Monthly Archives: May 2011

The ISPA has at last announced who were the finalists of its Internet Hero and Villain award 2011. While the good guys are of course very interesting, let’s face it, it is far more stimulating to talk about the bad guys. And the Internet villains are as follows: • ACS Law/Andrew Crossley, •… Read the rest...

In recent news, a new payment option has landed in the UK – users can now purchase goods worth up to £15 and pay up using their mobile phones. This is a new joint venture between Orange and Barclays, all that consumers now have to do is: - have Orange as… Read the rest...

It has been recently suggested that the unemployed should get busy and help build BT’s next generation fibre broadband network throughout the country. According to former Shadow Home Secretary and current Tory MP, David Davis, “a workforce of the unemployed should build the superfast network we need so urgently“. Urgently? … Read the rest...

I can tell you this much, it’s a good time to be a kid. Even better if you are based in Surrey as the county’s schools are to get a broadband boost – worth £10m. It has been said already that broadband is the new pen and paper as the world… Read the rest...

It seems that Apple has just been given the ultimate seal of approval, as according to some recent rumours, Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II will start using the iPad2. The Sun reported a Buckingham Palace insider as saying: “For a woman of her age, she is… Read the rest...