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posted on 18 January 2012
Wikipedia shutting down its American branch for 24 hours in
protest of SOPA as brought to light more acts
around the world that are being considered to fight internet
piracy.
One such act within the UK is the Digital Economy Act (DEA),
which should be implemented "as soon as possible" by
Ofcom, according to an independent review
comm... [read more]
posted on 07 December 2011
It could take six years to cover 90 per cent of the
UK with fibre optic broadband, says
BT.
The announcement was made by BT CEO, Ian
Livingston, when David Cameron and the cabinet visited
BT's research headquarters on Monday.
"Within the next five or six years, fibre-based services
could be available to more than 90 percent of UK p... [read more]
posted on 30 November 2011
Yesterday marked the launch of Virgin Media's
much anticipated Spotify app.
The app, which is available to all Virgin Media TiVo customers,
allows Spotify Premium subscribers to access their entire library
of music, including favourite playlists and songs through Virgin
Media's TiVo service using their home entertainment systems and
H... [read more]
posted on 25 November 2011
It appears that criminals will be banned from using the internet
as the UK Government plans to increase cyber
security.
The scheme calls on the police to make use of existing sanctions
that allow restricted access to the internet and pages such as
Facebook.
Until now such measures have been applied in cases of cyber
criminals who w... [read more]
posted on 23 November 2011
The Scottish Government has pledged £5m to get
broadband to all corners of the country, paying particular
attention to rural areas.
While the aims for the UK is to get "superfast" speeds
to most of the UK, Scotland have decided to focus on getting all
homes connected with an equivalent broadband speed before looking
at increasing the ... [read more]