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Digital Divide Can Only Get Worse, Says Ovum
The government wants to narrow the digital divide between town and country but will its current approach bear fruit when broadband services are in disarray?
Project Canvas Launched As YouView
Canvas, the BBC-backed free-to-air digital TV box will arrive next year under the name YouView
World Wide Web Creator Calls For Free Data
In a wide-ranging keynote, World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee talks the net, technology trends and bridging the worldwide digital divide
Ericsson Shows PC And Tablet Broadband Modules
Ericsson has launched a 21Mbps mobile broadband module for notebooks and netbooks and demonstrated a 7.2Mbps module for tablets at IDF
Wi-Fi Interoperability Should Never Be Assumed
As 802.11n makes its way onto new smartphones and tablets, wireless administrators should stay skeptical about interoperability, warns Andrew Garcia
Cisco Adds New Services To Its Data Centre Portfolio
Cisco has revamped its Data Centre 3.0 strategy by adding extensions for its unified computing products and a set of Unified Network Services
Avaya Touts Video Tablet And ‘Flare Experience’
Avaya has added a brand new tablet, native SIP and some funky names to its videoconferencing offerings
Amsterdam Doubles Bandwidth With Brocade 100Gb Switch
Brocade's rumoured 100Gbps Ethernet switch has emerged at Amsterdam's AMS-IX Internet exchange
UK Copyright Act Could Put Up Broadband Costs
Home broadband could cost more - as ISPs pass on the cost of the Digital Economy Act
Femtocells To Replace Parts Of The 3G Network
Titchy femtocells - home-3G hot-spots - are growing up and going out on the streets
Intel’s Otellini Talks Up ‘Sandy Bridge’
As devices proliferate, Intel wants its technology to form the basis for everything from smartphones to servers
Ofcom To Probe Mobile Broadband Speeds
Ofcom has selected Epitiro to analyse the performance of the UK’s mobile broadband services
Ofcom Plans To Ease Broadband Migration
Consumers think switching from broadband provider is difficult, but Ofcom plans to spur competition
Citrix And Cisco To Offer Desktop Virtualisation
Citrix And Cisco bring together XenDesktop virtualisation and UCS networking as a prepackaged implementation
Cisco To Pay Feds £31 Million To Settle Lawsuit
Cisco is to cough up £31 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed it overcharged government agencies
BT Defends Broadband Quote For Welsh Village
BT explains the reasons for its high quote to provide a broadband service for a remote Welsh village, as Rutland Telecom installs a much cheaper solution
Virgin Cashes In With Student Broadband Deals
Virgin is offering nine-month contracts for students, to help them save money over the summer period when they are not at university
IT Consolidation Critical To Success, Study Finds
A new survey of businesses in the EMEA region has found that most view IT consolidation as critical to their future success
BT Launches Wi-Fi App For Android And iPhones
BT has launched an Android and iPhone app for its Total Broadband customers to help them find Wi-Fi hotspots
ICO Confirms TalkTalk Probe Over Customer Snooping
The Information Commissioner Office is unhappy that TalkTalk has been monitoring the web surfing habits of its customers without informing them
New Apple TV Contrasts To Google Approach
With Apple TV the company is aiming to shift users' television habits, while Google wants to reinvent them
Brits Confused By Broadband Advertising
Misleading broadband advertising is confusing British consumers, a survey has found
Skype Video Calls Now Available For 10 People
The beta of Skype 5.0 for Windows has been updated to let users make group video conference calls with up to 10 users
ITU Boss Calls For Broadband Development
In the developing world, the price of broadband is holding back economic development, warns the head of the ITU
Small Businesses Increasingly Opt For Free Web Conferencing
Small businesses are increasingly making use of web conferencing solutions as an affordable alternative to travel
Dundee’s Sewers To Carry Fibre Network
Fibrecity could offer all Dundee residents fibre broadband, using the sewer system
Welsh Government Loses Devices Worth £21,000
A new FOI request has revealed the loss of more than 50 devices by the Welsh Assembly Government over the past two years
Lord ‘Digital Britain’ Carter Warns Of Broadband Inaction
The government was wrong to delay universal broadband till 2015, said the former Digital Britain minister Stephen Carter
Skype, Google Face Indian Pressure For Data Access
Fresh from reaching a compromise deal with BlackBerry maker RIM, India has set its sights on Skype and Google