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[18 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

Online security company Websense have released their latest 6 monthly research report which shows the security of the internet in the second half of 2009. Websense used their ThreatSeeker network in order to monitor and define global internet threats and trends. The network scans 40 …

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[17 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

The Joint Committee On Human Rights is an organisation which is appointed by both the House of Commons and House of Lords to consider matters related to human rights in the UK.? They have recently expressed concerns over the new digital economy bill which the …

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[15 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

In December the home office missed an important deadline from the European Commission to answer questions regarding legal concerns over internet and ISP privacy issues. It has become known that the government has now responded to these concerns with a letter sent out on the …

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[11 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

The Office of Fair Trading has expressed concerns that the proposed merger between mobile broadband providers T-Mobile and Orange could pose a significant threat to competition in the mobile broadband market. Rival operators Three (3), O2 and Vodaphone have called for an investigation into the …

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[8 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has spoken out about against solicitors from firm ACS: Law for sending out threat letters to people whom are ?suspected? of file sharing, without any real evidence. The letters are sent out with heavy language and threaten consumers to pay …

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[5 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

Pennsylvania State University has recently created an entirely method of using wireless indoors using optical technology. The service uses things called multi element transmitters and multi branch optimal receivers in quasi-diffuse configuration, and what we think that means in English is the service can run …

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[3 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

There was a time when mobile broadband first came out that it really felt like a new and exciting technology. In fact, in some parts of the world it?s actually more popular than using standard, fixed line, broadband. The problem? The speeds and reliability of …

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[29 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]

The EC has stated its intent to monitor the upcoming trial of the CView technology, a form of deep packet inspection developed by Detica that will be trailed by cable provider Virgin Media this year.
The CView technology was announced last year, along with news that …

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[28 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]

We?ve spoken a few times before out BT?s heavy service restrictions, and unfortunately it has been confirmed that the company are due to carry on similar restrictions on their 40 Mbps next generation service when it becomes available, knocking down the speed for anyone wishing …

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[27 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]

We imagine nearly everyone reading this blog has found it necessary to complain about the companies that supply our homes with services. Whether it?s energy, telephone services of TV packages, there always seem to be something that we think could be improved or that isn?t …