Computing – UK doing badly on home broadband speeds

The UK ranks a lowly 33rd in the global home internet speed rankings, according to Net Index, a new site from broadband testing group Ookla.

Computing – Ofcom report – a step towards opening BT’s infrastructure

In a step towards the opening of BT’s infrastructure to competitors, Ofcom has published a report, called Operational models for shared duct access, with a series of recommendations for BT and communications suppliers to create a workable model.

IT PRO – Miliband questions coalition IT cuts
David Miliband believes what the new coalition Government considers ‘waste’ may leave a lot to be desired.

ComputerWorldUK – Google lets users opt out of Analytics web tracking
Google has released an add on for web browsers that allows users to opt out of its Google Analytics website tracking service. Google’s blog post announcing the software claims the move is calculated to “provide even more choice and transparency for both website owners and users”.

The Daily Telegraph – BBC iPlayer coming to Apple iPad

An iPad-optimised version of BBC iPlayer will be available for the Apple device on Friday.

The Daily Telegraph – Every terrestrial TV programme to be available via BBC iPlayer

Changes announced today to the BBC iPlayer will see the catch-up TV service link through to other TV on-demand websites, as well as integrating Facebook, Twitter and MSN

Computer Weekly – Fifa World Cup supercomputer is based in Slough

Fifa has unveiled its Fifa.com supercomputer site, which will support online access to the world cup. The site, based in Slough, uses 75 supercomputers to serve more than 5.5 billion page views to fans of the 2010 World Cup. The site will offer two petabytes (2,000 gigabytes) of video streaming bandwidth which, according to Fifa.com, is twice the storage required to render the recent movie blockbuster Avatar.