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The flagship device - the Lumia 920 - features wireless charging and a "PureView" camera which the mobile firm said offered better video and still images than rival smartphones.

Some of the tech on this Vid is pretty cool of what schools are using 

OOO cant wait for this to happen 300mbps broadband by BT this would bring us into line with other countrys

British households download about 17 gigabytes of data on average every month over their home broadband connections, suggests a report. Regulator Ofcom's study takes a high level look at the state of the UK's digital communications. The monthly data diet is equivalent to streaming 11 movies or 12 hours of BBC programmes via iPlayer.

A BBC News crowd-sourcing survey reveals the "hot spots" and "not spots" for 3G mobile phone data networks in the UK.

Good Video about how broadband is reaching the rural parts of Broadband

Superfast broadband to hit the uk by 2015

A historical look at the social effects of automation in factories and offices, which led to many job losses. The clip puts the commercial and industrial use of computers into a real life social context. It could lead to discussion of more recent developments and their social impact. For example, what effects has the internet had on retail, banking and media industries?

Governments around the world made nearly 21,000 requests for access to Google data in the first six months of this year, according to the search engine. Seems interesting but could also be a concern in privacy...

More than two-thirds of Britain has a broadband connection but many are not getting the download speeds they pay for, especially during peak times. This shows the digital divide between broadband speeds as many users are not getting the download speeds they pay for.

I have been to a talk by Prof Griffiths and he is clearly someone whose opinion is worth listening to. Check out some of his published work.