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Monday, February 06, 2012

Web Is Terrorist Breeding Ground, Warn MPs

The internet has become the most significant vehicle in promoting extremism, according to a report released by The Home Affairs Committee.


Saturday, February 04, 2012

Was British writer murdered in Moscow? Family of Colin Adams, 70, fear Russian police cover-up

Mr Adams' (pictured) ex-wife fears police may now be trying to protect the reputation of the Kosmos hotel, built for the 1980 Olympics and one of the largest in Moscow.


Saturday, February 04, 2012

Activist web group publishes FBI call on hacking

LONDON WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking. British police said they were investigating reports of the illegally recorded call, and the FBI said a criminal investigation was under way into the ...


Friday, February 03, 2012

Most Web sites selling statins chaotic

PORTSMOUTH, England, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Internet sites selling drugs to consumers for use in lowering cholesterol levels are widespread -- and most provide poor information, British researchers say.


Friday, February 03, 2012

VIDEO: British men trafficked into slavery

Criminal gangs with links to some British and Irish travelling families have been trafficking dozens of vulnerable British men abroad, where they are forced to work in effect as slaves.


Friday, February 03, 2012

Open EC Technologies, Inc. Announces Revenue & Technology Partnership with EMR Solutions Inc.

NORTH VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Open EC Technologies, Inc subsidiary iPlexus Solutions Inc. , is pleased to announce a strategic revenue sharing agreement with EMR Solutions Inc. based in Dayton, Ohio. Under this agreement EMR Solutions will offer the iPlexus Claims Processing and Eligibility software ...


Friday, February 03, 2012

Great British Menu has 2012 taste

The seventh series of Great British Menu, starting on BBC Two, will create a four-course meal fit for Olympians.


Thursday, February 02, 2012

British Oil Executive Fractures Skull on Fall From Airplane Stairs

TNK-BP vice president and UK native Alexander Dodds was hospitalized with a skull fracture after falling from stairs when exiting a plane at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, Life News reported.


Thursday, February 02, 2012

Assange appeal before British high court

LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange begins the final phase of his fight to avoid extradition from London to Sweden for questioning on sex crime allegations.


Thursday, February 02, 2012

Webtech Wireless Powers Wayne County Compass Web Portal

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Webtech Wireless Inc. , a leading provider of vehicle fleet location-based services and telematics technology, today announces that Wayne County, Michigan has released their ...


Wednesday, February 01, 2012

British BP boss suffers serious head injuries in plunge from plane steps after 'drinking large quantities of Beluga ...

Alexander Dodds (pictured), 54, had allegedly been drinking heavily on the privately chartered flight immediately prior to the incident at Moscow's Vnukovo-3 airport.


Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Ian Abercrombie, British actor who played Elaine's boss Mr. Pitt on 'Seinfeld,' dies at 77

LOS ANGELES - The veteran British stage and screen actor whose TV roles included Elaine's boss Mr. Pitt on "Seinfeld" has died. Ian Abercrombie was 77.


Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Twitter could block super-injunction tweets

Twitter could bar British users from reading tweets that break future celebrity super-injunctions, a senior executive from the web firm has told MPs and Lords.


Monday, January 30, 2012

British children feel 'sad' without internet connection

British children under the age 12 feel 'sad' without an internet connection, a new study has found.


Sunday, January 29, 2012

British naval hero's sword found on wreck

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A British diver says he found artifacts belonging to naval hero Lord Nelson on a Victorian-era British warship that sank off the coast of Lebanon.


Saturday, January 28, 2012

VIDEO: British films: 'Cosy, safe, unambitious'

Michael Portillo attacked the British film industry for trading on nostalgia - calling it "cosy, safe and unambitious" - and said it was pale when compared to the edgy and commercial work from Spain.


Friday, January 27, 2012

VIDEO: Hajj exhibition at the British Museum

The British Museum's Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam, opens on January 26th, the first such exhibition in the world. BBC's Arabic TV's Wissam Sayegh reports.


Friday, January 27, 2012

British boys beaten in quarters

British interest in the Australian Open boys' singles comes to an end as Kyle Edmund and Josh Ward-Hibbert are beaten in the last eight in Melbourne.


Thursday, January 26, 2012

British pair beaten in quarters

British interest in the Australian Open boys' singles comes to an end as Kyle Edmund and Josh Ward-Hibbert are beaten in the last eight in Melbourne.


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Oscar Snubs for Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton Spark British Frenzy

Stuart Kemp The actor, recently featured on THR magazine's cover, and actress were both absent from the Academy's nominations for their roles in "Shame," "Dangerous Method" and "We Need to Talk About Kevin," respectively. read more


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Internet Retailer ALM Global Sales Introduces FeelGreatVitaminsAndSupplements.com

 VICTORIA, British Columbia, Jan. 24, 2012 PRNewswire -- Canada-based e-commerce retailer of vitamins and supplements, ALM Global Sales LLC, today announced the launch of a new online store: www.FeelGreatVitaminsAndSupplements.com ...


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

AUDIO: British Chinese composition for London 2012

Two young British Chinese composers talk about a piece they have written as part of the Cultural Olympiad.


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Comvita wins British patent fight

Jan. 24 (BusinessDesk) -- Comvita, which makes manuka honey based health products, has won its bid to reinstate a British patent for a wound dressing that was declared invalid last year.


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

British man with locked-in syndrome asks high court for the right to euthanasia

LONDON - Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had a high-flying job as a corporate manager in Dubai, where he went skydiving and bridge-climbing in his free time.


Monday, January 23, 2012

Web search juror jailed in UK

A British juror has been jailed for six months for contempt of court after carrying out internet research at home while sitting at a criminal trial.


Monday, January 23, 2012

Prisoner escapes after van ambushed

A prisoner has escaped after a van taking inmates to court was ambushed, sources said. Related Stories 'Research' juror guilty of contempt British skier sets Antarctic record Web search contempt juror jailed BBC's bill for private detectives £2.4m police bill for site eviction


Monday, January 23, 2012

British skier sets Antarctic record

British skier Felicity Aston has crossed Antarctica, becoming the first woman to cross the icy continent alone. Related Stories 'Research' juror guilty of contempt Prisoner escapes after van ambushed Web search contempt juror jailed BBC's bill for private detectives £2.4m police bill for site eviction


Saturday, January 21, 2012

British couple reveals sex of child they raised as 'genderless' for 5 years

SAWSTON, England -- A British couple who raised their child as "gender neutral" in a bid to break free from stereotyping revealed Friday that their five-year-old is a boy.


Saturday, January 21, 2012

British couple reveals sex of 'genderless' child

A COUPLE who raised their child as "gender neutral" to break free from stereotyping has revealed the sex of their five-year-old.


Saturday, January 21, 2012

After 5 years, British couple reveals sex of child

SAWSTON, England -- A British couple who raised their child as "gender neutral" in a bid to break free from stereotyping revealed Friday that their five-year-old is a boy.


