UK May Have Hit Broadband Targets
When it comes to the internet the coalition government made a pledge that by 2015, they would have the “best superfast broadband in Europe”. The UK may have hit ...
April 10, 2016 at 4:00 pm by Gareth AndrewsInternet
Google Fiber Has Dropped Its Free Tier In Kansas City
Google Fiber is Googles way of providing the internet for a variety of users, with a wide range of choices to help people in all situations. Their $70 gigabit internet access ...
April 10, 2016 at 3:00 pm by Gareth Andrews
FFC To Create “Nutrition Labels” For Your Broadband
The Federal Communications Commission do a lot of things, including monitoring and investigating companies which have less than kind business practices. In their latest ...
April 5, 2016 at 1:00 am by Gareth Andrews
Egypt Blocks Facebook’s Internet Service After Being Denied The Ability To Spy On Users
Facebook have been keen on allowing countries access to Free Basics, their low-cost internet system designed at giving people the ability to create a Facebook account and ...
April 1, 2016 at 9:45 pm by Gareth Andrews
EFF Seek Fees For Patent Case Over Online Photo Contests
We’ve all seen the competitions you can enter online, ranging from entering a competition on a forum to having to create and upload a piece of work. A common type of ...
April 1, 2016 at 3:00 pm by Gareth Andrews
Researchers Develop Ways to Calculate Distance Through WiFi
We all use WiFi at some point, be it at work or at home, we rely on the technology to avoid the miles and miles of cables that we would overwise have to plug and unplug every ...
April 1, 2016 at 12:00 pm by Gareth Andrews
Scientists Use Fibre Optic Cable to Transmit 57Gbps
How fast is your internet? 1Mbps? 10Mbps? Are you lucky enough to get a 1Gbps? With governments all over the world now racing to deliver the best internet to everyone, the ...
March 25, 2016 at 11:00 am by Gareth Andrews
BT Openreach Told to Reduce its Wholesale Broadband Prices
While Openreach – the company that holds a monopoly over the main broadband and telephone infrastructure in the UK – has managed to dodge calls for it to break its ...
March 22, 2016 at 6:00 pm by Ashley Allen
Comcast Demanded $60,000 For Not Installing Internet
Silicon Valley is known as the place to be for startups in the technology business, and with companies looking to move there next to some of the biggest names in the business, ...
March 18, 2016 at 6:20 pm by Gareth Andrews
MIT’s Polaris Hopes To Speed Up Your Browsing Online
Sadly the experience on some websites these days can very quickly be summed up by the word “loading”. We like our pictures, our videos and some even like ads, the ...
March 10, 2016 at 8:30 pm by Gareth Andrews
Opera Browser Adds Native Ad-Blocking
While internet browser Opera isn’t quite the technical powerhouse it used to be, the Norwegian company has announced that it is adding native ad-blocking to the software. ...
March 10, 2016 at 4:14 pm by Ashley Allen
Roy Tomlinson – The Creator of Emails Has Passed Away
It is with great sadness that we report that Roy Tomlinson, the man credited with creating the first email system, has passed away. Tomlinson was working on ARPANET, the ...
March 7, 2016 at 9:10 am by Gareth Andrews
Quantum Break to Require Internet Connection
Quantum Break is set to be one of the biggest games to grace Windows 10 this year, and with the game using directX 12 (DX12) you will have to buy it through the app store. ...
March 3, 2016 at 9:40 am by Gareth Andrews
UK Government Considering Fining ISPs For Unclear T&Cs
Purchasing any service-based contract including mobile phones, electricity or internet access can be very confusing. This is down to the complex small print which many people ...
March 1, 2016 at 11:00 pm by John Williamson
UK Needs Faster Internet Says Business Leaders Group
Buffering, downloading, pausing, even trying to make out the shapes on a low-resolution video have become common place for so many people as their internet speed caps out, ...
February 29, 2016 at 10:20 am by Gareth Andrews
