PlayStation Network credit cards protected by encryption
All credit card information stored on Sony's PlayStation Network was encrypted, the company said one day after warning users their user names, passwords, birth dates and home addresses were stolen in a security breach. “The entire credit card table was encrypted and we have no evidence that credit card data was taken,” Sony representatives wrote in the update, which was post...full article >>
Email Server Upgrade Completed - Setting Change may be required - PLEASE READ
We are delighted to say that the email server upgrade that was scheduled for last night went ahead and was successfully completed. There are a minority of users who when using the email system this morning, may be getting a box up on their screen asking for their username and password. In this situation, please leave the password as it is but CHANGE the username and add "@suffolko...full article >>
ISPs face blow as Judicial Review against DEA is dismissed
The Judicial Review examining the Digital Economy Act (DEA) has been dismissed on four counts being protested by BT and TalkTalk with a fifth being partially granted. The two companies were protesting the act on initially four grounds with a fifth being added a month ago. These were: Breach of the Technical Standards Directive by failing to notify the European Commission Breach of...full article >>
78% of broadband users say broadband hasn't improved in the last year
Three quarters of broadband users feel that their service has not improved over the last 12 months according to a survey we carried out of over 1,200 users. Only 21% of users believed their broadband service improved. The survey also asked users what their biggest broadband complaint was, and there was dominating trend toward broadband speeds. Around a quarter of those questioned felt that ...full article >>
Suffolk Online Email Server Upgrade - Rescheduled for Midnight Wednesday 20th April
Following our aborted attempt to upgrade our email server last Thursday, we are just writing to let you know that following testing and a change in the process we are now ready to proceed with this upgrade. This has been scheduled for Midnight on Wednesday 20th April. Please note that from about 8:30pm tomorrow night in preperation for these changes, webmail on our Suffolk Online website w...full article >>
Wireless devices to break one-billion barrier in 2011
Tiny ticking time bombs? This year, devices with embedded wireless local area networking (WLAN) capability will top one billion for the first time. By 2015, that number will double – and some people are terrified that their ubiquity will spark an electromagnetic apocalypse. These figures come from a study published on Friday by IHS iSuppli. According to that research group's p...full article >>
Email Server Upgrade - Aborted - No Changes Made
This update is just to let you know that the planned upgrade of our email services last night was aborted shortly after the process started, therefore no changes to the email system have been made. It was aborted due to a problem with the automated script that would move all the email services over to the new systems and it was felt that it would be better to abort it before the process wen...full article >>
Webmail Temporary Unavailability - from 8:30pm Thursday 14th April 2011
Please note that from 8:30pm tonight the webmail system on our website (link in top right hand corner) will not be available, which means you will not be able to check email through our website. Email services via your email program such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail or MAC OS Mail will be unaffected during this period. This downtime is part of the email serve...full article >>
UK is 15th best place in the world to do IT
Blighty has been ranked as the 15th best country in the world in which to try to make use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Sweden is top, just barely pipping Singapore to the post, and other Nordic and Asian Tiger nations dominated the top 10. The rankings in question are those on the Networked Readiness Index produced by the World Economic Forum. According to the WEF: ...full article >>
Row over BT access prices threatens Vaizey's plan for superfast broadband
Fujitsu's promise to put fibre-optic links to 5m rural homes depends on Ofcom forcing down charges by BT and more government funding - which look unlikely. Plans by communications minister Ed Vaizey to encourage rollout of superfast broadband using fibre-optic cables to rural homes and businesses are under threat from internet service providers and infrastructure providers angry at what...full article >>
Two tablets to take on iPad
At last they are coming, the products that will give Apple's iPad a run for its money. I've had a glance at a couple of tablets in the last few days, that might just challenge Apple's dominance in a market that the company kickstarted last year. var emp = new bbc.Emp(); emp.setWidth("512"); emp.setHeight("323"); emp.setDomId("rory_1304"); emp.setPlaylist("http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/...full article >>
Fujitsu offers UK fast rural broadband network
Fujitsu is to create a superfast broadband network for rural parts of the UK, rivalling BT's service. Virgin Media and TalkTalk have already said they will use it to provide internet services. It will also be open to local authorities. Much of the system will be built on BT infrastructure, such as underground ducting and phone poles, which it has been forced to open up to competitor...full article >>
UK internet economy worth billions
The internet is worth £100bn a year to the UK economy, a study has concluded. The research, which was commissioned by Google, found that the internet accounts for 7.2% of the UK's gross domestic product (GDP). If the internet was an economic sector it would be the UK's fifth largest, said the report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). This would make the sector lar...full article >>
