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Japan's first cloud-based game console to cost US$5 per month
A Japanese streaming content provider will launch the country's first cloud-based gaming console, a small modem-like device that plugs into a TV and offers subscription access to titles from US$5 per month.
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Cambridge start-up Neul gets $5m funding for white space technology
Cambridge-based wireless firm Neul has secured an additional $5 million in equity funding for its wide-area network technology dedicated to machine-to-machine (M2M) traffic.
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Ten UK cities to benefit from £114m government broadband investment
The government has earmarked £114 million from its £830 million broadband investment pot to transform ten UK cities into ?super-connected cities?.
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Panasonic launches wireless broadband service to connect its products
Panasonic launched a wireless broadband service in Japan this week that is intended to encourage customers to use its coming wave of Internet-ready appliances and services.
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China covers Beijing with Wi-Fi hotspots
Beijing aims to create more free Wi-Fi hotspots across major public areas in the city, including shopping centers and subway stations as part of a city government effort to promote greater Internet use among residents.
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KDDI accelerates smartphone shift but won't reveal iPhone plans
KDDI, Japan's second-largest mobile operator, have announced a new range of smartphones, accompanying services, and a low-cost pricing plan, but would not reveal whether it would offer Apple's new iPhone next year.
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Paul Baran, inventor of packet switching and Internet pioneer, dies aged 84
Paul Baran, whose Cold War era invention of packet switching technology helped to lay the foundation for the Internet, has died at the age of 84.
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Check Point Software: IT security admin fail to use data encryption
New research has found that 70 per cent of IT security administrators currently do not use data encryption to secure business laptops, and 87 per cent of organisations do not encrypt USB or portable media devices.
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Intel, Toshiba and Samsung aim to take NAND memory down to 10nm
Three big NAND flash competitors have formed an unlikely alliance to develop the smallest semiconductors in history, NAND flash memory made with circuitry just 10 nanometers wide.
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HP offers printing from BlackBerry mobiles
HP has added mobile printing to its enterprise services offerings, giving BlackBerry users a new way to print documents on the go.
