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100Mbps for unconnected UK areas first

News Chair of the Ofcom Consumer Panel, Anna Bradley, said the issue of serving broadband-less areas needs to be addressed before work begins on installing the next generation networks. UK regions currently without broadband should be at the head of the...

Tags: consumer, broadband, statistics, panel

5 September 2008, 9:20

BT to save iconic red phone boxes for £1

News A plan has been hatched that could save iconic red BT phone boxes for as little as a quid -- or just 1.3 per cent of the cost of installing a BT landline in your home. A spokeswoman for the telecom giant said some 12,000 red phone boxes remain in...

Tags: cent, scheme, colour, wish

1 September 2008, 10:06

News.blog: Firefox 3 downloads pass 8 million mark

News There's also a big difference between downloading Firefox, and installing it, using it and switching to it as the primary browser. Take this statistic with a grain of salt, but Mozilla has said more than 8 million copies of Firefox 3 were...

Tags: firefox, downloaded, copies, downloading

19 June 2008, 8:27

Broadband Blighty gets a rural flavour

News The research also looked at homes that rely solely on mobile phones, instead of installing a landline, and found 12 per cent of UK households do this -- more than ever before. Broadband Britain is flying a tweed flag: fat pipe penetration in rural...

Tags: rate, cent, points, connected

23 May 2008, 9:50

Dell to cut PC power by 25 per cent

News Dell has also been criticised in the past for installing unnecessary software -- or bloatware -- to its PCs which users have claimed slow down the performance and ultimately contribute to a shorter lifespan for the devices.

Tags: technologies, dell, energy, roi

19 May 2008, 9:19

Photos: High tech travel in Ford's taxi

News The Transit Connect Taxi concept provides the driver with an in-dash computer, the same one that Ford is now installing in the 2009 version of its F-150 pickup truck. Ford Motor has long been a big-time supplier of taxis, from the Crown Victoria...

Tags: driver, connect, credit, auto

21 March 2008, 8:00

News.blog: Second IE 8 beta gets summer date

News As was the case with the IE 7 betas, those installing the test version of IE 8 will have to replace their current browser. Although anyone can now download the Internet Explorer 8 browser, Microsoft is gearing this release for Web developers.

Tags: beta, released, developers, windows vista

6 March 2008, 9:24

News.blog: Mac Trojan horse aims for porn surfers

News Think about what you're doing before you do it, because no porn video is worth the risk of installing something evil on your Mac. There's a new piece of malware out there targeting Mac users that takes advantage of the inclination to watch porn.

Tags: install, codec, malware, dns

1 November 2007, 8:24

Photos: Gutsy new Ubuntu

News If Gutsy Gibbon encounters a media file type it can't play by default, a dialog box will pop up for installing support. A number of people have griped about Ubuntu's default brown colour-scheme, but it's still there with version 7.10.

Tags: mac os, linux, credit, interfaces

18 October 2007, 9:17

News.blog: Viacom 'safeguards' with DRM

News Content creators and their digital distributors must unite against piracy by installing more 'safeguards', Viacom's CEO said on Tuesday. Through more widespread adoption of copy-protection features and filtering tools like watermarking, we will...

3 October 2007, 10:06

DRM ineffective, says security expert

News Johansson said the recommended work-around involved several convoluted steps, including installing Windows Media Player 10, which crashed, and then being advised to troubleshoot the problem with Windows SharePoint

28 September 2007, 9:51

Photos: Low-cost tech aids basic needs

News Yannick Gaillac plans to talk with officials in New Orleans in hopes of installing its product there. The world of consumer electronics thrives on the latest, greatest and fastest gadgets. New inventions tend to target a wealthy minority but most...

27 September 2007, 10:37

PC World refutes Linux warranty void

News World said that installing Linux had voided my warranty and there is nothing they will do for me," wrote the reader, identified only as PC World has denied reports that it considers the warranties on its computers void if customers install Linux.

13 September 2007, 9:02

Smile, your car's on Wi-Fi camera

News Westminster City Council is busy installing networked security cameras that can recognise parking permits and the plates of offending vehicles. The City of Westminster plans to crack down on rogue drivers by using a Wi-Fi-based closed-circuit...

12 September 2007, 9:44

BT's Wireless Cities initiative grows

News BT had already said it was installing Wi-Fi in Birmingham, Liverpool, Networks are created by installing a large number of access points on street furniture such as lampposts and phone boxes. BT has expanded its Wireless Cities programme, which...

12 September 2007, 9:14