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List of Blocked Torrent Sites in the UK Doubles
The High Court has ruled that 53 torrent websites be prohibited by UK Internet Service Providers, in the largest mass blocking yet. The list of sites include BitSoup, IP Torrents, Isohunt, Sumotorrent, Torrentdb, Torrentfunk, Torrentz, Warez BB, and Rapid Moviez. The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is responsible for submitting 32…
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Virgin Media Customers Lose Service After Internal Error
A number of Virgin Media customers found themselves starved of internet access last weekend, as a bug crashed the ISP’s child filtering system. The Websafe service is utilised by Virgin to prevent children seeing inappropriate content, a system used by all UK ISPs. For customers, use of the service is optional, however it has been…
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Fly from New York to China in 2 Hours by 2020
Have you ever sat in your 19 floor beach-side mansion and thought to yourself: “If only I could fly to Bejing and back in one day, that would make it much easier to attend Francine’s ballet recital”? Well now for those with copious amounts of funding, it’s going to be made…
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Google Seek Investment in Virgin Galactic
It looks like Google are cracking out the their cheque book in style once again this week as they make a break for domination of outer space. Not only did they fork out a whopping $500 million a few days ago to acquire satellite maker Skybox, but now it has…
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Virgin Atlantic To Trial Google Glass On Flights
Virgin Atlantic are planning to run a six week trial, equipping their cabin crew with Google Glass to see if they can improve the level of customer service they provide to passengers. Google’s wearable tech could allow them to make passengers journeys more personalized, offering each passenger up to date…
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Rural Internet Access: Finding High-speed Connections
The author of this article Sarah Bolloum advised her daughter to do a broadband speed test when she had some speed issues on her computer. In rural communities, high-speed Internet access is not always easy to find. Even if a local provider offers service, your home might be ineligible for various reasons.…
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