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Sophie Curtis joined Techworld in November 2011, after two years working as Deputy Editor for eWeek Europe UK. She studied English Literature at Newcastle University, and gained experience in IT journalism through internships at Silicon.com and StrategyEye.

Her areas of knowledge and interest are mobile, networking, enterprise software and data centres.

She will also be working on a new project, focusing on the evolution of London's 'Tech City' and enterprise IT startups in the UK.

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EE doubles speed and capacity of its 4G network in 10 cities

The UK's largest mobile operator EE has announced that it will double the speed and capacity of its 4G network, and has set a target of reaching one million 4G customers by the end of 2013.

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Does the UK really need a technology hub?

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Small Business Research Initiative passes £100 million SME contracts

The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) has been hailed a success as it passes a milestone of £100 million of contracts awarded to small businesses from public sector departments

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Fusion-io unveils 1.6TB ioFX platform for workstations

Flash storage vendor Fusion-io has announced a 1.6 TB version of its ioFX workstation acceleration platform, intended for creative professionals.

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Flash storage driving VDI adoption, claims Pure

For years analysts have been predicting that virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) will be the “next big thing,� but the concept is still failing to set the world on fire. Many organisations, while supporting the ideas behind VDI integration, have not yet taken the final leap – primarily due to concerns about cost and performance.

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Janet education network peers with Amazon Web Services

Janet, the UK’s research and education network, has announced a peering arrangement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will allow the Janet community to use the cloud for their research and education needs.

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UK government dishes out £85m for research into new technologies

Universities are being invited to bid for £85 million of new capital funding for research into three of the “eight Great British technologies� that are expected to drive growth and help secure the UK’s high-tech future.

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Liverpool FC deploys Xirrus WiFi at Anfield Stadium

Premier League football club Liverpool FC is deploying wireless arrays from networking company Xirrus at Anfield Stadium, the home of the club since its formation in 1892.

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Prime Minister's technology advisor Rohan Silva to step down

Rohan Silva, the Prime Minister's adviser for technology and the man behind Tech City, is to step down from his post in June to pursue an entrepreneurial role, Downing Street has confirmed.

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How NFC is transforming the weekly shopping experience

Retailers have been talking about enabling consumers to pay for groceries using their mobile phones for years but, in reality, the mobile payments revolution is still some way off.

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MapR brings Hadoop support to Ubuntu

Hadoop distributor MapR Technologies has announced a new partnership with Canonical to package the MapR M3 Edition for Apache Hadoop with Ubuntu.

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Nebula launches enterprise cloud system built on OpenStack

Nebula, the start-up founded by former NASA CTO Chris Kemp, has announced the launch of its long-awaited Nebula One private cloud system, which aims to help businesses build cloud computing infrastructures securely and inexpensively.

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Indoor positioning market heats up with Apple acquisition of WifiSLAM

The news this week that Apple has acquired indoor positioning company WifiSLAM is a sign that the war over indoor mobile location services is hotting up.

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Massive broadband speed discrepancies revealed in UK's largest cities

Living in the centre of towns and cities is no guarantee of fast broadband speeds, according to a new study.

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Netflix foretells 'House of Cards' success with Cassandra big data engine

House of Cards, staring Kevin Spacey, is the first major TV show to completely bypass the usual television ecosystem of networks and cable operators and premier on the streaming service Netflix.

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Big Data distributor DataStax launches UK office

DataStax, the open source start-up which combines Apache Cassandra (the database developed by Facebook) with Hadoop (the number-crunching platform based on Google’s backend infrastructure), has opened an office in London to address the growing Big Data market in Europe.

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BCS highlights need for more women in IT

BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, is working with universities and students to highlight the need for more women in IT.

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Summly buyout is wake-up call for the UK IT industry

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Highlands and Islands gets £146m fibre broadband investment

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has signed a landmark deal with BT to bring fibre broadband to remote areas of northern Scotland.

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Cambridge boffins generate laser-like photons from solid-state chips

Quantum computing could be a step closer to reality, with the development of a new technique for generating single photons from solid-state chips.

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