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Chris Stening, Easynet Connect MD believes service is best B2B differentiator

28 Aug 2009 | 16.59 Europe/London

Chris Stening believes success in the business ISP market is different from the consumer sector, relying far more on quality and service than price alone.

Economist.com publisher Ben Edwards backs networking to drive revenue

28 Aug 2009 | 15.13 Europe/London

Any company that allows online users to publish comments and interact with one another via their brand will be keeping a close eye on Economist.

Canvas slated for 2010 launch

26 Aug 2009 | 20.20 Europe/London

According to the BBC's IPTV Programme Director, Project Canvas could have an innovative way of storing content locally in order to reduce the bandwidth demands of the service.

British file-sharers could yet be disconnected

25 Aug 2009 | 13.06 Europe/London

The Government's outlined new proposals that include cutting the Internet connections of persistent file-sharers of movies and music, bulldozing through the framework it had laid down in its own Digital Britain report.

BlinkBox and you won't miss it

20 Aug 2009 | 19.43 Europe/London

Video-on-demand service BlinkBox is the latest to sign a deal to host BBC content, following hot on the heals of MSN Video.

TalkTalk to refer BT ad to ASA

20 Aug 2009 | 16.30 Europe/London

TalkTalk is to complain to the Advertising Standards Authority tomorrow that BT’s latest ‘up to 20Mb’ advert is ‘misleading’ and based on poor research.

Clouded Wi-Fi laws raining on Digital Britain

19 Aug 2009 | 16.37 Europe/London

The lack of legal transparency when it comes to the wireless sharing of Internet access is restricting digital inclusion, according to the author of a new report.

Glasgow Halfway 1 - 0 London Nimbys

19 Aug 2009 | 10.17 Europe/London

Muswell Hill residents may have scored an own goal with some of their unwanted fibre cabinets being redeployed to Glasgow.

Digital Britain team recommits to 50p levy

18 Aug 2009 | 16.44 Europe/London

The Digital Britain team has rejected any suggestion that the 50p copper phone line is to be dropped.

Social networks now hackers' top target

18 Aug 2009 | 11.18 Europe/London

The recent well-publicised hacking of corporate documents at Twitter was not an isolated incident.

Implementing Digital Britain

18 Aug 2009 | 10.55 Europe/London

Without much fanfare, the Government has managed to sneak out its plan for implementing Digital Britain.

MSN Video hits 167,000 show views in 11 days

17 Aug 2009 | 16.04 Europe/London

Having been released to the mainstream on August 3rd, Microsoft's new UK video-on-demand (VOD) upstart has already chalked up nearly 170,000 show views - 167,487 to be precise.

Has Lonely Planet cracked online publishing?

17 Aug 2009 | 15.51 Europe/London

Lonely Planet may well have cracked a problem which is vexing all media companies – how to make money online without cannibalising offline sales.

ITV looks to Canvas for paid video clips

12 Aug 2009 | 16.43 Europe/London

Nimby Block On Superfast Broadband ?

11 Aug 2009 | 16.00 Europe/London

Haringey Council has refused planning permission for some Openreach FTTC cabinets in the Muswell Hill trial area, on the basis that the cabinets are big and don't look very nice.

Under the Radar -- week ending August 9th

09 Aug 2009 | 14.38 Europe/London

Under the Radar brings you the news that could have slipped away from you over the past seven days. This week we've been mostly dreaming up a theme tune for Microsoft's first likeable search engine, newsworthy flavours of ice cream and new uses for Friends Reunited.

Let's Timms again

06 Aug 2009 | 21.10 Europe/London

Stephen Timms has been confirmed as Stephen Carter's main replacement for conquering the challenges of Digital Britain.

BT boosting customer speeds the hard(ware) way

05 Aug 2009 | 17.49 Europe/London

BT has started offering its customers a Broadband Accelerator for free - as long as they're willing to pay the postage costs.

UK BitTorrent site owner raided, arrested

04 Aug 2009 | 17.47 Europe/London

The owner of what's thought could be one of the oldest BitTorrent sites on the web has had his home raided before being arrested and having possessions seized.

Digital Britain: anyone for Timms?

04 Aug 2009 | 10.31 Europe/London

We've known since before even the Digital Britain report was published that Communications Minister Lord Carter was on the way out - but what of his replacement? Now The Guardian newspaper's reporting that another Stephen - Stephen Timms - will be taking over his job and charged with keeping the Digital Britain bandwagon moving.