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| Broadband Tax Scrapped |
| 2010-04-07 |
The broadband tax has been scrapped in the last-minute scramble to rush key legislation through before Parliament is dissolved next week.
The tax was a key part of Labour's strategy to ensure all parts of the country get super-fast broadband.
The Conservatives have always opposed the tax, preferring to allow the market more time to roll out services before government intervention.
The levy was among three taxes in the Finance Bill to be dropped.
The 10% tax increase on cider and tax relief on holiday homes were also scrapped.
The 50p-a-month broadband tax would have been applied to all households with a landline telephone. It is estimated that it would have raised about £170m a year to help fund broadband roll-out.
It was aimed at the final third of the country where experts say it would be too expensive for commercial players such as BT and Virgin Media to roll out fibre services.
But the tax proved controversial and the Conservatives had vowed to scrap it if it had become law and they had won the election. If funding is needed to roll broadband out to rural areas, the Conservatives plans to use some of the TV license fee set aside for digital switch-over. That would not be available until 2012.
The cross-party Business Innovation and Skills committee of MPs had labelled the tax unfair, because most of those who would pay it would not benefit from it.
It is likely to be reinstated if Labour is re-elected in the 6 May general election.
Andrew Ferguson, editor of broadband news website ThinkBroadband, said it made the future of fast broadband uncertain.
"Dropping of the 50p per month tax will be welcomed by those that thought it was unfair, but it throws the current plan Labour plans to have next generation broadband to 90% of homes by 2017 in disarray," he said.
Malcolm Corbett, chief executive of the Independent Networks Co-operative Association (Inca), was more pragmatic.
"The government will have to raise money by other means, perhaps by getting the private sector and the communities themselves involved. With them on board, you have a fighting chance of achieving universal access," he said.
From an IT Support Professional's point of view, it is just another tax to help fill the ever increasing whole in the Labour Budget Defecit.
Content courtesy of news.bbc.co.uk |
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| Everything Everywhere gets 4G go-ahead from Ofcom |
| 2012-08-21 |
| Telecoms regulator Ofcom has allowed Everything Everywhere, the owner of the Orange and T-Mobile networks, to use its existing bandwidth to launch fourth-generation (4G) mobile services. |
| Facebook reports loss after shareholder payouts |
| 2012-07-27 |
| Facebook has reported a $157m (£100m) loss on payments to shareholders such as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg in its first results since its eagerly anticipated stock market listing in May. |
| Nokia completes acquisition of Scalado |
| 2012-07-24 |
| FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia has completed its acquisition of imaging firm Scalado, which will see enhanced camera features come to its Windows Phone devices. |
| Microsoft snubs Motorola patent settlement offer |
| 2012-06-22 |
| SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has snubbed an offer from Motorola to settle a patents lawsuit that could halt imports
of Motorola's Android devices and Microsoft's Xbox 360 games console. |
| Sky admits it’s no longer ahead of the consumer |
| 2012-06-20 |
| Struggling to keep up with innovation
PAY TELLY SERVICE Sky has admitted that it's no longer ahead of the consumer, as the UK demand for digital
innovation surpasses expectations. |
| Apple secures a Liquidmetal exclusivity deal |
| 2012-06-20 |
| JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT Apple couldn't own more of the world than it already does, the Iphone maker today secured a further two-year exclusivity deal for Liquidmetal materials technology. |
| IBM concerned about Siri’s loose lips |
| 2012-05-24 |
| IBM is worried about Siri and will prevent iPhones from accessing the virtual assistant while connected to the company’s internal network. |
| Why Facebook won't survive the decade |
| 2012-05-24 |
| I know, I get it. To talk about Facebook, worth an estimated $100 billion with 900 million users, like its some sort of on-the-rocks basket case might seem like nonsense |
| Researchers crack the Samsung Galaxy S III |
| 2012-05-22 |
| RESEARCHERS have revealed how to crack Samsung's eagerly awaited Galaxy S III Android handset just weeks before the firm's flagship smartphone hits the shops in the UK. |
| Dell issues an apology to women |
| 2012-05-16 |
| HARDWARE FIRM Dell has taken to the echo filled Google+ social networking stage to apologise to all women for comments made by a speaker at one of its events. |
| BBC announces 'Digital Olympics' plans |
| 2012-05-16 |
| THE BRITISH BROADCASING CORPORATION (BBC) has announced its digital plans for the London 2012 Olympics, which include the launch of dedicated apps for IOS and Android. |
| Blackberry-maker's CEOs step down |
| 2012-01-23 |
| Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has said its co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in a shake-up. |
| Internet Explorer will update automatically |
| 2011-12-16 |
| REDMOND SOFTWARE FLOGGER Microsoft has promised that users of its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser will be treated to behind the scenes updates and upgrades as a reward. |
| Bill Gates will not return to Microsoft |
| 2011-12-15 |
| SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft's founder Bill Gates is quite happy with a part time role, and despite what people say he will never return triumphantly to the Microsoft helm like a King Elessar. |
| Apple recruits Siri engineers |
| 2011-12-08 |
| FRUIT THEMED Apple is recruiting engineers as it works on development of API features for its Siri voice recognition and response personal assistant robot. |
| McAfee axes 250 jo |
| 2011-12-08 |
| Move to become more efficient under Intel
SECURITY VENDOR McAfee has axed 250 of its employees as it attempts to become more efficient under Intel. |
| HTC sales drop 30 per cent in November |
| 2011-12-07 |
| TAIWANESE SMARTHONE VENDOR HTC has seen its sales fall by 30 per cent in the month of November, ending a streak of strong growth for the company. |
| Dell discontinues its Streak 7 tablet |
| 2011-12-06 |
| Dell has decided to drop the 7in Android tablet. The firm sent us the following statement that avoids saying why it has pulled the device, though we think it's likely that the 7in tablet just hasn't sold well enough in a fiercely competitive market.
