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Improvements to telephone call handling to help avoid fraud
After a few years of fraudsters exploiting a loop hole in how telephone lines don't terminate a call until both parties hang up changes now in place should make this avenue of fraud less likely.
John Whittingdale MP appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The musical chairs as David Cameron fills all the posts in the Government continues with the MP for Maldon now the new boss of the DCMS.
Airport Wi-fi speeds tested – Heathrow v Helsinki
How fast is your airport wi-fi connection? We put Heathrow Terminal 3 and Helsinki Terminal 2 through the speed test and you won't like the result.
Slow broadband – it may be the neighbours using your Wi-Fi
Some research by Hyperoptic has created some interesting results, such as one third of people have tried to use their neighbours Wi-Fi and of these one in three are successful.
Samsung unwraps 802.11ad 60GHz Wi-Fi developments
We are all used to the outrageous claims on router boxes which mean when you get home you find that the faster Wi-Fi is perhaps just a fifth of the speed the box suggested, but it seems Samsung trumped everyone else now with claims of 4.6 Gbps.
It’s good to talk, but better to act
The UK being the best of the large or major countries in Europe depending on who you speak to is still something of a shock to many, and an ambition voiced by the current Culture Secretary is to compete with South Korea and Japan.
ISPA Awards 2014 Winners Announced
The time between the annual ISPA awards seems to slip by quicker each year, down in part to the time taken over the technical testing in the months running up to the award ceremony. The winners are now known in the sixteen categories.
Is Public Accounts Committee an Internet Hero?
The public has nominated them and now time for the ISPA Council to decide who gets the coveted Internet Hero and Internet Villain Awards at the 2014 ISPA Awards in July.
2014 ISPA Awards shortlists announced
With just two months to go the finalists in all sixteen categories for the 16th ISPA Awards have now been announced.
Know someone who is an Internet Hero or Internet Villain?
The 2014 ISPA Awards are a little closer and there are a few weeks left to nominate people or an organisation in the Internet Villain or Internet Hero category.