Networks
Ethernet standards group leaves its name in the dust as it details new 800Gbps spec
Farewell, 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium. Arise, Ethernet Technology Consortium
07 Apr 04:58 | 14
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Come to GoDaddy: 12 million domains – from .biz to .nyc – acquired from Neustar amid promises of lower prices
Could takeover actually not shaft internet web address holders?
06 Apr 22:39 | 10
Comment
From Amanda Holden to petrol-filled water guns: It has been a weird week for 5G
Gov.UK to ask social networks to do their part...
06 Apr 16:30 | 134
Networks
Minister slams 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories as 'dangerous nonsense' after phone towers torched in UK
Looks like Michael Gove has decided to listen to the experts for a change
06 Apr 06:18 | 169
Networks
Australian digital-radio-for-railways Huawei project derailed by US trade sanctions against Chinese tech giant
Uncle Sam's crackdown sparks 'force majeure event that cannot be overcome'
03 Apr 02:16 | 47
Networks
Cisco rations VPNs for staff as strain of 100,000+ home workers hits its network
Following the moon to find capacity and sticking to safe sites as Chuck Robbins leads new weekly briefings
02 Apr 06:32 | 29
Networks
Huawei rotating Chairman: Chinese government will not 'just stand by and watch Huawei be slaughtered'
Gotta find Huawei to handle 2020: Despite rosy 2019 figures, Chinese comms giant sees trouble ahead
31 Mar 15:03 | 16
Networks
Cloudflare is over the moon because its pro-privacy 1.1.1.1 DNS service got a clean bill of health from everyone's favorite auditor – KPMG
Proved for all sites, proved for all sites, there is nothing else we can do
31 Mar 13:00 | 20
Networks
Watch your MANRS: Akamai, Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft, Google, and pals join internet routing security effort
Filtering, anti-spoofing, coordination, validation to prevent crooks, spies hijacking victims' connections
31 Mar 12:00 | 9
Networks
Dot-com price rises on their way over the next four years: ICANN approves Verisign contract, walks off with $20m
AnalysisYou thought thousands of complaints would make a difference?
30 Mar 20:59 | 13
Networks
BT providing free meals to coax its healthy customer support staff back into office as calls rocket amid pandemic
We need to get people's nans on WhatsApp
30 Mar 15:30 | 53
Networks
BT reopens £90m UK High Court case over 1970s VAT 'overpayments'
Couldn't have come at a better time with COVID-19 economic shutdown
30 Mar 14:10 | 20
Networks
UK big five carriers bin wired broadband download quotas for as long as we're all stuck indoors
Keep Calm And Stream Video, on generous new discount plans and payment terms
30 Mar 06:29 | 28
Networks
What are you doing at quarter past? WebEx wants you on calls then, to ease corona-congestion
Remember landlines? Cisco service wants you to remember them too, to make dial-in part of your isolation arsenal
30 Mar 01:30 | 10
Networks
Could WFH web traffic topple a Brit telco? Pfff, scoff operators. This has nothing on Liverpool v Everton streaming
UK volumes quieter than mix of Call of Duty and Merseyside derby streamers, says Openreach
27 Mar 17:21 | 25
Networks
India’s networking market collapsed … in Q4 2019!
The nation is already well and truly routed, and telcos have new taxes to pay
27 Mar 04:58 |
Networks
Microsoft buys Affirmed Networks to provide cloudy services for 5G network operators
Vodafone, Orange, AT&T, and Softbank are already users, will soon have Azure option
27 Mar 03:48 |
Networks
ISP Monkeybrains cries foul over coronavirus fees after requesting more bandwidth. Zayo says it was all a mistake
AnalysisPresumed pandemic profiteering may be just confused staff
26 Mar 23:31 | 7
Sponsored
Switch this: Multi-gigabit for the enterprise generation
Taking it from the core to the edge
26 Mar 22:00 |
Networks
Internet samurai says he'll sell 14,700,000 IPv4 addresses worth $300m-plus, plow it all into Asia-Pacific connectivity
Special reportAlternative headline: Jun Murai remembers he has a /8 under the fridge
26 Mar 00:06 | 63
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Personal Tech
Real-time tragedy: Dumb deletion leaves librarian red-faced and fails to nix teenage kicks on the school network
Who, Me?Commanding & Conquering when nobody is looking
Personal Tech
Bose shouts down claims that it borked noise cancellation firmware to sell more headphones
But reverses its policy on downgrades anyway to quieten critics
Science
NASA reveals the new wavy Martian wheels it thinks can crush the red planet
The Perseverance rover gets its grousers ahead of planned July/August launch
Networks
From Amanda Holden to petrol-filled water guns: It has been a weird week for 5G
CommentGov.UK to ask social networks to do their part...
