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Broadband providers like to boast about their coverage withing UK, the trust is that ofcome says quite a portion of the UK population either have no broadband at all or have very slow broadband. Its not too bad in cities but in villages, its another matter as illustrated in an article on BBC website, excerpts of the article follows. Before the excerpts, if you are shopping for broadband you can compare broadband at various websites and conduct broadband speed test and compare prices at various websites.

Cumbria is a microcosm of counties across the UK, many of which still have some “notspot” areas - defined as places that have no or below two megabits per second broadband.
Lindsey Annison has been campaigning for faster online connections for her rural community in Cumbria for over 20 years.
She is one of an estimated 15% of the UK population who cannot get speeds above 2Mbps.

The problem, a common one for rural communities, is that her village is just too far away from its local telephone exchange to offer the kind of speeds the government has pledged everyone will have by 2012.
“On a really good day I can get a 1Mbps connection but you can’t do anything with it. I can’t use Skype for example,” she said.
The fact she can achieve even this is down to help she has got from a firm which specialises in getting more broadband out of lines that are a long way from telephone exchanges.

“Outlying farms can’t get anything,” she said.
Ofcom estimates that 15% of the population cannot get broadband above 2Mbps.

In Northern Ireland nearly a third of homes can’t get 2Mbps and in Scotland over a quarter languish on slow speeds.

Cumbria has by no means been bypassed by the digital revolution. Last year the North West regional development agency spent £19m on a county-wide wireless network and running fibre to a deprived estate near Carlisle.

But, according to Ms Annison, it has been a failure.

“It hasn’t made the slightest bit of difference. I haven’t found anyone in Cumbria who is getting a connection off of that wireless network,” she said.

This is disputed by the North West Development Agency (NWDA), which was responsible for laying the network.

It said that the network had benefitted around 40,000 businesses in the area as well as enabling consumers.

“Before, only 40% of Cumbria could get half a meg of broadband but now 96% can. People can get significantly better access, up to 2Mb in some instances,” said Phil Southward of the NWDA.

A research study into the web habits of about  20,000 teenagers between age 14 to 19-year-olds across Europe found that 51% enjoy unfettered access to any and every website. The MSN research also found that 29% of the teenagers it quizzed have suffered bullying while using the web. It comes as the EU marks Safer Internet Day with pledges from 17 social sites to do more to protect younger users. “We were surprised that it’s over 50% without any parental control,” said John Mangelaars, head of Microsoft’s consumer and online divisions in Europe.

The popularity of social networking sites such as Bebo, MySpace and Facebook among youngsters has helped them become sophisticated web users, said Mr Mangelaars. “But,” he added, “they still need help and guidance on how to tackle emerging issues such as online bullying. “The findings reveal worrying gaps in their internet education,” he said. A separate survey carried out by the EU Kids Online research project at the London School of Economics found wide national differences in the way parents police net use.

British parents were the most likely, 77%, to use filtering software and to talk to their children about what they do online (87%). But, found the research, this oversight did not mean that British parents were the most worried about what their children could see online. French (88%), Portuguese (84%) and Greek (81%) parents were the most concerned about their offspring seeing inappropriate content such as violent images or pornography. Parents worried about what their children are doing online are encouraged to put a family computer downstairs, maintain an interest in what their children do online and teach children safe habits.

The European Commission marked the sixth Safer Internet Day by unveiling details of an agreement on net safety that many web firms have signed up to. Under the terms of the agreement the sites, which includes Bebo, Facebook, YouTube, Habbo Hotel and Yahoo! Europe, will take steps to proactively protect younger users. These include prominent display of a “Report Abuse” button, switching online profiles of those under 18 to private by default, making profiles of those under 18 not searchable and discouraging registrations from those too young to use a site.

Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for information society and media, said the agreement was “an important step forward towards making our children’s clicks on social networking sites safer in Europe.” In a statement she said the potential for social networking sites to flourish should only happen when children have the trust and tools to stay safe while they use such web destinations. She added: “I will closely monitor the implementation of today’s agreement and the Commission will come back to this matter in a year’s time.” Safer Internet Day has been marked across Europe since 2004 and this year includes events in more than 50 nations. Many events involve schools that aim to teach children ways of staying safe online.

The Landrush for the innovative new top level domain name .tel, trademark owners have a limited time to apply for their domain name before applications open to everyone in two weeks time.

Everyone will be able to buy a .tel domain name from 3.00 p.m. GMT on Tuesday 3rd February 2009, enabling everyone to have one secure and easy-to-manage address for life which they own and where people will be able to view from any device connected to the internet and contact them with simple ‘click to communicate’ functionality using any and all existing communications types. As no web hosting, web development or deep level of technical expertise is required, .tel domain name are a revolution in the use of domain names and internet publishing and ideal for individuals and small businesses with limited resources.

