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Cisco Launches Module For 802.11ac Wi-Fi
Cisco beefs up wireless transfer speeds after it adds a module that will support the 802.11ac standard
Surveillance Camera Flaws Let Hackers Snoop Too
D-Link surveillance and consumer cameras riddled with potentially serious vulnerabilities
Skype Integration Added To Outlook.com
Microsoft starts rolling out Skype plug-in to UK Outlook users
Fortinet Unveils Secure Wireless LAN Platform
Fortinet has revealed its Secure Wireless LAN platform for enterprises to secure their wired and wireless connections
SAP: UK Lags Behind Developing Countries In M2M Adoption
Brazil, China and India are ready for “Smart Cities”, while the UK is treating the new technology with suspicion
BT Signs 10 Year Deal With Telefonica To Handle O2 4G Data
BT to build new transmission network and improve backhaul capacity ahead of O2 4G launch
Suspect Arrested Over ‘Biggest Cyber Attack Ever’
Man arrested believed to be Stophaus leader Sven Olaf Kamphuis over hits on Spamhaus and others
BT Agrees £24m Durham BDUK Deal
BT wins more BDUK funding to bring fibre to rural Durham, Sunderland, Gateshead and Tees Valley
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BlackBerry Q10 Gets Keyboard Optimised Skype and WhatsApp
Skype and WhatsApp arrive on BlackBerry Q10, but Z10 users miss out on VoIP app
Ofcom Praises Competitive UK Broadband Market
Ofcom says 9 million unbundled copper lines are bringing bills down
Nick Clegg ‘Kills Off Snooper’s Charter’
Over the Liberal Democrats' dead body, says Clegg
InfoSec 2013: British Banks Threatened By DDoS Boom
US bank attackers have turned their attention to Europe, and UK financial institutions have been told to prepare
Huawei Signals End To US Market Hopes
US suspicions about Huawei have resulted in it abandoning hope of selling its networking gear in that country
Virgin Media Posts £406m Profit As 58% Go For 30Mbps Or Above
Virgin Media in good shape ahead of Liberty Global takeover
Cheeky Botnet Pusher Markets Wares On Facebook
Facebook used to sell Zeus botnet console, showing cyber crooks are getting considerably more brazen
InfoSec 2013: Thousands Of Open Servers Leave Critical Government Systems Vulnerable
Researchers find oil and gas systems, medical devices and naval ships could all be manipulated thanks to over 100,000 serial servers
Government Insists Universal Broadband Targets Will Be Met
Culture secretary Maria Miller says the government will have 90 percent of the country superfast by the end of 2015
InfoSec 2013: China Is ‘Biggest Source Of Advanced Cyber Attacks’
Two reports again claim China is the number one source of serious attacks
Japan Police Want To Block Nefarious Tor Use
Some fear Japanese police move could lead to a blanket ban of the anonymising service
Germany Fines Google £124k Over Street View Wi-Fi Snooping
German regulator complains Google's Wi-Fi snooping fine should be bigger
ISPs In ‘Conspiracy Of Silence’ With Government On Snooper’s Charter
Privacy groups accuse ISPs of betraying customers' trust by colluding with the Government
Mobile Growth Drives Home Network Expansion, Says Gartner
Residential networks will increase in sophistication thanks to the growing use of connected devices within the home
Reddit Hit By ‘Malicious DDoS’
Another day, another big site DDoSed
IT Life: Taking A Screwdriver To UK’s Internet
Simon McCalla, CTO at Nominet, likes to take stuff apart
Google 1Gbps Fibre Slated For Provo, Utah Arrival
Google's 1 Gbps broadband network is to be deployed next to the lucky residents in Provo, Utah
Intel Offers Open Software Defined Networks
Intel wants your sofware defined switches on its x86 processors
Bitcoin Blockchain And Mt.Gox Knocked Offline By DDoS Attacks
More trouble in Bitcoin land, with the Blockchain DDoSed, Mt.Gox suffering outages and BitFloor giving up entirely
Prolexic CEO: ‘Biggest Cyber Attack Ever’ Was Built On Lies
We were told it was the biggest DDoS ever, but Prolexic's CEO says it's hugely unlikely that's true