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UK broadband ranks 25th out of 66 countries
"Meeting needs for today" 1 October 2009 9:55 GMT
A survey of broadband standards in 66 countries across the world has placed the UK at number 25 - with its broadband labelled as "meeting needs for today", but not "comfortable for today" or "ready for tomorrow".

South Korea and Japan came top, with Korea promising...
Win a Linksys by Cisco Media Hub
Organise your digital media 6 May 2009 16:25 GMT
Pocket-lint has teamed up with Linksys by Cisco to give our readers the chance of winning a Linksys by Cisco NMH305 Media Hub.

Launched at CES 2009 it's designed to simplify access to, and interaction with, digital content. The Media Hub gathers, organises,...
Cisco to acquire Flip-maker Pure Digital Technologies
$600 million deal 19 March 2009 13:35 GMT
Cisco has announced it is buying Pure Digital Technologies, the US company that's the creator of the Flip Video brand of small, cheap camcorders.

"The acquisition of Pure Digital is key to Cisco's strategy to expand our momentum in the media-enabled home and...
PHOTOS: Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio
CES 2009: See the system in real life 9 January 2009 11:06 GMT
Cisco's new multi-room home audio solution, the Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio sounds pretty good, but what does it look like?

We grabbed a gallery of images from the connected device's CES debut so you can see for yourself...
Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio system debuts at CES
CES 2009: Music to any room in the house 9 January 2009 11:03 GMT
Cisco has moved into the music market with the launch of the Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio system at CES.

The company says the Wireless Home Audio system utilises DLNA and Wireless-N technology "to deliver a rich audio experience to any room in the home"....
Linksys Media Hub takes on "the cloud"
CES 2009: Why bother storing stuff online when you can do it at home? 7 January 2009 5:48 GMT
Linksys has announced some new Media Hub ranges that will allow home users, hoping to avoid using "the cloud", to save files away from their computer.

The new Media Hub will come with or without an LCD screen and in three options allowing users to use the 2...
Linksys by Cisco Powerline adapters refreshed
New space saving design 20 October 2008 16:02 GMT
Cisco has launched a "renewed" line-up of Linksys by Cisco Powerline adapters.

The devices are designed to allow consumers to extend their existing wired or wireless network throughout the home via the existing electrical wiring.

With these Powerline...
New organisation founded to fight online piracy
Media and tech companies create Arts+Labs 1 October 2008 12:27 GMT
The battle between peer-2-peer websites and the music and movie industries is hotting up.

The notorious file sharing website, Pirate Bay, is facing bans in Italy, Denmark and Sweden.

Despite a recent vote by the EU, not to adopt a three strikes...
YouGov survey on wonders of wireless
Over half us Brits are going cableless 16 July 2008 9:51 GMT
Over half of us surfing the Internet in the UK now have wireless home networking.

Linksys, which is a division of Cisco, has revealed the results of a YouGov survey about the state of wireless home networking in the UK.

It states that 59% of broadband...
Cisco LifeSize room allows you to ditch air travel
4 monitors and 3 cameras so you don't have to travel 11 February 2008 12:45 GMT
Travelling for business is so last year darling - well that's what Cisco is hoping you'll think...

The company that is famous for networking is offering business users the chance to hold that business meeting at home or in the office via its LifeSize video...
Cisco to dump Linksys branding - UPDATE: Not
All Cisco properties to come under one name 27 July 2007 9:14 GMT
Cisco is to kill off the Linksys name according to the company's CEO John Chambers.

Talking to European press, Chambers confirmed the "end of life" of the Linksys name, currently a subbrand, which has until now been used for its consumer routers and networking...
Microsoft to pay Alcatel-Lucent $1.5 billion in patent dispute
Audio patents in Windows Media Player 23 February 2007 0:00 GMT
News is starting to hit the wires that a US federal jury has found that Microsoft has infringed on audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and should pay $1.52 billion in damages according to Bloomberg.

The report said that Alcatel-Lucent had accused the world's...
Cisco and Apple agreement on iPhone trademark reached
Cuddles all round 22 February 2007 15:28 GMT
Apple will be able to use the name iPhone for its new MP3, internet browsing-enabled mobile phone when it goes on sale in the US in June and the UK later this year the company has announced.

Under the agreement, between Cisco and Apple, both companies are free...
Cisco gives Apple more time over iPhone name lawsuit
Extension granted until 21 February 16 February 2007 12:20 GMT
In the ongoing saga of the iPhone name dispute, Cisco has granted Apple another extension of negotiations, this one to last until next Wednesday, 21 February.

"Cisco is fully committed to using the extra time to reach a mutually beneficial resolution", said...
Apple and Cisco reach temporary truce over iPhone
Agree to discuss the situation a little longer 1 February 2007 16:42 GMT
Apple and Cisco seem to have come to a temporary arrangement regarding the iPhone name lawsuit.

The two companies have reportedly agreed to extend the time that Apple has to respond to the lawsuit, in the hope that they'll be able to sort out trademarks and...
Cisco sues Apple for using iPhone name
Seeks injunction to stop Apple using the name 11 January 2007 11:19 GMT
Cisco is suing Apple for using the iPhone name in the US, where the company owns the iPhone trademark.

The lawsuit was filed in a US District Court in northern California, and seeks to prevent Apple from “infringing upon and deliberately copying and using Cisco's...
Cisco buys Kiss Technologies
Cisco looking to bluster entertainment arm 22 July 2005 16:31 GMT
Cisco has strengthened its entertainment arm further with the announcement that it has bought Kiss Technologies, the company who earlier this year launched a PVR controlled by a remote control (see here).

Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay approximately...