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Microsoft Cofee brews 'back door' fears

Gartner welcomes assurances that legal agencies cannot access Microsoft code   More...

Google

Google hints at ad partnership with Yahoo

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Online shopping

Online auction sites suffer downturn

UK surfers buying goods at auction sites drop four per cent   More...

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Scroll on a roll as ePaper goes mainstream in ebook reader

09 May 2008E-paper screens are finally hitting the mainstream, judging for today's announcement that Borders is to stock an ebook reader ....   More...

Download Junkie

Make your analogue recordings more accessible with REAPER

09 May 2008Importing audio files and adding them to your audio library isn’t always straightforward, especially if you’re extracting from an analogue source....   More...

Latest Network Infrastructure News

WiMax woos subscribers away from DSL

Fixed WiMax subscribers to top 13 million by 2013, say analysts   More...

SMEs fear their own networks

Biggest threat to business prosperity, say many small firms   More...

Smart meter rollout hit by further delays

Businesses must wait longer for a government decision   More...

Submarine cable to link Europe, Middle East and India

Global consortium to build high-bandwidth undersea optical-fibre system   More...

Satellite technology could drive mobile TV

System may boost adoption in Europe   More...

Bournemouth broadband goes down the drain

Residents promised 100Mbps connections via the sewers   More...

Mobile technology supports EDF maintenance

The distribution arm of EDF Energy is using mobile routing technology to monitor its substations   More...

Verizon urged to pledge on open access

Google wants FCC to block spectrum sale if no guarantee is given   More...

Thomson Reuters migrates to high-speed network

The publisher will move to a high-speed WAN to cover 300 locations worldwide   More...

O2 targets SMEs with broadband deals

£6m marketing campaign to push new services   More...

Zattoo offers live TV streaming

All five UK terrestrial channels available in one place   More...

Government questions the economic sense of smart meter rollout

But energy industry welcomes the government's long-awaited stance on smart metering anyway   More...

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Ofcom

Ofcom outlines future wireless vision

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HP

HP Labs opens doors to academia

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