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October 31, 2008
by David Allen
Some things never seem to go away, like the frauds which originate in Africa and promise plenty of cash.
Many people do get scammed by these fraudsters all of time for huge amounts of cash and to make things even worse the problem is not getting any better, in fact far from it.
But now Microsoft and Yahoo are teaming up to fight back against these cyber criminals ...
by David Allen
Next month the Google Toolbar is eight years old.
The growth of this tool has been prompted by the company’s idea to share some of the cash that it has managed to build up, as referrers are paid for every new user they recruit.
So to celebrate this milestone, Google will be bringing out a brand new toolbar for the internet explorer browser, which will bring it up to ...
by David Allen
The media trio of ITV, BSkyB and Virgin Media have been in and out of courts and hearings for what would seem to be forever, but in fact the deal between BSkyB and ITV only went ahead in the later part of 2006, yet the fallout from this deal still rumbles on.
Only last month BSkyB was told to cut their 17.9 per cent down to just 7.5 per ...
by David Allen
It seems that you do not have to be a youngster to be accused of downloading illegal music, video or games.
In fact the consumer magazine Which? is estimating that there could in fact be hundreds of households being accused incorrectly of file sharing.
This is what happened to Ken and Gill Murdoch aged 54 and 66 from Inverness, Scotland.
These are a couple who say that they have ...
by David Allen
Any doubts as to whether or not Orange broadband would be using the tracking technology known as Phorm have got the answer from the senior vice president of Orange online advertising, Paul Francois Fournier, and it is no, they will not be using Phorm.
The reason given is that they care about the privacy of their customers, which is fair enough.
However, having said that, he did not totally ...
by David Allen
It has to be said that more or less everyone who owns a TV must also know about the digital switchover, after all there are adverts on all of the time and even big splashes throughout the media.
As the switchover works its way around the country, viewers would normally have to decide how they wish to view digital TV. They can choose either satellite or, where it is ...
October 30, 2008
by David Allen
The social networking site Twitter has been “Red Teamed” by the US Army, which has claimed that it could be a possible tool for terrorists to use.
Red teamed means that the military use army personnel to sign up to the network and see if there are any weaknesses.
The US Army says that Twitter could be used for the following actions:
sending and receiving messages to and from other ...
by David Allen
Advertising in the national press and other media has its benefits, but also has the risk of people seeing things that they do not agree with and therefore feeling compelled to complain to the advertising standards authority (ASA), as they did in this case, along with T Mobile and 3 Mobile Broadband.
The complaints are centred on two adverts that for Vodafone mobile broadband and the claims in these ...
by David Allen
BT has had to pay the Ministry of Defence £1.3 million in compensation after it was found that BT staff were calling each other on the phone in order to meet their call answering targets.
BT has been operating the phone system for the MoD, which provides telecom services to over two hundred thousand personnel.
The National Audit Office found the fraud, but an accounts committee, which is made ...
by David Allen
In a report by computer firm IBM, they compare consumers who use either mobile broadband or fixed line broadband access.
The two cannot be really compared like for like as they offer different services, but for a basic internet user who is looking to surf the internet and check their emails, then the services provided could be compared.
The main find from this study is that over fifty per cent ...
by David Allen
When Pipex, the Tiscali owned internet service provider (ISP) decided to introduce a major upgrade to its billing and account management on its website, it is doubtful that it could have realised the effects that this work would have had on its customers.
However the work, which included some new anti virus protection for the email system as well as some spam protection, did not go down too well ...
by David Allen
A test of the performance of mobile broadband providers during the busiest usage periods has firmly placed T Mobile at the top of the table.
The comprehensive study, carried out by testing firm P3 Solutions, tested the mobile broadband provider’s services at peak times and in sixteen different cities, just to make sure that the figures were an average picture of the current state of mobile broadband throughout the ...
October 29, 2008
by David Allen
Some customers of 3 mobile broadband have been offered two months free rental following problems with the network in some areas.
The network has been developed through a partnership between T Mobile and 3m.
This was named Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL) and should have given both networks a wider coverage throughout the UK, but 3 mobile broadband customers have been experiencing disruptions to the normal service.
3 ...
by David Allen
London may be the world leader in Wi-Fi access points, but as other cities from around globe begin to catch up, the network in the capital seems to be showing signs of wear and tear.
A survey, from the security company RSA, did find that London was on top with over twelve thousand Wi-Fi access points, while the nearest city, New York, has only nine thousand.
However, the actual ...
by David Allen
It was only back in September when 123WebTV was launched.
This was planned as a search engine, which would search for all TV and Video content available in the internet.
There may have been some doubts as to its usefulness, yet in a few weeks the site has already notched up over a hundred thousand visitors from the UK. The company counts this as a great milestone.
Former executives from Sky ...
by David Allen
Turner Broadcasting’s CNN International is set to replace Nuts TV on Freeview in the early part of 2009.
This will provide a European view of the world’s top news stories and will air every night from 9 pm to 1 am, although as of yet there have not been any channel allocations.
Turner state that Nuts TV is more suited to an online or mobile audience and it is ...
by David Allen
Virgin Media could land themselves in trouble with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over the company’s claim that customers who have subscribed to the Virgin Media “M” package can expect to receive an upload performance of 256 Kbps, while according to some users in south London this is limited to just 200 Kbps.
Much of this has been posted online by annoyed customers, who are clearly hoping to bring ...
by David Allen
The rise of mobile broadband and the fall of fixed line broadband may have been a bit premature if recently released figures are taken into perspective.
On average the broadband connections through fixed phone lines into households have seen speeds that are almost double those achieved by mobile broadband.
Granted the two should not really be compared, but as there have been claims that mobile broadband is a threat to ...
October 28, 2008
by Janet Harris
A survey conducted on behalf of IFS, a developer of enterprise resource planning solutions, has highlighted the role that personalising software and integrating multimedia web content can play in improving workplace productivity and collaboration.
On behalf of IFS, Omniboss and Survey Monkey surveyed IT professionals from North America, UK and Scandinavia, of which 80% said the ability to personalise the software they work with was a key factory ...
by David Allen
This may be a bit short notice as there are only four days left before the end of October, but when a internet service provider offers up to 8 Mbps broadband for a £1, then it has to be worth a mention.
Subscribers who are in the market for a good deal might want to check out the Namesco Gold broadband package.
This has been put together to coincide ...
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Some things never seem to go away, like the frauds which originate in Africa and promise plenty of cash.
Many people do get scammed by these fraudsters all of time for huge amounts of cash and to make things even worse the problem is not getting any better, in fact far from it.
But now Microsoft and Yahoo are teaming up to fight back against these cyber criminals ...
