What's the golden age of online services? Well, now doesn't suck
Yearning for the pre-web internet can be misplaced... it certainly wasn't user-friendly
Networks08 Dec 2023 | 46
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Openreach hits halfway mark in quest to hook up 25M premises with fiber broadband
12.5 million teased with speedy internet, only 4 million take the bait
Networks08 Dec 2023 | 23
Cisco's cloud network push will tie licensing change to generational product refreshes
Bundled support has already come to Catalyst – but don't bother asking how it works
Networks08 Dec 2023 | 6
Cisco delivers a powerup to its switches for small and medium biz
Catalyst 1200 and 1300 keep perpetual licenses, PoE and stackability
Networks07 Dec 2023 | 3
Government and the latest tech don't mix, says UK civil servant of £11B ESN mess
Opinion Public sector might want to 'wait a bit' before buying into bleeding edge, Sir Matthew Rycroft muses
Networks05 Dec 2023 | 37
Bank boss hated IT, loved the beach, was clueless about ports and politeness
On Call At the dawn of the dialup age, making a connection could be complicated
Networks01 Dec 2023 | 177
Time to take action: Google's inactive account purge begins Friday
You should've received an email if you're affected, but here's a reminder just in case
Networks29 Nov 2023 | 8
Activist Investor Elliott calls for a management reboot at Crown Castle
Urges US cell tower giant to reverse 'value-destructive strategy'
Networks28 Nov 2023 | 14
Brits turn off Twitter, although teens and tweens keen on generative AI
Bing grows but Google remains top dog, according to Ofcom report
Networks28 Nov 2023 | 92
China lobs tech demo into orbit for People's Republic version of Starlink
Another mega-constellation incoming
Networks24 Nov 2023 | 3
India's space gatekeepers pick Eutelsat OneWeb to provide satellite broadband
Bharti Enterprises-backed outfit beats Kuiper and Starlink
Networks24 Nov 2023 | 1
Cisco whips up modded switch to secure Ukraine grid against Russian cyberattacks
GPS-jamming tactics were doing much more than simply scrambling missile guidance systems
Networks22 Nov 2023 | 13
Nvidia intros the 'SuperNIC' – it's like a SmartNIC, DPU or IPU, but more super
If you're doing AI but would rather not do InfiniBand, this NIC is for you
Networks21 Nov 2023 | 6
Net privacy wars will be with us always. Let's set some rules
Opinion Size matters, and what you do with it. But keep it safe
Networks20 Nov 2023 | 29
Why have just one firewall when you can fire all the walls?
Who, Me? 'Support monkey' turned network isolation job into a banana skin
Networks20 Nov 2023 | 88
Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites nail online orders from orbit
Late-stage capitalism ... in spaaace
Networks17 Nov 2023 | 22
Britain proposes 'super-complaints' to help keep the internet safe
More Online Safety Act shenanigans as it urges nation to think of the children ... and free speech groups
Networks17 Nov 2023 | 52
Cisco has a new problem: You take too long to implement its products and stop buying more kit
Supply chain is back to pre-COVID normal, just in time for big clouds to spend $1 billion on networks for AI
Networks16 Nov 2023 | 8
Washington plans overhaul of wireless spectrum allocation
One person's garbage band is another person's treasure, right Citizen’s Broadband Radio Service?
Networks14 Nov 2023 | 4
NTT and NEC use vibrating optic fibres to figure out if there's snow on the road
Japan’s short of workers and limiting overtime, so it needs stuff like this – and remote-controlled excavators
Networks14 Nov 2023 | 1
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Broadcom to divest VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black units
Updated Warns of $1.3 billion charge for cutting Virtzilla's costs, rapid shift to subs and sales of the whole vStack rather than individual pieces
Open source forkers stick an OpenBao in the oven
HashiCorp software faces challenge after licensing change
Bank's datacenter died after travelling back in time to 1970
On Call Cover-up saved the culprit after a battery of tests diagnosed the problem
Polish train maker denies claims its software bricked rolling stock maintained by competitor
Says it was probably hacked, which isn't good news either
Attacks abuse Microsoft DHCP to spoof DNS records and steal secrets
Akamai says it reported the flaws to Microsoft. Redmond shrugged
BOFH: Just because we've had record revenues doesn't mean you get a Xmas bonus
Episode Are you sure you don't want to rethink that, though, Boss?
