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16 May, 2012 by

Sky offers 'secret', faster broadband to new customers

...Sky is offering an up-to-76Mbps fibre broadband connection to new customers who call its sales hotline, but not to...

26 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

Map compares broadband quality in the UK

...published an interactive map showing the take-up and quality of fixed broadband services across the UK. The zoomable map, launched on Wednesday, uses data...

7 July, 2011 by David Meyer

Hands on with London's first 4G service

...With Marnick (shown above), we carried out Skype calls simultaneously across UK Broadband 's service and on the Vodafone network, and found the 4G call...

2 May, 2012 by Ben Woods

UK sees drop in average broadband speed

...UK broadband customers saw a fall in average download speed in the final three...

30 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

BT doubles download speeds for Infinity broadband

...BT is doubling download speeds for Infinity broadband customers from Thursday, ramping up its super-fast fibre rivalry with Virgin...

11 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

UK's broadband blackspots named

...One in 10 British neighbourhoods gets broadband speeds below three megabits per second, despite the UK's push for...

24 February, 2012 by David Meyer

BT racks up another 114 exchanges for fibre broadband

...names of the next 114 telephone exchanges that will offer super-fast broadband to customers. BT Openreach has revealed the names of the next 114...

14 September, 2011 by David Meyer

Sky set to launch cap-free fibre broadband

...Sky is set to introduce a fibre-based broadband package that promises download speeds of up to 40Mbps and comes without...

12 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

Virgin throttles broadband for high-speed customers

...Virgin Media customers on fast cable broadband packages could see their download speeds squeezed by up to 50 percent...

2 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

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apexwm

NanWag : A Windows Server 2008 is being used because the environment that the Macs are in is a heavy Windows environment. I am proposing that...

2 hours ago by apexwm on Windows Server 2008 drops the ball for Mac compatibility
BellamysIT

Really good article. You bring to light a few really good things. However, isn't it true that over 70% of fortune 500 companies use sharepoint?...

2 hours ago by BellamysIT on Designing a SharePoint farm: Tiers before bedtime
annonymous2

If Piratebay is a crime then so is borrowing a dvd you purchased to a family member or a friend. Why should we not be aloud to share. Most of the...

3 hours ago by annonymous2 on UK ISPs ordered to block Pirate Bay website
NanWag

File Services For Macintosh was causing Excel to prompt for Overwriting changes or Save Another Copy because it was changing the timestamp on the...

4 hours ago by NanWag on Windows Server 2008 drops the ball for Mac compatibility
Regis Machado

creative cloud $48/month in the USA, £48/month in the UK ($79). good for the competitors

6 hours ago by Regis Machado via Facebook on Adobe move promotes piracy
Tom Espiner

Hello KosGirl, Good question. I've asked Belfius for a response. The latest post I can find on Pastebin about it is here:...

6 hours ago by Tom Espiner on Hackers hold bank to ransom over stolen data
KosGirl

Have there been any further updates to this story? I can't find any information on whether the hackers released the data or not.

7 hours ago by KosGirl on Hackers hold bank to ransom over stolen data
SandJ

I have done 7 speed tests this morning on different speed test tools. They tell me my download speed is: 12.3, 12.3, 12.3, 11.1, 12.7, 12.7, 11.7...

8 hours ago by SandJ on Watchdog: TalkTalk's broadband speed test misled users
Jack Schofield

@Mary Microsoft could always send Mozilla a spec sheet and oblige them to meet the same standards as IE. Then Mozilla can spend millions of...

11 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Windows RT browsers and the point of Windows RT
goth1csnake3

Not before time, that people making films,dvd's get whats coming to them. Well done, Virgin Media.

13 hours ago by goth1csnake3 on Virgin Media: Spotify deal will bring down piracy
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Apex - the question then is what about letting the user choose to have a tablet where they don't have to have that responsibility? why can't the...

23 hours ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Windows RT browsers and the point of Windows RT
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Moley, Apex, thanks; I think there's an interesting other dimension of choice - the choice to have a platform that is 'locked down' in the sense...

23 hours ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Mozilla accuses Microsoft of shutting Firefox out of WOA
Yellowcave

Not surprised. I once used the methods to let my firewall just notify me of breaches. Not one single logged event was genuine. Once, we all...

1 day ago by Yellowcave on Mobile porn filters catch innocent content, says report
duplex

live realy sucks in facebook becuase people hack your profile

1 day ago by duplex on Irish watchdog: Facebook privacy still falls short
Ed Macnair

If only it was that simple. When you start accessing Cloud applications you are stuck with the security model the vendor provides...........unless...

1 day ago by Ed Macnair via Facebook on IT security? You're doing it wrong!
Phil at Cloud4

Another good updaet, I have enjoyed going on the journey reading this series on SharePoint 2010 and have learned alot. Great writing.

1 day ago by Phil at Cloud4 on Designing a SharePoint farm: Tiers before bedtime
muteen

roumers of an ipad Mini, isnt that just an iTouch!?

1 day ago by muteen on Apple rebrands iPad 4G as 'Wi-Fi + Cellular' for UK
apexwm

Thanks for this article and bringing this issue to light. Unfortunately this type of activity is common not only with Adobe, but many other...

1 day ago by apexwm on Adobe move promotes piracy
Andy Bolstridge

there's a very thin line between tax avoidance and tax efficiency - earning £850 a month and claiming dividends to bring my income up to normal...

1 day ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on The Idle Self-employed
Andy Bolstridge

I see that they are happy to announce these numbers.. but no-one will take any notice until they start announcing sales numbers too.

1 day ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on Microsoft's score card for Smoked by Windows Phone