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PC Advisor's Broadband Report 2009

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Good, clean fun: but what is Twitter for?
November 16, 2009

Internet Ask even the most avid Twitter fan to explain the benefits of their obsession, and it will take them considerably more than 140 characters to come to no good answer.

Matt Egan | Read more...


Murdoch takes on Google
November 10, 2009

Internet & broadbandWill the internet kill newspapers, and is Google holding the pistol? Rupert Murdoch certainly seems to think so. He's mad as hell, and he's not going to take it any more.

Robert X Cringely | Read more...


Google Chrome: fast browser, slow on the uptake
November 2, 2009

internetThe launch of the Google Chrome browser a little over a year ago brought with it a mountain of hype and expectations, with some suggesting it could be as instantly disruptive and beneficial as Gmail was to the webmail market.

Juan Carlos Perez | Read more...


Happy 40th birthday, the internet
October 29, 2009

Internet & BroadbandWhy do we today celebrate today - October 29 - as the internet's 40's birthday? Because on this day in 1969, what would later became known as the internet was used for the very first time - and crashed.

David Coursey | Read more...

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Deal of the week: Free £450 laptop with mobile broadband!

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