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11 funny UK sights on Google Street View

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:08:00 +0000

We trawl the streets using Google’s mapping tool Google’s Street View only launched in the UK last year, but since then the add-on to Google Maps and Google Earth has already had its fair share of controversy.

Virgin opens up on ‘typical’ broadband speeds

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:24:00 +0000

ISP urges competitors to ditch ‘up to’ promises Virgin Media has published the typical speeds Brits achieve on its 10Mb, 20Mb and 50Mb broadband packages in a bid to help web users choose an net connection that suits them.

5% of office workers punished for sending inappropriate emails

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:19:00 +0000

One in ten hit ‘reply all’ by mistake One in 20 office workers have sent inappropriate emails and as a result have been punished or fired.

Google: Digital footprint will haunt web users for life

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:07:00 +0000

Changing name may be only way to escape previous online activity Young web users may be need to change their names when they become adults in a bid to distance themselves from content previously posted online about them, says Google.

Orange fixes 3G woes

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:23:00 +0000

Some customers unable to access data services Orange has revealed it has fixed the serious problems its 3G service, which were reported by a number of customers this week.

5 potential problems with a Google-Verizon net neutrality pact

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Will the proposals make the net better or worse? This week Google and US telecoms provider Verizon unveiled a proposal to maintain an open internet while creating room for a broadband network of premium services.

Pure to sell music downloads via radio

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0000

FlowSongs available in the UK from August 16 Pure is launching a music-streaming service for users of its Flow or Sensia range of internet-connected digital radios that allows listeners to download the songs they hear.

Facebook costing UK economy £14bn

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Over 50 percent access social networks at work More than half (55 percent) of Brits access Facebook and other social networks during office hours, says MyJob.co.uk.

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BT launches faster broadband upload speeds

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:13:00 +0000

Sacrifice downloads for uploads BT is letting web users on ADSL2+ connections increase their upload speed by sacrificing some of their download speed.

MySpace loses 49% of visitors in 12 month

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:17:00 +0000

Social network fails to keep up with rival Facebook MySpace has almost half as many visitors as it did last year, says ComScore.