Category: Internet
London will have 5G by 2020, says mayor Boris Johnson
Most of us still struggle to get a decent 3G signal in London, and 4G has barely begun to have an impact (or be affordable). But London mayor Boris Badenov […]
The Pirate Bay launches mobile site
“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.” So said Jedi-master Obi-Wan Kenobi as he fought Darth Vader at the end of Star […]
Britons don’t want web filters, says Ofcom
UK web users must really like their porn. Either that, or they just don’t like the government telling them what they can and cannot look at online. A new report […]
Netflix hits 50m global subscribers as profits double
Streaming video may not have supplanted broadcast TV, DVD or Blu-ray quite yet, but it appears to be well on its way. Online TV and movie streaming service Netflix announced […]
BBC technical problems affect iPlayer and homepage
TV viewers were unable to watch or listen to their favourite BBC shows online for more than 24 hours over the weekend, when the corporation’s TV and radio iPlayer service […]
Anti-piracy campaign set to kick off in UK
In an effort to fight digital piracy, the movie and music industries have announced a deal with the UK’s leading ISPs to send warning emails to alleged copyright infringers. Called […]
Netflix ranks Virgin Media as UK’s fastest ISP
Not all of its customers might agree, but Virgin Media has been rated the UK’s best ISP by streaming service Netflix. Virgin Media tops the current list on the official […]
Bell Labs pushes 10Gbps over copper phone lines
The imminent death of the copper cable appears to have been greatly exaggerated. To paraphrase a certain character from Monty Python and The Holy Grail: “It’s not dead yet.” […]
UK aims for 100% superfast broadband coverage by 2017
Sick of slow downloads and constant buffering while trying to watch a TV show on the iPlayer or Netflix? Well, the internet in the UK should see some improvement over […]
UK digital banking reaches £1bn a day
Remember the very, very old days where, if you wanted to get money out of your bank account, you had to walk into a building and conduct a conversation and […]
