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UK has Upward Struggle to Achieve 2Mbps

26 February 2009

Experts have pointed out that the government faces a “massive challenge” in its promise to bring UK broadband up to a minimum of 2Mbps (megabits per second) nationwide. The think tank Point Topic has produced it’s ...


Google joins EC Investigation

25 February 2009

Google have announced that it is to join Mozilla (who make Firefox) in offering assistance to the European Commission (EC) investigation into alleged anti-competitive behaviour by its rival Microsoft. The investigation began when a ...


Google Mail Crashes Worldwide

24 February 2009

The Google Mail email service went offline at around 10.25am GMT, and the outage appears to have affected users throughout the UK as well as across Europe, but the some users as far afield as Australia and India were also affected. It ...


New Facebook Widget

20 February 2009

Facebook have launched its first social widget for Facebook Connect. The new "Comments Box" widget lets Facebook users post their opinions about Web sites and blogs to their Facebook profiles and share them with their ...


Microsoft to open on the High Street

19 February 2009

Microsoft has unveiled plans to open a chain of branded retail stores around the US, as part of its effort to raise awareness of its products.  If the stores prove to be successful in the US it will only be matter of time before we ...


Second Google Phone Unveiled

17 February 2009

A new phone based on Google's operating system Android has been unveiled by Vodafone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The touchscreen HTC Magic will feature a 3.2 Megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, and GPS, but no slide-out ...


Mozilla gains Market Share

16 February 2009

Mozilla's Web browsers now command 8.69 percent of the global browser market, according to a recent survey by Dutch analytics company OneStat.com.   Microsoft's Internet Explorer still dominates the market, with a hefty 86.63 ...


New Website for Modern Monarch

12 February 2009

The Royal Family’s new official website was launched today. Their first website launched in 1997 and now updated and upgraded it features some very forward thinking features although it's design is simple.  It includes a ...


Safer Internet Day 2009

11 February 2009

Today is officially Safer Internet Day 2009 (SID 09) – a day introduced to encourage us all to consider ways of minimizing the dangers associated with children and teenagers using the internet. It’s good timing as it ...


Microsoft launch new Quick Fix

09 February 2009

The most common problems that users experience on Windows could soon be solved by clicking a “Fix It” button. Microsoft has started putting the button on its web-based support pages that detail the most common problems hitting ...


Google Earth Sinks Beneath the Waves

06 February 2009

Google have announced its first major upgrade to its global mapping software, Google Earth.   The software includes large areas of the ocean floor and abyssal plains Users of Google Earth will be able to plunge beneath the ...


Yahoo Launch Search Pad

05 February 2009

Yahoo has developed an online notepad for its search engine where people will be able to save links, type notes, copy and paste content from Web sites, and then share that information with others via e-mail. The tool, called Search Pad, ...


Google Latitude: friends see you now, advertisers later?

04 February 2009

Google Mobile Maps is rolling out a new feature tonight called Google Latitude. It allows you to broadcast your physical location to selected friends, family, and colleagues based on the coordinates of your mobile phone (via GPS or ...


Dot Tel Domain Name Sale could Spark Online Land Grab

03 February 2009

This could be the biggest innovation in the domain name world since the dot com release; starting from this afternoon at 1500, dot tel domain name will be sold live by Telnic Limited, the registry operator of the new top level domain ...


Government Promises Broadband for All

02 February 2009

The Government has promised that every home in Britain will be guaranteed access to broadband Internet. The plans which were unveiled last week put technology on a par with telephones as an essential service. Culture Secretary, Andy ...