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January 5, 2009
by David Allen
According to the leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron, every home in the UK should have access to super fast broadband within ten years.
Nothing new there, except he believes that the UK should forge ahead with green technology, and is publishing two policy reports on this subject.
With the UK falling behind the rest of Europe when it comes to technology, he believes that this is the ...
by David Allen
The government has recently been active in bailing out the banking industry, the question now is could they be on the verge of doing a similar thing to bring the UK’s broadband network up to next generation standards?
Reading between the lines, it would seem that it is highly likely that the government will step in and support the expansion and development of a super fast broadband network.
The PM ...
by David Allen
Showing live sports has always been Sky Sports' core activity, but at the recent World Darts Championships, held at the Alexandra Palace in London, the company was in the firing zone over the behaviour of the audience.
It seems that the event sponsor, Ladbrokes, left blank cards around the audience areas, on which fans wrote rude and personal messages, and held them up to the cameras.
Being live TV, ...
by David Allen
Microsoft is still losing ground in the internet browser market according to figures from analyst NetApplications.
Once again, Microsoft had to sit back and watch their market share dwindle to just sixty eight per cent in December, while back in May their market share was seventy four per cent.
Since those early days when Microsoft ruled the internet they have seen a gang of three develop - Safari from ...
by David Allen
Is it a sign of the times that Apple's share of internet users is increasing?
Recently released figures from Net Applications clearly show that the Apple is gaining net market share, with figures for December showing Apple with over ten per cent of web users.
Of course this is not just for the computer sector, and clearly the huge sales of the iPhone have helped with this growth, ...
by David Allen
The first TV adverts for the super fast broadband service being offered by Virgin Media are being aired.
The company has not taken any chances with this campaign, because after using the voice of Hollywood superstar, Samuel L Jackson, in the optic fibre adverts, this time they have the man himself starring in the adverts.
The basic storyline for the advert is that, during 2009, customers of Virgin Media ...
January 2, 2009
by David Allen
There is a flaw within the Windows Media Player, but this is being played down by Microsoft.
There have been claims that the flaw could be exploited by hackers to install malicious software onto vulnerable machines.
According to these claims the flaw could be used by .wav, .snd and .mid audio files to compromise the computer if it is running Windows XP or Vista.
This problem is said to affect ...
by David Allen
The Big Cat Diaries are no doubt a huge success, but so would any programme be that had such resources thrown at it.
The bean counters have been checking out the figures and have come back with some extraordinary figures on what it takes to make a show.
The resources involved included ninety four staff; seventeen planes; thirteen lorries; dozens of cars; and a generator and battery trucks; ...
by David Allen
The proposal for a huge database that contains a record of all phone calls, text message, emails and website visited, may not have got its first public airing in the Queen's Speech, but the plan is due to be announced sometime this month.
The government is proposing to put this giant database out to a private company to run, because of the costs and technicalities involved, much to the ...
by David Allen
The big three in the search engine world currently keep search data for different lengths of time, and there are calls for them all to change their policies to zero retention during 2009.
However, as information is key to their success, is this likely to happen?
Yahoo has made a bold move which shows that maybe it could be on the cards one day.
The company has announced that ...
by David Allen
Many Internet users of a certain age probably see teenagers' fascination with social networking as a waste of time, which serves little purpose other than for posting photos and sharing favourite pieces of music.
Yet recent research by a charity that provides support for young people, Young Minds, has found that time spent online and in particular on social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo, is actually time ...
by David Allen
No business ever wants to get the wooden spoon award for any service that they provide, but in a customer survey conducting by Money Mail this is exactly what telecom giant BT received - the Money Mail Wooden Spoon Award for 2008.
The main reason for the award was the poor customer service given to customers over the past year.
Problems included customers having to find their way around ...
December 31, 2008
by David Allen
Glastonbury in the West Country is well known for the world famous music festival and the new age travellers who have made it their home.
Therefore, the local authority thought it would be brilliant idea to spend £35,000 on a wide area Wi-Fi system to encourage business and tourism to the area.
In May this project was installed and began providing a service.
Now it seems that the local new ...
by David Allen
Although pay as you go (PAYG) is an accepted concept in the mobile broadband and phone industry, when it comes to computers it is virtually unknown.
Yet the mighty Microsoft has applied for a patent which is basically a PAYG concept.
This process will see the consumer paying for the software and hardware they use, by meter.
This would be for either or both the software and the hardware, ...
by David Allen
The internet service provider Plusnet has been analysing internet traffic to see which sites came out on top with its customers over the festive period.
The top four remained unchanged for both Christmas day and Boxing Day.
Rank - Christmas Day
1 Google
2 Facebook
3 BBC
4 Amazon
5 iTunes
6 YouTube
7 eBay
8 MSN
9 Bebo
10 Microsoft
Rank - Boxing Day
1 Google
2 Facebook
3 BBC
4 Amazon
5 eBay
6 YouTube
7 iTunes
8 Argos
9 ...
by David Allen
It looks as if cyber criminals are targeting people through Google Calendar in an attempt to phish some information out them.
Emails are being sent to users of Google Calendar, saying the standard things like the user's account will be deleted if they do not submit their username, password and date of birth.
These emails appear to come from Google’s own, ‘Customer Verification’ department and are sent from the unlikely-sounding ...
by David Allen
In Italy, subscribers of the broadband and telecom provider Tiscali have just been told that they will no longer be receiving the Tiscali IPTV service, as from the end of the month (today!).
There are around fifty thousand IPTV subscribers in Italy, who all received the news by letter through the post.
The company will be refunding the final month IPTV subscription, however, as of yet there has been no ...
by David Allen
The Post Office, who are still trying to find their niche, not only in the broadband market but in the high street too, are bringing out an Internet Buddy Guide designed to help those who are new to the internet, and other users too, get to grips with the technology.
Their research into the matter found that families who try to teach each other about the finer points of ...
December 30, 2008
by David Allen
It looks as if computer games will be the next product to offer 3D, with characters jumping out of the screen and grabbing the user by the throat, or at least appearing to do so.
Developers are said to have been busy working towards introducing the system into the PS3 some time during 2009.
In the UK, developer Blitz Games Studios is working on the creation of a 3D engine, ...
by David Allen
It looks like Orange has been busy developing its HSPA network.
The company has just completed an upgrade of over seven hundred and sixty sites in Northern Ireland and Scotland, which has given the network an improvement of twenty per cent for both mobile and data services.
These upgrades mean that Orange can now claim a UK coverage of ninety four per cent for 3G, while for 3G+ they have ...
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According to the leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron, every home in the UK should have access to super fast broadband within ten years.
Nothing new there, except he believes that the UK should forge ahead with green technology, and is publishing two policy reports on this subject.
With the UK falling behind the rest of Europe when it comes to technology, he believes that this is the ...
