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Carter attacks coalition over 2Mbps delay

...Stephen Carter, the author of the former government's Digital Britain report, has attacked the coalition government's decision to delay the... Read more

2 September, 2010 by David Meyer

IT industry sees silver lining in Budget cuts

...business tax will certainly make Britain a more attractive place to...but was dropped from the Digital Economy Bill in April. Instead... Read more

23 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner
100 Happy Money Screensaver 3.8

100 Happy Money Screensaver 3.8

...money: U.S. dollar, Euro, Great Britain pound sterling, Canadian dollar, or Australian dollar. The screensaver includes digital clock with calendar too Read more

24 May, 2012

Scotland aims for five-fold speed boost by 2015

...cabinet secretary Alex Neil MSP said in the document. "A world-class digital infrastructure for Scotland must deliver in terms of speed and ease of... Read more

1 February, 2012 by David Meyer

UN report calls for review of UK copyright crackdown

...as "a weak, dithering and incompetent attempt to breathe life into Britain's digital economy" before voting it into law — to ask him whether he... Read more

2 June, 2011 by David Meyer

BT and TalkTalk lose Digital Economy Act judicial review

...TalkTalk have lost a substantial portion of their judicial review against the Digital Economy Act, winning only a relatively small point regarding the administrative costs... Read more

20 April, 2011 by David Meyer

Government to overhaul Communications Act

...by Sky and Virgin Media this year, as well as YouView, the digital TV platform backed by the BBC, BT and others. "This year will... Read more

20 January, 2011 by Matthew Broersma

BT to give 41 market towns fibre broadband

The towns join the list of locations getting high-speed fibre broadband under BT's plan to reach two-thirds of the UK, with the aim of hooking them up by 2012 Read more

13 January, 2011 by Ben Woods

Europe to get copyright overhaul

...The European Commission will soon make legislative proposals to reform copyright law, digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes said on Friday. According to Kroes, the proposals... Read more

5 November, 2010 by David Meyer

Government postpones universal broadband plan

...London on Thursday. For more on this story, see Universal 2Mbps Broadband Britain on ice until 2015 on silicon.com Read more

16 July, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Lords set sights on Digital Economy Act review

...The Digital Economy Act could be reviewed by the House of Lords next year... Read more

14 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Kent village puts up funds for fibre broadband

The village of Iwade has used a council grant to subsidise the laying of fibre by BT, which had no plans to include the rural area in its super-fast broadband rollout Read more

8 July, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

BT steps up super-fast fibre roll-out in London

...would be the ultimate tribute to him if London had the best 'digital games' ever, not to mention the lifetime legacy of stronger internet infrastructure... Read more

15 June, 2010 by Richard Thurston

BT will have to fully open fibre network to rivals

...from a wider range of services provided over next-generation fibre infrastructure," digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes said in the statement, released on Wednesday. "However... Read more

4 June, 2010 by David Meyer
Google Art Project unlocks world galleries

Google Art Project unlocks world galleries

...in development for months, and museums participating in the effort include Tate Britain and the National Gallery in London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in... Read more

1 February, 2011 by Jon Yeomans

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Jack Schofield

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J.A. Watson

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Moley

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J.A. Watson

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apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

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SoapyTablet

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Thomas Gellhaus

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pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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Smilig Eddie

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

1 day ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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