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A Year Ago Today: Easynet, UK Online in merger talks
News European Internet access provider Easynet today announced it is in merger discussions with UK Online. UK Online. In a prepared statement to the London Stock Exchange, the company said it is: "in discussions with.
[October 10, 1997, 9:15]
Oftel: UK consumers have cheapest Internet prices
News UK consumers have some of the lowest Internet prices in Europe according to new research published by Oftel Wednesday. Both off-peak and peak Internet access in UK households is the cheapest of the European countries surveyed.
[December 7, 2000, 11:49]
UK to probe 'patent thickets'
News Andrew Gowers, the man leading a wide-ranging review into the UK's intellectual property legislation, has vowed to address the issue of companies abusing the patent system. Gowers, a former editor of the Financial Times, was chosen by the...
[March 2, 2006, 11:45]
UK lagging on e-government
News The UK is below the European average for usage of e-government services, according to an EU benchmarking report. The May 2005 report, by the European Commission's Eurostat service, finds that the UK is behind Germany, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and...
[May 16, 2005, 13:30]
UK leads Europe in chip design
News The UK is well ahead of other European countries in what industry analysts say is the next big trend in the microprocessor world: chipless and fabless design. Britain accounted for 39.2 percent out of a total of $1.99bn (about £1.27bn) of revenues...
[August 6, 2002, 15:09]
Exclusive: UK local authority adopts Linux
News The UK officially boarded the Linux bandwagon Monday when a local authority in Britain inked a deal with a leading Linux database provider for a limited number of licences. Director of sales for Red Hat UK, Andy Dickens believes that although Linux...
[January 18, 2000, 10:52]
UK Tech Week: Xerox joins in the digital dance
News The Former IBM-er gave a keynote at UK technology week today telling the audience that organisations that are out of step in the digital dance will encounter painful times ahead. We often take the pace of technological change for granted.
[October 6, 1998, 14:54]
UK business Net uptake looking good
News 68 per cent of UK corporates have Net access, ahead of 47 per cent for small and medium-sized companies, and 31 per cent of SoHo businesses, according to research by Romtec. The research is part of a new report, Internet and Online Usage in the UK...
[September 15, 1997, 14:06]
UK gets nationwide 22Mbps broadband
News UK Online has become the first ISP in the UK to offer ADSL2+ nationally, promising speeds of up to 22Mbps. The service will be available for £29.99 per month in most urban areas, UK Online said, although customers will need to buy an ADSL2...
[November 9, 2005, 13:25]
UK lagging on e-government
Talkback Apparently there is to be a revamp of the EU website, I think this would be best time for the UK to get involved and embrace the collaboration and standards that the EU website already has. But just think how does the UK Governement go digital, put...
[May 17, 2005, 1:19]
UK firm sues Microsoft for libel
News Software distributor ITAC (UK) has started libel proceedings against Microsoft in the UK High Court after the software giant said it had traded with a "rogue distributor". According to a report in Microscope magazine, ITAC (UK) is now attempting to...
[February 8, 2005, 16:15]
UK warned: Broadband speeds will dive without fibre
News The UK needs to get its act together over next-generation broadband networks or risk a future of declining broadband speeds, an analyst has warned. However, he warned the trend for declining broadband prices in the UK could scupper a fibre future...
[November 7, 2008, 14:16]
UK e-science centre pushes grid computing
News The UK government on Thursday officially opened the National e-Science Centre (NeSC), devoting £5.5m over the next three years to boosting the UK's role in grid computing. The centre, based at the University of Edinburgh and jointly run with the...
[April 26, 2002, 7:31]
UK firm first to tap US-class Net security
News A UK company has been granted the rights to use US-style encryption security in European Net commerce installations. The US Department of Commerce said UK-based network security specialist Internet Smartware is the first company to be authorised to...
[April 17, 1997, 9:48]
UK-wide mobile WiMax rollout unlikely, says backer
News Mobile WiMax could serve a substantial niche market in the UK, but is unlikely to deployed in any nationwide networks, a member of a key industry group has said. Bluenowhere, a wholesale wireless network operator, is one of the companies involved...
[July 22, 2009, 11:00]
UK law smashes consumer spam
Talkback I have domains with both .co.uk and .com - are these considered commercial? Just what constitutes a personal email address from a commercial one? Where can find out?
[May 29, 2004, 12:31]
UK Linux guru backs GPL 3
News Alan Cox, a leading UK Linux developer, has expressed his support for the next version of the GPL. Cox told ZDNet UK that he thinks many of the changes in GPL 3 are sound: "The majority of it looks very sensible, such as letting copyright...
[January 31, 2006, 12:10]
UK launches dedicated cybersecurity agency
News The UK government has announced that it is to form a cybersecurity agency, one of whose functions will be to develop a cyberattack capability. Robert Hannigan, the prime minister's security adviser, told ZDNet UK that the OCS would be about...
[June 25, 2009, 10:00]
UK sees 1999 DVD sales explode
News The first full year figures for DVD sales released by the British Video Association (BVA) saw the UK dramatically outstrip the US, with phenomenal growth rates. The Matrix was highly praised for being one of the first DVDs in the UK to fully...
[January 6, 2000, 14:11]
UK Web sites face new accessibility rules
News A Code of Practice addressing discrimination against people with disabilities in the UK has removed some of the uncertainty surrounding Web site accessibility, but it does not go far enough, say lawyers, and the issue is now likely to be settled...
[February 27, 2002, 17:22]
