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Official: Britain loves technology
News Britain is an officially tech-savvy nation with nearly half of the adult population using the Internet, according to the Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom published Thursday. Britain 2001 based on data from the Office of National Statistics...
[December 15, 2000, 11:10]
News Burst: Britain loves technology
News Britain is an officially tech-savvy nation with nearly half of the adult population using the Internet, according to the Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom published Thursday. Britain 2001 based on data from the Office of National Statistics...
[December 15, 2000, 9:23]
Britain's Got Talent Management
Blog At the risk of lowering the tone of this column, I would just like to say that the dance group Diversity deserved to win this year's Britain's Got Talent ahead of the now world famous Susan Boyle. Before you click off, let me explain this...
[September 25, 2009, 13:01]
Britain's 3G bill could top £50bn
News Northstream carried out its research for Business AM, and chief executive Bengt Nordstrom told the paper that there would be a proliferation of new mobile masts across Britain as 3G is rolled out. If everyone builds their networks according to...
[May 1, 2001, 17:06]
Britain still playing broadband catch-up
News According to Point Topic, at the end of 2003 there were 5.39 broadband connections in Britain for every 100 people. The UK's broadband market is still languishing behind many other developed nations when it comes to the take-up of high-speed...
[March 25, 2004, 14:55]
Britain hottest in Europe for Wi-Fi
News Britain is leading Europe's boom in the deployment of wireless Internet hot spots, according to a report published on Wednesday, even though many industry observers agree that the technology does not yet have a satisfactory business model to back...
[August 13, 2003, 12:50]
Britain will 'lead the world' in broadband
News After years of lagging behind other countries in terms of both availability and take-up, Britain now looks like a trailblazer, at least in terms of coverage. The government has set itself the goal of making Britain the most "extensive and...
[May 11, 2004, 18:00]
Britain is world's leader in computer literacy
News Commissioned by Olivetti Personal Computers the report states that Britain has the highest computer to student ratio anywhere. For the second year running, Britain is ahead of the world in terms of computer use which means an increasingly computer...
[September 3, 1997, 14:04]
Britain and Ireland call for EU data sharing
News Britain and Ireland have agreed to share more intelligence to counter terrorist plots, such as this summer's car bomb attempts in London. The pact comes a week after Interpol chief Ron Noble criticised Britain for not sharing terrorist information...
[July 18, 2007, 9:57]
Britain's biggest Wi-Fi hot spot rides the waves
News Britain's largest area of Wi-Fi coverage is being created in Hampshire, but wireless enthusiasts will need a boat in order to get the best use out of it. The Hamble hot zone is thought to be the largest area of commercial Wi-Fi coverage in Britain...
[January 13, 2004, 14:45]
Broadband boom set to transform Britain
News The new studies are likely to reinforce fears that Britain is falling behind other European countries and the US in its broadband plans, despite the government's efforts toward a "wired Britain". Find out with ZDNet UK's Broadband Britain Guide.
[February 9, 2001, 16:18]
Businesses urged to plan for Digital Britain
Blog We were talking about the possible effects on business of universal broadband access, as proposed in the Digital Britain report being written by Lord Carter. Nigel Brown, the lead for resilient telecommunications strategy at the Cabinet Office...
[April 28, 2009, 17:05]
Digital Britain phone levy not enough, says BT
News The fund was proposed by the government in Lord Carter's Digital Britain report, which was published last month. The Digital Britain recommendations are to be scrutinised by a Commons select committee, which will examine issues including the...
[July 2, 2009, 15:05]
Britain leads the way with e-commerce
News Britain and Sweden have the highest proportion of businesses connected to the Internet. Britain ranks third for the use the Internet to improve purchasing and after sales service, and fifth for finance.
[October 12, 2001, 10:44]
Report: Timms to take over Digital Britain helm
News Junior minister Stephen Timms is set to assume responsibility for implementing the Digital Britain plan, according to a report in The Guardian. Reports of Lord Carter's departure emerged just prior to the release of his Digital Britain report, a...
[August 4, 2009, 12:13]
Broadband Britain sees costs fall as speeds rise
News Broadband Britain has never had it so good with fat pipes cheaper and faster than ever. Average broadband costs have dropped 36 percent in the past four years, according to price-comparison site uSwitch.
[February 4, 2008, 7:26]
A Year Ago: Tony Blair warns Britain's business
News The PM outlines how Britain can rival Silicon Valley. According to Mr Blair, the government has accepted all 60 of the recommendations and is optimistic Britain can be at the forefront of international e-commerce, with developments, like the one he...
[September 13, 2000, 7:01]
E-minister: Britain will be broadband leader
News E-minister Patricia Hewitt has rejected mounting criticisms about broadband Britain, claiming everything is on track for the UK to be the best place in the industrialised world for high-speed services by 2005.
[April 24, 2001, 10:57]
Digital Britain report panned by Tories, experts
News The Digital Britain report has drawn criticism from politicians and technology experts over its proposals for dealing with fibre rollouts and illegal file-sharing. Hunt also pointed out that Digital Britain announced 12 new consultations, and...
[June 17, 2009, 16:09]
Wi-Fi figures reveal Britain's sharing side
News Britain has showed off a more giving side after it was revealed the nation shares more than 100,000 broadband connections. BT has been instrumental in creating Broadband Britain, and we have built on that by calling upon entire communities to come...
[June 6, 2008, 8:55]