Hubble Space Telescope is back in the game after NASA fixes gyro glitch
No repair mission required – for now
Five Eyes nations warn Moscow's mates at the Star Blizzard gang have new phishing targets
The Russians are coming! Err, they've already infiltrated UK, US inboxes
What's the golden age of online services? Well, now doesn't suck
Yearning for the pre-web internet can be misplaced... it certainly wasn't user-friendly
Messed up metadata could be to blame for Microsoft's Windows printer woes
It looks like everything is coming up HP. Do you want some help with that?
STORIES
Amazon's Project Kuiper thrusters deliver Prime orbit adjustments
Custom Hall-effect propulsion system makes sure satellites won't trip over space junk – like Starlink
Networks10 Nov 2023 | 1
Suits ignored IT's warnings, so the tech team went for the neck
On Call Causing pain can be so much more effective than a rational explanation
Networks10 Nov 2023 | 111
Major telco outage leaves millions of Australians disconnected
Communication minister advises businesses to “keep receipts”
Networks08 Nov 2023 | 36
Open source license challenges part 461: Element plots move to AGPLv3
Exclusive Getting contributions out of freeloaders
Networks06 Nov 2023 | 8
Musk's broadband satellite kingdom Starlink now cash flow positive – or so he claims
Meanwhile, Boeing's constellation dreams crash back down to Earth
Networks03 Nov 2023 | 39
Mid-contract telco price hikes must end, Ofcom told
Which? and Uswitch call on UK regulator to tackle specter of bigger bills for Brits come April
Networks03 Nov 2023 | 86
Europe eyes skies with aim to track space junk and boost orbital operations
Fresh strategies unveiled to balance military and commercial interests in space
Networks01 Nov 2023 |
FCC throws an $18B bone to rural broadband
Funds intended to support carriers for more than 15 years
Networks31 Oct 2023 | 10
Ofcom attempts to thread the needle in net neutrality update
User freedoms caught between network operators and big tech
Networks30 Oct 2023 | 28
NASA to equip International Space Station with frikkin lasers (for comms)
Why, what did you think they were for?
Networks26 Oct 2023 | 15
Vodafone and Wi-Fi vendors play tug of war over 6 GHz
Everyone's wanting a slice of this spectrum pie
Networks26 Oct 2023 | 14
US, Australia solicit Google's help with Pacific subsea cable project
$65 million cable project to connect US to Australia by way of Fiji and French Polynesia
Networks26 Oct 2023 | 3
UK to crack down on imported Chinese optical fiber cables
5.7 million fiber kilometers of the stuff could be worth £88M to Brit players, claims government
Networks25 Oct 2023 | 67
Shucks Chuck, how many employees pay = one Cisco CEO?
Robbins and the C suite bumper pay day on back of router and switch kingpin's 2023 double digit sales swing
Networks24 Oct 2023 | 3
Net neutrality is back in the Land of the Free – for now
Until the Democrats leave office, that is
Networks20 Oct 2023 | 9
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
Networks19 Oct 2023 | 10
Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites prepare for testing after one late Prime delivery
If all goes well, production to start 'before the end of the year'
Networks17 Oct 2023 | 8
Ericsson pins hopes on cloudy future after Q3 lightens wallets
Watch out, 'macroeconomic uncertainty' is at it again as network operators slow deployments
Networks17 Oct 2023 |
China requires any new domestic Wi-Fi kit to support IPv6 and run it by default
Beijing set big targets for next-gen networks, but adoption stats suggest it's falling short
Networks17 Oct 2023 | 13
Tell me Huawei: Chinese giant wants to know what made EU label it high security risk
Files official complaint as it battles to keep market share
Networks16 Oct 2023 | 57
Ericsson sues Lenovo over 5G patents, accuses it of stalling talks
Swedish company claims Moto parent is violating its FRAND commitment
Networks16 Oct 2023 | 3
Starlink starts advertising Direct to Cell satellite phone service as coming in '2024'
Slated to work with existing 4G phones, though space rivals still trying to shoot it down
Networks12 Oct 2023 | 24
Cilium leaves incubator, gets the nod from Cloud Native Computing Foundation
eBPF project jumps from 'just a network plugin' moves to begin wide adoption
Networks12 Oct 2023 | 3
Brit competition regulator will make or break Vodafone and Three union
Interested parties invited to speak now or forever hold your peace
Networks12 Oct 2023 | 42
EU consultation on future telecoms cools on having big tech pay for network builds
€1.5 trillion needed in the next five years – some to turf Huawei – and nobody's quite sure where to find it
