Virgin Media Officially UK's Fastest Broadband Provider (for September at least)

It seems that Virgin Media has won the race for the fastest average broadband speed in UK by beating Q2 in September this year.

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Oxford and Cambridge Universities Now Offer Courses On Apple's iTunes service

It was only a matter of time before more British universities start offering free content; both Oxford and Cambridge universities, which rank amongst the world's most prestigious educational institutions, have announced that they will offer educational multimedia resources for free through iTunes's iTunes U section

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Cloned Oyster Cards To Follow After Hack Security Details Are Published

An injunction by NXP Semiconductors failed to prevent the publication on Monday of a report by Professor Bart Jacobs of the Radboud University in Holland about a security vulnerability of the widely used Mifare Classic RFID chip, which is at the core of London Underground's Oyster Card

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

New TCP/IP stack flaws pose serious DDOS attack risk

Whilst scanning the wires for security news, I came across a report on the Scandinavian wires that a couple of researchers there have discovered a swathe of flaws in the TCP/IP stack.

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

House of Lords to discuss the Internet Wild West

I was astonished to get a press release yesterday advising me that the House of Lords plans to debate personal Internet security this coming Friday, as several members have expressed "concern" about the Wild West nature of the Internet.

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Two Europeans Indicted in US DDOS Attack With FBI's Help

Lee Graham Walker, a Bleys Bolton resident and Axel Gembe, from Germany, have both been found guilty of conspiring and damaging a computer system, following Denial of service attacks on two US-based satellite TV sellers

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

T-Mobile Pushes G1 Emulator Website Live, Gives a Taste Of Android

The buzz around Google’s Android based handset G1 is going to reach a feverish pitch as the handset’s manufacturer T-Mobile announced a website that will allow the handset-seekers to explore the features of the device

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Vodafone Launches Books On Mobile With Gospoken

Now you can enjoy the famous literary works on your mobile as Vodafone has come up with its new offering “Books on Mobile”, which will allow its subscribers to download their favourite books on their mobile phones

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

BT Partners With T-Mobile and Three Over 21CN Broadband Network

In a bid to address the soaring data traffic, Mobile operators T-Mobile and 3 have inked a backhaul deal with BT that will connect their 7,500 base station sites to BT’s 21st Century Network (21CN) mobile broadband network

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Windows-Mobile powered Zune Phones To Come by 2009

Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, has announced that the Zune software may soon be adopted by a raft of Windows Mobile devices in a bid to steal the iPod's thunder

TUE 07 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News