With ambitious targets for both the speed and coverage of next-generation broadband networks, the developed countries of South-east Asia score highest in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s government broadband index (gBBi), the first-ever index to assess countries on the basis of government planning, as opposed to current broadband capability. Greece is

A survey by www.activagers.com, the leading international social network for the 40 plus generation, has shown that middle-aged people between 40 and 65 have become active Internet users. They are also keen to buy the latest gadgets like the iPad. 61% of the activagers members who responded to our survey

Knowthenet.org.uk, a new online advice site, today launches its Threat Test, an online quiz designed to assess an Internet user’s vulnerability to a variety of common online scams. Developed with the help of security experts, the Threat Test assesses a person’s ability to identify different types of Internet scams and

A NEW device for ensuring children’s safety when accessing the Internet has been launched by Atlantic Surf Ltd. CYBERminder is a smart computer system that consists of two USB keys – a ‘Supervise’ key for parental use and a ‘Protect’ age-related key for the child. Giving parents peace-of-mind it allows

Streamline.net, a leading UK provider of web hosting, has revealed two sets of new research that shows a worrying number of firms could be taking their foot off the Internet pedal.  The company’s latest ‘Small Business Bytes Survey’ of 2400 UK firms* finds that only 10 per cent of small

Broadband becoming the next utility as UK household take-up reaches 71%, but bundle savings are ignored – Broadbandchoices.co.uk comments. Michael Phillips, product director, said: “The latest Ofcom report simply confirms what we have been saying for a while – that broadband has become indispensible to UK households, but is also

Too few retailers have a solid mobile presence today; however, 41% plan to have a transactional mobile site or application in place within the next year, according to the results from a new research partnership between the Association for Interactive Media and Entertainment (AIME), the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and

India’s largest online business directory www.jimtrade.com has now crossed the milestone of more than 100,000 product reviews. Thus, the buyers can now find a large volume of product reviews at www.jimtrade.com and a direct access, free of cost, to their respective manufacturers with absolutely no inter-mediators. Key Factors: • Free

New research from Broadbandchoices.co.uk reveals 32% of broadband users plan to watch more online TV this festive season, putting them at increased risk of incurring a penalty fine for excessive downloading The fear of missing a favourite TV show at Christmas is now firmly a thing of the past. With

In advance of the Internet Watch Foundation’s Awareness Day (on 14th October 2009), Thinkbroadband.com has surveyed over 400 parents in the UK about their main concerns with children browsing the Internet. The new survey has revealed that almost a third of parents’ worry that their children will be exposed to