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Year in review 2011: July
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BT planning 300Mb broadband
Super fast trials successful 4,550 reads
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BT hits at the heart of Google, sues for widepread infringement
Latest to put the boot in 3,350 reads
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Everything Everywhere 4G trial summer loving
LTE test extended until June 3,200 reads
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OnLive and BT kick-off PES 2012
Footie-sim, cloud-stylee 3,100 reads
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BT planning 300Mb broadband
Super fast trials successful 3 February 2012 10:11 GMT TweetBT has announced that it has held successful trials of “FTTP on demand” in St Agnes, Cornwall, paving the way for broadband download speeds of up to 300Mbps.
Back in 2009 BT said it would use "fibre to the cabinet", or FTTC, tech...
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BT Vision signs up Miramax for movies on demand
Pulp Fiction and more 31 January 2012 15:31 GMT TweetIt isn't just Netflix and Lovefilm racing around Hollywood trying to sign up all the movie studios (we like to imagine this is literally happening, Wacky Races stylee) - BT has got in on the act by signing up Miramax for its BT Vision platform.
The...
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Everything Everywhere 4G trial summer loving
LTE test extended until June 25 January 2012 12:20 GMT TweetOfcom recently revised its plans for dealing with the 4G spectrum, announcing its aims to bring coverage to at least 98 per cent of the population.
At the moment though, there's just a handful of people in the country with access to the LTE...
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OnLive and BT kick-off PES 2012 in the cloud
Footie-sim, cloud-stylee 24 January 2012 17:26 GMT TweetOnLive and BT are celebrating the launch of PES 2012 on the cloud-based gaming platform by offering up a whole host of prizes for fans of the football sim franchise.
The latest edition of Konami's FIFA rival costs £29.99 on OnLive but anyone...
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Year in review 2011: July
FEATURE US loses shuttle but gains Spotify 29 December 2011 10:03 GMT TweetIt was the height of Summer and shorts-clad frisbee fans were frolicking throughout the country's parks. Us tech lovers however were confined to our rooms, busy reading through all the juicy announcements that were filling the airwaves in July.
Despite...
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Pocket-lint Podcast #66 - Christmas special
The top stories of the year 22 December 2011 16:38 GMT TweetIt's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid. At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade. We also present a special edition of the Pocket-lint Podcast where the team looks at the top tech stories from 2011. Oh yes.
Rik Henderson,...
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BT hits at the heart of Google, sues for widespread infringement
Latest to put the boot in 19 December 2011 7:53 GMT TweetBritish Telecom (BT) has filed a lawsuit against Google, which states the online information giant is infringing six of BT's patents; something that spans right across Google's portfolio, including Google Search, AdSense, Google+, Google Docs,Google...
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Virgin Media TiVo boss decamps to breathe new life into BT Vision
YouView too 17 November 2011 15:40 GMT TweetAlex Green, formerly Virgin Media's executive director of commercial, TV and online, has left the company in order to take up a position at rival BT.
One of the influential figureheads behind the successful launch of Virgin Media TV powered...
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BT asked to block the The Pirate Bay
Legal action sought by the BPI 4 November 2011 14:50 GMT TweetWhen BT was ordered by a High Court Judge to block pirate website Newzbin 2 back in July we at Pocket-lint questioned whether this meant an end to the free web.
That question will be answered over time, but what is clear is that the judgement...
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Big 4 ISPs team up to protect kids online
Code of Practice published 28 October 2011 16:36 GMT TweetThe top 4 ISPs in the UK - BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media - have teamed up to publish a Code of Practice that should help parents keep their kids safe online.
The Code is the result of discussions between ISPs, Government, NGOs, and parents’...
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UK ISPs tighten grip on porn controls
As UK regulators make it easier to complain 11 October 2011 13:00 GMT TweetBT, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and Sky are set to actively manage the way users access porn on the Internet, following a campaign by Mothers’ Union.
The drive, backed by the UK Prime Minster David Cameron, will see ISP customers in the UK...
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Starbucks free Wi-Fi made more simple for UK coffee drinkers
One-click, not reward scheme 7 October 2011 15:11 GMT TweetStarbucks is to make it easier for its coffee drinking customers to use Wi-Fi in the company’s stores in the UK.
Customers with Wi-Fi enabled laptops, tablets and mobile phones now have unlimited Internet access to surf the Web and connect...
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PHOTOS: BT Tower becomes Star Wars lightsaber
UPDATED: Now with party pics 16 September 2011 1:01 GMT TweetAs much publicised (on this site, at least) the BT Tower in London became a lightsaber at 8pm tonight (actually, 45 minutes late) for one night only, and while it may not have quite looked like our (now infamous) mock-up, it was still impressive in...
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London's BT Tower to become giant lightsaber for Star Wars Blu-ray launch
Use the lifts Luke 14 September 2011 15:23 GMT TweetAlthough they came out on Monday in the UK, the Blu-ray versions of Star Wars: The Complete Saga and the individual trilogy box sets are due for release in the US on Friday; so Fox Home Entertainment has been holding events all week, culminating in...
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Sky warned to loosen grip on blockbuster movies
Competition Commission makes recommendation 19 August 2011 11:29 GMT TweetSky's "stranglehold" over the pay-TV movie industry is to be weakened following a report published by the Competition Commission.
Sky has deals with six of the top Hollywood studios for exclusivity periods on their movies, and the CC has estimated...
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