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Carbon nanotube radio hints at future wireless
News A radio that uses carbon nanotubes so tiny it can fit on a grain of sand has shown how the technology could be used to make more efficient electronic devices [31 Jan 2008]
Extent of government eavesdropping revealed
News The government's eavesdropping watchdog has defended the interception of individuals' communications in the fight against crime [31 Jan 2008]
Symbian confident of Nokia's support
News Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Symbian claim their relationships with Nokia remain unchanged, despite analyst suggestions to the contrary [30 Jan 2008]
EU backs ISPs over file-sharing
News The European Court of Justice has ruled that, in civil cases, ISPs should not have to be forced to reveal the personal details of alleged file-sharers [30 Jan 2008]
Juniper jumps into switches
News The company is launching it first range of enterprise Ethernet switches but doesn't intend to mount a challenge to market leader Cisco [30 Jan 2008]
Google improves mobile local search
News The search specialist has improved its UK mobile-search application to make it easier to find local businesses [30 Jan 2008]
Ofcom: Data-roaming charges 'bad for businesses'
News Ed Richards, the regulator's chief executive, has threatened operators with action over the high cost of data- and text-roaming in Europe [30 Jan 2008]
O2 announces changes to iPhone tariffs
News The mobile operator plans to restructure pricing across its network, introducing six new tariffs and free voicemail [30 Jan 2008]
Timms replaced with 'tough' new IT minister
News Baroness Shriti Vadera, a close ally of Gordon Brown, will replace Stephen Timms as competitiveness minister, with responsibility for broadband rollout and other IT issues [30 Jan 2008]
Cisco lifts the lid on female-recruitment drive 
Photos In a range of announcements at the company's annual user conference, the networking giant revealed how it's trying to attract more female workers [29 Jan 2008]
Online TV blamed for choking broadband networks
Analysis The huge increase in bandwidth-heavy online TV downloads by UK broadband users is causing rifts over who should pay for upgrades to gridlocked networks [29 Jan 2008]
Virgin hikes broadband speed for customers
News The company will give some of its customers a free upgrade from 4Mbps to 10Mbps, as it also prepares for a 50Mbps rollout [29 Jan 2008]
Cisco targets data centres with Nexus 7000
Analysis The data-centre switching product will be the centerpiece of a strategy to help companies build new and more efficient data centres [28 Jan 2008]
Vodafone 'looking into' 3G femtocells
News The company has become the latest operator to reveal it is investigating technology designed to improve 3G coverage indoors [25 Jan 2008]
Nokia wins praise for quarterly results
News Analysts have said Nokia is 'doing everything right' and is now 'as big as Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG added together' [25 Jan 2008]
BlackBerry gets IBM Lotus Connections
News The mobile social-networking tool is intended to help employees connect and build relationships with their global colleagues [24 Jan 2008]
Birmingham wants affordable broadband for all
News Councillor Les Lawrence is appealing to broadband providers to help bridge the digital divide by assisting families who struggle to afford the service [24 Jan 2008]
Next incarnation of mobile broadband takes shape
News The 'long-term evolution' of 3G mobile broadband has taken a step closer to reality, after the 3GPP industry association approved its tech specifications [24 Jan 2008]
Cisco develops own Power over Ethernet standard
News The proprietary 'enhanced Power over Ethernet' standard can power wireless access points designed for the 802.11n draft over the LAN [23 Jan 2008]
UK city to get fibre via sewers 'within two years'
News Dark fibre plus sewers equals more convenience and an increased flow of bits — up to 100Mbps to every business and residential property [23 Jan 2008]
BT launches unified comms system for SMEs
News The Communications Complete package, based on Cisco's UC500 IP phone system, is being pitched at small to medium-sized businesses [23 Jan 2008]
Cisco buys into UK femtocell firm
News Ip.access — which develops small, mobile base stations — has received an undisclosed investment from the networking giant [23 Jan 2008]
BlackBerry gets native Office doc editing
News The ability to edit Microsoft Office docs without third-party software was among the enhancements to the BlackBerry platform announced at Lotusphere 2008 [23 Jan 2008]
Cisco speeds up mobile workers' application access
News The WAAS Mobile software client could overcome the increased WAN-load problems caused by server consolidation, Cisco has claimed [22 Jan 2008]
BT denies routers still vulnerable to months-old hack
News An 'ethical hacking outfit' that exposed security flaws in BT's Home Hub routers last year claims it can hijack VoIP calls through the same hole — a claim denied by BT [22 Jan 2008]
