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BBC training in Facebook

Facebook

The BBC has come under fire for a costly social network training course.

Who is responsible for access?

Wi-Fi

We look at the steps companies need to take if they open their networks.

Street View goes UK wide

street view in London

Google's Street View will cover most of the UK's roads as of tomorrow.

    Latest Internet News

Week in Review

Week in Review: Digital Economy Bill takes a beating

Dark days for the Digital Economy Bill and more from this week in IT.

Friday Mar 12

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online privacy

Half of internet users don’t trust website privacy policies

Survey reveals privacy is a major concern for internet users.

Friday Mar 12

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Facebook

BBC slammed over Facebook training

The BBC has come under fire for a costly social network training course.

Friday Mar 12

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Broadband speeds

Small businesses call for 8Mbps broadband

A new survey has shown over half of all small businesses are dissatisfied with the speed of broadband they receive, along with the reliability of their connections.

Friday Mar 12

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web censorship

US hits out at China's web censorship

Tensions between Washington and Beijing have flared over US claim that China's increasingly strict control over internet access violates human rights.

Friday Mar 12

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Today in tech: iPad pre-orders start, Tories want speedy broadband

Pressed for time but need to keep on top of tech news? Look no further than this daily roundup.

Friday Mar 12

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Mozilla to redraft open source licence

The open source gurus have announced a redraft for its Mozilla Public Licence.

Friday Mar 12

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Latest Digital Economy amendment sticks to lobbyist proposal

A new controversial amendment to the Digital Economy Bill appears to have been taken straight from a music industry lobby group.

Friday Mar 12

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Conservatives promise 100Mbps in tech manifesto

The Conservative Party has made some bold promises putting tech at the heart of its election campaign.

Thursday Mar 11

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Facebook and Google hit by patent suit

In the latest of a stream of patent infringement cases, Facebook and Google have been accused of using technology from Wireless Ink for their mobile social networking.

Thursday Mar 11

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Today in tech: Virgin gets high, Facebook threatens Daily Mail

Pressed for time but need to keep on top of tech news? Look no further than this daily roundup.

Thursday Mar 11

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Virgin to run fibre broadband over telegraph poles

Virgin Media thinks the system could boost speeds to a million UK homes.

Thursday Mar 11

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UK gains 300,000 new broadband lines

The UK may have taken its knocks this week around the speed of our broadband but a new survey has shown a large increase in available infrastructure.

Thursday Mar 11

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Google expects China decision 'soon'

Eric Schmidt says the dispute over censorship and hacking should have an outcome soon.

Thursday Mar 11

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F-Secure: Adobe attacked more than even Word

More targeted attacks are focusing on Adobe Reader than Microsoft Word.

Thursday Mar 11

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    Latest Internet Features

Wi-Fi

Public internet access: who is responsible?

In the first of a series of articles looking at business issues faced by IT managers, we look at the steps companies need to take if they open their networks up to visitors.

12 Mar 2010

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Kevin Eyres LinkedIn

Q&A: Kevin Eyres on LinkedIn's tipping point

LinkedIn's European managing director explains why professional networks are about to get a lot more important to business users.

10 Mar 2010

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browser ballot

What impact will the browser ballot screen have?

The browser ballot screen is rolling out across Windows Update. Simon Brew charts its problems, the road to here, and what impact it’s likely to have.

8 Mar 2010

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Mark Kingdon's Second Life avatar

Q&A: Mark Kingdon on Second Life for business

The chief executive of Second Life thinks virtual worlds will be the future of work.

5 Mar 2010

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Filesharing

The past, present and future of the Digital Economy Bill

We take an in-depth look at how the Digital Economy Bill has progressed so far and where it can go from here.

23 Feb 2010

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Google’s fight for its book deal

As Google battles in the Southern District Court for the go-ahead to create its planned massive digital library, Simon Brew tries to get to the bottom of what the fuss is about…

19 Feb 2010

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    Blogs

Mark Tennent

Lost again

14 Mar 2010

Belt and braces seems the best solution. We will try our brand new version of CoPilot Live but take our Garmin and print the route from Google maps as a last resort. Then (...)

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Dave F

Every picture tells a story...

12 Mar 2010

Or not, or at least it would do if I could upload them to this blog spot. I'll try again later but trust me it was a good pair of pictures from abroad trip!

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Davey Winder

Moaning browser client developers need to STFU

10 Mar 2010

Get this: developers of 'second-tier' web browsers are moaning about how unfair it is that Microsoft is advertising their products for free. Sheesh! You can, I do believe, (...)

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    Latest Internet Reviews

WatchGuard XCS-770 review

Rating: 4

WatchGuard makes a big play for the web and message content security market with its new XCS appliance family. In this review we see how the mid-range XCS-770 stands up.

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    Latest Videos in Internet

Video: Mobile web has moved from hype to reality

Play Video: Mobile web has moved from hype to reality   Play

Claranet's UK managing director talks to IT PRO about the mobile web and how online infrastructure in the business world is evolving.

 

    Latest Internet How Tos & Tutorials

Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8 in action

As the Internet Explorer 8 release candidate becomes available to download Mary Branscombe looks at what your users are going to be making support calls about, from rich search results to anonymous browsing.

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   Specials

Win a fantastic Dell XPS Laptop from Dell Outlet

We have teamed up with Dell Outlet to offer our readers and visitors the opportunity to win one of its high end XPS laptops. Whether you are into gaming, films, photography or general PC usage this laptop is a fantastic prize for any PC Lover.

To enter into this competition all you have to do is answer a simple question...
 

Webcast: Lower costs, bigger benefits

How to lower your IT costs, chaired by David Fearon Deputy Editor PC PRO.

This on-demand webinar aims to show how small businesses of between two and 200 employees can navigate the IT minefield. We address how to reduce cost of ownership and increase the efficiency per pound of outlay by making the right choices of business IT hardware and service provision.
 

Increase success on the job by developing your skill set

Increase your earning and career potential in 2010 with IT PRO’s new training and development service IT PRO Training.

Compare the schedules of over 16,000 of the most respected, in-demand, up-to-date training courses. IT, Business Skills, Certifications, Leadership, Project Management and Personal Development Training Courses - including ITIL, Microsoft, Cisco, Vmware and Prince2 – are all covered. Thousands of dates, locations and prices to suit. All in one place.
 

Want more from your BlackBerry?

RIM has launched its App World service so you can download almost anything onto your BlackBerry, whether you want to play games, connect to work services, watch video or listen to music.
 

Buyers guide to netbooks

Make sure you buy the perfect machine for your needs, whether for home, business or education.
 

Rein in the chaos & stop the sprawl with Sun

Virtualisation has quickly become an important technology across all aspects of the IT environment, rapidly being deployed to reduce server sprawl, and reduce infrastructure costs.

Free Virtualisation Guides from Sun and IDC.
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