Networks

US FCC Questioned Over Net Neutrality Decision

The FCC faces tough questions about its legal authority to penalise Comcast for throttling peer-to-peer traffic from BitTorrent

15 years ago

Intel’s Otellini Launches Netbook Appstore In 3D

Intel CEO Paul Otellini talked about an Atom-based smartphone and an online app store for netbooks in a 3D-enhanced CES…

15 years ago

Tiscali Brand Binned By TalkTalk

It is the end of the line for Tiscali, after new owner TalkTalk called time on the Tiscali brand name

15 years ago

Skype Offers High-Definition Video Calls

Skype has arrived in the living room after it announced that its VoIP client is to be embedded in a…

15 years ago

WLAN Maker Meru Goes For IPO

Bucking the trend, WLAN maker Meru plans a stock market flotation in 2010 - but is the wireless LAN moving…

15 years ago

Telefonica To Acquire Jajah For £129 Million

Telecom giant Telefonica has dipped into its cash reserves to acquire small Silicon Valley VoIP provider, Jajah, for $207 million…

15 years ago

Glide Beats Chrome OS – And Turns IE Into An OS

Transmedia has stolen a march on Google's Chrome OS with Glide, which turns Internet Explorer into a browser OS with…

15 years ago

Users Risk Christmas Penalty From Too Much Online TV

An increasing number of people are watching their favourite TV shows online, but are risking a penalty for excessive downloading

15 years ago

BT Targets Olympic Deadline For NGA Rollout

The rollout of superfast broadband is ahead of schedule and BT has said it should be installed in 40 percent…

15 years ago

O2 Admits Data Network Failure

O2 has admitted responsibility for some iPhone users being unable to connect to the Internet over the past 48 hours,…

15 years ago

Cisco Closes $2.9 Billion Starent Acquisition

Cisco has strengthened its credentials in the mobile Internet space after it closed on the acquisition of Starent Networks

15 years ago

Snowed-In Workaholics Turn To Video Conferencing

Vendors push video conferencing as a way for dedicated workers to overcome hazardous weather conditions

15 years ago

Mobile Web Browsing To Overtake PCs By 2014

Within five years more users will access the Internet using mobile devices than via desktop PCs, according to Morgan Stanley's…

15 years ago

Twitter Hacked By Iranian Cyber Army

Twitter was hijacked between 10pm and 11pm Pacific time on 17 December, and was replaced it by a screen which…

15 years ago

Spiceworks Updates Free Management Software

After witnessing an increased take-up of its free IT management software, Spiceworks has expanded its capabilities

15 years ago

UK Lags In Super-Fast Broadband Stakes

The UK is lagging behind in next-generation broadband (i.e. fibre), but is holding its own regarding penetration and price

15 years ago

Skype Beta Developed For Symbian/Nokia Smartphones

Skype is coming to Nokia smartphones, at least in a beta version

15 years ago

WiGig Offers 7Gbps Wireless Standard To Wi-Fi

Faster wireless could be on the shelves by Christmas 2010, if the new 60GHz standard takes off

15 years ago

Darling’s Broadband Sums Don’t Add Up

It would be good to get 90 percent of the UK on superfast broadband by 2017, as Alistair Darling promised…

15 years ago

Yahoo Indexes Tweets In Search Results

Yahoo is indexing tweets on its search engine, but updates only appear minutes or hours after they are sent, long…

15 years ago

Mobile Internet Users To Top A Billion By 2013

People's need of the Internet shows no sign of slowing, with an IDC report predicting that there will be one…

15 years ago

Broadband Tax Approved In Pre-Budget Report

Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed in his Pre-Budget Report that the 50p-per-month bradband tax will be included in the Finance…

15 years ago

MIT Wins ARPANet Anniversary Competition

Using an inverse pyramid approach, a team from MIT captures the $40,000 (£24,400) first prize to locate 10 large, red…

15 years ago

Skype For SIP Beta Opens Up For Public Use

Businesses now have the opportunity to integrate Skype's VoIP services into their corporate telephone systems, after Skype for SIP opened…

15 years ago

Cisco Expands SMB Push With New Offerings

Cisco continues to chase the SMB sector after expanding its small business portfolio with new networking, security and collaboration solutions

15 years ago

Government’s New ICT Strategy Could Save £3.2bn

UK public services will be delivered via a government cloud and app store, with an emphasis on green IT and…

15 years ago

Starent Settles Lawsuits Blocking Cisco Purchase

Starent Networks, which Cisco Systems wants to buy for $2.9 billion (£1.8bn), settles one of several lawsuits seeking to block…

15 years ago

Network Startup Could Offer Broadband To BT Boss’s Neighbours

Sharedband says it could provide broadband to the neighbours of BT chairman Sir Michael Rake - using its own bonding…

15 years ago

BT Defends Fast Broadband For Its Chairman

BT Chairman Sir Michael Rake has jumped the queue, getting a fast broadband trial link while neighbours struggle on with…

15 years ago

Broadband Tax Will Be Higher – If It Happens

The £6 broadband levy designed to pay for faster broadband in the UK will be boosted by VAT and multiple…

15 years ago