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Management Protocol Flaws Leave At Least 100k Servers Open For Hacking
IPMI protocol used in remote management riddled with flaws
Ofcom Proposes One Month Broadband Contracts And Easier Changes
Ofcom wants the cost of switching provider to tumble
Lookout Faces Legal Threat For Exposing ‘Bad’ Android Adware
Ad network considers defamation suit after being named in Lookout's adware bashing report
Ubisoft Hacked As Passwords Pilfered
Ubisoft attacked again - Knights Templar not suspected
Internet Of Things In Danger Of Fragmentation
The industry still hasn’t decided how it will connect 50 billion “things” to the Internet by 2020
Nokia Buys Out Siemens For £1.5bn To Own Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia buys Siemens' 50 percent share in the networking joint-venture
Intel Planning TV Service This Year
Intel has faced difficulties lining up programming for its television service, but now says it should be able to launch by the end of 2013
BT Agrees £5.7m BDUK Deal For North And Northeast Lincolnshire
BT wins yet more BDUK money, this time to bring fibre to 89 percent of northern Lincolnshire
Government Pledges £250m For Almost Total Superfast Broadband Coverage By 2018
Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, outlines new 99 percent government target, but it is unclear how the money will be distributed
Government Super-Connected Cities Vision Reduced To Voucher Handout
The Chancellor's grand £150m scheme for superconnected cities has been watered down following ISP objections
Hackers Steal Code Signing Certificate From Opera
Opera tries to put a good spin on could turn out to be a pretty nasty breach
EC Says Three Quarters Of Europeans Dont Receive Advertised Broadband Speeds
EC study into European broadband says consumers are getting a rough deal
DarkSeoul Gang Blamed For Cyber Attacks On South Korea
Group that hit banks and government bodies could be linked to North Korea
Cisco Data Centre Architecture Looks To The App
Cisco claims to have a better data centre approach than SDN, with its new application-focused architecture
Broadcom Targets Bandwidth With StrataXGS Chip
Broadcom's new BCM56450 chip will help mobile operators struggling with their bandwidth challenges
Osborne Spending Review Gives Boost To Broadband And Sciences
Chancellor to maintain broadband spending plans and fix science investment, amidst widespread cuts
Apple Details iOS 7 Business Bonuses
iOS 7 comes with a host of mobile device management features it hopes will interest IT heads
China Warns Of Security Threat Posed By Cisco, Intel Tech
Technology from the likes of Intel, Cisco, Google etc poses a security risk to China - local media claims
Cisco Stresses Architecture For ‘Internet of Everything’
John Chambers continues to bang the 'Internet of Everything' drum and says Cisco is well placed to exploit it
Vodafone To Pay £6.6 Billon For Kabel Deutchland
Vodafone buys into Pay TV with acquisition of Germany’s largest cable network operator
Cisco Builds ONE Strategy With Catalyst Switches
The new switches and routers introduced at Cisco Live are part of the company's wide ONE strategy for introducing programming across the network
Vodafone Uses Open Femto to Fill Shetland 3G Not-Spot
Shared femtos fill in 3G coverage at Walls in Shetland
Cisco: ‘Internet of Everything’ Worth Billions Today
Businesses worldwide will see $613 billion in profits this year from the 'Internet of Everything', according to Cisco
ICO Says No Fine For Google Street View Data Slurping
Despite saying it was likely people were caused distress by Google's actions, the ICO chooses not to fine
Skype ‘Explored Making Government Snooping Easier’
Project Chess looked at technical and legal challenges of allowing easy access to snoops, according to a report
Anonymous OpPetrol Attacks ‘Passing Like Tumbleweed’
This is how OpPetrol ends - not with a bang, but a whimper
Edinburgh Drops Fibre Broadband Plan And Opts For Wi-Fi
Edinburgh has had to kill its fibre plans for more remote parts of the city and has instead opted for more Wi-Fi hotspots
LinkedIn Downed As ‘DNS Error’ Strikes
LinkedIn says site is back to normal after DNS glitch at its registrar
Cumulus Targets Data Centre Networks With Linux OS
A startup is challenging Cisco with its Cumulus Linux operating system for data centre networks