T-Mobile UK and Orange to merge
T-Mobile UK and Orange are to merge – becoming the UK’s biggest mobile phone firm with 28.4 million customers.
Security risk as people use same password on all websites
More than 1.7 million people are at risk of falling victim to internet fraud because they use exactly the same password every time they go online, a new report warns
Almost half of all internet users sharing content on the web
That’s almost double the number of people who uploaded self-created content in 2008. The survey also shows that 40 per cent of web users have posted messages on chat sites, …
UK.gov revives net cut-off threat for illegal downloaders
The government has today unexpectedly revived plans for laws to disconnect persistent illegal filesharers, in a move to delight the entertainment industry and anger ISPs.
Unmasked blogger Rosemary Port to sue Google for $15m
Google is to be sued for $15 million (£9 million) by an anonymous blogger who was unmasked by the internet search company.
Apple Keynote Event Scheduled for Early September?
MediaMemo reports on claims from music industry sources that Apple is planning a keynote event for the week of September 7th.
Dennis the Menace buys FriendsReunited
ITV has sold Web1.0 social networking site FriendsReunited to DC Thomson, publisher of the Beano.
VAT ‘idiocy’ will cost businesses at least £300 million
The administrative burden of repricing millions of goods, changing software and accounting systems will total £125 million when VAT returns to 17.5 per cent on January 1.