Networks
Minister slams 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories as 'dangerous nonsense' after phone towers torched in UK
Looks like Michael Gove has decided to listen to the experts for a change
Software
Already in final beta? That's Madagascar: Ubuntu 20.04 'Focal Fossa' gets updated desktop, ZFS support
Long-term release with upgraded QEMU virtualization
Internet of Things
Remember Tapplock, the 'unbreakable' smart lock that was allergic to screwdrivers? The FTC just slapped it down for 'deceiving' folks
And you can still open its improved version with a strong magnet
Security
Mozilla plugs two Firefox browser holes exploited in the wild by hackers to hijack victims' computers
Update now before it's too late
Security
Pan-European group plans cross-border contact-tracing app – and promises GDPR compliance
As India joins the list of nations offering Bluetooth-enabled virus-visit-visualisers
Software
We're number two! Microsoft's Edge browser slips past Firefox in latest set of NetMarketShare figures
Though Statcounter puts Moz's finest second. Chrome still top dog
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Networks
BT Openreach prepares to declare UK MBORCed* as all new phone line installations halted over coronavirus
Updated*Not a new backcronym, but 'Matters Beyond Our Reasonable Control'
25 Mar 13:24 | 25
Networks
Well, Zuckerberg did promise India it hadn't seen the last of Facebook. How do you say they're BAAACK in Hindi?
Social network reportedly looking to buy a slice of country's biggest mobile provider
25 Mar 12:23 | 4
Networks
Hypochondriacs – are your eyes all blurry? It's just YouTube trying to cut video-stream quality worldwide amid the coronavirus pandemic
You can still watch in HD, but, please, maybe not?
25 Mar 00:14 | 17
Networks
Whoa, someone actually texted you in 2020? Oh, nvm, it's just Boris Johnson, telling you to stay the f**k at home
UK lacks formal emergency messaging system, so Big 4 carriers helped out
24 Mar 17:02 | 85
Networks
Computacenter looking to buy a nice little place in France, by which we mean most of BT's French network real estate
Brit telco and reseller giant in talks... presumably over a very long desk
24 Mar 16:28 |
Networks
Freed from the office, home workers roam sunlit uplands of IPv6... 2 metres apart
Clouds, silver linings etc.
23 Mar 22:20 | 33
Networks
Forget toilet roll, bandwidth is the new ration: Amazon, YouTube also degrade video in Europe to keep 'net running amid coronavirus crunch
Pair join Netflix to turn it down for what? Connectivity stability
20 Mar 19:57 | 65
Networks
Netflix starts 30-day video data diet at EU's request to ensure network availability during coronavirus crisis
Looks like you'll have to stream Derry Girls in lower resolution for a bit
20 Mar 07:09 | 110
Networks
BT's Wi-Fi Disc ads banned because there's no evidence the things work
UpdatedAd watchdog puts telco on the naughty step over range extender promotion
18 Mar 09:15 | 109
Networks
You get fibre, you get fibre, you all get fibre: UK Ministry of Fun promises new rules to make all new homes gigabit capable
Come on, builders - who doesn't like subsidies?
17 Mar 09:15 | 21
Networks
Data surge as more Brits work from home? Not as hard on the network as their nightly Netflix binges, claims BT
We'll be OK, says former incumbent telco
16 Mar 17:31 | 24
Networks
BT CEO tests positive for coronavirus, goes into self-isolation after meeting fellow bosses from Vodafone UK, Three, O2 plus govt officials
We can't even go to the pub and wait for this to all blow over
13 Mar 06:02 | 57
Networks
Capita hops on UK's years-late, billions-over-budget Emergency Services Network to keep legacy system alive
What could go wrong?
11 Mar 16:23 | 45
Networks
US telcos tossed yet another extension to keep going with Huawei kit despite America's 'security threat' concerns
It's clearly not a pressing issue – this is the fourth time now
11 Mar 10:54 | 21
Networks
Core blimey, that's edgy: HPE makes a play for next-gen 5G market
No need to be an also-RAN
10 Mar 23:55 | 3
Networks
UK.gov tells rebel MPs to go Huawei – but 5G Telecoms Security Bill was the price
Narrow House of Commons victory sees fresh wave of counter-Chinese comms pledges
10 Mar 16:44 | 17
Networks
Xilinx's high-end Versal FPGA is like a designer handbag. If you need to ask the price, you probably can't afford it
Premium chip is 7nm, 4 Arm CPU cores, up to 7.4 million logic cells, multi-Tbps networking and crypto
10 Mar 13:00 | 18
Networks
Four months, $1bn... and ICANN still hasn’t decided whether to approve .org sale with just 11 days left to go
Internet community expresses frustration during virtual conference
10 Mar 01:56 | 17
Networks
UK.gov sits down with mobile big four to formalise plans for rural shared 4G network
£1bn boon to improve coverage across the home nations
09 Mar 12:25 | 24
