Broadband in the UK What do we need to get access to the Internet nowadays? The hardest part is choosing an access provider (otherwise known as an ISP), but it certainly isn't hard to get cheap internet access any more. Once upon a time ... (more)
You might imagine that everyone is online nowadays, at some point in their waking day. Well, it just isn't true, and for those people without internet access this can be a real problem. A great many services are online-only nowadays, or a ... (more)
Internet tethering is a great bit of technology which allows you to share your phone's 3G internet connection with a desktop or laptop computer. I found myself trying this out the other night, when we had a power cut at home but still had ... (more)
Also know as Vint Cerf, and is Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. He co-designed TCP/IP and the architecture of the Internet. (more)
If you want a bigger idea of what is going on in the Internet, you could do worse than go to InternetTrafficReport.com. Slow page downloads may not be due to dodgy trojans on your PC, the quality of your ISP or even how hard it's raining ... (more)
If you've ever wondered how Microsoft Windows knows whether you have a solid Internet connection or not, it isn't magic: Windows networking is programmed to attempt connection to a TCP service. It uses the success or failure of this to report ... (more)
What mood is the Internet community in? Would you believe it, but some Dutch researchers claim to have successfully modelled the mood of the general Internet blogsphere, by analysing the words that crop up in peoples' blogs each day. There ... (more)
Superbly geeky news item on BBC1 last night, with @ruskin147 interviewing @andysc in his auto-tweeting home. @andysc = Andy Stanford-Clark @ruskin147 = Rory Cellan-Jones Stanford-Clark describes an 'Internet of Things' where millions ... (more)
Google Google is huge. It is huge on the web and it is a huge corporation. Being cash-rich it is able to research lots of new technologies and provide all sorts of 'freemium' services (give it away free of charge, but offer a paid version ... (more)
The June issue of Railway Modeller features the following advertisers with websites: GaugeMaster Tel 01903 884321. Arundel, West Sussex. Station Master Tel 01733 266959. Peterborough PE3 8BA. The Signal Box Tel 01634 826370. Rochester ... (more)