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.Me.uk domain scheduled for release
News The .me.uk domain is intended to work in the same way that .co.uk does for British businesses, but is reserved for the names of individuals who have some connection to the UK. If the vote is successful, the .me.uk domain will launch at one minute...
[January 8, 2002, 17:51]
Britons get .me.uk domain
News The .me.uk second-level domain (SLD) opened for registrations on Monday morning, following a strong vote of approval by the UK's national registry Nominet on Friday night. Members of the public are likely to be charged around £100 by their Internet...
[January 14, 2002, 11:03]
Nokia wins first .me.uk domain name dispute
News Nokia has won the first .me.uk domain name dispute after the registrant, who claimed that Nokia was his nickname, was found to have registered a raft of other well-known brands. The .me.uk domain was launched by .uk registry Nominet in January with...
[June 27, 2002, 15:40]
Company Memorandum: Watch Your Behaviour!
Blog A little birdie - who did a survey - told me that UK companies have become increasingly aware of the need to have information security policies in place, with seven out of eight large businesses now claiming to have one.
[March 28, 2008, 8:26]
The 3 'G's of mobile data
Talkback So I rang the UK parent company who told me that they'd sell me the unlock code if I got a UK simcard to put in it. She did this, and gave me her account code with 3 in the UK. After all this it seems to me that whenever I talk to a representative...
[October 24, 2006, 19:59]
Want to get your photo in your ZDNet profile?
Blog Drop me a line at Community.Manager@zdnet.co.uk with a link to your blog and with attached image(s), if you'd like your physiog in the frame. We know that many ZDNet UK members would like to be able to upload their own images onto their member...
[June 27, 2007, 13:04]
LG GD910 watch phone
Blog The GD910 is not the first watch to incorporate mobile phone capability, but it is the first I can remember beeing embraced by a major network operator in the UK (correct me if I am wrong). From mid September it was available to buy via the Web...
[September 23, 2009, 10:20]
24Mbps broadband arrives in the UK
Talkback I for one welcome BeThere & their 24Mbit service to the UK market. Many of my friends from Stockholm have been making me green with envy at having this level of price/performance service for years. It is high time some new operators shook up the UK...
[November 1, 2005, 20:34]
Sorry you've been having problems posting
Talkback To sort this out, would you please drop me a line at Community.Manager@zdnet.co.uk to tell me when you made the missing post and which browser version you are using? Also, did you submit the post before or after you clicked on the email to confirm...
[June 9, 2008, 15:18]
New Microsoft Wi-Fi gear runs on latest standard
Talkback Called Microsoft US helpline - suspiciously Indian voice made it clear he did not understand the problem but could not help me as I am in the UK. Microsoft UK will not help me as they do not sell this product in the UK.
[February 23, 2004, 15:21]
Never ending Spam
Talkback The fact that so few are complaining makes me think maybe I should have a moan to ICO the next time I am hit with SPAM from a UK business. Despite this amount and type of spam I get from UK businesses do not annoy me - they are usually easy to opt...
[January 8, 2007, 9:56]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary - Holy Land Special
Blog I'm not sure that Ben Gurion Airport at 0630 is best described as interesting, but the driver who's picking me and another UK journalist up from the flight is surprisingly cheerful given he's been waiting for an hour longer than planned.
[January 6, 2006, 17:40]
UK gets final warning on e-waste
Talkback I notice Germany is absent from this lest and as an environmentalist I know how good they are at recycling as a whole, why the UK governemnt cannot follow suit is simply beyond me. If you're sseking an outrageous statement from me, and...
[July 13, 2005, 1:09]
This is how I came to that conclusion
Talkback I hear how he should be tried in the UK and go to jail in the UK, tell me what is so different? If you believe Asperger's give people the right to do anything they want then tell me where was the outcry for a 21-year-old student In the UK with...
[November 15, 2009, 0:25]
Concern grows about Bulldog's broadband service
Talkback I feel the most worst broadband and unreliable broadband in UK is "BULLDOG".I have lost so many pounds to call them on a query but no solution.They cheated me alot.They sent their sales agent to my house.I have signed a contract.In that,he said we...
[June 9, 2006, 14:09]
Apple reveals iPhone details
Blog Comment When I will be travelling in the UK with my new Iphone my UK contacts will have to dial Germany in order to reach me next door. The UK carrier will be O2, the German carrier T-Mobile and who-knows-who will supply other countries.
[September 22, 2007, 13:49]
Photo-Me booths hit the Web - curtains n' all
News Photo-Me is teaming up with BT to give the majority of the 4,300 booths in airports, railway stations and supermarkets across the UK a refit. John Swingewood, director of BT Internet and multimedia services said: "It will provide everyone in the UK...
[May 25, 1999, 14:49]
BT: No danger of mass internet outage in UK
News BT added that none of its UK customers had been affected by the cutting of the FLAG and Sea-Me-We-4 undersea cables in the Mediterranean Sea. The UK is unlikely ever to suffer the kind of internet service disruption recently experienced in the...
[January 31, 2008, 16:18]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog Professional ethics forbids me from reporting the bulk of the conversation at table, that and the knowledge that the First Amendment is no good to me back in the UK I have, and you'll find out about it when it goes live at 0900 UK time.
[August 30, 2005, 13:55]
Should more web sites be able to integrate with my diary?
Blog When I want to know what time re-runs of Ray Mears’ Extreme Bushcraft are showing on the ‘Dave’ channel I tend to use tvguide.co.uk - and one of the features of I’ve increasingly started to notice is the option to get more info on the programme...
[January 18, 2008, 14:33]
