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UK residents have seen broadband speed increases in the last year.
Feb 2, 2012 By Clare MuskerThe broadband download speed for UK residents has increased since May last year. It is up on average 0.8Mbps. This increase will not reduce the download time for a film by anything significant but will allow users- especially those with multi- connections in a household a far higher level of...
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App to help disabled individuals move around London more easily
Jan 31, 2012 By Clare MuskerAfter the bombing attack in London 7/7 one man’s life was dramatically altered. Daniel Briddle was in the same tube carriage as one of the bombers- the attack left him with severely injured and the result was the loss of both his legs and other severe injuries. Since being confined to a...
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Profits increase steadily for Symantec
Jan 27, 2012 By Clare MuskerSymantec an IT company specialising in anti- virus protection which boasts 100% SLAs and a solution for your organisation which will secure and manage the information you hold internally has shown steady profits this quarter. Recent reports show that there is really nothing threatening...
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Lack of bring- your- own- device policies- damaging your workplace
Jan 26, 2012 By Clare MuskerA bring- your- own device policy relates to a set of rules surrounding a business’s policy to support a person’s personal IT products . This includes PCs, smartphones, laptops and tablets which an employee brings in from home. Many businesses shave a strict no home device policy but recent...
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O2 caught in the middle of a phone number confidentiality scandal
Jan 25, 2012 By Clare MuskerThe IT security flaw was highlighted by an O2 customer who was able to create a web tool which is able to display the HTTP header information which is sent to sites by connecting to the web browser.Though the issue does not affect every O2 user the concept has angered many. When accessing a...
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Internet users see the first stages of the response to the Megaupload arrests
Jan 23, 2012 By Clare MuskerIt has been suggested that the unwelcome legislation a current example being that from the SOPA acts has come about as the current file sharing industry has shown that it is unable or unwilling to react to piracy and illegal actions in commonplace on their sites. The arrest of the two...
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PIPA and SOPA support vanishes as scale of Wednesdays protest is felt
Jan 20, 2012 By Clare MuskerAn estimated 7000 websites joined the blackout on Wednesday 18 th January 2012 including giants such as Google and WordPress. Since this point only 2 days ago, at least 8 key lawmakers have withdrawn their support for the acts and the American President has declared concerns regarding their...
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Nationwide broadband downtime result of a routing hardware issue
Jan 18, 2012 By Clare MuskerFor the 5 million customers of Virgin Media broadband an as of yet undefined number experienced a loss of internet between 5pm and 8pm on Tuesday 17 th January 2012. It was during this time that a national outage was experienced. The IT company noted a broadband service blackout last...
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Internet blackout 18-01-2012 the first of its kind
Jan 17, 2012 By Clare MuskerThe blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in the United States—the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. SOPA and PIPA are two bills in Congress meant to stop the illegal copying and sharing of movies...
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2012 RSA Key Note Speaker is former Prime Minister
Jan 16, 2012 By Clare MuskerThe RSA conference is publicised as the place where security is discussed worldwide. This year it takes place between the 27 th February and the 2 nd March in San Francisco. Registration for the event opening in September with early bird booking discounts ensuring a quick uptake. The RSA...
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