Campaign groups and experts at Oxford University have criticised the hardline stance against abusive posters on websites like Twitter and Facebook, pointing out that other countries tackle the issue in a less "heavy-handed" fashion. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) stood by Britain's zero tolerance policy against online abuse in a statement issued earlier this month.

The Conservative MP announced the implementation of a programme that will bring internet speeds of between 80 and 100 Mbps to the UK within three years. He said: "Although we have loosely defined super-fast as greater than 24 Mbps, I have also introduced a programme for ultra-fast broadband in our cities that will offer speeds of 80-100 Mbps and more. "We will continue to develop policy to ensure that the highest speeds technology can deliver are available to the largest number of people here in the UK."

Barnes & Noble says that UK customers will have access to both the device and the 2.5m digital titles in its online store from October 2012. It has yet to confirm prices, but the cheapest version currently retails for $99 (GBP63) on the Nook website in the US. Prices for Amazon's Kindle devices start at GBP89 on Amazon's UK website.

While the magazine is still running and is "a really important part of what Vice is", it represents less than 5 per cent of the company's overall revenue. Last year the total revenue was more than $110 million and Vice is "on track in 2012 to generate significantly more", Dan'l Hewitt, general manager of AdVice, a division of Vice Media, told Journalism.co.uk.

In a statement, the online video service said it hit the one million subscriber mark in the UK and Ireland quicker than it took Twitter to reach one million global users. Netfix launched in the UK and Ireland at the start of the year, offering an unlimited film service for GBP5.99. The company plans to launch in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland by the end of 2012.

UK adults would lend their support to the controversial plan for ISPs to actively block adult websites, forcing people to opt-in to access such sites, says a survey commissioned by mobile phone website, Recombu.com, for The Telegraph. The Government is currently carrying out a consultation on the matter, which the majority of ISPs strenuously oppose. The survey, which polled 2,000 UK adults, also found that just under a quarter of people would not support the Government in such a strategy.

The Russian English language news service has been subject to a DDoS attack by a group calling themselves Antileaks in an apparent protest at their support for the renegade Australian. The group claimed responsibility for attacking the "government funded and controlled propaganda machine" which has been giving the Assange case saturation coverage.

British sons and daughters can sign up their single parents and create an online profile for them. They can then search the site for people they think would be perfect for their parent and "recommend" standout profiles to their lovelorn 'rents. Automatic emails with their kid's suggestions are sent to the parents, and who knows? A love connection could happen! The start up is still in beta and accepting requests for invitations when it goes live in September.

The television activity will follow a press campaign for its Nexus 7 tablet, which was halted after stocks for the 16GB version ran out. It is understood Google was prevented from launching another high-profile press campaign once stock levels had been replenished because Metro's cover wraps had been all bought up by Adidas during the Olympics. Google has previously run TV advertising in the US for the Nexus 7 with an execution featuring a father and a son, which used the tagline "the playground is open".

Sight & Sound has released a new HTML5 digital edition for desktop, iPad and iPhone as well as a native iOS application, which is available through Apple's Newsstand. The title has also digitised its 80-year archive, along with that of sister-title the Monthly Film Bulletin. Subscribers can access all issues published since 1932 via a GBP20 bolt-on. BFI (British Film Institute), which publishes the titles, has launched the new digital and app strategy in order to reach a wider audience and generate more revenue, according to a release.