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| Google goes shopping for patents |
| 2011-04-06 |
| Google has made a $900m bid for the patent portfolio of Nortel Networks, the bankrupt Canadian telecom equipment maker. |
| UK radio pushes online listening |
| 2011-04-01 |
| Many of the UK's biggest radio broadcasters have joined forces to launch a system for listening to their stations over the internet. |
| Your Server IS under threat |
| 2011-03-29 |
| We have all heard about the hell that is spyware and virus infections, however, we are seeing more and more servers being infected by botnets. |
| Bill does not use an Mac |
| 2010-10-26 |
| Bill's better half, Melinda Gates, is no fan of Apple's magical and revolutionary tablet. |
| BBC Micro makes a comeback |
| 2010-10-06 |
| In our regular series about makers, hackers and amateur technologists, BBC News meets the people giving the classic BBC Micro a new lease of life. |
| Twitter gets a re-vamp |
| 2010-09-15 |
| Twitter has undergone its first major facelift which aims to provide a rich multi-media experience for its 160 million users. |
| Google go instant! |
| 2010-09-09 |
| Results happen as you type them - it's an industry first and I am sure everyone will follow! |
| Happy Birthday Chrome |
| 2010-09-03 |
| SEARCH ENGINE OUTFIT Google has released the sixth version of its Chrome browser to coincide with its second birthday. |
| Samsung take on the iPad |
| 2010-09-03 |
| Samsung has become the latest challenger to enter the tablet computer battle, unveiling its Galaxy Tab at the IFA conference in Berlin. |
| iPhone 4, its here! |
| 2010-06-08 |
| Today at the WWDC keynote in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the newest iPhone — the iPhone 4. |
| Google Hits Trouble Down Under |
| 2010-06-07 |
| Google’s StreetView team appear to have landed the organisation in hot water with the Australian Authorities recently... |
| The Big Apple! |
| 2010-05-27 |
| Apple has pushed past arch-rival Microsoft to become the world's biggest technology company. |
| Choosing the right server |
| 2010-05-20 |
| Choosing the wrong server can be a costly mistake and not just on the machine but also downtime and lost productivity. |
| Death of the Floppy Drive |
| 2010-04-28 |
| Sony finally accepts what we all knew – The Floppy Disk is Dead
Sony has today announced that it will be ceasing production of Floppy Disk in its homeland of Japan, in March 2011 |
| Watchdog calls for Google break-up |
| 2010-04-23 |
| A California-based consumer watchdog called, er... Consumer Watchdog is calling for a Department of Justice investigation into Google. |
| mcafee get it wrong |
| 2010-04-22 |
| Anti-virus software company McAfee have today been forced to issue sincere and grovelling apologies to its customers across the globe after releasing the soon-to-be infamous “Update 5958”. This update to its virus definitions database wrongly identifies |
| Rutland village installs own high speed broadband |
| 2010-04-15 |
| Residents in a village in Rutland have clubbed together to raise £37,000 to install their own high speed broadband after getting fed up of waiting for large companies to provide the service. |
| Apple delays iPad Launch |
| 2010-04-14 |
| Apple is to delay the international release of its touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad, by one month.
It will now launch the device around the world at the end of May, and will begin accepting pre-orders on 10 May. |
| Smartphone maker Palm up for sale |
| 2010-04-14 |
| Handheld device maker Palm is in the market for a buyer, as sales of its latest smartphones fail to catch up rivals such as Apple and BlackBerry. |
| Twitter used to predict box office hits |
| 2010-04-12 |
| Micro-blogging service Twitter can be used to predict the future box-office takings of blockbuster films, according to researchers at Hewlett Packard (HP). |
| Is your email reliable |
| 2010-04-12 |
| More and mroe businesses are finding their email more andmore unreliable - read more |
| iPhone V4.0 OS |
| 2010-04-08 |
| Apple unveils new OS for the iPhone today - read more |
| For Sale - Bebo |
| 2010-04-07 |
| Bebo looks like it is going up for sale or even closed down! |
| Broadband Tax Scrapped |
| 2010-04-07 |
| The government sacrifices its £6-a-year tax on landlines in order to push the rest of the Finance Bill through parliament. |
| Your Data Is Not Secure |
| 2010-03-18 |
| Today’s technical news sites are covering a deeply unsettling story relating to hacking on a massive scale, targeting sensitive information stored on various computer systems across the globe. The focus of the attack appears to have been centred on India |
| £98 PCs target UK digital divide |
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| Low-cost computers are to be offered as part of a government scheme to encourage millions of people in the UK to get online for the first time. |
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