.tel domain name have gained significant interest from the mainstream media in the run-up to this significant launch date, including:

• “The Google of online phone books” Michal Lev-Ram, CNN/Fortune
• “The new domain, which stores and encrypts contact information directly into the Domain Name System, has the potential to become a phone book for the Internet.” Danielle Belopotosky, New York Times
• “Telnic’s approach is revolutionary” Jennifer L. Schenker, BusinessWeek
• “Think of .tel as a ‘live’ global white/yellow pages directory or communications hub that crucially leaves control of the contact and other information in the hands of the domain owner who can set different levels of access for different visitors.” Paul Taylor, Financial Times
• “It’s the mother of all telephone books” Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat

With over 120 ICANN-accredited registrars signed up with Telnic, levels of pre-orders (applications for .tel domain names taken by registrars to submit the instant Landrush commences) are being called ‘unprecedented’ by some in the registrar community.

Google has launched a new feature to Google search engine result for all searchers with Google accounts entitled SearchWiki. The new feature will go live on all users of Google Search while logged into their Google accounts. You can do all what you want to Google search result and tailor Google search results to best meet your needs. The feature allows you to re-order search results, remove and add links to a given search result, and annotate results within your queries. With just a  click on your system, you can move the results you like to up or down of the search or add a new site to the search result by yourself. You can also write notes attached to a particular site and remove results that you don’t feel belong. These modifications will be shown to you every time you do the same search in the future. This new feature is only available for anyone that have a Google account. If you link this new feature you have to create a Google account in other to use this new feature from Google.

Two light-colored icons next to each listing let you reorder the search results. An up arrow lets you move a result higher on the page; an X will remove the result. After you’ve moved a result higher, a down arrow shows up so you can move it back down the page. The icons turn bright green after an edit to remind you that you edited the result. A fourth icon in the shape of a text bubble lets you leave comments on any listing; anyone can see the comments you make on a separate page.

Google released a developer-oriented update to its Google chrome browser on Wednesday that fixes some crashes, bug and video playback issues.

Google Chrome is still in beta testing, and for those who have an even higher tolerance for rough-around-the-edges software, Google also offers developer versions. Google Chrome 0.3.154.3 version is the latter.

The new update is tagged by Google as containing mostly bug fixes as well as a new download behaviour - which is also an important thing to note. Security researcher “Aviv Raff” had alleged that Google Chrome was at risk from a Carpet Bombing flaw that would let downloaded files execute on a users desktop - the new Google Chrome 0.3.154.3 version update changes download behaviour. According to Google’s release notes:

Changes the download behavior for files that could execute code (exe, dll, bat, etc.). These files are now downloaded to unconfirmed_*.download files. In the browser, you’re asked if you want to accept the download. Only after you click Save is the unconfirmed_*.download file converted to the real file name. Unconfirmed downloads are deleted when Google Chrome exits.

The big thing for me though is really one bug that is fixed dealing with plugings. Google notes that in the new update of Google Chrome runs plugins at a normal priority so that they do not cause the browser to become unresponsive. That’s a huge thing. In my experience with Google Chrome thus far it is typically a plugin (often Flash) that becomes unresponsive crashing the browser. Putting the plugin at the same priority is an interesting fix - though I’m not sure how that relates to Google’s idea of sandboxing processes.

Their is also a really interesting JavaScript bug fix here too.

Change the minimum timer resolution for setTimeout() to 4 milliseconds (up from 1ms). At 1ms, some pages would spin in tight loops and consume 100% of CPU.

Intuitively I would have thought that a lower timer resolution would have meant better performance - but that’s apparently not always the case.

The 2nd level domain name of netcom.com, the .cm registry, have start accepting sunrise applications for the 2nd level .cm domain names at 10 a.m. UTC on October 15, 2008. In this phase, domain name registrations, permitted in the com.cm, net.cm and co.cm name spaces, will be open for trademark holders worldwide. (.com.cm is the Country Code Top Level Domain of the Republic of Cameroon)

The president of netcom, said, “during the past weeks, preparations have been being finalized to ensure that the highly anticipated .cm domain name launch is a success. This is a very exciting time for netcom, as we now finally have the opportunity to promote our name space to the world. With absolute delight, netcom is pleased to have the .cm domain name space launch into a new era.”

“Without the tireless work put in by our partners, this launch would not be possible. I personally wish to thank the National Agency for Information Technology and Communication (ANTIC), Instra Corporation (Registrar and Validation Agent for Sunrise Application) and Council of Country Code Administrators (CoCCA). We are also quite impressed by the public interest we have received about this forthcoming launch.” said Mr. Moustapha Saya Kaigama (The president of netcom).

