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MoD's Qinetiq leads UK cyber security consortium
In the mid 2000s, under New Labour, a research arm of the Military of Defence (MoD) was spun off, carved up, and sold to the highest bidder, emerging as a company called Qinetiq. The UK held, at first, a majority share - which eventually dwindled and was finally sold off. -
EC scratches collective head over low cost broadband infrastructure
The European Commission has opened up a consultation to try to reduce the cost of high speed internet rollout. -
Whitespace internet tests declared successful by tech consortium
Testing ‘white spaces’ to provide wireless internet connections has been declared successful by a group including Microsoft, Samsung and Nokia. -
BT, Talk Talk lose final Digital Economy Act appeal
BT and Talk Talk have been dealt a bitter blow with the government giving the final go-ahead with the Digital Economy Act. -
Government reveals G-Cloud suppliers
The Cabinet Office has launched its CloudStore service with the aim of bringing flexible, on demand IT procurement to government departments. -
British government draws up Big Brother style communications law
It was only amatter of time before the British government would play the terrorism card in a bid to spy on its citizens. -
Mexican drug cartels build their own radio network
Mexico's drug cartels have proven that all the snooping on State networks just drives criminals elsewhere. -
UK cities expected to go it alone for better broadband
The full list of cities which will be eligible to bid for ‘super-connected’ broadband funding has been announced, though experts believe the cash could make little difference to many UK cities. -
BT drags Google into court over Android patents
LawBritish Telecom has joined in on the Android-bashing, demanding that Google cough up some cash over six patent infringements. -
Watchdog tells ISPs to pull their socks up
British telecoms watchdog Ofcom has barked that broadband suppliers should be clearer about how they manage traffic on their networks and the speeds users can expect to achieve. -
BT's fibre plans panned
BT's plans to start flogging its fibre broadband infrastructure product to other providers have been slammed by its rivals -
UK hands censorship over to barely trained kids
The UK's move to censor the internet is dependent on a team of university students who have a day or so's training, according to the insecurity outfit McAfee. -
Coalition splits on Digital Economy Act
The Digital Economy Act has been challenged by the Tory Coalition partner, with Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert proposing a motion that would repeal parts of the law related to website blocking. -
David Cameron encourages web censorship
Thank heavens we have the right people in power to focus on the issues that really matter. Bowing to pressure from a rag-tag group of angry mums, the Mothers' Union, the Conservative party has unveiled plans to block pornography from the web. -
Openreach promises 300Mbps downstream speeds
BT Openreach has plans to open up its Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) to rivals and will offer downstream speeds of 300Mbps by spring next year. -
UK culture secretary wants Google to be copyright cop
The UK Culture Secretary is demanding that Google turn its resources to hunting down those who pirate content. -
Talk Talk says BT isn't digging for Britain
Talk Talk, officially the most complained about ISP, is whinging about the fibre optic assets BT is holding onto. -
French firm Amesys provided spy capabilities to Libya
A televised report has landed French telecoms firm Amesys in hot water over links to the Colonel Gadhafi’s spy network.
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