Networking comment and opinion on the latest developments in networking

Thirty years ago a £200 BBC device got millions into the digital age. Peter Judge asks if a £200 BBC Canvas box could get the last few online?

If mobile operators don’t start investing in their infrastructure, they will end up crippling the smartphone market, says Tom Jowitt

HP hopes to protect the earth with a vast network of sensors but the real concern should be protecting ourselves, argues Andrew Donoghue

With the right partners, HP could turn a WebOS tablet into a compelling device customisable for unified communications, says Andrew Garcia

Blocking the broadband tax might give the Conservatives a late political goal, but now there is no mechanism to pay for rural coverage, says Peter Judge

Google Buzz won’t threaten Facebook in the social networking arena because users are comfortable with the service and have created a lot of content there, says eWEEK’s Clint Boulton

Cisco is extending the benefits of Layer 2 networking between geographically separated data centres with a new OTV feature in the Nexus 7000 platform, says Cameron Sturdevant

It would be good to get 90 percent of the UK on superfast broadband by 2017, as Alistair Darling promised this week, but Peter Judge can’t see how he can afford to do it using the broadband tax

After years of work, the fast Wi-Fi standard is ratified. What impresses Andrew Garcia is the way the industry has met its promises of compatibility

The wireless security scheme WPA has been cracked in less than 60 seconds by researchers. Smart professionals will have seen this coming, and adopted a security approach that deals with the security arms race, says Larry Walsh