A new report claims that more than 81 per cent of Tor users are identifiable using a method that threatens Internet anonymity.
Last week, the Labour and Conservative parties issued their 2015 general election manifestos, with several pledges focused on the UK digital economy.
A submission to the Australian federal government mentioned that ISPs should be made to closely monitor any Internet users going through a VPN due to piracy concerns.
All European countries surveyed recently experienced a quarterly increase in average connection speeds, with double digit gains being posted by Norway (15%) and the UK (10%). But in the UK, year-over-year - 21%, says Akamai.
In reviewing the daily news stream it is impossible to miss the escalating frequency of incidents coming out of schools all across the country which relate directly to social media, texting, or apps used by kids.
The record was set in a laboratory in Belgium with speeds of 10Gbps achieved and it’s claimed this could reduce fibre-optic costs in big cities.
The web is becoming an environment which is more unequal and has less freedom with increasing levels of surveillance, according to the 2014-15 Web Index from the Web Foundation – and Sir Tim Berners-Lee has added his weight behind the report’s findings.
Creator of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee has called for full net neutrality in Europe, a few days before the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) makes its own decision on net neutrality in America.
A charity has revealed the extent of a broadband based con that has been legally swindling customers out of hundreds of pounds in “cancellation fees.”
Broadband is central to almost all businesses in the UK and choosing the right ISP can become a major factor in a successful start up.
And plenty of folks are unhappy with the monopoly BT has been given when it comes to delivering broadband out to the sticks.
Research by property-finding website Rightmove has found that people looking to buy a property may decide against it if broadband speeds are slow in the area.
BT and Microsoft have come together to offer consumers a secure bypass through the public Internet to Microsoft's Azure cloud service - offering increased stability and security.
BT has been heavily criticised for “vastly overestimating” its rural broadband costs by more than £90 million.
BT has announced that it will begin trialling G.fast technology in the UK this summer, the system it hopes will transform the country’s superfast broadband into ultrafast.
The City of London has claimed that BT's lack of high-speed broadband in the square mile is blocking the capital city's growth - an accusation that will be sure to raise hackles.
Millions still without any Internet connection and slower speeds than promised, say critics.
UK telecoms giant BT is set to offer social housing tenants low cost Broadband connections with the launch of a new shared Internet service.
The new plans cater for a wide range of business needs, including SIM-only and data-only tariffs, and are on EE’s network.
Household phone and broadband bills are set to rise by up to 6.5 per cent with BT stating that its tariffs for low income households aren’t affected by the rise.
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