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03 September 2010
Openreach Trials nomination scheme for fibre exchanges?
BT's infrastructure arm Openreach is to trial a scheme allowing communication providers (CPs) to nominate exchanges they want upgraded to fit in with their fibre rollout plans.
Internet
03 September 2010
HIgh Speed Powerline Networking Released By Netgear
Powerline networking has had a troubled history, not least of which is the ongoing rivalry between the Homeplug Powerline Alliance (HPA) and DS2's Universal Powerline Association (UPA).
Internet
03 September 2010
Standards Body Say AT&T Push To Charge is Misleading
The head of the Internet's leading standards body said Thursday that it is "misleading" for AT&T to claim that its push to charge customers for high-priority service is technically justified.
Internet
02 September 2010
New Beta Versions With Anniversary Of Chrome Browser
Google is celebrating the second anniversary of its Google Chrome browser with the release of new stable and beta versions, bringing and even cleaner and simpler user interface and increased speed and performance.
Internet
02 September 2010
Digital Conference Calls For Illegal File Sharing Preventing
Internet service providers (ISPs) still need to do more to prevent the growth of illegal file sharing in the UK, according to creative industry chiefs speaking at the Britain's Digital Future conference in London.
Internet
02 September 2010
Wi-Fi Mobile Charging Set To Change Charging Standards
Wireless mobile device charging is set to get easier after the Wireless Power Consortium today launched Qi 1.0, a standard enabling interoperability for wireless inductive charging devices.
Internet
02 September 2010
Google And AOL Remain In Partnership Until 2015
Having suggested it was considering multiple companies to provide search technology and search ads across its global properties, AOL has opted to renew its partnership with market leader Google until 2015.
Internet
02 September 2010
New ARM And Flash Plans Unveiled
GlobalFoundries has been laying out its schedule for moving into 28nm and smaller chip production and has unveiled new ARM and Flash development plans.
Internet
01 September 2010
Alcatel-Lucent Acquires Mobile Web App Compiler
Alcatel-Lucent has acquired OpenPlug, the creator of ELIPS Studio, a tool that allows developers write an application once, and then translate it into native code that can run on iPhones and Android-based smartphones.
Internet
31 August 2010
BT Claims 5000 Customers Daily Broadband Sign Up
UK broadband adoption is ahead of France, Germany and the US, according to the latest figures from BT.
Internet
31 August 2010
Gmail Priority Feature To "Revolutionise The Way We Use Emai
Google has launched a 'Priority Inbox' interface for all Gmail account holders, designed to flag the most important messages and allow users to deal with emails more efficiently.
Internet
27 August 2010
Google Search Engine More Powerful Than Twitter
Searching for status updates is not Twitter's forte, so leave it to Google to make its own Realtime Search engine more powerful instead.
Internet
27 August 2010
Older Macs Unlikely To Run Firefox 4
Mozilla this week said it's unlikely that the final version of Firefox 4 will run on older Macs equipped with PowerPC processors.
Internet
27 August 2010
Sharp Rise In Mobile Data Use
The demand for mobile connectivity is pushing the amount of data being sent over Wi-Fi networks ever higher, new figures from wireless network access firm WeFi reveal.
Internet
26 August 2010
HP Buys Database Tool Maker Stratavia
On Thursday Hewlett-Packard announced it acquired Stratavia, which specialises in tools for deploying, configuring and managing databases and middleware in an automated fashion.
Internet
25 August 2010
UK PC Sales Grow In Second Quarter Up 19 Per Cent
PC sales in Western Europe grew to 15.6 million units in the second quarter of 2010, up 19.6 per cent compared to the same period in 2009, according to Gartner.
Internet
25 August 2010
Students Spending More Time Online
A new report from YouGov SixthSense in assosiation with studentbeans.com revealed that three quarters of students spend at least 2-3 hours online each day.
Internet
25 August 2010
Telecoms Firm Advices Businesses To Shift To IPv6
Verizon Business has a message to companies still reluctant to migrate their networks to IPv6: You're better off doing it now than later.
Internet
24 August 2010
UK Top Four Of Spam Sending Countries
The UK jumped into the top four spam sending countries globally in August as volumes of spam sent from infected PCs in the country nearly doubled, according to the latest report from Symantec Hosted Services.
Internet
24 August 2010
DNSSEC Emerges By Afflias Encrypts Internet Domains
Afilias, which operates .info and more than a dozen other website extensions, will announce on Monday plans to deploy an emerging standard known as DNSSEC that adds a layer of encryption to the Internet's Domain Name System.
Internet
23 August 2010
Men More Likely to Send Inappropriate Work Emails
A survey has revealed that one in 20 people has got into trouble at work for sending inappropriate emails.
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