Networks

Co-Developer Of Packet Switching Dies At 84

Paul Baran, whose ideas partly formed the basis for the packet switching used in the Internet, has died

13 years ago

TfL Opens Bidding For Tube Wi-Fi Contract

Londoners will get to surf the web at Tube stations next year as the bidding for underground Wi-Fi provision begins

13 years ago

HTTPS Bug Disrupts Secure Hotmail Service

Microsoft turned off HTTPS access for Hotmail in some countries, leaving emails open to interception

13 years ago

ISPs Start Court Action Over Legality Of DEA

BT and TalkTalk have begun to frame their arguments in a court bid to overturn the Digital Economy Act

13 years ago

Comodo Web Certificates Heist Linked To Iranian ISP

A Comodo Security partner was compromised and attackers issued valid digital certificates for popular Websites that would have potentially allowed…

13 years ago

Intel And AMD Chips Power Dell Next-Gen Micro Servers

Dell's shows non-partisan approach to third-generation, greener PowerEdge C5000 micro servers

13 years ago

Industrial Zero-Day Exploits Dumped Into The Wild

Dozens of serious vulnerability exploits targeting industrial systems have been released by a Russian security firm

13 years ago

3UK Welcomes 4G Auction Plan

Mobile operator welcomes Ofcom's bid to preserve competition - but still wants redress for earlier decisions

13 years ago

4G Auction: Ofcom Does The Sensible Thing

Just as the US loses a mobile operator, Ofcom is taking action to preserve competition in the UK. Peter Judge…

13 years ago

Ofcom Sets Limits For 2012’s 4G Auction

Strict limits in the 4G auction next year will ensure the survival of four competing operators, says Ofcom

13 years ago

Juniper Networks Joins Eclipse Foundation

Networking firm announces its membership of open source Eclipse Foundation with Junos access

13 years ago

XXX Porn Domain Set To Go Live

The top-level domain .xxx has been approved by ICANN and is set to go live in June or July

13 years ago

O2 Launches First 3G Service Over 2G Spectrum

O2 has launched an improved 3G service using the refarmed 2G mobile spectrum

13 years ago

Mobile Hotspots Lack Adequate Corporate Control

Hotspot-enabled smartphones are a boon to mobile workers and a bane to IT managers unless controls are in place, says…

13 years ago

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9: Review

Internet Explorer 9 is Microsoft's fastest and slickest browser ever, but it will have to work hard to reverse a…

13 years ago

Web Inventor Stands Up For The Open Internet

Tim Berners-Lee says ISPs must uphold net neutrality as they strive to manage increasing data on the web

13 years ago

Pitcom Warns Government Against Internet Regulation

The Parliamentary IT Committee uses recent Arab revolts as a powerful argument for net neutrality

13 years ago

Broadview Adds Mobility To Call Distribution Platform

Broadview's OfficeSuite ACD platform now supports work-from-home and mobile workforces

13 years ago

ITU Deploys Emergency Telecoms To Japan

The UN agency for ICT is providing emergency telecoms for victims of the Japan earthquake

13 years ago

Virgin Media 100Mbps Broadband Reaches 1m Homes

Virgin's super-fast broadband offering is now available to a million households around the UK

13 years ago

Intel Maps Its Greener Micro-Server Roadmap

Intel is preparing its launch into the nascent low-power micro-server market using Xeon and Atom chips

13 years ago

3UK Says 4G Auction Is A ‘Boot On Its Head’

Vodafone and Ofcom deny 3UK's claim that 4G spectrum auction will put it out of business

13 years ago

ISPs To Offer Details Of Internet Throttling

The Broadband Stakeholders Group's code of practice encourages ISPs to be transparent about traffic management

13 years ago

Broadband Users Put Up With Slow Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is almost a third slower than Ethernet, but many consumers sacrifice speed for convenience

13 years ago

Engineers: Smart Meters Must Be Part Of Wider Plan

Smart meters will not provide the changes needed unless they are part of a smart grid, warns the IET

13 years ago

Rightmove House Info To Include Broadband Speed

What matters to buyers? Location, location and connection, says online estate agent

13 years ago

Radio Tags Keep Data Centre Bills Down

Despite all the wires in a data centre, environmental monitoring tags use wireless links to phone home

13 years ago

GCHQ Cyber Unit To Monitor Private Networks

The Government Communications Headquarters is fortifying its defences in the war against hackers

13 years ago

Networking Giants Demonstrate 100G Interoperability

German test shows Nokia Siemens' network and Juniper's T1600 core router work at 100Gbps

13 years ago

Government Opens Bidding For £50m Broadband Fund

Local authorities can now bid for a share of the £50 million released by government for broadband investment

13 years ago