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Virgin runs fibre broadband via telegraph poles
Virgin Media will use telegraph poles to extend the reach of FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) in a test in the U.K. village of Woolhampton, it said on Thursday.
ICANN chief: DNS could stop at any time
The Country Code Name Supporting Organization of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has criticised ICANN President and CEO Rod Beckstrom for "inflammatory" comments that the Domain Name System is not as secure as it used to be.
Broadband speed frustration on the rise
An increasing number of broadband users in Britain are unhappy with their connection speed, a new survey says.
Freescale touts cheap Linux tablet
$200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn't last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.
Microsoft Outlook to integrate with MySpace
Now under new management, MySpace is looking to reinvent itself and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes. The once dominant social networking site fell from nearly 70 percent of the social networking market, to only 30 percent in less than a year, and was plummeting on the verge of extinction.
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Peter Molyneux reveals Fable 3 details
He's linked it to Ico and he's linked it to President Barack Obama, but what many GDC attendees didn't expect was for Peter Molyneux to link Fable III to former Pythonite John Cleese.
‘Cavalier’ GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops
GCHQ lost 35 laptops in seven months last year, potentially containing highly sensitive data.
Mozilla rips off MetaLab design, apologises
A Canadian interface design firm accused Mozilla of stealing user interface (UI) elements for a development tool in the browser maker's Jetpack project, which aims to simplify add-on making.
Microsoft targets NetSuite users with new deal
Microsoft is offering financial enticements to customers of on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor NetSuite to switch over to Microsoft's Dynamics family of business applications.
Cisco launches Internet super-router
Hyped as the router that would "change forever the face of the Internet", Cisco has launched its new CRS-3 system as the box that it predicts will stream video into the Net's darkest recesses.
Intel launches six core Gulftown Core i7 chip
Intel showed off its first six-core processor for desktops, the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition, which will go into workstations and enthusiast PCs targeted at gamers.
BlackBerry phones suffer data problems
Some BlackBerry users in North America and the United Kingdom said they experienced data outages earlier this week on Wi-Fi-equipped BlackBerries when not connected to Wi-Fi.
Ex-TSA worker allegedly sabotaged computer containing terrorist data
A former Transport Security Administration analyst has been indicted with trying to sabotage a computer that contained a database for screening potential terrorists who may be trying to fly in the US.
CA buys Nimsoft for $350m
CA inks a deal to acquire for $350 million Nimsoft, an IT service management player with customers in the managed service provider market.
Morrison boosts IT investment by £200 million
WM Morrison is planning to invest a further £200 million in rejuvenating its IT systems over the next three years.
Rogue antivirus software is most costly security scam of 2010
Scareware or fake antivirus programs that encourage web users to part with their hard-earned cash and download hoax security software, is likely to be the most costly scam of 2010, says McAfee.
Google stays ahead of Microsoft Bing
Microsoft's Bing search engine continues to grow slowly, but remains far behind Google, which has maintained its 70%-plus share of the market in recent months.
Microsoft Bing embedded in Google Android phones
Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China.
HSBC: Data theft incident broader than first thought
HSBC has said approximately 15,000 accounts at its Swiss private banking unit were compromised after an employee allegedly stole data, some of which ended up in the hands of French tax authorities.
IDC: Datacentre management remains sloppy
CIOs and IT directors expect spending on staff in their datacentres to dramatically outstrip the overall growth in IT expenditure this year, according to ComputerworldUK’s sister analyst group IDC.












