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Voice networking and VoIP

• January 11, 2011 11 Jan'11

  Cambridge village competes with South Korea on broadband speeds

  Residents of Broughton have become among the first UK consumers to get access to 1Gbps broadband speeds

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  Microsoft forced to investigate Windows Phone 7 data bug complaints

  Microsoft is investigating data usage by Windows Phone 7 devices after internet forums have been flooded with complaints about unidentified data use charges

• January 07, 2011 07 Jan'11

  Skype to boost video calling quality with Qik acquisition

  Internet telephony company Skype has agreed to acquire Qik, a provider of mobile video capturing and sharing software and services.

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  Ofcom frees spectrum for better data, internet access

  From Thursday UK mobile network operators will be allowed to offer data services over their 2G networks, giving consumers better indoor and outdoor access...

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  CES 2011: Late UK launch could hinder Blackberry tablet success

  Research in Motion (RIM)'s delay in launching its tablet device, Blackberry Playbook, in the UK until later this year could damage its success in the tablet market, an analyst has warned.

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  Most people who sell their old mobiles don't clear personal data

  Just over three quarters of the UK population have sold on old mobile phones, but only 31% wiped all personal information before selling, a survey has revealed.

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  International callers ditch telcos for Skype

  Skype, the voice over IP telephony service, will add more than double the number of international call-minutes than all other network operators combined.

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  CES 2011: Steve Ballmer heralds new era of technology

  Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer highlighted that the next version of Windows will be the first to run on ARM processors in his keynote address at the opening of the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

• January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

  RIM reacts to Indian Blackberry data interception reports

  Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) says there will be no change to the security model of Blackberry Enterprise Server.

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  CES 2011: AMD unveils breakthrough netbook and tablet chip

  AMD has unveiled the Fusion family of Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) to power next generation HD netbooks at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  Skype faces China ban as iPhone debuts video conferencing

  Internet voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephony service Skype could be banned in China as the government cracks down on what it calls illegal internet telephone providers.

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  Microsoft restores lost Hotmail messages

  Microsoft says it has resolved the problem that caused thousands of Hotmail users to lose their e-mail messages. Some 17,355 people lost their e-mails...

• December 29, 2010 29 Dec'10

  2010 Review: Top 10 broadband stories

  2010 has been a critical year for UK broadband as a new government comes in with their own ideas about how to ensure roll-out of next-generation superfast services.

• December 27, 2010 27 Dec'10

  2010 Review: Top 10 social media stories

  At the start of the year, social networking and collaboration was put at the top of the agenda for CIOs. Despite privacy risks, organisations embraced the use of social media - even to recruit staff - while other top tech firms were criticised for ...

• December 24, 2010 24 Dec'10

  2010 Review: Top 10 mobile technology stories

  Computer Weekly's top 10 mobile technology stories for 2010.