Saturday, January 21, 2012

British Columbia dominates TripAdvisor's top hotels

British Columbia dominates TripAdvisor's latest rankings of the best hotels in the country.


Friday, January 20, 2012

Euro British Pound - 19 01 2012 12:14 GMT

EUR USD Buy at 1.2842 SL 1.2810 TP 1.2919 USD JPY Sell at 76.77 SL 77.09 TP 76.05 GBP USD Buy at 1.5415 SL 1.5383 TP 1.5503 USD CHF Sell at 0.9406 SL 0.9438 TP 0.


Friday, January 20, 2012

British Pound Yen - 19 01 2012 12:10 GMT

EUR USD Buy at 1.2842 SL 1.2810 TP 1.2919 USD JPY Sell at 76.77 SL 77.09 TP 76.05 GBP USD Buy at 1.5415 SL 1.5383 TP 1.5503 USD CHF Sell at 0.9406 SL 0.9438 TP 0.


Friday, January 20, 2012

British Pound US Dollar - 19 01 2012 12:25 GMT

EUR USD Buy at 1.2842 SL 1.2810 TP 1.2919 USD JPY Sell at 76.77 SL 77.09 TP 76.05 GBP USD Buy at 1.5415 SL 1.5383 TP 1.5503 USD CHF Sell at 0.9406 SL 0.9438 TP 0.


Friday, January 20, 2012

British Pound US Dollar - 19 01 2012 07:37 GMT

EUR USD Buy at 1.2842 SL 1.2810 TP 1.2919 USD JPY Sell at 76.77 SL 77.09 TP 76.05 GBP USD Buy at 1.5415 SL 1.5383 TP 1.5503 USD CHF Sell at 0.9406 SL 0.9438 TP 0.


Friday, January 20, 2012

Euro British Pound - 19 01 2012 07:31 GMT

EUR USD Buy at 1.2751 SL 1.2719 TP 1.2828 USD JPY Sell at 76.72 SL 77.04 TP 76.00 GBP USD Buy at 1.5334 SL 1.5302 TP 1.5422 USD CHF Sell at 0.9484 SL 0.9516 TP 0.


Friday, January 20, 2012

British Pound Yen - 19 01 2012 07:29 GMT

EUR USD Buy at 1.2751 SL 1.2719 TP 1.2828 USD JPY Sell at 76.72 SL 77.04 TP 76.00 GBP USD Buy at 1.5334 SL 1.5302 TP 1.5422 USD CHF Sell at 0.9484 SL 0.9516 TP 0.


Friday, January 20, 2012

VIDEO: 'I want the British to apologise'

The inquiry which was aimed at discovering whether people working for the British government might have colluded in torture has been abandoned.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

British Columbia dominates TripAdvisor's ranking of top Canadian hotels

VANCOUVER - British Columbia dominates TripAdvisor's latest rankings of the best hotels in the country.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

British Pound US Dollar - 18 01 2012 12:07 GMT

EUR USD Buy at 1.2751 SL 1.2719 TP 1.2828 USD JPY Sell at 76.72 SL 77.04 TP 76.00 GBP USD Buy at 1.5334 SL 1.5302 TP 1.5422 USD CHF Sell at 0.9484 SL 0.9516 TP 0.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

Euro British Pound - 18 01 2012 12:02 GMT

EUR USD Buy at 1.2751 SL 1.2719 TP 1.2828 USD JPY Sell at 76.72 SL 77.04 TP 76.00 GBP USD Buy at 1.5334 SL 1.5302 TP 1.5422 USD CHF Sell at 0.9484 SL 0.9516 TP 0.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

British Pound Yen - 18 01 2012 12:01 GMT

EUR USD Buy at 1.2751 SL 1.2719 TP 1.2828 USD JPY Sell at 76.72 SL 77.04 TP 76.00 GBP USD Buy at 1.5334 SL 1.5302 TP 1.5422 USD CHF Sell at 0.9484 SL 0.9516 TP 0.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

British site joins anti-censorship internet black out

A British organisation is joining Wikipedia, Reddit and other US websites in blacking out its service in protest against an anti-piracy law passing through the US Congress.


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Forex - GBP USD Technical Analysis (British Pound US Dollar)

The pair GBP USD has made yesterday a pullback on the resistance at 1.54. The pair is still moving below its bearish slant (purple line). Indicators are mitigated. We continue to advise short positions as far as 1.54 is resistance. The breakout of 1.53 and 1.52 will both give a new sell signal. In case of return above 1.54, we will be neutral between this level and 1.55. The breakout of 1.


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Euro British Pound - 18 01 2012 07:20 GMT

The euro managed to produce positive results against its major counterparts as markets commenced the week trying to digest the eurozone mass downgrade by S&P.


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

British Pound Yen - 18 01 2012 07:18 GMT

The euro managed to produce positive results against its major counterparts as markets commenced the week trying to digest the eurozone mass downgrade by S&P.


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

British Pound US Dollar - 18 01 2012 07:25 GMT

The euro managed to produce positive results against its major counterparts as markets commenced the week trying to digest the eurozone mass downgrade by S&P.


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

British Pound Yen - 17 01 2012 11:53 GMT

The euro managed to produce positive results against its major counterparts as markets commenced the week trying to digest the eurozone mass downgrade by S&P.


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

British Pound US Dollar - 17 01 2012 12:01 GMT

The euro managed to produce positive results against its major counterparts as markets commenced the week trying to digest the eurozone mass downgrade by S&P.


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

British Pound US Dollar - 17 01 2012 07:24 GMT

European stock markets were quiet on Monday, as traders mulled the impact of rating downgrades for nine euro-zone nations and awaited a French debt sale. The French CAC-40 index dropped 0.


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

British Pound Yen - 17 01 2012 07:18 GMT

European stock markets were quiet on Monday, as traders mulled the impact of rating downgrades for nine euro-zone nations and awaited a French debt sale. The French CAC-40 index dropped 0.


Tuesday, January 17, 2012

It's National Non-Smoking Week - thinking of quitting?

Many helping hands are available to British Columbians who are sick of smoking


Monday, January 16, 2012

AUDIO: Lord Smith on film industry review

Lord Smith talks to BBC Radio 4 about his proposals to help capitalise on "a golden period" of UK cinema.


Monday, January 16, 2012

OneMove(TM) Corporate Update

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - OneMove Technologies Inc. , is the provider of the leading web-based real estate transaction platform in Western Canada as well as the creator of the largest and fastest ...


Monday, January 16, 2012

What does Google's piracy 'nonsense' and an extradited student have in common?

Murdoch recently called Google a 'piracy leader' over Twitter, and a British student faces extradition to the U.S. over TV-Shack. What do these events have in common?


Monday, January 16, 2012

Canal & River Trust in call for volunteers to carry out historic waterways role of lock keeper

Since the late 18th century our lowly British lock keepers have kept a watchful eye on the country's web of canals.


Saturday, January 14, 2012

Stephen Foley: Google has a fight on its hands to preserve an open and accessible web

US Outlook: Google is being a bully. On our behalf.


