January 2015 – GIXtools project

Pirate Bay file-sharing site returns

File-sharing website The Pirate Bay claims it is “about to take the biggest step” in its history after relaunching. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Lords in 2nd Attempt to Sneak UK Internet Snooping Law into Bill

The former Metropolitan Police Chief, Lord Blair, with support from Lord Carlisle, Lord King and Lord West, has once again attempted to sneak a controversial new Internet Snooping law into the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill (CTSB) after initially withdrawing it

D-Link Broadband Routers Vulnerable to New DNS Hijack Attack

A Bulgarian security researcher called Todor Donev has demonstrated a new proof of concept attack against one of D-Link’s ADSL based wireless broadband routers (D-Link DSL-2740R), which allows a hacker to change the routers default Domain Name Server (DNS) details

Jay Z bids for music streaming service

The Hip hop star could challenge Beats and Spotify with his offer for the HD music service Tidal Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Does technology make people touch each other less?

The sensation of the human touch is disappearing in a computer age, and with it, part of our human nature, says the novelist Will Self. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Nokia threatens London start-up

Nokia has threatened legal action against a UK start-up over the use of the word “HERE”. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

BT attacked on rural broadband costs

At least £90m will be reinvested in rural broadband services after an underspend by BT, the BBC learns. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

BT Extend UK Vectoring Trials to Fix FTTC “Fibre Broadband” Speeds

BTOpenreach’s long running VDSL2 Vectoring (ITU-T G.993.5) trial, which aims to improve the performance of BT’s existing “up to” 80Mbps capable hybrid Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) superfast broadband lines by significantly reducing crosstalk interference, has been extended to 100 DSLAMs in selected

Implants and Apple: Tech round-up

Rory Cellan-Jones gives a round-up of the week’s big tech stories. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Open Networking: From Concept to Reality

When I first heard about Cumulus Networks in August 2013, I thought, “what’s the catch?” Now, after a year of working with companies deploying Cumulus Linux based switches in their production environments, it turns out there is really no catch.

uSwitch 2015 Awards Name Virgin Media UK Best Broadband Provider

The annual uSwitch.com Broadband Awards 2015, which took place last night at The Gherkin in London, have unveiled a variety of winners across multiple categories for broadband, TV, phone and mobile services. Top among the winners was Virgin Media, which

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Month: January 2015