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Internet infrastructure
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August 12, 2013
12
Aug'13
ICO to investigate London bins that track smartphones
Information Commissioner's Office is making enquiries into bins in London that track passing smartphones to target advertising to owners
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July 22, 2013
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Jul'13
UK to block online porn by default
The UK is to block online pornography by default to all new internet users, David Cameron is to announce
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July 18, 2013
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Jul'13
Google competition proposals not good enough, says EC
Competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia wants Google to readdress fears that it is abusing its market domination for its own gain
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July 16, 2013
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Jul'13
IT energy consumption lower than previously claimed
Research has debunked the myth that consuming IT and media services on mobile devices is hurting the environment
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July 15, 2013
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Jul'13
National broadband projects key to UN goals
The Broadband Commission claims national projects are the best way to ensure the benefits of the internet are enjoyed by all
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July 12, 2013
12
Jul'13
O2 extends 4G backhaul with Virgin Media Business
Mobile operator O2 will use Virgin Media Business’s superfast fibre network to bring capacity for its 4G roll-out later in 2013
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July 11, 2013
11
Jul'13
Ofcom proposes cuts to wholesale broadband charges
The telecoms regulator wants to reduce the wholesale price BT charges to smaller ISPs, which it hopes will lead to price drops for broadband and landline packages
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July 04, 2013
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Jul'13
DCMS to force BT’s hand on rural broadband gaps
Maria Miller sets up a meeting to answer calls from local broadband providers and try to make BT identify where they will be needed to connect the final 10% of the UK to superfast fibre
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May 29, 2013
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May'13
France Telecom changes name to Orange
The mobile operator will embrace the Orange branding globally, despite dropping it in the UK after merger with T-Mobile
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May 10, 2013
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May'13
BT profits rise in Q4
Profits for BT reached £1.67bn in the fourth quarter of its 2013 fiscal year, a 4% rise from the same period the year before
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May 08, 2013
08
May'13
Virgin Media tentatively names new CEO
Liberty Global – the US firm buying out Virgin Media – has named Tom Mockridge as CEO, if the merger is approved by shareholders
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May 01, 2013
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May'13
Schuh takes first steps to in-store Wi-Fi
Shoe retailer Schuh signs a contract with The Cloud to offer free Wi-Fi to customers
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April 30, 2013
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Apr'13
Case study: The DANTE link for Euro academics
The best technology innovation winners of Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Networking on how DANTE brings together researchers from far and wide with Infinera solutions
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April 22, 2013
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Apr'13
UK online businesses neglect mobile strategy
Online businesses are failing to implement mobile strategies, according to a report from Barclays bank
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April 15, 2013
15
Apr'13
Case study: London's Olympic network from BT
After receiving an honourable mention in the European user awards for networking, Computer Weekly looks at the challenge of rolling out the network for the London Olympic Games in 2012
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April 12, 2013
12
Apr'13
Google has another go at allaying EU competition concerns
Google has submitted a fresh set of proposals to address European concerns about its business practices and avoid punitive action
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April 09, 2013
09
Apr'13
Why CIOs need to become tax literate
Digital technologies can have significant ramifications for corporate taxation. IT teams need to be aware of the issues, says PwC
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March 21, 2013
21
Mar'13
Hampshire signs broadband contract with BT
Funding from the council, BDUK and BT will provide over £13m to bring superfast broadband to at least 90% of the county by 2015
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March 13, 2013
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Mar'13
John Lewis drops virtual mirror project as part of ‘fail fast at innovation' strategy
John Lewis has canned its virtual mirror project as part of the company’s approach to ‘failing fast at innovation’
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March 12, 2013
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Mar'13
O2: ‘We have not lost a single customer to EE’
O2’s head of enterprise says no customers have been drawn to EE's 4G and expects a challenge to entice them even after all operators launch
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March 06, 2013
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Mar'13
Businesses and IT suppliers to collaborate on big data
Businesses are to collaborate to work out how to exploit the rapidly growing volume of data generated by social media, mobile devices and the internet of things.
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March 06, 2013
06
Mar'13
KFC brings free Wi-Fi to customers
KFC teams with The Cloud to give customers free internet connectivity.
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March 06, 2013
06
Mar'13
Case study: Birmingham NEC boosts Wi-Fi network
Birmingham NEC has deployed Xirrus technology to bring high-bandwidth wireless connectivity to visitors and staff
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February 27, 2013
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Feb'13
ISPs in the US join forces to serve “six strikes” to illegal downloaders
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the US are leading a campaign to target piracy using a “six strike” warning system
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February 25, 2013
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Feb'13
Google penalises Interflora and UK newspapers for failing to comply with SEO regulations
The website for Interflora has disappeared from Google search pages, amid accusations the company has manipulated links
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February 22, 2013
22
Feb'13
Music companies critical of Google’s anti-piracy efforts
Music companies have accused Google of failing to fulfil a pledge not to give prominent rankings in search results to websites offering illegal music downloads.
