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The Digital Economy Act anti file-sharing legislation received a boost as the Court of Appeal upheld an earlier High Court ruling that backed the DEA. British ISPs BT and TalkTalk had brought the appeal as the firm’s argued against controversial measures in the act that would force ISPs to send …
Read More »100Mbps broadband arrives from BT
Fibre-to-the-home service offers 100Mbs downstream and 15Mbps upstream for a lucky few. The new BT Infinity Option 3 consists of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) package which will, surprise surprise, be available on a limited number of exchanges. Options 1 and 2 offer speeds of up to 40Mbps. The telco is aiming to …
Read More »Using OnLive downloads around 3GB of data per hour
Estimates from a number of online sources claim that playing games via new streaming service OnLive consumes between 2GB and 3GB every hour. Tech blogs Techbeast.net and The Perils of Parallel estimate hourly usage at 2.9GB and 3GB respectively, while UK’s biggest ISP BT has a slightly lower estimate of …
Read More »Court forces BT to block download site
In what could prove to be a very significant move, the High Court has ordered internet service provider BT to block download site Newzbin2. The judge ruled that BT knowing that the site hosts copyrighted content is sufficient enough a fact for the company to have to take action. "In …
Read More »ISPs win Digital Economy Act review
Internet service provider’s BT and TalkTalk have this afternoon been told by the High Court that they have won the right to a full and official judicial review of the controversial Digital Economy Act. The pair vowed in July to challenge the legislation, which requires that those found guilty of …
Read More »YouView turns TVs into consoles
The humble TV set-top box is finally emerging as a genuine challenger to Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony. The team behind Freeview successor YouView have told MCV that the new platform – co-funded by UK broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Five plus the likes of BT – will use an …
Read More »BT seeks file-sharing stand down
Leading internet provider BT wants to temporarily halt the requirement for ISPs to hand over details of its customers accused of file-sharing copyrighted material online. The demand follows a recent data-breach at London law firm ACS:Law that saw thousands of customers’ details from a number of ISPs published online. The …
Read More »Firms press for DEA review
Major ISPs BT and TalkTalk are jointly seeking a High Court judicial review of the Digital Economy Act (formerly the Digital Economy Bill), the BBC reports. The challenge could lead to a delay to the expected October arrival of the new laws that will see PEGI become the sole arbitrator …
Read More »OnLive to hit UK in 2011
Radical new gaming operation OnLive should launch in the UK by the end of next year, following a US launch this month. The system processes games content on external servers, and streams an image feed directly through to a TV or computer, negating the need for a console or high …
Read More »OnLive to hit UK in 2011
Radical new gaming operation OnLive should launch in the UK by the end of next year, following a US launch this month. The system processes games content on external servers, and streams an image feed directly through to a TV or computer, negating the need for a console or high …
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