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November 28, 2008
by Janet Harris
With children using the Internet more and more, parents need to be constantly vigilant to make sure that their children stay safe online.
The internet has become an integral part of the way young people interact with their peers, on social network sites, or even via online games.
This can be a positive experience and recent reports such as the MacArthur Foundation report, suggest that using social networks ...
by David Allen
The high speed broadband project for North Wales is about to go onto the next level as the Deputy First Minister of Wales Leuan Wyn Jones officially launches the project in Bangor.
The FibreSpeed project will be providing fibre broadband connections linking fourteen business parks across the area.
The first stage will see the laying of two hundred miles of fibre optic cable and broadband points of presence, which are ...
by David Allen
Anyone who has been getting huge amounts of spam for a long time may have noticed that there has been a reduction in spam messages, but this is not because of the filters that block spam, it is rather more subtle than that.
Recently an internet service provider called McColo was closed down. This happened because there were reasons to believe that they were helping the spammers send out ...
by David Allen
The next stage in the development of the mobile phone network has been on the drawing board for some time, yet the Long Term Evolution (LTE), or 4G as it is bound to be called, still may not be rolled out in the UK until the end of 2010 at the earliest.
The chipsets will be available during 2009, however the cost of building the network and how long ...
by David Allen
The Isle of Man may be an island in the middle of the Irish Sea, but they do have a decent broadband network with choices of satellite or fibre optic cable, but one provider, Wi-Manx, is a fixed Wi-Fi broadband provider who is offering its customers the chance to remove data allowance caps for their service.
Customers of Wi-Manx will be able to request the removal of the data ...
by David Allen
In a recent study for Easynet Connect by Quocirca, small and medium sized companies were asked about their policies for staff accessing the internet while at work.
However, surprisingly only eighteen per cent of those asked actually have an internet ban during work hours, while half have some sort of formal policy on internet access, while a third have no formal internet rules at all.
When the survey asked employees ...
by David Allen
The internet service provider Be Broadband has been putting some Christmas shopping lists together in order to see if there really is a difference between the high street and online prices.
The list, which included a gift for all the family, came out at £876 in the high street, but by using the internet for the exact same products, the final price came in at £591 a saving of ...
November 27, 2008
by David Allen
The BBC is seeking permission to go ahead and buy the DVD publisher, 2entertain, which is part of the ailing Woolworths Empire, whose shares have now been suspended.
The BBC commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, is seeking around £100 million in order to buyout Woolworths from the partnership that they have in the DVD business.
This may seem to be a pushy deal for the BBC, but there is some sense ...
by David Allen
Apple have been criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for apparently misleading consumers about the iPhone's actual capability when accessing the internet.
This is second time that Apple have fallen of the ASA rules over claims in adverts.
This time Apple have been reprimanded and the advert has banned from TV advertising slots, because they have misled consumers by saying that the iPhone can access the internet and ...
by David Allen
A new think tank, known as the Social Market Foundation (SMF), has said that the government should start to prioritise investment in high speed broadband or risk the digital divide getting wider and therefore harder to close at a later date.
Although this research has been partly funded by the BBC and Channel Five this does not mean that it focuses on broadcasting, because it does not. This report ...
by David Allen
The internet has become the main source for information when it comes to financial matters.
In a recent IFA Life survey it was found that around half of those asked would look for independent financial advice by searching the internet.
However, unlike any other search, it is not Google where these people go to look for an IFA; they prefer to visit well known or trusted sites, such as ...
by David Allen
Having being voted the worst internet service provider by its users in a Which? survey last year, we might have expected Orange Broadband to pull it socks up and start addressing the concerns of their customers, but it seem that this is not to be.
In fact, the ISP has started another wave of concern by apparently blocking access to Pirate Bay, the world largest BitTorrent site.
While the illegal ...
by David Allen
The Olympics may be in 2012 but the benefits of having such a large event in the UK could be paying off, as a deal between sportswear giant Adidas and BT will be bringing to adiZones to the capital.
However, the deal is limited to the London boroughs of Greenwich, Newham and Waltham Forest, as these areas are in the Olympic zone and have been targeted as being deprived ...
November 26, 2008
by Brian Turner
Pace have launched the +LE Cube - a new hybrid HD PVR, specifically for the Canal+ Group in France.
According to Pace, this represents Europe's first Satellite / IP hybrid set-top box to use the Ethernet port for VOD.
+Le Cube's hard disk has been optimised by Pace Engineering for very low audibility, to be less intrusive for the user. This is also the first HD PVR for CANAL+ Group ...
by David Allen
It’s called the Laptop4Life scheme and that would seem to be exactly what it is.
Fujitsu Siemens are offering this deal with any of their Lifebook range of laptop computers.
It works on a simple principle - buy one machine and get another new laptop every three years for the rest of your life.
Sound too good to be true? Well it is what it says, although there are ...
by David Allen
It is always the same principle, when the price of crude oil increases so does petrol, when interest rates go up, the banks are quick to act.
Therefore, when the Chancellor of Exchequer reduces the VAT rate, is that going to mean that the price of Broadband and Digital TV will fall?
The VAT rate has been reduced to fifteen per cent and will remain so for well over ...
by David Allen
It was only last year when the communications watchdog, Ofcom, claimed that the average broadband connection speed throughout the UK had doubled on that of the previous year to 4.6 Mbps.
Yet in a recent study by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) it was found that over forty two per cent of all broadband users are actually getting a broadband connection speed of less than 2 Mbps, much ...
by David Allen
Not to be out done by the other providers, Orange have followed suit and decided to offer a combined fixed and mobile broadband package that they are calling Home and Mobile Broadband.
For just £20 per month, new customers will be getting the Orange up to 8 Mbps with a 10 Gb download limit, along with a free wireless router, and free evening and weekend calls to UK landlines, ...
by David Allen
It may have been delayed slightly, but finally Vispa Internet are about to launch their 24 Mbps broadband service.
This was delayed because of issues with the supporting technology provided through BT.
This new broadband service will have a capped data use, with the basic package starting at just £12.99 per month with a 1 Gb cap, but other options are available with 3 Gb priced at 15.99 per ...
by David Allen
Recent research shows that mobile broadband users have grown to 7.3 million, an increase of twenty five per cent, but at the same time fixed line broadband has increased by just three per cent, although the two services are hardly comparable at the moment.
Fixed line broadband users are already in excess of thirty five million and although there has been a only a small increase in users, fixed ...
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With children using the Internet more and more, parents need to be constantly vigilant to make sure that their children stay safe online.
The internet has become an integral part of the way young people interact with their peers, on social network sites, or even via online games.
This can be a positive experience and recent reports such as the MacArthur Foundation report, suggest that using social networks ...
The BBC is seeking permission to go ahead and buy the DVD publisher, 2entertain, which is part of the ailing Woolworths Empire, whose shares have now been suspended.
The BBC commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, is seeking around £100 million in order to buyout Woolworths from the partnership that they have in the DVD business.
This may seem to be a pushy deal for the BBC, but there is some sense ...
Pace have launched the +LE Cube - a new hybrid HD PVR, specifically for the Canal+ Group in France.
According to Pace, this represents Europe's first Satellite / IP hybrid set-top box to use the Ethernet port for VOD.
+Le Cube's hard disk has been optimised by Pace Engineering for very low audibility, to be less intrusive for the user. This is also the first HD PVR for CANAL+ Group ...
