You won’t be seeing any more of the Tiscali logo as the brand is officially decommissioned.

Mobile operator 3 says that, due to poor 3G coverage in some areas, some of its customers are unable to even carry out basic web surfing – and it’s revealed how its going to do something about it. Meanwhile, rival firm Virgin Media has unveiled its new “super fast” modem for mobile broadband, featuring a potential top speed that’s double that of its existing offering.

Several websites are reporting that the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has come out and said the Government is “stuck in a time-warp over broadband speeds.” But with the story originally emerging five months ago, it looks like the UK’s politicians aren’t the only ones.

Now the Government’s put a timetable in place for its plans to disconnect persistent online pirates, one ISP is considering a counter-attack that could see more than individual file-shares up in court. TalkTalk says it may resort to legal action if Lord Peter Mandelson continues with his plans – and it’s not the only one unhappy with the business secretary.

American video-on-demand service Hulu, hotly tipped to be coming to the UK to partner with ITV, is the latest media outlet to announce it’s considering charging for content. As the amount of money we’re paying for our bandwidth continues to fall, could the cost of what we actually do with our broadband connections be set to rise?

Various musicians campaigned against peer-to-peer file-sharing in the States – but one band in particular gained an international notoriety that refuses to go away. While Napster has long been rebooted as a legal music downloading website, musicians in the UK are now queuing up to become Britain’s answer to Metallica – and one artist in particular is at the front of the line.

As part of its Digital Britain shenanigans, the Government appointed its first “Digital Inclusion Champion.” Now, over a month since the announcement, how much do we know about her?

Ar, it’s been a good week for pirates, is ‘as. Not only did Sweden’s Pirate Party manage to get one of its own in amongst the crew of the European Parliament by winning a ship-shape seat (not literally) but one of the landlubbers who fought the Pirate Bay in court has been rewarded with a new name for his efforts. Avast yet, Pirate Pontén (formerly the talented Mr. Henrik Pontén).

Following Rupert Murdoch’s announcement that his company’s looking for ways to make readers of The Sun and The Times pay to access their websites, the debate on how newspapers can save themselves in the digital age has been reignited. He says the current business model is “malfunctioning” and the end of the (literally) free Internet press is nigh – others aren’t so sure.

The virtual rumour mills have been whirring away at the prospect that a cash-flush Apple may be about to splash out on the Web 2.0’s current poster child, with sites like Valleywag and TechCrunch reporting talks could already be well under way.

A report from Microsoft claims that computer users’ fear of viruses is leading to an actual increase in viruses. Confused? Yes, we are too. According to the software giant, scaremongering from the mainstream press over tech nasties, such as the Conficker worm, has led to worried consumers downloading bogus security programs. Instead of protecting the [...]

Gordon Brown appears to be contemplating throwing money at the impending unemployment crisis by “creating” 100,000 jobs through investment in a range of infrastructure projects.
In a Guardian interview the Prime Minister talks of broadband as the modern equivalent of the roads, bridges and dams constructed in the USA under Roosevelt’s “New Deal” programme some 75 years [...]