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Superfast Broadband Adoption Increases Average UK Speed To 14.7Mbps
Average UK speeds rise thanks to superfast broadband, but gap between urban and rural widens
Cyber Attacks Strike Zimbabweans Around Controversial Election
Zimbabweans knocked offline and see data wiped because of slew of cyber attacks last week during the elections, TechWeekEurope learns
Government Starts Super Connected Cities Broadband Voucher Trial
Government invites small businesses to apply for broadband vouchers in watered-down vision
Zero-Day Catcher FireEye Plans To Go Public In $175m IPO
Popular but loss-making security firm hopes to move on with hefty investment
Microsoft Warns Of Windows Phone Password Snooping Danger
Windows Phones could leak corporate network passwords, Microsoft warns
Security IS Fun! Hack A Toilet Or A Robot Rabbit!
If hacking toilets and a talking electronic rabbit doesn't get kids excited about IT security, then nothing will, says Tom Brewster
BT Agrees £20m Worcestershire BDUK Partnership
More BDUK funding is dished out to Worcestershire
BT Signs £25m Oxfordshire BDUK Deal
The south east's most rural county to get BDUK funding
Wikipedia Crew Plotting Anti-NSA Snooping Security Boost
Wikimedia Foundation says it appears to have been “specifically targeted by XKeyscore” NSA surveillance tool
Virgin Media Adds 1.5m More To 30Mbps Or Above Superfast Broadband Deals
Existing and new customers are demanding faster speeds from Virgin Media
Limited Superfast Broadband Access In Wales Leads To Mobile Dependency
Just 48 percent of Welsh premises have access to superfast broadband as users turn towards mobiles
BT Retail To Split Consumer And Business Divisions
BT Retail to split into two separate businesses from September
Riverbed Updates Steelhead WAN Optimisation Software
Riverbed Technology has upgraded its WAN optimisation software platform and introduced a new hardware appliance
Government Calls For Release Of BDUK Rollout Information
BT agrees to release BDUK upgrade information, but councils must give their permission
Cloud, BYOD, UC Trends Create Network Monitoring Issues
Cloud computing, BYOD and unified communications are making it difficult for IT staff to gain enough visibility into the network, Network Instruments has found
BT Adds More Broadband Customers Ahead of BT Sport Launch
BT Sport encourages customers to stay as 500,000 sign up for channels
Juniper Boss To Retire Despite Stellar Results
Juniper puzzles investors after the announcement its CEO is to retire
Oracle Looks To Internet of Things With Java ME Embedded
Oracle aims its new Java ME Embedded technology at tackling the Internet of Things and M2M
China Remains DDoS Traffic King Despite Indonesian Jump
China home to most DDoS attack traffic, but US source of most
Cisco Set To Acquire Sourcefire For $2.7bn
Snort-based supplier sucked into Cisco's world
ISPs Told To Block More Torrent Sites
EZTV and YIFY the latest to face ISP blocks
Intel Announces 14nm Chips For An Efficient Datacentre
Intel reveals energy-efficient versions of its Xeon chips, its first products under new CEO Brian Krzanich
DARPA Develops Optical Fibre That’s 30 Percent Faster
The US military tech agency has created hollow core fibre with impressive properties
China Implicated In Zero-Day Attacks On Falun Dafa And Military Groups
EXCLUSIVE: As part of the Cyber Repression Series, TechWeek reveals campaign to spy on spiritual activists and military bodies
Prime Minister: UK ISPs Will Have To Block Porn
The government has outlined new measures to protect children online, but it’s unclear just how effective they will be
Huawei Denies Ex-CIA Chief’s China Spying Claims
Huawei again has to bat off claims it is working with Chinese spies
UK Government Security Adviser To Review Huawei Cell
Cabinet Office says it can't be complacent over concerns surrounding Huawei centre designed to check for security flaws
MPs Bash BT In BDUK Bust-Up
BT stunned by MP claims it is blackmailing the general public and bullying local authorities involved in broadband project
Google Glass Vulnerability ‘Highlights Need To Secure Internet Of Things’
Flaw could have forced users to connect to malicious Wi-Fi, but Google has fixed it