Street Broadband

Virgin Mobile USA announced a prepaid 3G Internet access service called Broadband2Go. Users will need to purchase the Novatel Wireless EVDO Rev modem which is available exclusively at Best Buy. The USB modem has an internal dual-band diversity antenna and options for an external antenna for better performance. In addition, it features a microSDHC slot [...]

Tata Teleservices today announced the launch of the Photon Plus – the new mobile broadband service in New Delhi. Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo bought a 26% share in Tata last year – so there’s a good possibility that Tata will be driving 3G services across India to make way for 4G upgrades from NTT [...]

Over two million searcheable pages of 19th and early 20th century newspapers have been put online by the British Library. The archive houses 49 national and regional newspapers including The Illustrated Police News which covered the Whitechapel murders. Searches are free and downloads are available on a pay-as-you-go basis.

The BBC is in talks with Google to launch an international edition of iPlayer. At present iPlayer only allows TV programs to be seen in the UK. BBC content is also available on YouTube, but in short clip format only. This step would mean BBC shows could be seen globally in their entirety on the [...]

Microsoft is planning to strip out IE from the next incarnation of Windows 7 in Europe, CNET News has learned. The inclusion of a browser in Windows – something Microsoft has done for more than a decade -was a likely violation of European antitrust law.
For computer makers that want it, Microsoft will offer a free [...]

3 claim it is. They have announced a one-month contract offering 5GB of data allowance a month for £15.
The other players in the market will allow less than 3GB for the same price and contract terms. The plan is called “Broadband 5GB 1 Month”).

Broadband service in Japan is considerably cheaper than anywhere else. So far, users on Japan’s bullet trains access the Internet by connecting their laptops via mobile phones, but connection speeds are said to be slow. Soon passengers will be able to go online via Wi-Fi, thanks to Japan Telecom launching the infrastructure. You get a [...]

Sony Ericsson launches two new 3G routers which look extremely sleek. The W30 and W35 offer quad-band EDGE, three HDSPA bands, four Ethernet ports and WiFi 802.11b/g support if you need to share connection with everyone at home. They also have a USB 2.0 port for printer server, where Ericsson throws in two extra RJ11 [...]

Sometimes trying to explain to someone what is on your screen on a phone just brings no joy. With new Skype 4.1 you can easily show exactly what you are seeing by simply skyping your contact and sharing all or part of your desktop.