TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
It would be good to get 90 percent of the UK on superfast broadband by 2017, as Alistair Darling promised this week, but Peter Judge can't see how he can afford to do it using the broadband tax
Yahoo is indexing tweets on its search engine, but updates only appear minutes or hours after they are sent, long after Google's Twitter results which appear in real-time
People's need of the Internet shows no sign of slowing, with an IDC report predicting that there will be one billion mobile Internet users in four years time
Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed in his Pre-Budget Report that the 50p-per-month bradband tax will be included in the Finance Bill
Using an inverse pyramid approach, a team from MIT captures the $40,000 (£24,400) first prize to locate 10 large, red balloons at undisclosed locations across the United States
Businesses now have the opportunity to integrate Skype's VoIP services into their corporate telephone systems, after Skype for SIP opened to the public
Cisco continues to chase the SMB sector after expanding its small business portfolio with new networking, security and collaboration solutions
UK public services will be delivered via a government cloud and app store, with an emphasis on green IT and open source - according to a leaked five-year plan
Starent Networks, which Cisco Systems wants to buy for $2.9 billion (£1.8bn), settles one of several lawsuits seeking to block the sale
Sharedband says it could provide broadband to the neighbours of BT chairman Sir Michael Rake - using its own bonding technique
BT Chairman Sir Michael Rake has jumped the queue, getting a fast broadband trial link while neighbours struggle on with dial-up
The £6 broadband levy designed to pay for faster broadband in the UK will be boosted by VAT and multiple lines - but could be scrapped
Researchers from IBM and Sophos take a look at the top security risks for enterprises and consumers alike in 2010
One of the UK's leading ISPs has broken ranks with its fellow service providers and is trialing a tool that can monitor illegal file-sharing over the internet
Radically different policies from Labour and Conservatives could stall investment this side of a general election, the Broadband Stakeholders Group has warned
With claimed annual savings of £2500 per server and £78 per desktop, virtualisation is moving on to conquer networks and desktops, say reports.
Another piece of bankrupt networking giant Nortel has been sold off, after Ericsson and Kapsch CarrierCom acquired its GSM/GSM-R business
While Cockermouth residents survey the flood damage, nearby Alston Moor is digging trenches - for the superfast fibre BT wouldn't provide
Ciena has won an auction to acquire the optical networking and carrier ethernet businesses of former communications giant Nortel
The ISPA has mounted an attack against Lord Mandelson's strategy to deal with illegal file-sharers, laid out in the government's Digital Economy Bill
Twitter has confirmed its plans to launch paid-for corporate accounts, designed to bring in new revenue streams for the micro-blogging site
Netgear is offering a new dual band access point for companies dealing with remote offices and a mobile workforce
Plans for piracy measures apparently don't conflict with moves to guarantee connection for all
The economic downturn is taking its toll after research found that fixed-line spending has declined this year, for the first time in a decade
UK businesses could potentially be wasting up to £264 million per annum on mobile call costs, due to staff failing to seek cheaper alternatives
Blue Coat is touting the improved performance of its new web security appliances to deal with the rising wave of malware and phishing attacks
Security firm Imperva has discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in a Yahoo! jobs site
Google has acquired VoIP provider Gizmo5, a move that some predict will make Google Voice more competitive with Skype
Microsoft has launched a dedicated Twitter feed for its anti-piracy enforcement team in an attempt to curb unauthorised file-sharing
Many UK residents will miss out on high speed internet access because fibre rollout will fall short in crucial areas, says a broadband analyst company