Saturday, January 14, 2012

Health headlines: Smartphones and stress

Compulsively checking your smartphone may not actually be that smart, British researchers warn.


Saturday, January 14, 2012

VIDEO: Why do the British love their trains?

Peter Snow, who has a model railway in his loft, explained why the British love railways and why he preferred trains to his famous swingometer.


Friday, January 13, 2012

Your Smartphone May Be Stressing You Out

THURSDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Compulsively checking your smartphone may not actually be that smart, British researchers warn.


Friday, January 13, 2012

Robertson & Wallwork lose in Malaysia

British duo Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork lose in round two of the Malaysian Open.


Friday, January 13, 2012

Assoc British Enging - Open Offer, Reorganisation and Capital Reduction

Assoc British Enging - Open Offer, Reorganisation and Capital Reduction


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Asperger's to Tourette's: British PM's "jibe" divides online community

Ridiculing a significant minority of a society can fragment and fracture a nation. While the UK spearheads equality, the prime minister's comments mocking a disability negate our positive cultural...


Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Dark Matter Mapped On Largest Scale Observed

Astronomers from the University of British Columbia and University of Edinburgh have mapped dark matter on the largest scale ever observed. The findings reveal a Universe comprised of an intricate cosmic web of dark matter and galaxies that span over a billion light years across. Researchers analyzed images of about 10 million galaxies in four different regions of the sky, and studied the ...


Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Vast Web of Dark Matter Mapped

astroengine writes "Astronomers from the University of British Columbia and University of Edinburgh have created a vast cosmic map revealing an intricate web of dark matter and galaxies spanning a distance of one billion light-years. This is the largest map of its kind and demonstrates that this large-scale web stretches across the universe in all directions. The results of this groundbreaking ...


Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Astronomers map vast web of dark matter

Astronomers have created a vast cosmic map revealing an intricate web of dark matter and galaxies spanning a distance of one billion light-years.


Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Asperger's to Tourette's: British PM's "jibe" divides online community

Ridiculing a significant minority of a society can fragment and fracture a nation. While the UK spearheads equality, the prime minister's comments mocking a disability negate our positive cultural...


Tuesday, January 10, 2012

British workers say more confidence would lead to greater career success

Recent research from Home Learning College analysed public opinion on the factors needed for personal career success in 2012.(PRWEB UK) 9 January 2012 As we enter the New Year, distance learning specialist Home Learning College has asked British adults to discuss the factors that would help them to secure a better job in 2012. Topping the list, with 31 per cent of the vote, is greater confidence ...


Monday, January 09, 2012

British Sky Broad. - Sky enters strategic partnership with zeebox

British Sky Broad. - Sky enters strategic partnership with zeebox


Sunday, January 08, 2012

Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Change Agents

The Monitor interviewed young artisans, politicians, educators, entrepreneurs and faith leaders. And they have trenchant suggestions on how to improve the world. We'll serve this smorgasbord in bite-size servings of 3 to 7 profiles per day. Today's lineup of change agents includes a British activist, a voice for justice in Pakistan , and a web guru in search of former extremists.


Saturday, January 07, 2012

On4 Communications, Inc. moves head office

VANCOUVER , Jan. 6, 2012 PRNewswire - On4 Communications, Inc. ("On4") ("the Company") (OTCQB: ONCI.PK - News) would like to announce that effective immediately the head office for the Company ...


Saturday, January 07, 2012

LoveFilm renews deal with UK's ITV

LoveFilm, the European online video streaming company acquired by Amazon.com Inc. in February, said Friday that it had renewed its deal with British broadcaster ITV.The deal will give LoveFilm members ...


Saturday, January 07, 2012

Amazon's LOVEFiLM Strikes TV Streaming Deal with BBC Worldwide

LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, has partnered with BBC Worldwide in a deal that will give its members streaming access to world-renowned content from the BBC's vast arc


Saturday, January 07, 2012

British PM to get app for key data: Paper

Britain's government says experts are considering developing a bespoke iPad app that would deliver key data straight to Prime Minister David Cameron's tablet computer.


Friday, January 06, 2012

Russell Breweries Inc. Reports Positive EBITDA Results in Q1 2012 Fiscal Results

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Russell Breweries Inc. , a producer of premium craft beer, today reported earnings before interest, taxes and amortization of $117,650 for the first quarter fiscal 2012 for the three month period ending September 30, 2011.Net sales for Q1 2012F were $1,656,235, up $64,919 ...


Friday, January 06, 2012

British Smlr Comp 2 - Issue of Equity

British Smlr Comp 2 - Issue of Equity


Thursday, January 05, 2012

Canadian Web Hosting and Green Data Center Release Joyent SmartDataCenter to Clients in Canada

Canadian Web Hosting and Green Data Centre Launch SmartDataCenter Cloud Infrastructure Platform to Meet Demands for Next Generation Cloud Operating SystemVancouver, British Columbia Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) January 04, 2012 Canadian Web Hosting (http: www.canadianwebhosting.com), a leading provider of web hosting and infrastructure services in Canada, today announced a new partnership with ...


Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Huaxing Machinery Corp. Reports the Successful Development and Sale of New Product and Appointment of CEO

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Huaxing Machinery Corp. on December 27, 2011."This is an important milestone for the Company in its drive for product diversification and revenue growth," said ...


Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Clashes as Cypriots demand British forces out

Nicosia (AFP) Jan 3, 2012 Protesters demanding that British forces withdraw from Cyprus clashed with police at a military base, leaving around a dozen people hurt, police said on Tuesday. Among the injured late Monday at the British military base of Akrotiri were demonstrators, police officers and a journalist. State television said at least three people were arrested. Around 120 people had ...


Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Cyprus protesters clash with police

Two people have been arrested after several dozen stone-throwing protesters clashed with police outside a British military base in Cyprus. Related Stories LA arson spree suspect in custody Outrage at Nigeria fuel price hike Body of Iraq war vet who killed US park ranger is found Saudi princess joins clamour for deep reform Genetic scientists unleash power of the spider web


Tuesday, January 03, 2012

British minister fears Olympic betting scandal

LONDON, England -- British Minister for Sport Hugh Robertson has spoken of concerns that London 2012 olympics could be at risk for fixing and betting scandals, BBC News reported.


Sunday, January 01, 2012

British lawmaker demoted, under investigation for attending Nazi-themed stag party

LONDON (AP) ? A British Conservative lawmaker in Britain has been fired as a parliamentary aide for attending a friend's Nazi-themed stag party.


Friday, December 30, 2011

British house prices rose 1% in 2011: Nationwide

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- The average British house price fell 0.2% in December to 163,822 pounds ($252,515), but increased by 1% over the course of 2011, U.K. mortgage lender Nationwide said Friday. "The 1% rise in house prices recorded over the past 12 months could hardly be described as a strong performance, but against a backdrop of anemic economic growth and a deteriorating labor market, U ...


Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Australia looks to British sailors facing cuts

Sydney (AFP) Dec 27, 2011 Australia's military is looking to recruit foreign troops, particularly those laid-off in Britain where the government has announced cutbacks on defence spending, a report said Tuesday. The Australian Defence Force has struggled to fill recruitment quotas and was seeking highly skilled specialists such as fighter pilots and submarine crews from overseas, The Australian ...


Wednesday, December 28, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: 'The London Merchant,' an 18th-Century British Play, to Get First North American Performance

"The London Merchant," about the downfall of a young man led astray by a prostitute, focused on the British working classes and was popular in the 1700s


Tuesday, December 27, 2011

British tabloid reporter defends Beckham story

LONDON (Reuters) - The former chief reporter on Britain's News of the World tabloid on Monday defended a story alleging David Beckham had an affair because the footballer and his wife had projected a fairy-tale marriage to the public in order to sell products.


Saturday, December 24, 2011

Netflix to start in Britain - no 'Downton Abbey'

Netflix, the Los Gatos video-streaming service so popular in the United States that it has been blamed for overwhelming the Web, may find itself boxed out of the most coveted content in Europe's $76 billion pay TV...


Friday, December 23, 2011

British soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion

London (AFP) Dec 22, 2011 A British soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Thursday when the vehicle he was travelling in was blown up in an explosion to the south of Kabul, the Ministry of Defence said. "It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a Royal Marine was killed today, Thursday 22nd December, south of Kabul in Afghanistan," a statement said. "He was fatally ...


Thursday, December 22, 2011

U.S. aids British probe of hacked climate-scientist emails

The Justice Department is helping British authorities investigate the hacking of climate scientists' emails, which caused an uproar among skeptics of global warming when they were released two years ago.


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

SOPA gets protest song from British rapper Dan Bull

The song "SOPA Cabana" makes rounds on the Internet


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Odyssey Airlines to take on British Airways with Transatlantic Routes

A British venture called Odyssey Airlines hopes to start nonstop all-business class flights from London to New York and other locations using 10 newly-ordered Bombardier CSeries passenger jets.


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Upstart British airline to use CSeries in new London-NYC route

Bankers may be languishing in popularity polls but a new airline wants their business and is prepared to challenge British Airways for it once the financial crisis is over


Tuesday, December 20, 2011

British Telecommunications the latest major company to sue Google over patents

British Telecommunications is the latest major company to sue Google over patents ? it filed a lawsuit in Delaware last week alleging that nearly every Google product and service infringes at least one of six patents, including Google Search, Android, AdSense, Gmail, Google+, Google Docs, Google Music, and Google Maps. The patents themselves are all somewhat older, with some dating back to 1998 ...


Tuesday, December 20, 2011

British Telecom Sues Google Over Android Patents

British Telecom has filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that its Android mobile operating system, Google+ social network, Google Music, and various other services infringe on six patents owned by BT. BT is seeking triple damages and an injunction against Google for what it calls willful and deliberate infringement. "BT brings this action to recover the just compensation it is owed and to ...


Monday, December 19, 2011

British Telecom Suing Google Over Mass Patent Infringement [Google]

# google UK-based communications giant British Telecom has filed a law suit alleging that almost every Google product infringes at least one of six of their patents. But should we really care? More »


Saturday, December 17, 2011

Listening to the British Rioters

A video report based on interviews with people who took part in the riots that spread across England in August reveals that anger at the police was a significant factor for many.


Saturday, December 17, 2011

UK blocked Iran news agency's website

Britain has hijacked the website of Iran's International Women and Family News Agency over its coverage of the developments around the British embassy incident in Tehran.


Saturday, December 17, 2011

The Lede Blog: Listening to the British Rioters

A video report based on interviews with people who took part in the riots that spread across England in August reveals that anger at the police was a significant factor for many.


Saturday, December 17, 2011

AUDIO: How to classify a British film

To cut or not to cut? That is what the British Board of Film Classification, which celebrates 100 years, must decide.


Saturday, December 17, 2011

VIDEO: British writer Christopher Hitchens dies

The controversial British author and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died at a hospital in Houston, Texas.


Friday, December 16, 2011

British Cities Suggest Themed Trips

Bath, Carlisle, Chester, Oxford, Stratford and York offer themed itineraries on the British Heritage Cities Web site.


Thursday, December 15, 2011

Foster Wheeler Awarded Prestigious Sword Of Honour By The British Safety Council

Foster Wheeler AG announced today that its Reading, UK, operation, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has won the British Safety Council's highly coveted Sword of Honour in 2011


Thursday, December 15, 2011

British student admits hacking into Facebook

Glenn Steven Mangham has pleaded guilty of hacking into Facebook. He faces five charges for repeatedly trying to penetrate the defenses of the social network and will be sentenced in February.


Thursday, December 15, 2011

British pair out of World Champs

British pair Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson pull out of the World Championships due to injury.


Thursday, December 15, 2011

British police put 'most wanted' riot suspects on web

LONDON (AFP) - British police put more than 200 images of the 'most wanted' suspects from August's riots on photo-sharing website Flickr on Wednesday as they stepped up their campaign to catch offenders.


Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Canadian Web Hosting Launches Cloud Shared Hosting Solution in Canada

Leading Canadian Web Hosting Provider Expands Their CACloud Services and Announces Launch of All Canadian Cloud Shared Hosting PlansVancouver, British Columbia (PRWEB) December 14, 2011 Canadian Web Hosting, the leading provider of web hosting and infrastructure services in Canada, today announced the extension of its CACloud services by launching a Linux-based Cloud Shared Hosting environment ...


Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Career Positivity of British Workers Reduced by Half Over Past Year

For the third year running, distance learning specialist Home Learning College has surveyed British adults to find out how they feel about their career prospects over the coming year, finding a significant decline since 2010.(PRWEB UK) 13 December 2011 Ongoing global economic woes mean that British workers are entering the New Year with significantly less optimism than at the end of 2010 ...


Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Tealeaf: British ebookers Turning to Mobile as Part of Holiday Booking Process

LONDON--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- 17% of British consumers with a mobile device have researched a holiday on a mobile app or website in the last 12 months 36% of Brits online have used two or more channels when ...


Monday, December 12, 2011

British woman hits it big twice at All Slots Casino

KAHNAWAKE, Quebec -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- All Slots Casino congratulates Sharon S. from the UK, who received a special bonus and went on to hit a lucky streak that spanned two of the casino's platforms.


Sunday, December 11, 2011

British soldier killed by Afghanistan IED blast

London (AFP) Dec 8, 2011 A soldier died in a British hospital Thursday after being fatally wounded by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence announced. The soldier's death brought to 391 the number of British troops killed since operations in Afghanistan began in October 2001. Of these, at least 347 were killed in combat. He is the 43rd to die this year ...


Saturday, December 10, 2011

British warship's Christmas video a smash hit

The crew of a British warship have created a viral smash hit by miming to t ... Chinese web users have flooded a wildlife park with pleas for an amorous ma ...


Friday, December 09, 2011

British soldier dies of injuries

A British soldier has died in hospital in Birmingham from injuries sustained in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence says.


