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Free Wi-Fi for UK MySpace users
MySpace has signed a promotional deal to bring free Wi-Fi to its UK users... but only to access MySpace
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Windows to be replaced by Midori?
Leaked documents allegedly show that Microsoft's new Web-based 'cloud' operating system would free up people to access information on mobile and desktop devices
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London swallows another Oyster fail
London's Oyster travel smart card system failed for the second time in a fortnight with many commuters enjoying a free trip to work on Friday morning
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BT to upgrade 10 million homes with fibre
BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super-fast Internet, but wants some regulation from Ofcom
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EU telecoms vote tackles file sharing
A high-level European vote on communications legislation took place on Monday evening, raising fears that alleged file-sharers will be denied Internet access
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T-Mobile boosts mobile uploads
The operator claims to be the first in the UK to roll out HSUPA, because of "the growing passion for sharing photos and videos on social-networking sites"
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News.blog: Virgin Media to 'educate' downloaders
The new campaign will provide advice on how to prevent misuse and find legal online sources of downloadable music, writes News.com blogger Holly Jackson
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UK broadband users sharing Wi-Fi love
Britain has showed off a more giving side after it was revealed by BT that the nation shares more than 100,000 broadband connections
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Ofcom deregulates 70 per cent of UK broadband
The plan, which received approval at the European level in February, will see competition-boosting regulatory restrictions lifted in UK areas where there are now four or more broadband providers
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Midlands buses get free Wi-Fi
Commuters who get the bus from Nottingham to Derby every morning can now take advantage of free 3.6Mbps wireless Internet
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Vodafone extends speedy broadband areas
Vodafone is extending its fast mobile broadband coverage to a further three million people this summer as part of a multi-million pound investment
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Virgin to boost broadband bandwidth
Virgin Media is looking to squeeze four times the capacity out of its optical network -- but without the expense of ripping out and upgrading its fibre
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Bournemouth's pipes put on fibre diet
Over the next six months, Bournemouth's homes and businesses will be hooked up to a fibre optic cabling network that will enable speeds of up to 100Mbps
MoreWiMax to spread over UK within two years
With an ethusiastic audience waiting, there will be WiMax coverage across the UK within the next two years, the managing director of Intel Capital EMEA has claimed
MoreBT offers smart phones with broadband deal
The new service -- BT Total Broadband Anywhere -- furnishes customers with one of a choice of two HTC smart phones, added to its consumer broadband package
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The Cloud puts up European Wi-Fi 'umbrella'
Wi-Fi network operator The Cloud has launched an automatic sign-on service that it hopes manufacturers will build into phones, PMPs and games consoles
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'Alarming' 100 UK data leaks in six months
The Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has warned chief executives to protect staff and customers' personal information following an 'alarming number' of security breaches
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AT&T: Net to hit full capacity by 2010
"In three years' time, 20 typical households will generate more traffic than the entire Internet today," said Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative affairs for AT&T
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