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Cisco Beefs Up SMB Play With Low Cost Switches
Cisco is looking to boost its SMB offerings after launching a new family of affordable unmanaged networking switches
Ignoring The Internet Could Stall Economy, Warns EC
Cooperation between the public and private sectors on open Internet platforms is key to Europe's future
Rutland Village Builds Own Fast Broadband
Stephen Fry cheers as Rutland Telecom brings fibre to Lyddington - a village BT refused to serve with fibre
Skype’s Updated iPhone App Works On iPad
Skype has released an updated version of its free iPhone app and said it should be compatible with the newly released iPad
US Court Ruling Sparks Net Neutrality Fears
The US Court of Appeals has thrown out a 2008 Federal Communications Commission ruling that Comcast violated its network neutrality principles
With No Broadband Tax, How Will We Wire Up Britain?
Blocking the broadband tax might give the Conservatives a late political goal, but now there is no mechanism to pay for rural coverage, says Peter Judge
Labour Drops 50p Broadband Tax
Conservatives have struck the Broadband Tax out of the Labour budget, in a move which could cost them rural votes
Cisco Upgrades UCS Blades With Xeon 7500
Cisco is building Intel's Xeon 7500 chips into its servers in a major revamp of UCS, the converged data centre strategy it launched a year ago.
Truphone, Citrix Launching iPad Business Voice Apps
Truphone joins Citrix Systems and Cisco Systems in moving quickly to make voice applications for the iPad that allow users to take a virtual office with them anywhere
BT Clears Flooded Telephone Exchange
BT is still working to restore services at its telephone exchange in Paddington, after a flood caused major disruption to broadband and telephone lines
New Xeon 7500 Treads On Itanium’s Toes
Intel says its Xeon 7500 gives its biggest performance jump yet. Others wonder if it spells the end for Itanium, and trouble for IBM's Power processor
Flood At BT Exchange Plays Havoc With Phone Lines
BT has been forced to close its North Paddington telephone exchange after it was damaged by a flood, causing widespread problems with telephone lines
BT To Bring Super-Fast Broadband To South-West
Nearly 200,000 homes in the in the South-West could get access to BT's "high ca-pasty" broadband
File-Sharing Case Against UK Teenager Is Dropped
A teenager charged with distributing copyrighted material using the BitTorrent site Oink has been acquitted due to lack of evidence
Europe Approves Cisco’s Tandberg Purchase
Antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have granted approval for Cisco’s $3.4 billion deal for telepresence competitor
Aruba Puts Branch Office Networks In The Cloud
No more network boxes in the branch office, says Aruba
Ofcom To Get Tough On Broadband Line Speeds
Ofcom is threatening to flex its muscles, after research showed that UK web users are still not getting the broadband speeds promised by their ISPs
Protecting Your Business From Social Networking Suicide
The pros of social networking outweigh the security cons, but the risks to corporate image and data are still significant
Google Ultra-fast Broadband Offer Proves Popular
Google's offer to test 1G-bps broadband access in U.S. communities drew responses from more than 1,100 communities and 194,000 individuals
Budget Looks To Green Power, But IT Mostly Ignored
Despite the precarious state of public finances, the Chancellor has announced funding for a green investment bank - but, overall, technology did not get much airtime
Staff Ignoring Corporate Social Networking Restrictions
A new study has found that half of organisations are still restricting the use of social media tools, but half of all staff are ignoring these rules
Could Britain Lead The Digital Revolution?
Gordon Brown today laid out the government's strategy to transform Britain into a leading digital power, but contradictory measures in the Digital Economy Bill could foil his plans
UK Government Promises Fast Broadband For All By 2020
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged superfast broadband for all by 2020, as well as an online platform to deliver personalised public services
Desktops Resurgent With Windows 7, New iMacs
Desktops are making a major comeback in 2010, thanks in part to adoption of Microsoft’s Windows 7, new Apple iMacs and stabilising prices, says new report
Facebook Users More Media Loyal Than Google
Facebook users are more loyal media websites than visitors from Google News, signalling it as a strong driver for traffic beyond its own site
Virgin Media First To Demo 200Mb UK Broadband
Home of the Future will host the nation’s fastest broadband, provided by Virgin Media, at the Ideal Home Show 2010
NoSQL Database Movement Gains Ground
Recent announcements from Twitter and Digg underscore the growing awareness of NoSQL as an alternative to relational database management systems
Facebook Reaches Compromise Over CEOP Button
The social network has finally agreed to use the child protection button on its site, while launching a PR offensive to boost its child protection credentials
Google Adds Latitude Widget to Mobile Maps
Google has improved search and added a widget for the Google Latitude location-sharing application to Google Maps for mobile 4.1