Thursday, December 08, 2011

Iran Blocks American 'Virtual Embassy'

A day after the State Department unveiled its "virtual embassy" in Iran, the Web site was blocked by the Iranian authorities on Wednesday.


Thursday, December 08, 2011

London Drugs' New Photolab Web Launch Integrates Social Media

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Editors Note: There are 5 photos and 1 video associated with this Press Release.London Drugs has launched a new Photolab Web site that allows you to login and access images ...


Thursday, December 08, 2011

The Lede Blog: Iran Blocks American 'Virtual Embassy'

A day after the State Department unveiled its "virtual embassy" in Iran, the Web site was blocked by the Iranian authorities on Wednesday. Presented By: Chicago Booth Business Forecast ChicagoBooth.edu bfeo Ads by Pheedo


Wednesday, December 07, 2011

The Lede Blog: British TV Crew Reports From Homs, a Syrian City Under Siege

One television crew working for Britain's Sky News managed to report secretly from the Syrian city of Homs last week.


Monday, December 05, 2011

Confessions of Attackers on the British Embassy in Tehran: We Were Used

With the passage of five days since the attack on the British embassy compounds in Tehran, which has so far met with silence from the leader and the president of the Islamic Republic, a senior cleric condemned the attack, amid the strong condemnations that have been made by the British and other governments. Newspapers in Iran too are now commenting on the event as have some of the attackers on ...


Saturday, December 03, 2011

Go Online, Beat a Puzzle and Become a British Spy

LONDON -- Psst! Wanna be a spy?


Saturday, December 03, 2011

Autonomy Named ´Supplier of the Year´ at the British Legal Awards 2011

CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, December 2, 2011 PRNewswire - Recognized for its Contribution as Software Supplier to the Legal Industry Autonomy Corporation, an HP Company, today announced that it has been awarded the title of ...


Saturday, December 03, 2011

British newspaper on SHINee and K-pop's popularity

SHINee performing in London (Photos courtesy of SM Town Facebook page) MANILA, Philippines -- Last month, K-pop boy band SHINee held an opening gala concert in London to celebrate the opening of the 6th London Korean Film Festival. British and Korean expat fans in England trooped to the Odeon West End Theater to see the boy band.  With all the screaming and fan-girling moments, British newspaper ...


Thursday, December 01, 2011

AUDIO: British Museum acquires Picasso etchings

The most important series of etchings done by Picasso during his long career has been acquired by the British Museum thanks to a £1m donation from a city fund manager.


Wednesday, November 30, 2011

British Library puts 300 years of history online

First fruits of a project expected to finish by 2020 to digitize 650 million articles


Wednesday, November 30, 2011

65 million newspaper articles from 300 years put online

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

AUDIO: Russell 'changed British cinema'

Glenda Jackson told Radio 5 live that Ken Russell had a huge impact on British cinema.


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Mobile Web Apps Get A Dedicated Icon

Mobile Web apps are starting to make a dent in the developer sphere and are beginning to find space on consumers' smartphones and tablets. Two British companies believe that Web apps need an icon unto itself to differentiate from native apps and have created differentiator for consumers to know when they are using an app designed for the mobile Web. Sponsor Niche British application store ...


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

UK government reneges on censorship-free web promise; Plans to ban 'cyber-criminals' from the web

While the UK government maintains its stance that the British web should remain open and uncensored, measures are to be introduced to ban cyber-criminals from the web.


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Alexa Chung, Mary Katrantzou, Katie Hillier Tweet About Tonight's British Fashion Awards!

Grazia's Editors are in a flurry of preparations for tonight's British Fashion Awards, we already know Victoria Beckham is on British soil...


Monday, November 28, 2011

Skype 'Impatient' With Mobile Operators Pushes for U.K. Access

Microsoft Corp.'s Skype Technologies SA unit will step up negotiations with British mobile-phone operators that keep Internet-based calls off their networks after the country's regulator indicated it may intervene.


Sunday, November 27, 2011

GCHQ to offer British firms expertise in cybercrime

? Government plans are part of cyber security strategy ? Barclays and BT among 15 blue-chip firms to share information ? Substantial sums could be paid for GCHQ in-house software Some of the secret technologies created at the government's eavesdropping centre GCHQ are to be offered to private industry as part of cyber security strategy unveiled by ministers on Friday. The plans could lead to the ...


Friday, November 25, 2011

British actress Sienna Miller tells of hacking paranoia

Actress Sienna Miller said on Thursday she had been placed under a "web of surveillance" by a tabloid newspaper which listened into her messages and read emails, prompting her to accuse family and friends of leaking stories to the press.


Friday, November 25, 2011

British Smaller Co's - NSM Release of Half Yearly Report

British Smaller Co's - NSM Release of Half Yearly Report


Friday, November 25, 2011

British sanctions are 'unprofessional': Iran central bank

Tehran Nov 23, 2011 Britain's decision to cut off all financial links with Iran as part of new Western sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme is "utterly unprofessional," the head of Iran's central bank was quoted as saying by state television Wednesday. "The British move is a political, utterly unprofessional one," Mahmoud Bahmani said, according to the website of Iranian state television ...


Thursday, November 24, 2011

VIDEO: British Gas boss apologises over tariffs

Managing Director of British Gas, Phil Bentley, has admitted that energy firms do not make it easy for customers.


Thursday, November 24, 2011

OneMove(TM) Announces Fiscal 2012 First Quarter Results

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - OneMove Technologies Inc. , the provider of the leading web-based real estate transaction platform and the creator of the largest and fastest growing online community of ...


Thursday, November 24, 2011

Gibb: I'm on the road to recovery

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- British singer-songwriter Robin Gibb said on his Web site Wednesday he is "on the road to recovery" after a recent hospitalization.


Thursday, November 24, 2011

Could iTunes Be Used To Spy On You?

British firm Gamma International was found hawking spyware to foreign intelligence services that installed onto users' computers via an iTunes security hole. The breach has been fixed, but documents indicate that the exploit was used to snoop on the email, Skype, and social media activities of users worldwide. Democracy and free speech activists worldwide have something new to worry about ...


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Crane group completes purchase of Astros

The group headed by Jim Crane completed its purchase of the Houston Astros from Drayton McLane on Tuesday.


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

British Internet engineering talent is emerging from the back room

"We hear plenty about the huge valuations being placed on phenomenal US companies like Linked-In, Facebook and Twitter, but there is just as much happening here in the UK, although we don't shout as loudly," said Mr Rushton.


Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Opposition Meeting With British Highlights Syrias Isolation

Opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's regime gained further support as a violent crackdown continued in Syria and gunmen attacked a bus full of Turkish pilgrims.


Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Opposition Meeting With British Highlights Syria's Isolation

ISTANBUL -- Syria's political opposition widened its outreach on Monday, sending representatives to Britain as the Syrian government withstood signs of further isolation over an uprising that is increasingly resembling a prolonged armed struggle to oust President Bashar al-Assad.


Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Syrian Opposition Meets With British Officials

Opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's regime gained further support as a violent crackdown continued in Syria and gunmen attacked a bus full of Turkish pilgrims.


Monday, November 21, 2011

WATCH: British Soccer Team Shaves QR Codes Into Their Heads

I'll bet that this is just another diversion that has been dreamed up by Jerry Sandusky. TxTImpact has Mobile QR codes or 2D code are codes in the same way as ordinary barcodes are, but their matrix structure can hold more information.


Sunday, November 20, 2011

MegaMeeting.com Helps Sheet Metal Workers -- Local 276 Increase Committee Participation

For The Sheet Metal Workers -- Local 276, the recent implementation of MegaMeeting.com's web-based video conferencing services has proven to be more than a convenience; it has helped increase the number of members willing to participate in committee.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 18, 2011 As members of The Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, Sheet Metal Workers -- Local 276 is ...


Saturday, November 19, 2011

Two dead British soldiers named

A soldier from Rhymney in Caerphilly is named as one of two British soldiers killed when their armoured vehicle struck a makeshift bomb in Afghanistan.


Saturday, November 19, 2011

British woman tries historic Antarctic crossing

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ? Reaching the end of the Earth has become almost routine these days: One hundred years after Norway's Roald Amundsen beat Britain's R.F. Scott to the South Pole, more than 30 teams are trying for it this year. Some will kite-sail over the vast Antarctic ice and snow. Others will drive in from the coast. A wealthy handful will be dropped off at one-degree north latitude ...


Saturday, November 19, 2011

Turkish team looks to sign Deng

One day after the Tribune reported Luol Deng's interest in playing in Europe is intensifying, a British web site reported Besiktas in Turkey is a strong candidate to sign Deng.


Friday, November 18, 2011

British body bans Dakota Fanning fashion ad

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Advertising Standards Authority has banned a magazine advertisement for a fragrance featuring teenage actress Dakota Fanning because it "could be seen to sexualize a child.


Thursday, November 17, 2011

'Web Therapy': Lisa Kudrow talks upcoming guest spots (Rosie! Conan!), today's season 4 premiere. Plus, EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

The stories behind how Lisa Kudrow and her team at Web Therapy, which kicks off its fourth season today, scored


Wednesday, November 16, 2011

One Man, Two Guvnors, the British Hit Comedy, Will Play Broadway in Spring 2012

National Theatre of Great Britain's critically acclaimed production of Richard Bean's raucous One Man, Two Guvnors, based on Carlo Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters, will open at Broadway's Music Box Theatre on April 18, 2012, producer Bob Boyett announced. Previews will begin April 6.


Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Huawei Accused of Racial Discrimination by Former British Employee

Huawei is being accused of racial discrimination in the UK after it allegedly sacked nearly 50 local staff and replaced them with Chinese employees.


Wednesday, November 16, 2011

British Heart Foundation Response To New Cholesterol Drug - Evacetrapib

High LDL, or bad cholesterol levels increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, especially in those with high LDL levels and low levels of HDL (good cholesterol). At the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011 researchers presented preliminary findings on the efficacy of evacetrapib on cholesterol levels in 398 patients with high LDL levels and low HDL levels, which ...


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

VIDEO: British woman's Gaza experience

Reya El-Salahi from Oxford is invited into a home in Gaza, where a mother tells her she wants peace but her son wants to grow up to be a fighter.


Monday, November 14, 2011

Hacking row 'harms trust in media'

The phone-hacking scandal has "corroded" trust in the media and only 38% of people believe what they read in newspapers, a study has revealed.


Monday, November 14, 2011

VIDEO: Royal British Legion still vital

As the Royal British Legion marks its 90th anniversary, the action in Iraq and Afghanistan means its work for servicemen and women and their families is as important as ever.


Sunday, November 13, 2011

Germany to lose British troops

The UK Ministry of Defence will withdraw 1,800 military personnel from Germany in January.


Saturday, November 12, 2011

British author sues Amazon over user review

In England, Amazon and a reader-reviewer have been named as defendants in a libel lawsuit.


Saturday, November 12, 2011

British Legion helped Blackburn firm

THE Royal British Legion isn't just about helping wounded soldiers and their families says a Blackburn businessman, who began his firm with a £5,000 loan from the association.


Saturday, November 12, 2011

XL Recordings opening up stateside web store

Fans of the ultracool British imprint XL Recordings , rejoice! The chic imprint is finally offering a stateside web store , opening its metaphorical doors to provide devout XL collectors with nothing but the best in special-edition vinyl. Just a quick skim through its award-winning artists should give you an idea what to expect ? The Horrors, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, and ? of course ? the biggest ...


Saturday, November 12, 2011

British Airways cargo service lands in Atlanta

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed stood in front of the roaring engines of a British Airways World Cargo Boeing 747-8F Thursday night, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and declared that the ties between his city and the United Kingdom were getting a little stronger.


Friday, November 11, 2011

British Firm GlaxoSmithKline to Pay U.S. $3 Billion Due to Sales Practices

Certainly, one contribution to solving the federal debt crisis would be to reduce fraud, abuse and waste in government. During the past ten years, drug companies based both at home and abroad have been stringently scrutinized by the U.S. government for any possibility of defrauding the Medicare Medicaid systems run by the Social Security Administration. Consumers may recall that Pfizer, one of ...


Friday, November 11, 2011

SDL raises Alterian bid, prompting talks

LONDON (Reuters) - British translation software firm SDL (SDL.L: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) has raised the price it is willing to pay for Alterian (ALN.L: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock ...


Friday, November 11, 2011

UPDATE 1-SDL raises Alterian bid, prompting talks

LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - British translation software firmSDL has raised the price it is willing to pay forAlterian , paving the way for the smaller softwarecompany to enter talks.Alterian said in a ...


Thursday, November 10, 2011

George Orwell's hot and cold British menu

Orwell's food writing often depicted the grimmer side of English cuisine, but he penned loving essays on the joys of saffron buns, marrow jam and cottage loaves. Does the food of the 1940s deserve a resurgence? Today marks the launch of this year's Orwell Prize , an award celebrating books, journalism and blogs that achieve George Orwell's ambition "to make political writing into an art". Orwell ...


Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Best of British

Book business class return on British Airways from now till October 25 and get a one-way upgrade to first class.


Wednesday, November 09, 2011

CFIA Health Hazard Alert: Certain raw Mussels Harvested in British Columbia May Contain Paralytic Shellfish Toxin

OTTAWA, ONTARIO-- - Audio clips available at www.inspection.gc.ca english corpaffr relations indexaude.shtml .The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to serve or consume the raw mussels ...


Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Strangeloop Networks Announces $10 Million in Series B Funding

VANCOUVER, British Columbia & BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Strangeloop, a leading provider of web content optimization (WCO) solutions, today announced the infusion of $10 million in Series B funding from a private investment group.


