IT giant Microsoft has released its new home PC security package, but with an unusual twist for the company – it is free. Microsoft Security Essentials, as it is called, is the successor to the Windows Live OneCare service and is freely available from the company’s website without paying a fee. All the user needs [...]
ICANN, the internet regulatory body is expected to be given more control over its own affairs and oversight on Wednesday when a meeting with US government officials goes ahead. A document is due to be signed on the matter, something the international community has been going after for quite a while. The group is responsible [...]
The UK government intends to introduce a tax on all people who own a fixed telephone line in order to fund the expansion of the country’s high speed internet infrastructure. Plans unveiled in front of the BCS Chartered Institute for IT by the Minister for Digital Britain mean that everyone who has a fixed phone [...]
You may not have heard of ‘net neutrality’ before but it is something which may well shape the future of the internet, in particular the means by which it is supported and managed. For a few years now, there has been a big debate rumbling about who should be footing the bill for the ever-increasing [...]
