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Spring Online week aims to get more people using the internet

More than 2,000 internet taster events will be held this week in the lead-up to the 10th anniversary of Silver Surfers' Day

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ISPA asks for nominations for Internet Villian and Hero awards

ISP trade body opens up awards to the public for the first time

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Government pushes for super-fast broadband for most of UK by 2015

Investment by industry and Government to provide 40Mbits/sec broadband to the majority of homes and businesses within four years

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Ofcom investigates unexpectedly high broadband and phone bills

Regulator to examine if further measures are needed to protect consumers

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How to declutter a Hotmail inbox

You can remove unwanted messages and junk from Hotmail in a couple of mouse clicks. We show you how to give your inbox a good, quick spring clean

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How to send multiple Bcc emails

It is easy to add a list of Bcc contacts in Gmail. Just add the contacts to a group you have set up, select the group and add it to the Bcc field in the email

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How can I force Skype to quit?

It's not easy to make Skype’s phone application close. We explain how to force it to shut down as well as how to stop it opening at the same time as Windows

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Can I set up my email so that I can send BCC emails en masse?

There are several ways of setting this up in both Gmail and Outlook, but you will need to visit either Firefox of Microsoft's website to search for the add-ons

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Complaints about Talktalk top Ofcom's 'name and shame' list

Regulator plans to release quarterly reports highlightiing poor performance by internet service providers, landline and mobile operators

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Fujitsu fights for funding for rural fibre-optic broadband plans

Telecoms arm of Fujitsu looks for funding from Broadband Delivery UK to bring broadband services to rural areas earlier than BT proposes

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Datawind tempts buyers with £99 tablet PC and free internet access

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BT Openreach to upgrade 156 more exchanges to fibre-optic broadband

More than 1.5 million customers and businesses to get faster broadband by 2012

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