Tens of thousands of IT contractors have been hit with life-changing tax bills relating to projects they worked on over a decade ago after enrolling in remuneration schemes that saw them paid for the work they did in the form of non-taxable loans, rather than a conventional salary. These loan-based remuneration schemes were typically … Leer más
In November 2023, Broadcom completed its $69bn acquisition of VMware, in a move to build out what the company sees as a multicloud strategy. VMware has had a number of owners. It was previously owned by Dell, which took over the virtualisation company following its $67bn purchase of EMC in 2016. EMC had purchased … Leer más
Australian telco Vocus has announced it is to deploy Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) 1.6 Tbps coherent technology across its long-haul and metro links. Noting that service providers are currently trying to grapple with the dual challenge of satisfying unabating bandwidth demand and cutting energy use, Ciena said WaveLogic 6 supports the capabilities and … Leer más
If you’ve ever been perplexed by the laundry care symbols on a garment and have an iPhone, help is at hand. Below, we’ll show you how to use your iPhone to get perfectly washed clothing, every time. Many garment labels will features the washing instructions in clear language above the laundry care symbols. But if … Leer más
Microsoft has revealed over the weekend that its systems were infiltrated at the end of 2023 by Midnight Blizzard, the same Kremlin-backed hackers who compromised the SolarWinds Orion platform in the infamous Sunburst/Solorigate incident almost exactly three years previously, in what appears to have been a coordinated and targeted information-gathering exercise. In an announcement … Leer más
Each year, the number of threats – as the antivirus companies like to call them – rises. Windows is still a massive target for viruses and other malware, so it isn’t too surprising that your PC or laptop has ended up with one. Good antivirus software, including Defender which is part of Windows 10 and … Leer más
The Middle East and Asia (MEA) has recently become a hothouse for innovation in advanced communications, and in the latest example of this growing trend, Nokia and Etisalat by e& (Etisalat) have announced they have successfully completed the first trial of Cloud RAN in the MEA region, aiming to enable an enhanced 5G experience … Leer más
If you have a few Amazon Echos dotted around your home, plus other smart devices that work with Alexa, you may have put them in groups. Although they’re called Groups, they can also represent different rooms in your home such as Kitchen, Living room, and Dining room. It’s particularly useful if you have smart lights, … Leer más
To aficionados, CES has always meant days of madness, with visitors to its home at the Las Vegas Convention Centre (LVCC) surrounded by a morass of newfangled consumer electronics. In the past, these have ranged from TVs measuring hundreds of inches and displays covering whole walls, to connected kettles, fridges and other kitchen appliances, … Leer más
As it looks to keep on track with its plans to evolve its national communications network by switching off the legacy Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) in December 2025, BT’s broadband provision division Openreach has announced a further 46 new exchange locations across the UK. It covers an additional 344,931 premises, where the business … Leer más