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February 14, 2013
14
Feb'13
Google battles BT in patent row
Google has launched legal action against BT, accusing the British firm of four counts of patent infringement
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February 07, 2013
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Feb'13
Interview: Phil Smith, CEO of Cisco UK & Ireland
Cisco's UK CEO talks about innovation, wireless vs wired and software defined networking at the company’s annual Cisco Live event in London
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January 30, 2013
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Jan'13
Amazon sales soar in 2012
Amazon sales rose 27% to $61bn (£39bn) in its 2012 results and 22% in its 2012 fourth quarter revenues to $21.27bn, compared with 2011
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January 21, 2013
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Jan'13
GDS must not become an outlier, warns Martha Lane Fox
The Government Digital Service (GDS) must not remain an outlier to the way the public sector delivers online services, says Martha Lane Fox
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January 03, 2013
03
Jan'13
Ofcom proposes early exit to combat price rises
Regulator Ofcom says users should be able to leave mobile, broadband and landline contracts without charge if their provider ups the price
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November 16, 2012
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Nov'12
WiFox claims 700% boost in Wi-Fi performance
New software created by researchers at North Carolina State University claims to boost performance of Wi-Fi by up to 700%
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November 06, 2012
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Nov'12
Universal Credit programme director Malcolm Whitehouse steps down
Malcolm Whitehouse, programme director for the government's £2.2bn Universal Credit project, has stepped down
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October 26, 2012
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Oct'12
ACPO use online crime reporting company
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and charity Crimestoppers is using online self-reporting platform Facewatch, designed to reduce low-level crime.
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October 22, 2012
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Oct'12
Cyber attacks launched at London 2012 Olympic Games every day
The IT supporting the London 2012 Olympics was hit by cyber attacks every day during the Games, says London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell
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October 08, 2012
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Oct'12
Lamborghini slashes web costs with Amazon Web Services
Supercar maker Lamborghini has revamped and accelerated the performance of its website by running it on Amazon Web Services
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October 08, 2012
08
Oct'12
UK needs more ambition for fibre broadband strategy
With less than 1% of UK households served with fibre-to-the-home broadband, the FTTH Council calls on the government to be more ambitious with its schemes
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October 04, 2012
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Oct'12
Skype launches customer Wi-Fi service
The video calling company teams with Wicoms to offer a service for businesses wanting to provide free Wi-Fi to their customers
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September 25, 2012
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Sep'12
Gartner: Businesses need to prepare now for HTML5
Businesses have been urged to prepare for the arrival of HTML5, the technology that underpins the next generation of the web
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September 14, 2012
14
Sep'12
IPv4 address pool almost dry
The five Internet Registries now have just 16.8 millions IPv4 addresses left
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September 06, 2012
06
Sep'12
Interview: Dave Scammell, CEO of Sohonet
We speak to the head of Sohonet, a service provider built for the film and media industry in the centre of London
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August 31, 2012
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Aug'12
Enterprise wireless LAN sales jump 26% in Q2 2012
Q2 figures show businesses are investing in wireless networks despite the economic downturn, according to analyst organisation Dell’Oro
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August 30, 2012
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Aug'12
Lord’s Cricket Ground gets Wi-Fi from The Cloud
London’s home of cricket will give spectators the chance to get online for free after signing a five year deal with the BSkyB Wi-Fi provider
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August 24, 2012
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Aug'12
GDS rolls out Drupal
The Government Digital Service is rolling out open source content management system Drupal.
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August 20, 2012
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Aug'12
Hunt: Ofcom 'beset by threats of litigations'
Culture secretary calls on mobile operators to call off the lawyers and focus on the future of 4G to help government achieve broadband targets by 2015
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July 31, 2012
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Jul'12
Lords Select Committee slams government broadband plans
A report from the Communications Committee claims the government is ‘preoccupied with speed’ rather than focusing on the roll-out of broadband to more areas
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July 19, 2012
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Jul'12
Can IT investment in schools keep pace with change?
As more schools join the academy programnme, is the next generation getting access to the right technology crucial to the digital world?
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July 19, 2012
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Jul'12
Security researchers join forces to bring down Grum botnet
Security researchers have collaborated to take down Grum, the world’s third-largest botnet of hijacked computers
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July 10, 2012
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Jul'12
Retailers without multichannel risk losing business
Retailers without a multichannel offering could start haemorrhaging cash as customers' expectations change, according to research
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June 19, 2012
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Jun'12
The mobile side of net neutrality
It isn’t just ISPs managing website traffic to improve access to some destinations and limit it for others – the mobile operators are at it too
