BT has confirmed a nationwide network problem that has affected broadband users across the country. On social networking site Twitter,the telecoms giant said:"Sorry if you were unable to use the internet this morning,we've got a network ...
Tags: Broadband down, busiest e-shopping day, BT, nationwide network problem
BRUSSELS, Belgium (BRAIN) — A recent European Parliament decision about electric bike regulation was lauded by some cyclists' advocacy groups and industry groups, but a retailer group, ETRA, slammed the decision on Monday. The ...
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BT has started trialling a groundbreaking 10Gbit/s broadband network at Cornwall-based engineering firm Arcol UK. The proof-of-concept trial uses fibre technology called XGPON (Tens of Gigabits on a Passive Optical Network) that was ...
Morrisons appears to be upping its game after its"very disappointing"third quarter,according to Shore Capital analysts Clive Black and Darren Shirley. Black and Shirley's comments followed the latest Nielsen report on supermarkets'market ...
Facebook plans to combine data of its users with those of Instagram,the photo-sharing service it acquired for$715m(£450m)last month,according to its just-released,updated privacy policy. The social media company wants to share data ...
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Usability guru Jakob Nielsen has slammed Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system, accusing the company of hiding everyday features, imposing a tablet paradigm on desktop users, as well as a single-window user interface instead of ...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that sales of its new Surface RT tablets have started "modestly". Ballmer, who took over from Bill Gates as Microsoft chief in 2000, told French newspaper Le Parisien that the new tablets' first ...
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BT has been criticised by businesses and residents for breaking its promise to deliver superfast broadband upgrades to parts of Malvern. Businesses within the area and council economic development chiefs have claimed that BT promised to ...
Plans to use electronic voting machines in Tuesday's presidential election appear to be largely unaltered in states that were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. Despite widespread power outages and other hurricane related damage,election ...
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NASA has released a time-lapsed video of Hurricane Sandy,showing the storm move from its birth in the Caribbean to when it made landfall on the East Coast of the U.S. The catastrophic super storm slammed into the East Coast late ...
Tags: NASA, Hurricane Sandy, East Coast of the U.S., GOES satellites
Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) calls on Bratex management and buyers Fruit of the Loom and Viania to resolve a dispute in the factory, which has been ongoing for more than two years. Sri Lankan supplier Bratex has yet to come to an agreement ...
Tags: Clean Clothes Campaign, Fair Labor Association, underwear, resolution
IDG News Service-A workers'rights group has slammed what it called the"iPad mini manufacturer"for maintaining poor working conditions at a factory in China. On the eve of an Apple event at which the company is widely expected to launch a ...
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Responding to a congressional report warning U.S.businesses not to buy equipment from Huawei Technologies or ZTE,three U.S.-based telecommunications companies that use Huawei products said they take strong precautions to safeguard their ...
Tags: U.S., Huawei, ZTE, Network Service, Clearwire, Cricket Communications
Computerworld-Verizon Wireless'Share Everything plan,introduced in June,has helped boost the average Verizon wireless phone bill by 6.5%to$145 a month. That bill increase,reported in third-quarter results on Thursday,helped Verizon ...
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The UK has fewer internet freedoms than seven other countries, including Estonia and the Philippines, according to a report by Washington-based NGO Freedom House. The ranking is based on digital freedoms, such as access to the internet ...
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