Royal Holloway calms students with better bandwidth
Moaning students at the halls of residence at Royal Holloway, University of London are now happy again after being given improved bandwidth levels.
Stories by Antony Savvas
Raspberry Pi hack event sees Spooks team win
Team 'Spooks' have been crowned winners of a 24-hour hacking event focused solely on programming on the Raspberry Pi computer in Leeds, where 12 successful hacks were demonstrated.
'Spear phishing' the main email attachment threat
Some 91 percent of cyber attacks begin with a "spear phishing" email, according to research from security software firm Trend Micro.
Anonymous attacks 'cost PayPal £3.5m'
The Anonymous hacking group cost PayPal £3.5 million when it carried out an attack on its websites, it was alleged in court this week.
Free London Underground WiFi not available to O2 and Three customers
O2 and Three mobile customers are missing out on "free" WiFi on the London Underground, although many might feel they're not missing that much seeing as free content is limited.
Brussels approves government 'superfast broadband' roll out
Brussels has finally given the green light to the UK government's £530 million rural broadband scheme.
Facebook condemns European data protection fines
Facebook claims companies could start court battles with data protection authorities if the regulators are given powers to levy fines of 2% of global turnover for data protection law breaches.
European Commission improves corporate investigations technology
The European Commission is bumping up its corporate investigatory powers with new technology that can quickly analyse unstructured data at companies as part of competition enquiries.
Cheshire Fire and Rescue deploys PSN network
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) has gone live with a new Public Services Network (PSN)-compliant WAN to aid collaboration across the county with its public sector partners.
Financial markets may have to adopt nuclear safety controls
In a new report the Government Office for Science has suggested risks in financial computer trading are potentially as severe as those facing the nuclear industry, and that markets may have to follow the safety standards found in the nuclear sector.
Ofcom confirms 4G auction timetable
Ofcom has published the final timetable for the UK 4G spectrum auction, with commercial services not expected until next June - even though EE already offers its own version of the mobile broadband.
CERN moves Collider data to Hungary
CERN is to use a new remote data centre in Hungary to process and store data from its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project, which is seeking to discover how the universe was formed.
Staff emails are not owned by firms, rules judge
A high court judge has ruled that companies do not have a general claim of ownership of the content contained in staff emails.
Supersonic car team join the network superhighway
Supersonic car project BLOODHOUND SSC has deployed a fibre network to keep pace with the demands of trying to design a car that can travel at 1,000mph.
The Prudential fined £50,000 by Information Commissioner
The Prudential has been fined £50,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after a "mix-up" over the administration of two customers’ accounts led to tens of thousands of pounds, meant for an individual’s retirement fund, ending up in the wrong account.