Broadband coverage 'now NI wide'

1. Broadband coverage 'now NI wide'

Northern Ireland has become the first region in Europe to have 100% access to high speed internet, according to the government.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Jan 16 2006


2. NTL ups offer for Virgin Mobile

NTL has raised its takeover offer for Virgin Mobile to £961m ($1.7bn) in an effort to break the impasse over the proposed deal.
The two companies are in talks about the improved offer after Virgin Mobile rejected NTL's original £871m bid.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Jan 16 2006


3. Law Firm Locks Down E-Mail Storage

With Microsoft Corp. Exchange mailboxes growing to criminally high levels, IT staffers at law firm Perkins Coie LLP had to overhaul their storage infrastructure to keep lawyers productive. Perkins Coie is the largest law firm in the Northwest and counts heavy hitters such as Microsoft, Adobe Systems Inc. and The Boeing Co. among its clientele.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 16 2006


4. BT hangs up on internet payphone

BT has pulled the plug in an ambitious scheme to replace 28,000 red phone boxes with all-singing, all-dancing Internet-enabled payphones. The Sunday Times reported that just 1,300 of the Marconi-built e-payphones - which offer Net access, email and text messaging, along with traditional voice services - have been installed over the last four years.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 16 2006


5. Microsoft Launches Advertising-Technology Research Center

Microsoft has brought together researchers from MSN and Microsoft Research, and tasked them with creating technology to refine the world of online advertising.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 16 2006


6. IPWireless CEO's Skype Client

Review on Skype.

For more on this:
- read full review on forbes.com, Jan 16 2006


7. FSF Explains GPL 3.0 Vision

The Free Software Foundation on Monday released a 21-page document that explains the rationale for the changes it has proposed to the GNU General Public License in the first draft discussion document of GPL 3.0.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 16 2006


8. Qualcomm, Flarion pass antitrust review

Qualcomm Inc., a supplier of wireless chips and technology licenses, said on Monday that its proposed purchase of wireless broadband technology firm Flarion Technologies passed an antitrust review and the deal was expected to close in the 'next few days'.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 16 2006