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August 29, 2008
by David Allen
There is no doubt that getting a free wireless router from an internet service provider is a bonus.
But would the ISP’s customers think of it as a bonus when they realise that in the last year alone, three and half million people have admitted to piggy backing on the back of someone else’s wireless router to get onto the internet.
There are all sorts of problems with piggy ...
by David Allen
The roll out of a 24 Mbps broadband service has been delayed because of the ISPs name.
It turns out that the BT system does not recognise all of their partners and so this problem will delay the niche outfit Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) from providing their customers with a high speed broadband connection, for a couple of weeks anyway.
Apparently, it is the “&” in the A&A’s name, ...
by David Allen
FaceBook is about to hit the big screen. As if it has not dominated the small screen for long enough, a film about the rise and rise of FaceBook will let everyone know how internet success is really done.
Aaron Sorkin, who is best known for writing West Wing and A Few Good Men, will write this film.
There is no title planned for the film yet, but no doubt ...
by David Allen
For some time, there has been a problem with the Home Hub when live video streams, including the BBC’s own iPlayer, keep causing the most common router in the UK to reset.
The problem has been found, but the fix has not yet been made ready for concerned users, although the BBC engineers are working on solving this.
The engineers say that the iPlayer is working fine for catch ...
by David Allen
Within a few weeks the Carphone Warehouse will begin to offer fixed line broadband provided by O2, marking the first time that O2 has entered into the fixed line broadband market through a third party retailer.
Carphone Warehouse will be the only retailer selling O2 fixed line broadband for the present, but could this be the start of a rush by ISPs to see their products placed alongside other ...
by David Allen
A village in Wales has been left without a broadband connection for the last ten days, and even before this broadband blackout their service had been at the best intermittent, but now this event is the final straw for the residents and businesses of Penrhyndeudraeth in Gwynedd.
BT has suggested that residents get in touch with their own providers in order to find out what is causing their own ...
August 28, 2008
by David Allen
In a recent survey, it has been found that around seventy per cent of UK broadband users are paying too much for their service, while their ISPs are just sitting there raking in the money and saying nothing.
The people who are going to be more affected are those who signed up for broadband around two years ago.
In this time period prices have been really shaken up, ...
by David Allen
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has put the thumbs down on the iPhone TV advert following complaints from members of the public.
The complaints were about Apple's claims that the iPhone can access all parts of the internet as if you were on a PC.
However this is not possible because the iPhone does not support Flash animations or Sun’s Java.
In its final decision the ASA said that it ...
by David Allen
Music fans will be in for a treat when BBC Worldwide launch their ad supported, online music store, where both free and paid for music content will be available from the vast archives of the BBC.
Over the years the BBC has produced some of the most groundbreaking music programmes, such as
Top of the Pops and the Old Grey Whistle Test, not to mention the amount of concerts ...
by David Allen
Mobile users in the US have been quite slow on the uptake of browsing the internet from their mobile phones.
However, over the last couple of years this has been changing and it will not be long until the US overtakes the UK for mobile phone browsing.
According to Bango, the top five countries accessing the mobile web in July 2008 were:
UK at 19.35%
US at 18.88%
India at 10.82%
South Africa ...
by David Allen
Microsoft has moved the new Internet Explorer 8 into the second phase.
The first phase was meant for developers, but phase two is where Beta testing gets really interesting because anyone can have a look around.
The IE8 Beta 2 will be available for 32 & 64 bit edition of Vista, XP, Server 2003 and Server 2008 and is also available in several different languages.
What this will mean for ...
by David Allen
The e-Player had been initially developed for use by Virgin Media to show football highlights from the UEFA Cup on their website.
However, this is now being revamped in order for third party media owners to add more content to their sites using the Perform rights portfolio.
The content provided through Perform will include darts, rugby, golf, tennis, cricket and basketball.
This system is currently being used by the ...
August 27, 2008
by David Allen
The huge take up of mobile broadband has taken everyone by surprise. At first it was treated as something that would disappear after a while, but the figures of mobile broadband subscribers speak for themselves.
In fact, on some networks, data traffic exceeds that of voice traffic.
This is beginning to throw up some questions as to whether or not the mobile broadband network can actually stand the test ...
by David Allen
Some places get all of the luck, and Shoreditch would appear to be one of those places, as BT is going to be introducing the residents of the borough to the BT Fon Service, which will cover the entire area with a free for all Wi-Fi network.
The network is being created in conjunction with shoreditchwifi.com to give away around a thousand free wireless routers, which are colourfully named ...
by David Allen
We have been expecting changes to happen at the Carphone Warehouse and really things have taken a bit of time to get going, but recently there have been a flurry of announcements and plans that show behind the scenes there is a lot going on.
Now it seems that TalkTalk plan to offer Carphone Warehouse customers the opportunity to become one of the many mobile broadband users in the ...
by David Allen
As Orange UK prepare for a re-launch of their broadband service they have suffered a bit of a set back, with a report from the consumer people Which?, who have placed Orange broadband on their “Don’t Buy” list.
However, as Orange is offering this service for free, it would seem to be a bit of a contradiction from one of the parties.
Orange will be offering, from next month, the ...
by David Allen
It is a well-known fact that in certain parts of Europe Sky and BBC TV can be received without the need for the subscribers to pay Sky anything or the BBC either.
However, this has all come to end in Spain as the authorities have raided the offices of the Telmicro Levante Company and the signal was turned off.
The company operated a microwave distribution system. This is where ...
by David Allen
A survey has found that fifty six per cent of UK households have some sort of broadband package; this is compared to fifty one per cent last year.
This means that according to the survey of 1,200 people by the Office of National Statistics, around sixteen and half million homes have access to the internet. This equates to around sixty five per cent of all UK homes.
These figures ...
August 26, 2008
by Janet Harris
The launch of serversdirect.co.uk provides a one stop shop for UK small businesses seeking server and network technology, supported by installation, data migration and ongoing management services.
The new website also promises the lowest prices and next day delivery across the UK.
serversdirect.co.uk is part of Easycom group, an online retailer of multi-brand electronics.
Nick Glynne, MD of Easycom said: “For far too long, servers have been sold by ...
by David Allen
This is third year of the Mozilla Extend FireFox contest; this is where the corporation decides which are the best add-ons for the FireFox browser. This is interesting because there were more than a hundred entrees into the competition this year.
Because this year’s competition was launched in March this means that FireFox 3 was the centre of attention, making the add-ons more relevant for the users of today.
This ...
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There is no doubt that getting a free wireless router from an internet service provider is a bonus.
But would the ISP’s customers think of it as a bonus when they realise that in the last year alone, three and half million people have admitted to piggy backing on the back of someone else’s wireless router to get onto the internet.
There are all sorts of problems with piggy ...
The launch of serversdirect.co.uk provides a one stop shop for UK small businesses seeking server and network technology, supported by installation, data migration and ongoing management services.
The new website also promises the lowest prices and next day delivery across the UK.
serversdirect.co.uk is part of Easycom group, an online retailer of multi-brand electronics.
Nick Glynne, MD of Easycom said: “For far too long, servers have been sold by ...
