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posted on 03 February 2012
Good news comes to businesses which want to pay nothing for
broadband, as mobile operator and fixed-line broadband provider,
O2, has decided to start providing its internet
and landline services for free for the first six months.
Wittily called, The Flying Start, the promotion is
targeted at companies which employ 1-2000 members of staff.
In... [read more]
posted on 02 February 2012
If you are thinking about getting fibre broadband but have
previously been discouraged by the price, you're in luck.
Plusnet has decided to half the cost of
its latest FTTC offering for three months.
This means that for the first three months you will be paying £8.24
per month and £16.49 thereafter if you choose to go for the Plusnet
Value pa... [read more]
posted on 27 January 2012
In a bid to avoid a batch of legal charges from some countries,
Twitter has decided to add some geographical
changes to the way we tweeted.
Some of you might remember that Twitter, among other social
media platforms, was widely used during the London riots, but
equally has been seen as a news source during the Arab Spring as
users wer... [read more]
posted on 26 January 2012
Some of you might remember that a certain flaw within
O2's system was uncovered a few days ago, but now
the mobile operator has confirmed that the error is fixed.
As a quick reminder, the mistake meant that websites had
access to the numbers of O2 customer's that were visible
when users accessed the web.
This raised a whole array of... [read more]
posted on 25 January 2012.gif)
The European Commission is planning to force
internet giants such as Google and
Facebook to give their users more control over
their personal data.
The proposal would force websites to get consent from users to
collect their data. They would also have to tell users how they
intend on using the information and allow data to be complete... [read more]
posted on 24 January 2012
The Next Generation Broadband Wales project is left with only
one tender as Japanese tech giant, Fujitsu, has
dropped out of the process saying that the deployment risks were
just "too high" for it to handle.
The last man standing on this occasion has become
BT as it is now the sole major bidder to support
the scheme.
Some keen bro... [read more]
posted on 20 January 2012
It seems that if you have streamed a film or two on Netflix, you
are also most likely a Virgin Media user, as
recent stats revealed that almost a third of all
traffic to the video streaming website came from the
provider's customers.
Following in Virgin Media's footsteps was BT
with a substantial 21 per cent traffic rate as well as
S... [read more]
posted on 19 January 2012
You might remember that yesterday Wikipedia
along with an array of other websites such as
WordPress, PostSecret,
Internet Archive and Reddit have
all gone dark as a form of protest against the Stop Online
Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act
(PIPA), both of which are being discussed by US policy makers.
According to the Twitter a... [read more]
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 17 January 2012
It seems that the online world is not a big fan of the
anti-piracy laws in the US, as
Wikipedia has decided start a boycott and shut its
services for a day.
Both the Stop Online Piracy Act (also known as
SOPA) as well as the Protect IP Act (abbreviated
PIPA) have left online communities enraged as
their policies included permitting t... [read more]