Networks12 Oct 2023 | 11
APNIC close to completing delegation of its final /8 IPv4 block
Asian internet registry still has 5M 32-bit addresses from different sources – or practically infinite IPv6s
Networks11 Oct 2023 | 6
Vodafone to fast-track Arm-based OpenRAN for mobile networks
Working with Ampere and others in modular approach
Networks10 Oct 2023 | 5
Net neutrality meets opposition in US, while Europe mulls charges for Big Tech
Republican senators claim move will never survive judges' scrutiny
Networks09 Oct 2023 | 20
Juniper makes 440 redundant to pursue better margins
Not even AI offers a lot of upside right now
Networks06 Oct 2023 |
Amazon to launch first Project Kuiper internet satellites
Bezos rocket biz not involved this time – now that's a blue origin
Networks05 Oct 2023 | 2
Airwave a 'license to print money' on legacy blue-light comms contract
Updated Profits and revenue increase for Motorola subsidiary challenging regulator price cap ruling
Networks04 Oct 2023 | 11
DISH must pay for bungled orbit change in landmark space debris penalty
FCC wants $150K after EchoStar-7 missed its orbital graveyard
Networks03 Oct 2023 | 10
Huawei's UK tech eviction reportedly caused Sky to fall on mobile customers
Whatever the cause, MNVO customers not happy
Networks29 Sep 2023 | 43
Search for phone signal caused oil spill, say Japanese investigators
Skipper caught on tape saying 'What have I done? My career is gone' after crashing into coral reef after a couple of whiskeys
Networks29 Sep 2023 | 41
Israel and Italy have cheapest mobile data out of 237 countries
Some in globe pay just $0.02 per GB, others rinsed for $43.75
Networks28 Sep 2023 | 42
FCC plans to restore net neutrality rules tossed out under Trump
Discriminatory handling of data and paid internet fast lanes could again be disallowed
Networks26 Sep 2023 | 29
Switch to hit the fan as BT begins prep ahead of analog phone sunset
Vows it won't 'proactively' shift folks who only use a landline or have no mobile signal
Networks26 Sep 2023 | 205
The Intersection of network security and Wi-Fi
A guide for networking and IT professionals
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The home Wi-Fi upgrade we never asked for is coming. The one we need is not
Column 46Gbps to our sofas. At last, freedom from the nightmare of a mere 9.6
Networks25 Sep 2023 | 139
How TCP's congestion control saved the internet
Systems Approach We guess it's OK it did
Networks24 Sep 2023 | 49
Vodafone claims first space-based 5G phone call – no modifications needed
The roaming charges must be out of this world
Networks21 Sep 2023 | 13
EE touts next-gen broadband Smart Hub with Wi-Fi 7 for 2024
Sure to lure in a few in the WFH crowd ... but no pricing yet
Networks21 Sep 2023 | 20
UK Online Safety Bill to become law – and encryption busting clause is still there
Admits it's 'not technically feasible' ... but with no promise not to invoke it
Networks20 Sep 2023 | 91
Starlink speeds ahead in the satellite race but rivals aren't starstruck just yet
Download rates stabilize after influx of users dragged on service
Networks19 Sep 2023 | 13
BT confirms it's switching off 3G in UK from Jan next year
Time to retire that Nokia N97 at last?
Networks19 Sep 2023 | 123
Irish watchdog fines TikTok €345M for mishandling kids' data
Tok is Tiking for app to bring processing into compliance within 3 months
Networks15 Sep 2023 | 6
Google outlines Outline SDK: Censorship, geo-block-beating tool to drop into apps
Well, when it's finished, anyway
Networks14 Sep 2023 | 3
How's this for X-ray specs? Wi-Fi can read through walls... if the letters are solid objects
No, miscreants won't be able to use it to read secret printed docs
Networks13 Sep 2023 | 12
Ransomware fiends pounce on Cisco VPN brute-force zero-day flaw
No patch yet – but you've got strong creds and MFA enabled anyway, yeah?
Networks08 Sep 2023 | 6
22 million Brits suffer broadband outage blues and are paying a premium for it
Southampton top for connectivity flops, says Uswitch research
Networks08 Sep 2023 | 70
Bombshell biography: Fearing nuclear war, Musk blocked Starlink to stymie Ukraine attack on Russia
Updated Exploding drone subs 'lost connectivity, washed ashore harmlessly'
Networks07 Sep 2023 | 332
Vodafone and Amazon shoot for the stars while Kuiper satellites remain grounded
Bezo birds to provide a mobile backhaul. When they finally launch
Networks05 Sep 2023 | 4
The only thing launched for Amazon's Project Kuiper is a lawsuit
Updated Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk... not the bestest of buddies?
Networks04 Sep 2023 | 15
IT needs more brains, so why is it being such a zombie about getting them?
