Want faster broadband soon? Move to Kent, says BT

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

BT will dip its toe in the rapid waters of fibre-to-the-home broadband this year, when it’ll run optic cables to 10,000 new homes being built at Ebbsfleet in Kent.
The pilot will offer a maximum 100Mbit/s connection (not 100MB per second as The Guardian has reported) from August, BT’s Openreach division said today.
Wholesale prices will run […]

Becta advising schools on Microsoft deal | UK

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

The UK government computer agency Becta is advising schools not to sign licensing agreements with Microsoft and has complained to the Office of Fair Trading because of alleged anti-competitive practices by Microsoft.
Tags: Microsoft, Small+News, Technology, Becta, UK

Eighty million years without sex

Friday, October 12th, 2007

UK scientists led by Dr Alan Tunnacliffe of the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge,have solved the mystery of how an animal has survived for 80 million years without sex.Dr Alan Tunnacliffe, University of Cambridge said to the BBC that “There could be some benefit to millions of years without sex after […]

First paired kidney swap : UK

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

The first UK’s paired kidney swap has taken place, Roma Horrell, 57, from Cambridgeshire, and a man from Lothian, Scotland, received kidneys from each other’s partners .The operations took place on July 4 2007 at the Edinburgh royal infirmary and Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge.