Tiscali purchases Pipex broadband unit

UK internet firm Pipex has sold its broadband and phone business to Italian competitor Tiscali for £210m ($426.6m).
The sale of the division follows a four-month strategic review of Pipex by investment bank UBS.
The purchase of Pipex’s broadband unit - which was listed for sale in March - is expected to lift Tiscali’s […]

Posted on July 17th, 2007 by admin
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Hacker attacks Pentagon e-mail

A hacker has successfully penetrated one of the Pentagon’s e-mail systems, leading officials to take up to 1,500 accounts offline.
The e-mail system did not contain any classified information relating to sensitive military operations, a spokesman said.
The Pentagon says it repulses 100s of attempted attacks on its computer systems each day.
US Defence […]

Posted on June 23rd, 2007 by admin
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Flickr announces plans to launch a version in the Chinese language

Yahoo, owners of Flickr are looking to localise and increase the accessibility of its websites, especially in East Asia.
The site, using traditional Chinese characters, will initially target users in Hong Kong. The next target market will be Taiwan, it said. Yahoo did not reveal any plans to build its China user-base, although you […]

Posted on March 20th, 2007 by admin
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Estonia hold first online election poll

Estonia has become the first country to allow voters in a general election to cast their ballots online via the internet. The Estonia parliament once memorably declared internet access as a basic human right,.
More than 30,000 people had voted via the internet three days before tomorrow’s parliamentary poll, officials said. Voters used their state-issued […]

Posted on March 6th, 2007 by admin
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So, what exactly would the web smell like?

Within the next 10 years the net will be able to deliver smells as fast as it does data, predicts a report.
The forecast came in a wide-ranging survey produced by the South Korean government to find out what consumers demand from future technologies.
It also predicted that by 2012 mobile phones batteries will […]

Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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