by admin | Mar 20, 2012 | Random
The BBC and Microsoft today announced the launch of the BBC’s popular video-on-demand service, BBC iPlayer, on Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE free platform. BBC iPlayer is now available on every major gaming platform in the UK. The launch means the BBC is the only UK content...
by admin | Mar 15, 2012 | News
The rural broadband firm Next Genus has signalled that it is on the brink of collapse. On its blog, the company announced that it had failed to find any “viable sources of finance” and would soon cease operations. The company tried to bring high-speed net...
by admin | Mar 14, 2012 | News, Security & AV
Businesses using versions of Windows from Windows XP Service Pack 3 onwards should patch a critical flaw in the software as a matter of priority, say security professionals. Microsoft brought out a patch for the flaw on Tuesday, documented in the MS12-020 security...
by admin | Mar 9, 2012 | News
All local authorities except two have submitted initial broadband plans on time, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt revealed. North Tyneside and South Tyneside were the only local authorities that failed to produce plans for taking...
by admin | Mar 6, 2012 | News
BT and TalkTalk have lost an appeal over controversial measures to tackle copyright infringement online. The internet service providers (ISPs) had argued the UK’s Digital Economy Act was incompatible with EU law. The Act will mean ISPs will have to send warning...
by admin | Mar 2, 2012 | News
Take a sneak preview at the new Windows 8 user interface coming along with Microsoft Windows 8 later this year. Windows 8 comes with the Metro interface (which is currently used on Windows Mobile) to provide a consolidated interface across mobile, tablet, laptop and...
by admin | Feb 29, 2012 | News
A credit-card sized computer designed to help teach children to code goes on general sale for the first time today. The Raspberry Pi is a bare-bones, low-cost computer created by volunteers mostly drawn from academia and the UK tech industry. Sold uncased without...
by admin | Feb 15, 2012 | News, Security & AV
We have been made aware that some people visiting Google at the moment are getting malware alerts warning that the web page is infected with “Js/Blacole.BW”. We believe this to be a false positive being generated by a Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft...
by admin | Feb 7, 2012 | News, Security & AV
Feeds from thousands of Trendnet home security cameras have been breached, allowing any web user to access live footage without needing a password. Internet addresses which link to the video streams have been posted to a variety of popular messageboard sites. Users...
by admin | Feb 3, 2012 | News
Fibre optic connections with speeds of up to 300 Megabits per second will be available on demand in 2013, BT says. That is three times the maximum 100 Mbps speed the company currently offers using the technology and it described the development as a “game...
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