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Clink for fake BT engineer
To Worcestershire, this autumnal Monday morning, where a nasty piece of work named Hashim Ali has been locked up after fronting a chip and pin scam while dressed as a BT engineer. Ali fronted a three-strong gang that first called their mostly elderly... Opinion
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BT Tower to lose Peter Duncan's dishes
Sad news from London, where BT is in the process of taking down the 31 dish-shaped aerials from the BT Tower,before they becomeunsafe and a hazard to people on the ground. The telco received approval from its local council back in March, and has alre... Opinion
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TouchPad hunters fell retail sites Lulzsec style
Web performance firm Site Confidence has shared some insight into the impact of this week's HP TouchPad fire sale on the UK e-tail community, revealing that hordes of consumers seeking out the bargain bucket £89 gadget had the same impact as a ... Opinion
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Why Lady Gaga's driving habits should get you worried about security
What with riots in London and Manchester, fall out from the News International phone hacking scandal and the ongoing worldwide economic crisis, not to mention Google's acquisition of Motorola and HP's sudden bloodbath, we'd almost forgotten it's mean... Opinion
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Big name brands join rush for XXX adult domain names
Web hosting specialist Easyspace has todayreported that the release of .XXX domains for pre-orderinghas sparked a rush of interest from firms eager to protect their brands. The .XXX domain name extension was intended for use by the adult industry as ... Opinion
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Suffolk's appointment at Huawei sends the right message
The appointment of former government CIO John Suffolk to managethecyber security strategy at Chinese comms and networking vendor Huawei is to be applauded as another step in the right direction for the company. Huawei can't do much without coming und... Opinion
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Olympian Roger Black spotted in MicroScope office
None other thanOlympic silver medallist Roger Black dropped by to visit MicroScope.co.uk andour sister title ComputerWeekly.com today in our swanky West End digs. With a year to go before the opening ceremony for London 2012, Roger, accompanied by Ci... Opinion
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France mourns pioneering pre-Internet Minitel service
Sad news from across the Channel, where France Telecom has announced it will close down its pioneering Minitel network in 2012 after30 years of service. The Minitel network was a Videotex online service, similar to the UK's Ceefax service, and provid... Opinion
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Will net neutrality kill off innovation?
Three of Europe's largest telecoms operators met the EU the otherweek. They discussed targets to improve broadband speeds across the continent by 2020. Why is that bad news? Let Randy Fuller, director of strategic marketing officer at Tekelec, a tel... Opinion
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Daisy boss Matthew Riley to judge current crop of Apprentice nitwits
We can now reveal that thereal reason behind Daisy Group's decision to scale back its acquisition strategy has been uncovered; CEO Matthew Riley is looking to a career in showbiz. In fact, Matthew has been tapped by none other than our dear old frien... Opinion