UK wants Broadband in every home by 2012
UK is preparing a plan which aims to have broadband access in every home in the country by 2012.
The plan aims to provide access to 2Mbps broadband in the coming three years.
It is part of the recommendations made by Lord Carter under the Digital Britain report.
The [...]
UK considering ratings for websites
Britain’s minister for culture Andy Burnham has said that the government is considering a plan which would rate websites as per the content similar to how movies are rated.
The are considering collaborating with US government to draw up new international rules for English language websites.
Burnham said: “The more we seek [...]
Virgin Media launches 50 mbps internet connection in UK
Virgin Media has announced the launch of a super fast internet connection in the UK market.
The company is now offering a 50 mbps net connection in this market.
This is much faster compared to average speeds offered in the market which hovers around 4-5 mbps.
The company claimed [...]
Apple UK now offering pay as you go iPhone
Customers in Britain can get their hands on a pay as you go version of Apple iPhones.
Apple is offering this package for £342.50 (Apple iPhone 3G 8GB) and £391.45 (Apple iPhone 3G 16GB).
O2 is the exclusive service provider of iPhone in the UK market and they [...]
Amazon MP3 now in Britain
Amazon MP3 digital music store is now available in UK.
The US based online retailing giant is fully prepared to take on Apple iTunes in this new market.
The songs are encoded at 256 kbps and are free from any DRM technologies.
Users get the flexibility to play the files on as [...]
Virgin Media consider mobile broadband as complementary services
UK based cable service operator Virgin Mobile has entered the market of providing mobile broadband services.
The company however said that they do not believe mobile broadband has a mass market appeal.
Instead they are going to provide it as a complementary service to their customers.
Company Chief Executive Neil Berkett [...]
Nokia Comes With Music coming to UK tomorrow
UK is all set to get Nokia’s Comes With Music digital media service from tomorrow.
Comes With Music is said to be one of the strongest challenger to Apple iTunes yet.
It comes bundled with the new models from Nokia and the customer get unlimited access to millions of [...]
Apple dominates T3 technology magazine awards
Apple dominated the British T3 technology magazine awards.
The company won as many as four top prizes.
Apple iPod Touch was named the gadget of the year.
It managed to overcome the challenge from other exciting products like the Asus Eee PC, TomTom GO 920 and Sony HDR-TG3.
T3 Editor [...]
MI6 using Facebook to find new recruits
British security agency MI6 is using the Facebook social network to advertise for job applications.
A UK Foreign Office spokeswoman said in a statement: “The open recruitment campaign continues to target wide pools of talent representative of British society today. A number of channels are used to promote job opportunities [...]
Apple iPhone ad banned in UK
UK has banned one particular advertising about the popular Apple iPhone.
The advertisement claimed that the “all parts of the Internet are on the iPhone”.
However, it is well known that Apple has not added support for Adobe Flash and Sun Microsystems Java technologies.
Both of these technologies are widely [...]
