City University:2010 The FirstNew Media Election?

City University is holding a major event on new media and the forthcoming UK general election, on 2 March 2010. 

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CWU Blasts Tory Broadband Plans

The Communication Workers Union is appalled at Tory plans to break up BT and use part of the TV licence fee to fund superfast broadband.

The Tories have made comments showing they believe that adopting market based solutions can make the UK the first major European country to have internet speeds of up to 100Mbps.

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Amazon pushes Kindle self publishing globally

Amazon is expanding its Kindle self-publishing platform to allow authors and (supposed) rights holders to upload and sell e-books worldwide in English, German, and French.

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German government warns IE users

The German government consider this is so important that, in an unprecedented move has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security. This warning applies to versions 6, 7 and 8 of Internet Explorer  [ there are alternatives... see below ].

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Other stories

Chinese cyberattacks may be part of espionage campaign

News to continue drift online in 2010

Google may quit China over cyber attack on e-mail accounts

AOL to lay off more than 1,000 workers this week

China ramps up Internet regulation

EU fails to meet digital TV deadline

EU and Microsoft agree on browsers

New ways to make journalism pay

New Digital Role at Trinity Mirror

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