BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) has produced a guideline document on the implementation of the recently enacted EU Net Neutrality rules. Adoption of the Regulation (EU) 2015/2120…
RIP: Dennis Ritchie, linguist and logician
It must be getting to that point in computing's history, as it appears that the pioneers are passing from the world. One of those was Dennis RitchieSometimes it's all to…
A brief history of the IBM PC, thirty years on.
30 years ago today, a new office automation device was officially launched by IBM at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. August 12, 1981, marked the launch of the…
503: A weekend of poor internet service
This weekend has seen a few opportunities for various organisations to do better with their internet service performance. On-line coverage of sports events isn't yet quite up to the demands…
Send your hard disk for Amazon to import data to cloud
Amazon is allowing users to ship them a hard disk with their data on it to allow it to be imported into the cloud. This overcomes the prime challenge of…
a constant c?
It all started with a discussion around the tea-table a few days ago, about the fact that a lightyear is a measurement of distance and not of time, because a…