British Computer Society honours UK IT users and industry

2006 BCS IT Professional and Information Management Awards winners announced. The British Computer Society has announced the winners of its 2006 IT industry awards. At an awards ceremony held last night in Central London, the BCS and 1,500 guests gathered to see 300 individuals and organisations competing to win awards across 33 categories. ...more

BT puts more exchanges closer to broadband readiness

BT Wholesale has cut some of the trigger-levels for ADSL-enabling local exchanges. Such exchanges will now have lower registration targets in BT's broadband-ometer scheme, which tests local demand for fast Internet access. Paul Reynolds, CEO at BT Wholesale, said: 'This is another significant step in making broadband more widely available. ...more

Broadband bonanza

BT has named nearly 100 exchanges to be broadband enabled in the Autumn. The long list is a result of BT's decision to celebrate reaching one million ADSL connections by cutting trigger levels - the number of broadband pre-registrations required before an exchange will be upgraded. A full list of the exchanges is available from ADSL Guide. ...more

OFT shuts down domain scam

The Office of Fair Trading has forced a company to stop its practise of calling businesses to warn them that someone was about to register a domain name similar to that of their business, and then offering to sell them that same domain. Swansea-based Internet Registrations Bureau Limited (IRBL) trading as Euro Web Designs, was unable to show the OFT any evidence that these third parties, which the IRBL was alleging were about to buy these names, existed. John Vickers, OFT Chairman, said: 'We will continue to crack down on advertisers who make misleading claims about their services. ...more

disgo goes corporate with Xkey USB stick

A little USB stick contains everything most mobile workers might need. The Xkey from disgo is a USB stick initially in 256MB or 512MB capacities, that has all the software on it you need to connect to your corporate Microsoft Exchange server via a secure VPN channel from any computer in the world, according to the company. disgo says it believes the product to be the first of its type and could free mobile workers from their laptops - all they need to do is stick the Xkey into a USB slot in any Net-connected computer, enter their password, and start work. ...more