Unspecified number of Three customers were affected by a data outage which started early in the morning and lasted for about 7 hours only to be resolved just after midday. Three confirmed…
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UK Gov planning to abandon Microsoft Office
The UK government is planning to abandon expensive proprietary software including Microsoft Office in favour of open source alternatives. According to reports around £200 million is being spent on Microsoft Office alone…
FIFA 14 continues top run; now just one week short of Zumba Fitness’ record
FIFA 14 has topped the UK all format charts yet again for the fourth week in a row and ninth in total – just one short of Zumba Fitness record. FIFA 14’s…
Ofcom paves way for satellite broadband on planes, boats
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has given a go ahead to the use of ‘earth station’ antennas on fast moving vehicles including planes, trains and boats thereby opening up the road of faster…
League of Legends’ latest update apparently fails because of UK porn filters
Network level porn filter implemented by UK’s internet service providers as part of child internet safety campaign initiated by David Cameron have been blamed for a failing League of Legends update as…
Vodafone and BSkyB want to clip BT’s broadband wings
Vodafone and Sky are reportedly involved in high level discussions about how both the companies could come together to stop BT’s growing dominance in the broadband sector. According to the Sunday Times,…
Vodafone seeks right to disclose Government demands for customer data
Vodafone wants to follow the footsteps of its US counterparts by disclosing data on government requests in all the 25 countries it operates including the UK. Vodafone wants to disclose government requests…
New £10 million broadband fund announced to connect ultra-rural Britain
The UK Government has announced a new £10 million fund to be made available to allow for a range of pilot schemes using alternative broadband technologies to be tested across Britain’s most…
Text messaging in UK declines for first time as instant messaging grows
It’s quite surprising, but yes, this is for the very first time that the number of text messages sent in the UK in 2013 has fallen. Accounting and advisory firm Deloitte’s latest…
Government wants Brits to be Cyber Streetwise
With a massive increase in the number of people browsing the web on laptops, tablets and smartphones, it’s high time that people should be made aware of skills and knowledge which will…
Tesco sold 400,000 Hudl tablets in 2013
Tesco managed to sell nearly 100,000 Hudl tablets during the month of December taking the sales tally to 400,000 units during 2013. Tesco had already sold as many as 300,000 units on…
Amazon UK restocks PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 fans in the UK can rejoice as a fresh stock of the gaming console has arrived on Amazon UK. The online retailer is offering two bundles: PlayStation 4 Action Pack…
Motorola Moto X for UK to be unveiled on January 14?
Motorola has started sending out invites for an event in London to be held on January 14 where the Google owned company will be announcing a “new addition” to the Motorola family….
Moto G becomes first non-Nexus device to get Android 4.4 KitKat update starting today
If you were gutsy enough to buy a Moto G late last year and were wondering as to when will the smartphone be blessed with Android 4.4 KitKat, well the time has…
Firms in UK join forces to fight cyber crime
Multiple small companies in the West Midlands, UK have joined hands to fight cyber crime with the help of a computer game. Developers over at Serious Games have teamed up with organisational…