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O2 Apologises For 12 Hour Service Outage
O2 says fault affected one percent of users but should be resolved
Berkshire And BT Sign £8m BDUK Broadband Deal
Around 18.000 premises are set to benefit from BDUK cash
US Charges 13 Alleged Anonymous Members
Alleged Anonymous DDoSers charged for Operation Payback attacks
Verizon Unveils ‘Massive’ Proprietary Public Cloud
Verizon won't be using open source kit anywhere in its back end, as it wants complete control over the stack
GitHub Struggles With Second Day Of DDoS Attacks
Code repository battered by DDoS attacks for the second day running
Ofcom Announces Participants For Major White Space Trial
Microsoft, Google and BT among those to lend support to Europe's first major white space pilot
Glasgow NHS IT Shocker Postpones Operations
Delays to chemotherapy treatment and various operations caused by networking issue
Orange: Internet Of Things Is Here, And We’re Ready
Orange Business Services is already connecting millions of 'things' to the Internet
ZeroAccess: Sinkhole Sucks Brains From Big Bitcoin Mining Botnet
One of the biggest botnets in the world sees half a million bots made inactive as law enforcement takes an interest
Schoolboy Arrested Over Biggest DDoS Ever
London police investigating Spamhaus attacks, believed to be the biggest ever, arrested a 16-year-old
Report: Nokia Considering Alcatel-Lucent Deal
Following the sale of its handset business to Microsoft, Nokia may enlist the help of Alcatel-Lucent in building out its wireless networking business
Reports: Samsung, Amazon Helping Intel With TV Content Deals
Intel has reportedly turned to Samsung and Amazon for help in its efforts to launch an Internet television service by the end of the year
Weightless M2M Standard Recruits “Believers” Ahead Of Trials In 2014
Next year, the first Weightless networks will pop up in Shoreditch and Cambridge, but white space spectrum regulation remains an issue
PAC: BT And Government Are Killing Broadband Competition
DCMS advised to stop throwing money at BT until it comes up with a more competitive framework
Sudan Hit By Internet Blackout Amidst Riots
Sudan is experiencing an Internet outage, as riots hit the capital city of Khartoum
The Majority Of UK Wi-Fi Hotspots Allow Access To Adult Sites
Porn sites and online weapon stores accessible to anyone across public Wi-Fi
TalkTalk Offers Basic Broadband for £2.50 Per Month
There's still £15.40 to pay for the line rental, obviously
Cisco To Unveil SDN Insieme Plans Early November
Cisco may reportedly unveil its SDN product on 6 November from its Insieme Networks venture
Cisco NCS Router Targets ‘Internet of Everything’
Cisco Systems has launched a new networking platform to help service providers tackle the explosion of Internet traffic. The networking giant’s Network Convergence Systems (NCS), introduced during a Webcast event 25 September, is de ...
China Eases Internet Restrictions To Allow Facebook In Shanghai
China is opening up access to the likes of Facebook and Twitter in an area of Shanghai, whilst allowing foreign firms to compete against state-owned giants
Cisco Takes Surveillance Into ‘Internet Of Things’ Era
Cisco has updated its VSM7 video surveillance management platform, allowing it to operate on a large scale and making application development easier
Barclays Bank Branch Bugged In £1.3m Breach
Branch hit by crude yet effective attack involving a KVM device
Quiz Of The Week: The Internet Of Things
See if you score more than your toaster on our Internet of things test!
Brocade Beefs Up Network Virtualisation Credentials
Brocade adds new VDX switches, a new Vyatta virtual router, and enhances its VCS Fabric software
Google 1Gbps Fibre Network Hit By Liability Delay
Google’s construction of 1Gbps fibre network in Kansas has been halted after liability concerns
HP Enters Next-Generation Firewall Game
HP will be going up against the likes of Palo Alto Networks, Check Point and Cisco, as it launches a host of products
Iran Facebook, Twitter Filters Lifted Briefly In ‘Technical Glitch’
Iran, whose new president has promised a softer line on Internet filtering, saw blocks on Twitter and Facebook disappear briefly on Monday
Juniper Ships ‘Contrail’ SDN Controller
Juniper has launched its SDN controller, and wil also make the technology available in the form of open source code
New Chips Target ‘Internet Of Things’
AMD, Cisco and Intel are releasing new processors aimed at a market that is expected to hit $14.4 trillion by 2020