Monthly Archives: September 2011

Breathing or broadband?

generic_blog Cisco has recently found that one in three students thought that the internet was as significant as breathing, eating, sleeping and a roof above your head. Based on the answers of 28,000 participants, 49 per cent of students and 47 per cent of office staff did… Read the rest...

Broadband for the greater good

generic_blog I understand BT, among other Telco giants, when it prioritises fibre broadband upgrades and deployments in more economically viable areas over those in very rural or remote farming areas. I also understand the residents of these remote locations criticising that the companies simply want to make “the already fast faster”… Read the rest...

Is there really anything wrong with “piggybacking?”

generic_blog A recent study showed that half of us have admitted to using someone else’s wireless broadband. This would probably include me. A third of that figure claimed that there was nothing wrong with that too. This would also probably be me. The not-so-technical term for this is known as “piggybacking”, which seems… Read the rest...

Bitten by the Apple Bug

apple-logo1 If I mention products such as iPhone, iPad or iMac one word comes to mind – Apple. The multibillion dollar company that was founded in 1976 has changed the face of personal technology around the world. Its innovative designs and software has made the Apple brand not only a major player… Read the rest...