Controversial start for 4G start in the UK
UK’s telecoms regulator Ofcom has authorised Everything Everywhere- the company which owns Orange and T-Mobile, to use its existing bandwidth to launch fourth generation (4G)…
Apple’s billion dollar smartphone win over Samsung- is Microsoft the real winner?
As the ramifications from the US court judgement that Samsung has to pay Apple £665 million ($1.05 billion) in damages for infringing intellectual property settle,…
Google faces record fine over data snooping
Google has agreed to pay £14.4 million ($22.5 million) to the US Federal Trade Commission after monitoring web surfers using Apple’s Safari browser who had…
UK broadband growth plans criticised
The government’s broadband strategy risks leaving many communities behind by focusing on speed over reach of service a Lords committee has warned.The UK could miss…
UK has wrong focus on cybercrime
The UK Government should focus more funds on policing the internet and less on anti virus software and snopping according to new research.Computer scientists at…
Neverseconds blogger beats Argyll Bute Council over censorship ban
A ridiculous ban by Argyll and Bute Council preventing a nine year old girl from photographing her school meals has been lifted following a storm…
Proposed UK snoopers’ charter faces severe criticism
Civil liberty groups and ISPs have voiced severe criticism over the newly published Data Communications bill aka snoopers’ charter. The controversial bill extends the type…
US cyberwars linked to Stuxnet and Flame bugs
In the past week or so a rubicon has been crossed with the apparent confirmation that the USA was behind the Stuxnet attacks on Iran’s…
LinkedIn passwords hacked
The LinkedIn website has confirmed that six million of its members’ passwords have been “compromised” and have been leaked onto the internet.Hackers have posted a…
How to delete cookies files
Following my blog post yesterday- New cookies data law kicks in I was asked how to delete cookies from other browsers- as I had only…