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Startup Britain site points to scareware

...The government-backed website Startup Britain redirected traffic to a site compromised by fake antivirus software, ZDNet UK... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner
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

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 two... Read more

2 September, 2010 by David Meyer

Photos: Broadband Britain mapped - the high-speed and the not-spots revealed

Where are the sub-2Mbps users? And which city has the highest take-up of fat pipes? Ofcom takes a look... Read more

7 July, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

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

IT industry sees silver lining in Budget cuts

...the rates of corporation tax and small business tax will certainly make Britain a more attractive place to do business," said Recruitment and Employment Confederation... Read more

23 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Scotland aims for five-fold speed boost by 2015

The Scottish Government has detailed its strategy for ensuring most of the nation's population can access super-fast broadband Read more

1 February, 2012 by David Meyer

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

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

Almost nine in 10 homes and businesses in the capital will be able to get super-fast broadband services by the spring of 2011, BT has promised Read more

15 June, 2010 by Richard Thurston

BT will have to fully open fibre network to rivals

The European Commission has approved BT's virtual unbundling of its fibre network, but warned that this has to be a 'transitional measure' Read more

4 June, 2010 by David Meyer

BT speeds up its superfast broadband rollout: Britain to get fibre by 2014

Two-thirds of UK to have fibre broadband by 2014, a year earlier than planned... Read more

31 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Universal 2Mbps Broadband Britain on ice until 2015

Can't guarantee minimum speed in time for the Olympics, says Hunt... Read more

15 July, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Britain's broadband blackspots revealed

News in brief: One in ten neighbourhoods gets speeds of below 3MBps Britain's broadband blackspots have been named and shamedPhoto: Shutterstock One in 10... Read more

24 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Britain in 'sustained cyber attack' warning

...650m boost to UK's cyber security defence announced Britain is under "sustained cyber attack" according to a government report that ranks... Read more

18 October, 2010 by Nick Heath

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