Sweden has most wired economy
Sweden and Singapore are the most competitive countries in the digital economy, according to a study by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Nordic and Asian economies are best at using information and communications technologies (ICT) to boost their growth, the WEF said. Finland is in third place, Switzerland fourth and the United States fifth. The WEF said ICT was "a key enabler o...full article >>
Intel launches Oak Trail tablet processor
Intel has formally launched its Oak Trail processor, designed for use in tablet computers. The new microchip is smaller and uses less power than other models in its Atom range. Despite being the world's largest manufacturer of microprocessors, Intel has been largely pushed out of the growing tablet market. Until now, most devices have used chips designed by Apple and Cambridge-b...full article >>
UK to pass 250,000 super-fast broadband connections this month
The UK is expected to pass 250,000 high-speed broadband lines this month according to broadband analysis firm Point Topic. The company has projected figures based on December 2010 data to determine that the number of broadband lines with a speed of greater than 25Mbps at the end of March was 236,000, and should exceed 250,000 in April. "We went on from [first-generation broadband 10 ye...full article >>
Facebook shares green data centre technology
Facebook has announced that it will share the design secrets behind its new energy-efficient data centre with rival companies. The social network's facility in Prineville, Oregon is said to use 38% less power than existing centres. It hopes, by making the innovations public, to cut the amount of electricity the industry consumes. Despite Facebook's advances, some enviro...full article >>
Mobile phone users overpaying by £200 per year
Three-quarters of mobile phone subscribers are wasting an average of nearly £200 a year because they are on the wrong contract, research suggests. People over-estimating how many minutes they would spend on the phone was the main reason, with most using just a quarter of their monthly allowance. Researchers concluded that the UK's mobile phone users were wasting nearly £...full article >>
Openreach announce 156 new FTTC locations to be enabled
156 new locations for fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) broadband have been unveiled today as as Openreach continues the roll-out of it's service which can offer up to 40Mbps download speeds. More than 1.5 million consumer and business premises will be able to connect up to the service through the newly announced sites which should largely be enabled during 2011. Around 50 are set ...full article >>
UK's slowest mobile towns mapped
People living in Milton Keynes get the slowest 3G mobile broadband speed in the UK, according to new research. The average speed for mobile broadband in the Buckinghamshire town was 1.73Mbps (megabits per second), compared to 3.6Mbps in Peterborough, the fastest town. Mobile speeds are increasingly crucial to users as smartphones become ubiquitous. The data was compiled by broadband...full article >>
UK broadband connections reach 19.5 million in Q4 2010
Ofcom regularly publish market data on the communications sector, and have this month released it's communications market report for Q4 2010. Key factors for broadband were a 728,000 increase in broadband lines (3.9%) more than the previous year, pushing total connections to nearly 19.5 million. BT Retail's share of the market remains dominant at 27.7%, a 1.7% rise over the Q4 2009. ...full article >>
BT Issues Response to ISP Complaints
BT have issued a statement in response to the letter sent to Ed Vaizey by some of the mainstream UK ISP's. This letter is detailed in our earlier piece here. "It is very disappointing that this letter was shared with the media several hours before ourselves. It's a shame that some of the companies involved seem keener to spend more time talking about this process than actually ...full article >>
ISPs tussle over broadband access
Internet service providers have asked the government to intervene over the price being set to give them access to BT's physical infrastructure. Giving rivals access to BT ducts and poles is seen as a crucial element to get fast broadband to rural areas. But ISPs argue that the prices set by BT are four to five times higher than their underlying costs. BT said that its prices wer...full article >>
Android now the most popular smartphone
Google's Android operating system has overtaken all other operating systems, including the iPhone, according to research from YouGov. Android phones have edged out the iPhone to become the most popular smartphone in Britain, according to research. Some 28 per cent of smartphone users owned an Android, with 26 per cent using an iPhone and 14 per cent a BlackBerry, the YouGo...full article >>
Sites hit in massive web attack
Hundreds of thousands of websites appear to have been compromised by a massive cyber attack. The hi-tech criminals used a well-known attack vector that exploits security loopholes on other sites to insert a link to their website. Those visiting the criminals' webpage were told that their machines were infected with many different viruses. Swift action by security researchers has...full article >>
Introduction to NAS storage
This article is about NAS or as it is otherwise known as Network Attachted Storage. Basically is a external hard drive that you can plug into your router and once setup can save your files to it so other people on your home network can see. This could be word documents or itines music library if supported. The past two decades have seen the emergence of Ethernet as a storage networkin...full article >>
