ supporter initiative, has turned its DDoS attacks on Mastercard

14 years ago

Virtual WAN Optimiser Could Boost Data Centres

Silver Peak says its new 1Gbps VM can meet high-end business continuity and disaster recovery needs

14 years ago

ISPs Respond To Government Broadband Pledge

The UK government’s broadband strategy to turn every community into ‘a digital hub’ attracts both praise and criticism from ISPs

14 years ago

ICANN Skirts Criticism To Announce Domain Changes

Spiking the guns of its critics, ICANN launches a gTLD system that may add .microsoft and .oracle to .com

14 years ago

BT To Launch 1Gbps Fibre Broadband Trial In Suffolk

BT is testing a 1Gbps fibre broadband connection in Suffolk to help the government create the best super-fast broadband network…

14 years ago

Could Jeremy Hunt’s Plan Justify An Obscenity?

Jeremy Hunt doesn't deserve the obscene name he got on the BBC, but his broadband plans aren't good enough, says…

14 years ago

Jeremy Hunt Promises 600,000 Jobs From Broadband

After an accidental insult on the BBC, Jeremy Hunt repeated the government's broadband plans

14 years ago

Sir Maurice Wilkes, The Father Of Computing, Dies

Eclipsed in renown by Alan Turing, Sir Maurice Wikes laid much of the foundations of computer science

14 years ago

Small Businesses Admit Wi-Fi ‘Piggybacking’

Small businesses are engaging in risking behaviour including relying on nearby unsecured Wi-Fi networks for their internet access, a survey…

14 years ago

FCC’s Net Neutrality Still Thin On Industry Support

The FCC intended to clarify its net neutrality position with the new plan, but it sidestepped some key questions

14 years ago

Tech Firms Call On Vaizey To Safeguard Net Neutrality

Skype and eBay are among signatories to an open letter which has called for the government to back its promises…

14 years ago

UK Leads Tech Adoption But Lags In Broadband

Brits are keen adopters of new technology, but the UK is falling behind in superfast broadband

14 years ago

FCC Sparks New US Net Neutrality Row

The FCC's proposed "rules" for an open Internet have re-ignited an ideological firestorm over intervention

14 years ago

Stock Of Free IPv4 Addresses Dwindles Further

The stock of unallocated IPv4 addresses dropped below 5 percent in October, and now there are just two free blocks…

14 years ago

BT To Use Satellite For Cornish Broadband

The Avanti satellite, launched last month, will help BT connect Cornwall and the Scillies

14 years ago

New BSI Standard Makes Web Accessible

Elderly and disabled people should not be locked out of the web, according to the BSI's new code of conduct

14 years ago

UK 24th In Broadband Value Table

Britain is trailing behind other countries for broadband value, a survey revealed

14 years ago

Wi-Fi Needs To Be Over-Provisioned

Wireless LANs have to get directional to handle the flood of mobile devices, argues Dirk Gates of Xirrus

14 years ago

LTE Tops Analyst Mobile Predictions For 2011

New research has highlighted mobile trends such as the arrival of LTE next year, thanks to the increasing number of…

14 years ago

Meraki MR16 And MR12 Access Points: Review

Meraki has unveiled two new flagship access points that promise improved performance but at a cheaper price

14 years ago

Police Request For Website Closure Powers Causes Concern

A proposal to give the police power to close down websites could put legitimate businesses at risk

14 years ago

BT Adds Slower Minimum Fibre Broadband Speeds

BT has begun offering a fibre broadband product to resellers offering download speeds of just 5 Mbps

14 years ago

TalkTalk Defends URL-Tracking Anti-Malware Service

The Virus Alerts service will log all websites visited, but won't infringe users' privacy, says TalkTalk

14 years ago

Google And Facebook Trample Over Web Startups

Facebook and Google are feasting on tiny web startups, either by duplicating their services or buying their technology, says Clint…

14 years ago

Virgin Provides Fibre For UK Government Network

Virgin says its fibre optic network can help the government meet its targets for public sector data savings

14 years ago

LANDesk Targets Automation And Mobile Device Security

Acquisition by Thoma Bravo has focused LANDesk on its expansion into providing mobile device management services

14 years ago

Will High-Speed Malware Crash The Internet?

How do we avoid the collapse of the Internet under the strain of more malware attacks at higher speeds, asks…

14 years ago