If your provider Net Neutrality rules are in effect in the EU from 30th April 2016. This provides an open Internet within the EU, as part of the Digital Single…
Three Bottlenecks of WAN – Bandwidth, Latency and Cost
There are three bottlenecks to Wide Area Networks (WANs) that don't exist in other environments, and these are Bandwidth, Latency and Cost. (And in true three pronged problem fashion, you…
Cisco buys OpenDNS
OpenDNS has been acquired by Cisco . The innovative company that provided a managed DNS service under the guise of security becomes part of the networking giant. The OpenDNS team…
Microsoft adds Blackberry to phone stable?
AMicrosoft having recently acquired the Nokia phone stable as platforms for Windows Phone are still rumoured to be looking at adding the Blackberry platform as well. In January of Samsung…
Polymer Gel Batteries provide more flexible power sources
BBC Radio 4's Material World is a great program, presented by Quentin Cooper, full of useful information on the state of materials science (and several other things besides). But the…
Google says “Hello, Moto!” for acquisition
So Motorola Mobility is to be acquired by Google . Motorola Mobility is the mobile phone business that was finally spun out of the Motorola parent organisation in January 2011,…
Nokia suspending N9 sales in major markets
So in the latest twist in the long death of Nokia , there is news from the States and the UK that the suspension of sales of Meego phones (the…
Is this the end for Nokia?
In this Reuters report, it appears that Nokia is still on the downward spiral. The most worrying thing is that S&P has downgraded (from BBB+) to BBB- their view of…