Monday, November 07, 2011

A Modern British Tea at One Aldwych

The Lobby Bar at One Aldwych Hotel London is celebrating the quintessential British afternoon tea this autumn with a fresh take on the much-loved experience.(PRWEB UK) 7 November 2011 As with every menu produced by Tony Fleming, the hotel's executive chef, his Modern British Afternoon Tea celebrates the finest, freshest ingredients. Tony has looked to classic dishes -- both sweet and savoury ...


Friday, November 04, 2011

Found alive and well and living Sydney, the British tattooist who 'died' in 2005

A British man who allegedly faked his own death to claim a £1m life insurance payout has been arrested in Sydney, where he was reportedly living off chicken and chips and running a tattoo parlour.


Friday, November 04, 2011

CBM Asia Announces Conference Call & Live Web Cast

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - CBM Asia Development Corp. announces that management will host a conference call and live webcast for analysts and investors on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. ...


Friday, November 04, 2011

British Library defends flogging of orphaned artwork

MPs told of collateral damage to photographers MPs heard a spirited debate about digital rights this week -- including the digital rights you might or might not have as an amateur creator....


Thursday, November 03, 2011

How the British media exposed the web of corruption created by Butt, Asif and Aamer...

It was the scandal that rocked cricket, the sport's darkest day on British soil.


Wednesday, November 02, 2011

The Web's Most Popular Game Makers

In an effort to recognize developers and their influence on the gaming community, search indexing company PeekYou has taken a look at the fifty biggest names in gaming and assigned each a PeekScore. According to PeekYou, a PeekScore "takes into account your known presence and activity on the Int...


Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Warp Films get BIFA nominations

A Sheffield film company has had 18 nominations at the British Independent Film Awards


Wednesday, November 02, 2011

AUDIO: ARM: British success story

The computer chip designer ARM is a global leader in its field. Its products are found in almost all mobile phones and handheld computers. Business editor Robert Peston has visited the company, where he spoke to its boss, Warren East.


Wednesday, November 02, 2011

British aide accuses China, Russia over cyber attacks

London (AFP) Oct 31, 2011 A British government advisor accused China and Russia on Monday of being behind cyber attacks on other states, ahead of a major London conference designed to agree some global rules on cyberspace. Pauline Neville-Jones, Prime Minister David Cameron's special representative to business on cyber security, told BBC radio there was a real threat posed by people trying to ...


Tuesday, November 01, 2011

British Public to Present Handwritten Bible to Queen

A web-based project allowing the British public tohandwrite the Bible from Genesis to Revelations for the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible will reach Oxford Monday, days before the completed version will be presented to Queen Elizabeth II.


Sunday, October 30, 2011

8.7 million Brits have never used the Internet, help them get online

If you're reading this story on Yahoo! News, it's fair to say you know how to use the Internet. But spare a thought for the 8.7 million people in the UK who have never logged onto cyberspace in their lives. But spare a thought for the 8.7 million people in the UK who have never logged onto cyberspace in their lives.


Saturday, October 29, 2011

OneMove(TM) Announces Fiscal 2011 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - OneMove Technologies Inc. , the provider of the leading web-based real estate transaction platform and the creator of the largest and fastest growing online community of ...


Saturday, October 29, 2011

British Smlr Comp 2 - Publication of Fundraising Circular

British Smlr Comp 2 - Publication of Fundraising Circular


Saturday, October 29, 2011

British Airways cabin crew urged to 'hug a pilot' to encourage team building

British Airways cabin crew have been told to discuss how they can interact better with pilots to improve morale, with the scheme being dubbed a 'hug a pilot'.


Friday, October 28, 2011

British Smlr Comp 2 - Publication of Fundraising Prospectus

British Smlr Comp 2 - Publication of Fundraising Prospectus


Thursday, October 27, 2011

VIDEO: EU debt solution 'in British interests'

David Cameron has arrived in Brussels for a summit aimed at tackling the eurozone debt crisis.


Thursday, October 27, 2011

British Telecom Ordered to Block Newzbin2 Filesharing Site Within 14 Days (Report)

Ralf Ludemann High court ruling at request of Hollywood studios could set precedent for widespread blocking of illegal filesharing websites. read more


Thursday, October 27, 2011

Google reveals YouTube terror crackdown

Scores of terrorist videos have been removed from YouTube at the request of British authorities, Google has revealed.


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Chrysalix Portfolio Companies Receive Top Honours

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Today, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, the world's most active cleantech venture capital firm in 2010, announced that four of its investments - Agilyx , Bridgelux , HydroPoint ...


Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Julian Assange Says WikiLeaks May Be Forced to Close

Julian Assange said a "financial blockade" had sharply reduced the donations on which his Web site depends.


Monday, October 24, 2011

British study may improve glaucoma assessment and treatment

Results from a recent scientific study in the U.K. may change the way that healthcare professionals measure eye pressure and allow them to assess the risk of glaucoma with greater accuracy. Glaucoma is the second most common cause of irreversible loss of vision worldwide.


Saturday, October 22, 2011

For British Ex-Bankers, Life Beyond the Bailouts

Three years after the British government rescued Royal Bank of Scotland, the Lloyds Banking Group and Northern Rock, DealBook tracks down some former top executives.


Friday, October 21, 2011

Boss clings to hope for British side

Stuart Pearce is hopeful his squad for next year's London Olympics will include players from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland after he was confirmed as manager of the Great Britain team.


Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Cunard liners drop British flag

The cruise company is removing the British flag from its liners so it can hold weddings onboard.


Wednesday, October 19, 2011

British Businesses Urged to Employ British Youths

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

BSkyB Profit Rises 16 Percent on Web Demand; Shares Climb

British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc's fiscal first-quarter operating profit rose 16 percent, topping analyst estimates, as the U.K.'s biggest pay-TV broadcaster sold more broadband products to its subscribers.


Wednesday, October 19, 2011

BSkyB Operating Profit Rises 16% on Demand for Web Services

British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc, the U.K.'s biggest pay-TV broadcaster, said fiscal first-quarter operating profit rose 16 percent as the company sold more products such as broadband to its existing subscribers.


Wednesday, October 19, 2011

British Sky Broad. - 1st Quarter Results

British Sky Broad. - 1st Quarter Results


Wednesday, October 19, 2011

British Sky Broadcasting Group 1st Quarter Results

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

British duo ready for Grand Slam event

Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke will attempt to become the first European winner in 20 years at the 36-hole PGA Grand Slam of Golf event in Bermuda on Tuesday and Wednesday.


Tuesday, October 18, 2011

UNIT4 Business Software Signs $1.6M Deal with Second Largest City in British Columbia

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

London 2012: 10 best of the web | Colin O'Hanlon

An Olympic terminal at Heathrow, mixed results for Britain's gymnasts and commuters advised to head to the pub Don't hack the hacks The Technology Operations Centre (TOC) for the Games opened on Monday after months of testing. The TOC hopes to prevent online hacking and attacks from disrupting services for the media. Some 12m attacks a day were reported during the Beijing Olympics. Pause for a ...