Due to .cm domain name’s close resemblance to the most popular Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) name space in the world — .cm of China — significant type-in traffic can be expected. Up to today, netcom has formed a prestigious team of accredited registrars including Instra Corporation, IP Mirror, Ascio, EnCirca, CSC, Register.IT and MarcaRia.com.

.cm sunrise period will closed on October 31st, 2008. Following is the challenge period of Sunrise applications. General registration period kicks off on November 15th, 2008, providing opportunities to all audiences throughout the world.

For all netcom policies, including the registrar accreditation process, Sunrise rules, and registration regulations, please visit .netcom.cm

Netcom was founded in 2008, netcom.cm Sarl is the official registry for the Country Code Top Level Domain of the Republic of Cameroon.

Netcom is committed to providing cutting-edge IP services to Central Africa including countries such as Cameroon, Niger, Gabon, Chad, Burkina Faso and more.

Apart from Domain Name Registrations, netcom is embracing new technologies such as ENUM over WiMAX into remote African areas.

Launch Timetable
15 Oct 08 - Sunrise period opens (for those with registered trademarks to apply)

31 Oct 08 – Sunrise period closes

1 Nov 2008 - to 14 Nov 208 Sunrise challenge period

15 Nov 2008 General registrations begin on a first-come-first-served basis

.org domain name extension to become the most secure domain name on the net going by the words of (PIR). The Public Interest Registry (PIR) gTLD (generic top level domain) is perhaps best known as the non-profit registry for millions of organizations. It could also soon be known as a more secure domain space too, as .org adopts the DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions), a set of extensions used to add an additional layer of security to the Domain Name System (DNS).

The move by .org to improve security for its DNS (which usually stands for Domain Name System, or Service or Server, the service that translates domain names into IP addresses) comes at a critical time for the world’s DNS infrastructure.

Security researcher Dan Kaminsky recently exposed a critical flaw in the DNS system, for which DNSSEC may well be the best long term solution for protecting the integrity of Internet and its traffic flow.

“Efforts are going really well, this is not a product launch but an iterative rollout,” Raad said. “We’re the first gTLD to implement DNSSEC and we are breaking it out into several phases, with the first phase being friends and family. So far we have been able to talk to a number of registrars that are interested a number of whom are large hosting vendors. “

 Google have enter into the browser market earlier than anticipated with a browser called Google Chrome  a cutting edge web browser that has been created with today’s internet user in mind. Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

One box for everything
Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.

Thumbnails of your top sites
Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.

Shortcuts for your apps
Get desktop shortcuts to launch your favorite web applications.

The browser also offer several unique features including…

• Advanced tabbed browsing where each tab gets its own process, significantly reducing browser crashes
• A distinct layout that places tabs on top of the browser window instead of underneath the address bar
• A new JavaScript engine that is geared for speed
• Increased browser security through automatically updated malware and phishing lists
• A default home page that displays your most visited websites and other customizable information…
• An “incognito” mode (aka “porn mode”) that lets you browse websites in complete privacy without recording any of your activity.

In Google Chrome is in beta version, you can get anywhere on the Web with one box. The address bar that sits at the top of the normal Google Chrome window simplifies your Internet experience by doubling as a search box. You can also use it to bookmark websites and stay aware about the security of a website.

You can down a copy of  Google Chrome at Google.com and any other Google home page.

.asia registry announced the successful completion of the .Asia Sunrise and Landrush auctions. Domains receiving multiple qualified applications in the respective Sunrise and Landrush phases were allocated through an auction system. The process proved to be a vast improvement of the dispute ridden pure first-come-first-served approach, and has provided a strong foundation for growth for the .asia domain name.

The top ten auctions include the following:

discover.asia ________________ $112,111
sex.asia ____________________  $83334
buy.asia_____________________ $73000
sexshop.asia ________________ $53607

gold.asia____________________ $46602

models.asia_________________ $41009
homes.asia__________________$40000
gifts.asia____________________$38003
book.asia___________________ $34005

apartments.asia______________$31000

“We set out to implement a stable and orderly introduction of the .asia domain name into the social and technical fabric of the Internet. I believe we have accomplished our goal, says Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia Organisation. “The .asia startup phases were completed with zero disputes arising out of the process. The successful first-of-its-kind launch has also helped build a strong foundation for growth and value of .asia domain names. We already see regional events as well as small and large companies utilize the .asia domain name to reach the Asia market.

The .asia domain name was approved by ICANN on December 6^th, 2006, and the DotASIA organization is now actively promoting the .asia domain name for the 73 Asian countries.

Asia Registry is ideally positioned to provide you with instant updates on the asia news and developments.