Opinion Open-book exams aren’t nearly open enough
Networks04 Sep 2023 | 116
Intel shows off 8-core, 528-thread processor with 1TB/s of co-packaged optics
Hot Chips 'Embarrassingly parallel' protoype baked for DARPA to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon at massive scale
Networks01 Sep 2023 | 16
USENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix
Alive and still quite vigorous considering its age
Networks30 Aug 2023 | 118
UK air traffic woes caused by 'invalid flight plan data'
Former BA boss slams resilience, says explanation 'doesn't stand up from what I know of the system'
Networks30 Aug 2023 | 138
AMD on the edge: Stripped down Siena Epycs teased
Hot Chips Hopes cool-running Zen cores can socket to Intel's Xeon-D – maybe with a smaller socket
Networks29 Aug 2023 | 4
Aerial cable tangles are still being strung up, but carriers are slowly burying the problem
'Sky spaghetti' remains on the menu for Asian carriers, and tourists
Networks28 Aug 2023 | 46
Profits just keep rolling in at T-Mobile US. So only thing to do is axe 5,000 workers
From Un-carrier to Un-employed
Networks25 Aug 2023 | 29
We'll show you our patents if you show us yours, say Huawei and Ericsson
Analysts reckon extension of 2016 deal will be good for industry – as long there are no gotchas
Networks25 Aug 2023 | 12
Getting meshy: BAE scores £89m deal with MoD to build new battlefield network
It'll replace the old one, also built by BAE, on a very tight schedule: The old junk's due to be ripped out in 2026
Networks25 Aug 2023 | 17
UN cybercrime treaty risks becoming a 'global surveillance pact'
Diplomats debate Russia-backed rules on what can be said online
Networks24 Aug 2023 | 17
SpaceX, T-Mobile US phone service will interfere with ours, claims rival
5G mobile and satellite operator accuses Musk firm of making 'elementary errors' in its calculations
Networks23 Aug 2023 | 16
Want tech cred? Learn how to email like a pro
Feature Distinguish tech pros from tech poseurs with this one weird trick
Networks23 Aug 2023 | 178
Pentagon dumps $1.5B more into military sat network that's already slipping behind
One might say this program is truly up in the air
Networks22 Aug 2023 | 4
ICANN warns UN may sideline tech community from future internet governance
'We built this thing and now you don't want to hear from us – WTF?' is the gist of it
Networks22 Aug 2023 | 55
Biden to bolster boondocks broadband with a billion bonus bucks (barely)
ISPs in 22 states and Marshall Islands get to split nine-figure pot
Networks22 Aug 2023 | 20
South Korea's biggest mobile telco says 5G has failed to deliver on its promise
Inflated expectations and an underdeveloped ecosystem have led to consumer disappointment
Networks21 Aug 2023 | 36
Germany to cut Huawei from networks 'irrespective of costs'
What a difference four years makes
Networks18 Aug 2023 | 32
ISP's ads 'misleadingly implied' existence of 6G, says watchdog
Biz says folks know the difference between fixed and mobile broadband. Do they, though, asks ASA
Networks17 Aug 2023 | 49
Cisco close to clearing the backlog of hardware orders a certain virus caused
Subscriptions and software surge – just the way boss Chuck Robbins planned
Networks17 Aug 2023 | 1
Why securing East-West network traffic is so important – and how it can be done
Systems Approach You don't want to hand your datacenter over to an intruder quite so easily
Networks16 Aug 2023 | 15
Viasat probe into ailing $700M satellite casts shadow over Q1 results
'We understand the risks involved in space systems, and have insurance'
Networks10 Aug 2023 | 1
NASA to test potential 400Mbps laser link for Mars
High bandwidth comms experiment to fly with Psyche asteroid mission in October
Networks10 Aug 2023 | 12
Deutsche Bahn stands to lose €400M if it has to do Huawei with Chinese kit
Telcos also due to get it in the neck unless the government pays up
Networks05 Aug 2023 | 39
Canada's Telus to shed 6K workers as profits plunge 61%
Big cheese asks if anyone wants to take early retirement?
Networks04 Aug 2023 | 10
Telecom giants dial up the heat on suppliers: It's not you, it's your CO2
Tackling sneaky Scope 3 emissions with 'best practices' and a 'climate lens'
Networks04 Aug 2023 | 6
Virgin Media O2 offers plug-in 5G network in a box
Hefty box said to be 'slightly larger than a carry-on' – but likely not for budget flyers
Networks02 Aug 2023 | 11
AWS: IPv4 addresses cost too much, so you’re going to pay
Perhaps that'll focus your minds on speeding up your adoption of IPv6, eh?
Networks31 Jul 2023 | 68
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