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| Giant UK Snoopers Database Could be Managed Privately | 05 Jan 09 |
| The government is to propose next month that management of its huge Communications Bill database, which would contain logs of everybody's telephone calls, emails and website accesses (not the content though), be tendered out to a private company. | |
| Wireless Broadband Radiation Fears Strike Glastonbury | 05 Jan 09 |
| Residents of Glastonbury in Somerset are calling for a £35000 free wireless (Wi-Fi) Internet access project in their town to be unplugged because of fears that the electro-magnetic (EM) radiation field it outputs could be harmful. The service originally went live in May 2008, much to the annoyance of local alternative health and spiritual healing advocates (Glastonbury Why WiFi Campaign). | |
| Samuel L Jackson to Front Virgin Media 50Mbps Broadband | 05 Jan 09 |
| Virgin Media is to continue its tradition of bringing in big name celebrities to help advertise its newest products. The ISP has revealed that its 50Mbps broadband advertising campaign will be fronted once again by movie star Samuel L Jackson. | |
| PM Gordon Brown Moots Next Gen UK Broadband Support | 05 Jan 09 |
