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Boomtime for Broadband Sunday Times, March 20 2005
Number of households with broadband access to increase from 6m to 8.5m by end of 2005, as the service becomes available to 99% of the U.K. Main reason for the switch is that broadband packages are no dearer than a dial-up internet connection through your telephone line, despite being 10 times faster.
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eBay 'most popular brand' online - BBC, April 21 2005
eBay is the top brand name on the net, according to calculations by net monitoring company Envisional. "The internet is fast approaching television in terms of influence on consumer behaviour and therefore big brands cannot afford to neglect the issue of how their brand is perceived on the web," said Ben Coppin, chief of Envisional.
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AMD brings Internet to the World - Washington Post April 29 2005
AMD, known mostly as a computer chip maker, recently unveiled a pared-down personal computer that costs roughly $200 in an ambitious drive to get computers with Internet access into the hands of 50 percent of the world's population by 2015. Roughly the size of a thick, hardcover book, the computer is pre-loaded with the same Microsoft Corp. operating system that powers many handheld organizers. It includes programs for Web browsing, e-mail, instant messaging, word processing and spreadsheet calculations. It has connections to allow any standard monitor (sold separately), a printer, and either dial-up or high-speed Internet access.
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UK climbs to 14th in broadband league - Computing June 2 2005
The UK has moved from 17th to 14th in the world broadband league, thanks to strong competion. The UK now has more then 6 million subscribers, just over 10 per 100 inhabitants. Hong Kong is closing the gap on world leader South Korea with 21 high-speed lines per 100 people in comparison with Korea's 24.4. Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands, Taiwan and Switzerland all have 15 lines by 100 people.
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Backups Enabled Systems to Survive - Washington Post September 21, 2005
As the Gulf Coast cleans up after Hurricane Katrina, computer consultants, data recovery companies, and government and business officials say the area was apparently spared the worst when it comes to the condition of the computer records and backup systems. Government institutions and large companies generally had adequate backup systems in place and data-recovery contracts with firms to help rescue damaged data tapes and rebuild software systems. The best-prepared had backup files stored on computers outside the hurricane zone.
Disaster recovery has become a $6 billion share of the computer industry as companies and governments have taken to heart the lessons of lightning strikes, floods and other incidents, such as the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Unlike physical assets such as a building or inventory, lost information can be impossible to replace and can make it nearly impossible for a business to reopen. The extent of such damage will take time to assess. Those businesses that did have backup and emergency plans sometimes found that it not only protected their data, but also kept them operating throughout the hurricane and its aftermath.
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Online Ads Give Google Huge Gain in Profit - Washington Post October 21, 2005
Google Inc. yesterday reported a 700 percent increase in third-quarter profit, as a growing number of Fortune 500 companies and other firms around the world shifted their ad spending from newspapers, magazines and television to the Internet. Google's robust results and strong ad growth at its rival Yahoo Inc. illustrated that Internet advertising has come of age.
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