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Liverpool To Trial 200 Mbps Powerline Broadband
More than 1,000 Liverpool homes will get broadband over power lines, thanks to smart meters
BT Announces Six Race To Infinity Winners
BT has said it will bring fibre broadband to six new exchanges... or maybe even ten
BT Content Service Breaks Net Neutrality, Say Critics
BT Wholesale's Content Connect creates a two-tier Internet, warns the Open Rights Group
Competitors Tie In BT Fibre ‘Race to Infinity’
Six areas have all reached 100 percent of votes in BT's scheme to drum up interest in rural fibre broadband
Skype Readies Video Calling For iPhone 4 And iPad
Skype is reportedly gearing up to allow mobile users the ability to make video calls on their handset
Eutelsat Broadband Satellite Lifts Off
European consumers in remote regions will soon have another broadband-via-satellite option, thanks to Eutelsat
Stuxnet Variants Will Wreak Havoc In 2011
Stuxnet may have damaged over 1,000 centrifuges and variants will target other non-PC devices
2010: Dawn Of National Cyber Wars, says Citrix CTO
"Conficker is still out there - and that's 28 terabits/second. If that thing was pointed at any national interest, it would go down in a heartbeat," says Simon Crosby
Skype Outage Threatens Millions Of Christmas Day Calls
Millions of Christmas day calls with friends and families may be threatened by the ongoing disruption to Skype
IBM Predicts Holographic Phones, Air-driven Batteries
IBM predicts holographic phones by 2015, batteries charged by air, cities heated by servers, and more
WiMax Network For Clackmannanshire Approved
Another rural broadband project has been given the nod with a Scottish Parliament grant for a WiMax network
Skype Outage Still Hitting Millions of Users
Millions of Skype users are still struggling to connect more than 24 hours after a supernode failure
Shetland Fibre Project Gets European Green Light
The EU has given a green light for a new fibre optic network connecting residents to superfast broadband
Massive Network Outage Disables Skype Users
Skype went down for several hours yesterday, affecting millions of VoIP users in its worst outage since 2007
WiMax Network Spreads To More US Cities
Sprint has extended its WiMax network in the United States to more cities including Denver and Bridgeport
Labour MP Slams Lack Of Welsh Broadband Funds
The Welsh Labour MP Ian Lucas has criticised the coalition government for not funding superfast broadband in the region
Prototyping Lab For HTML5 Launched By Microsoft
Microsoft's HTML5 Labs allows developers to test new and evolving specs for inclusion in IE9 online
FCC Approves Net Neutrality But With Concessions
The US FCC has approved the order for preserving an open wired Internet, but mobile carriers granted leeway
BT Blames Flooding For Telephone Exchange Fire
Christmas shopping in the West End and central London has been hit after a fire at a telephone exchange in Chinatown
FCC Commissioner Slams US Net Neutrality Plans
An FCC commissioner draws parallels between "darkest day of the year" and the impending vote on net neutrality
Nine Millionth .uk Address Activated
The .uk domain breaks the nine million registration barrier, as Britain's top-level domain continues to grow
BA Confirms Website Problems Due To Snow Demand
British Airways has confirmed that its website is “operating intermittently” due to the sheer volume of requests
Fritz!Box FON WLAN 7390 Router: Review
AVM continues its policy of putting as many features as possible into a well-designed router.
All Not-So-Quiet On The WikiLeaks Front
WikiLeaks-related issues have quietened down, says Eric Doyle. This is just the lull before a storm that will ring in the New Year
WikiLeaks’ Assange Released On Bail
At the hearing that confirmed Julian Assange's release on bail, the judge banned live Twitter updates
Facebook Crimes Soar Over 100,000 In Five Years
Facebook is a hotbed of crime, linked to 100,000 calls to police in the UK, according to a report
Advisor Warns Of WikiLeak Attacks On Government Websites
National security advisor Sir Peter Ricketts says WikiLeaks supporters may attack government sites
HP Touts Energy Efficient Ethernet Switches
HP is touting its green credentials with the introduction of its energy efficient E-Series switch modules
The Lesson To Be Learnt From Anonymous
The DDoS attacks on WikiLeaks' opponents contain a serious lesson that should be heeded by every website owner, says Eric Doyle