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Tiscali offers "Music for Life"
£9.99 a month eMusic subscription service offers downloads from 42p 29 October 2009 11:36 GMT
TalkTalk's Tiscali.co.uk has joined the ranks of UK ISPs providing music services with the launch of "Music for Life", said to be a "new" music download offering available to all Tiscali users.

www.tiscali.co.uk/downloads offers access to a catalogue of over...
TalkTalk offers "Magic Desktop" software for kids
Safe computing solution for worried parents 26 October 2009 12:51 GMT
TalkTalk has announced the launch of "Magic Desktop" offered free exclusively to TalkTalk customers.

"The service allows parents to introduce young children to a computer in a child-friendly environment and encourages families to use the internet safely",...
Watching video online? Which ISP should you use
We find out who's the best in the UK 9 October 2009 4:06 GMT
With more and more "events" from football matches to concerts happening online, and the BBC's iPlayer continually gaining popularity, making sure you have a fast internet connection from your ISP at home is going to be your number one goal if you don't want to play the...
BT: Antipiracy efforts will cost £1m per day
Considerably more than losses sustained by the industry 23 September 2009 9:47 GMT
BT has warned that the file sharing efforts proposed by the government and Peter Mandelson could cost the industry £1m every day. That would increase each customer's bill by £24 per year, said John Petter, the head of the company's consumer division.

The music...
Government announces filesharing crackdown
Department for Business Innovation and Skills promises broadband cutoffs 25 August 2009 9:33 GMT
The UK government has announced tougher plans for combating illegal filesharing, in the wake of criticism over the Digital Britain report, which rights holders saw as too weak.

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills issued an explanatory statement...
Filesharing banned in Antarctica
For fear of viruses and bandwidth concerns 19 August 2009 10:15 GMT
The icy wastes of Antarctica, like Hull, are a little less free today, as employees of the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) have been banned from using any P2P filesharing programs.

There's only so much bandwidth available that goes to the South Pole,...
Hull ISP cutting off filesharing customers
Karoo working with content owners? 24 July 2009 9:28 GMT
Reports are coming through that Hull ISP Karoo is cutting off its customers if they're accused of downloading copyrighted content. It's believed to be the only ISP in the country that's taken on the approach.

For some time, content companies have pressed service...
Private company to run government database
Plans could go out to tender 31 December 2008 10:15 GMT
A private company could run the government's controversial billion pound database, the BBC reports.

The management of the database, that is to contain details of everybody in the UK's telephone calls, emails and internet use, could go out for tender, according...
iPlayer boss proposes tiered services for ISPs
Down to the provider to decide what bandwidth to offer 23 December 2008 14:51 GMT
In a wide-ranging and lengthy interview with the European Broadcasting Union, iPlayer boss Anthony Rose has suggested that the on-demand service could be offered in different tiers for internet service providers to decide which level to offer their customers, and for how...
COMMENT: False accusations fly over games downloads
Thousands of court cases predicted 31 October 2008 17:23 GMT
Games developers, software manufacturers and the music industry are all getting tougher on illegal downloads.

Microsoft wanted us all to be waving flags on 21 October - a day it declared Global Anti-Piracy Day (did you remember?) - whilst there have been months...
Mutiny over government database plans
Home Office revolt likely over "spying" plans 22 October 2008 12:41 GMT
The Home Secretary is facing a mutiny from her own staff over government plans to create a database of where UK citizens send emails, what websites they look at, who they call and even which phone they buy and when.

The "spy database" proposals gained even more...
COMMENT: Government to monitor Facebook and online games
The dawn of the Orwellian nightmare? 17 October 2008 15:18 GMT
You don’t have to look too far into the pages of Pocket-lint and practically every other news site to find increasingly common reports of plans to monitor online activity. You’d perhaps be naive to think that they are not already able to be monitored, but this is an issue...
Government plans to monitor Facebook
New laws could see social network snooping 17 October 2008 11:22 GMT
We knew of plans to monitor phone calls, emails and what websites we're all looking at, but the UK Government could take its surveillance of citizens a step further - accessing Facebook accounts.

Plans to create a massive database of phone and web traffic has...
Music fans get behind legal downloads
Warnings from ISPs working 13 October 2008 12:42 GMT
The warnings that ISPs are sending out to customers caught illegally downloading copyright material seem to be working.

In a survey conducted by Entertainment Media Research (EMR), it was found that 75% of music pirates would stop if told to by their ISP.
BT in trouble after Virgin Media sneaks to ASA
Revenge is sweet 9 October 2008 17:19 GMT
It's all getting a little tit-for-tat in the world of broadband suppliers.

In July, BT made a complaint about a Virgin Media ad campaign, which featured download times for songs and TV shows.

BT said that it was not made clear in the ads that Virgin's...
Virgin tops broadband speed chart
Beats O2 and Be 7 October 2008 10:59 GMT
With rumours that it may soon be launching a broadband package offering speeds of 50Mbps still circulating, Virgin Media has come out on top in a recent survey on services.

According to broadband.co.uk, Virgin Media offered the fastest average broadband speeds...
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...
EU votes on file sharing
No to "three strikes and you're out" policy 29 September 2008 13:13 GMT
The European Union has avoided controversy (but annoyed the French) by voting no to a policy that would have seen internet users cut for illegally downloading copyright material from the internet.

The "three strikes and you're out" policy is already being adopted...
French fight police database plans
While UK looks set to go ahead with its own database plans 19 September 2008 12:19 GMT
The UK government is coming under fire from all sides over its plans to create a massive database of details of all of our phone calls, internet activity and emails.

Meanwhile, over the Channel, the French government has had to scrap plans that would have seen...
Mobile broadband could hit ISPs
YouGov says traditional services could be impacted 18 August 2008 16:11 GMT
ISPs could face counting the pennies if the popularity of mobile broadband - using a dongle or data card on your laptop or PC - continues to rise.

According to the latest survey by YouGov Mobile Broadband could actually pose a serious threat to traditional internet...
Councils given right to spy on us
Surveillance of emails and internet records from next year 13 August 2008 10:51 GMT
From next year, "they" really are going to be watching you...

The Home Office has awarded local councils and health authorities the power to spy on emails and internet activities from next year.

This is part of a nationwide bid by the government...
Orange tops spam shame list
More rubbish in their inboxes than customers with other ISPs 11 August 2008 11:03 GMT
According to a new survey, Orange customers are suffering from spam bombardment.

The research from ClearMyMail has led to the compiling of a chart based on how much spam customers from the UK's top ISPs receive.

And Orange has come top of the list.
AOL hit by slowdown
Ad revenue only up by 2% on last year 11 August 2008 9:41 GMT
It seems AOL is having a hard time of it at the moment.

Google is rueing its investment in the company, whilst rumours are circling that parent company, Time Warner, is splitting AOL in two in order to sell it.

Now the company has admitted it, like...
Green Party condemns ISPs ploy against piracy
"Draconian measures" threaten internet access 1 August 2008 14:15 GMT
The UK Green Party has condemned a new ploy amongst ISPs to track down people illegally downloading content from the Internet.

The party says that the deal struck between six UK ISPs and the record industry body, the British Phonographic Industry, will result...
VIDEO: Megawhat News - ISPs join to fight online piracy
Today's hottest stories in a video report 25 July 2008 9:29 GMT
Want to know the latest news but don't have time to read the stories we've written?

Well why not take a peek at the top stories on video.

In the headlines: ISPs join for historic deal to fight online piracy; The MSI appears in yet another guise;...