Game Group to enter administration
Fears for 6,000 UK jobs as troubled retailer's shares are suspended and it admits its business is worthless. The future of Game Group is hanging by a thread as it said it would appoint administrators and admitted the business was worthless. The troubled retailer remains in last-minute rescue discussions with a potential investor, and its shops are still open. Th...full article >>
Android retains lead over iPhone
Share of handsets sold nudges 50% but analysts think it could hit a ceiling – while Nokia's Windows Phone devices start making inroads. Android is back in cruise control at the top of the UK's smartphone market, after the jump in sales of Apple's iPhone 4S dented its lead over Christmas. New figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech cov...full article >>
BBC iPlayer now on Xbox 360 with no live subscription
The Xbox 360 is the last of the major gaming platforms to receive the BBC iPlayer. Xbox 360 users now have access to the iPlayer service, and importantly there is no requirement to have a paid Xbox Live Gold subscription. The implementation of iPlayer on the Xbox adds gesture recognition and voice commands to the service for those with the Kinect add-on. There is also the ne...full article >>
Rural mobile coverage improvements announced
One part of the budget covered the cities, for connectivity in rural areas we are looking at a budget of £150m that was announced back in 2011. The Infrastructure Delivery Update reveals that the sum is going to be spent on extending mobile coverage to some 60,000 rural homes and improving coverage on ten key roads. Northern Ireland: A2 (Derry) and A2...full article >>
Super-connected cities announced in Budget by Chancellor
Four of the cities from the ten super-connected cities lottery were already known, in the form of the four national capitals, Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London. The 2012 Budget had the Chancellor announce the remaining winning cities shortly after 1pm on Wednesday 21st March 2012, which are Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle. A...full article >>
BT Openreach announces another 73 exchanges for FTTC
The roll-out of the original ADSL services took a few years, but now most people have had a taste for broadband, the addiction is kicking in, and announcements of the superfast broadband roll-outs are always being asked about. Openreach has announced another 73 exchanges as part of phase 9b for its Fibre to the Cabinet (VDSL2) service. The 73 exchange areas cover some 7...full article >>
Suffolk Online Spam Update
Following our recent email about an increase in spam levels that many of you has noticed, we are pleased to say that we hope to have a temporary solution now in place, with a medium to long term solution in the pipeline. It appears that spammers have been adapting their techniques in recent weeks and we are having to adapt our own email systems to deal with this. As a result of this we hop...full article >>
Suffolk Online Email Address Deletion
To improve the performance of our mail systems, on the weekend of March 30th 2012 we will be removing any Suffolk Online email addresses that have not been accessed in the past 6 months. By "accessing" we mean doing a send and receive on. This process will remove any emails associated with these email accounts. If you use your Suffolk Online email address on a regular ba...full article >>
Google's privacy policy too vague says UK Data Protection boss
UK data protection boss David Smith concerned how Google is sharing information between mail, calendar, call logs and searches Google's privacy policy is too vague for users to control how their information is shared, according to Britain's data protection boss. In his first public comments since Google's revised policy came into effect on 1 Ma...full article >>
Progress report on BDUK superfast broadband projects
The Superfast Broadband and 2 Mbps Universal Service Commitment are one of the showcase technology projects for the UK Government, but two local authorities have decided to skip the scheme and go it alone. North and South Tyneside did not submit a plan to the BDUK by the February 2012 deadline, though they are working towards the same goals independent of central ...full article >>
Ofcom reports says satellite broadband ok for web browsing
Ofcom has published a report that should be required reading for local authorities taking part in the BDUK process, Understanding Satellite Broadband, though at 95 pages long, and 69 pages of appendixes it is not a quick read. The report used volunteers to assess how good a Ku Band service was, i.e. what was available prior to July 2011 when the data for the report was being...full article >>
BT and TalkTalk loses appeal over infringement letters
The Digital Economy Act has never really gone away, and has been simmering on the back burner, today sees it make a leap forward with the appeal launched jointly by BT and TalkTalk failing. BT and TalkTalk were claiming the Digital Economy Act was incompatible with EU law, and would represent an invasion of privacy and disproportionate costs for both internet providers and c...full article >>
Mobile phone bill shock to be tackled by Ofcom
UK mobile phone companies have been told to let their contract customers restrict how much they spend, to avoid unexpectedly high bills. The regulator Ofcom says the measures are needed to stop so-called "bill shock". It says its research shows that 1.4 million customers with mobile phone contracts have been hit by surprisingly large bills in the past six months. ...full article >>
The Raspberry Pi computer goes on general sale
A credit-card sized computer designed to help teach children to code has gone on sale for the first time. The Raspberry Pi is a bare-bones, low-cost computer created by volunteers mostly drawn from academia and the UK tech industry. Sold uncased without keyboard or monitor, the Pi has drawn interest from educators and enthusiasts. Supporters hope the machines could help reverse a la...full article >>
Google implements privacy policy despite EU warning
Internet company Google has gone ahead with its new privacy policy despite warnings from the EU that it might violate European law. The change means private data collected by one Google service can be shared with its other platforms including YouTube, Gmail and Blogger. Google said the new set-up would enable it to tailor search results better. But data regulators in France have cas...full article >>