Monday, October 17, 2011

Change succession rules for heirs to British throne

This editorial ran in Friday's Toronto Star:


Monday, October 17, 2011

VIDEO: British expats' Spanish dreams crumble

Many Britons who have flocked to Spain, following their dream of owning a place in the sun are face their homes being demolished.


Sunday, October 16, 2011

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair To Speak In Tulsa In November

Tony Blair is speaking at a Tulsa Business Forum event sponsored by Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business.


Sunday, October 16, 2011

Bee Gees' Robin Gibb hospitalized in U.K.

OXFORD, England, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Veteran pop star Robin Gibb checked into a British hospital for an intestinal problem, a statement on his Web site said.


Saturday, October 15, 2011

If they want it, they can ask for it

Now this is a genius idea.


Friday, October 14, 2011

Frankel stars in British Champions lineup

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer It's Frankel against seven in Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot -- the highlight of British Champions Day and a rich weekend of international turf racing.


Friday, October 14, 2011

British prime minister describes treatment of Tymoshenko as 'absolutely disgraceful'

British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the Ukrainian authorities treat former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko disgracefully.


Friday, October 14, 2011

Blackberry jokes hit the Web

Warning: If you're a Blackberry user, you probably won't think this is funny.  Like many of your thoughts on the Onion's spoof of Steve Jobs' death , this might be "too soon." But for the rest of us who haven't been experiencing cell phone outages for three days, hilarious videos and tweets have been pouring in from around the world. The posts expertly mock the company and the users who, let's ...


Friday, October 14, 2011

Apple Logos Show Reach and Hostility of the Web

A Hong Kong student went from being an unknown graphic designer to an Internet sensation before becoming the object of derision over an image of Steve Jobs that he produced.


Thursday, October 13, 2011

BlackBerry reports improvements in service

BlackBerry said it was making progress Thursday as a network outage entered its fourth day, testing the nerves of users who rely on the smartphones for businesses and social uses.


Thursday, October 13, 2011

British Coalition Partner Attempts to Block Web Censorship Powers

judgecorp writes "The Liberal Democrat party is attempting to repeal the controversial web-blocking powers allowed by Britain's Digital Economy Act. The move goes against the policy of the coalition government, and the tactic chosen is a roundabout one: Lib Dem MP Julian Huppert proposed an amendment to a different bill which would have had the effect of repealing parts of the DEA. The amendment ...


Thursday, October 13, 2011

Cameron supports migrant Gurkhas in web hate row

London, Oct 12 (ANI): British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote to Gurkha supporters to condemn an internet hate campaign triggered by claims that a Hampshire town is being "swamped" by the former Nepalese soldiers and their families.


Wednesday, October 12, 2011

VIDEO: Businesses lack confidence says BCC

The latest Quarterly Economic Survey from the British Chambers of Commerce suggests that there is a real threat of a double dip recession.


Tuesday, October 11, 2011

VIDEO: Angela Knight: Big worry is contagion

Angela Knight of the British Bankers' Association claimed the big worry for Britain was "contagion", as banks in southern Europe were struggling.


Monday, October 10, 2011

Engineering team heads to Antarctica to explore hidden lake

Next week a British engineering team heads off to Antarctica for the first stage of an ambitious scientific mission to collect water and sediment samples from a lake buried beneath three kilometres of solid ice. This extraordinary research project, at the frontier of exploration, will yield new knowledge about the evolution of life on Earth and other planets, and will provide vital clues about ...


Monday, October 10, 2011

Six Degrees Group Raises £60m to Bring Cloud Services to British Business

LONDON--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- CEO: "We're powering the innovation that UK plc needs to fuel growth." British entrepreneur Alastair Mills, less than a year after selling SpiriTel Plc for £37m, is on to his next ...


Sunday, October 09, 2011

Most blogged artists: Jamie Woon remixes Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey, the 24-year-old indie sensation, returns to the music blogosphere with a fresh remix of her single "Video Games" by British producer Jamie Woon. Also reclaiming a top spot in The Hype Machine's most blogged artists chart on October 7 is New York trip hop duo Phantogram.


Friday, October 07, 2011

British PM forced to rewrite speech

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Thursday, October 06, 2011

Fushi Copperweld's British Operation Receives ISO 14001 Certification

Fushi Copperweld, the world's leading producer of bimetallic conductors for the telecommunications, electrical utility, automotive and other industries, announced today that its manufacturing plant in Telford, England, has been certified as having met the international standards of ISO 14001:2004, an environmental management standard.


Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Lawsuits Against Web Trolls Are On The Rise

More people are getting court orders against anonymous online attackers, one lawyer claims.


Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Web Firms Data Proves Irresistible to Law Enforcers

Internet companies such as Google, Twitter and Facebook are increasingly co-opted for surveillance work [...]


Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Oops! Largest British newspaper declares Amanda Knox guilty of murder

Amanda Knox may have been freed by an Italian court, but at least for a short time, Britain's most popular newspaper declared her guilty.


Tuesday, October 04, 2011

British Family Googled 'Easiest Way To Kill An Old Person' Before Beating Grandpa With Bricks

Before attempting to murder an 89-year-old relative for inheritance money, a British family Googled "the easiest way to kill an old person," according to authorities.


Tuesday, October 04, 2011

New Google base at 'Silicon Roundabout'

Google has announced it is setting up a base at London's 'Silicon Roundabout' to help web entrepreneurs.


Tuesday, October 04, 2011

How the net changed our concept of home

The internet has changed the way we view our homes -- and offers another virtual one online During my masters, I had the opportunity to take an optional module in environmental psychology (EP). In my ignorance, I thought I was going to learn how to convince people to hug trees. I had no idea that the University of Surrey was one of the world's leading institutions for exploring how individuals ...


Monday, October 03, 2011

British police say 6 men arrested on terror charges, including bomb plot

LONDON (AP) ? Six men have been charged with involvement in a terror bomb plot, police announced on Sunday.


Sunday, October 02, 2011

Britain 'Blacklists' Magnitsky Officials

Britain has secretly blacklisted at least 60 Russian officials implicated in the 2009 prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, a British media report said Sunday.


Friday, September 30, 2011

Anonymous Web 'Trolls' Targeted by Companies in U.K. Lawsuits

People who use fake names to post critical comments about companies on websites may not be as anonymous as they think, as firms use the courts to unmask online accusers.


Thursday, September 29, 2011

Varnish wins British 500m title

England's Jess Varnish wins the 500m time trial title at the British National Track Championships in Manchester.


Thursday, September 29, 2011

British woman 'allowed paedophiles to sexually abuse youngsters as part of global child abuse ring'

Melissa Noon, 30, from Portsmouth, is accused of abusing the children with her partner and using more than 20 sex toys on them. Daniel Bell (pictured), Mark Day and John Maddox are also facing sexual assault charges.


Thursday, September 29, 2011

Google Sets Up Base At 'Silicon Roundabout'

Google has announced it is setting up a base at East London's 'Silicon Roundabout' to help British web entrepreneurs.


Thursday, September 29, 2011

Maximizer(R) CRM 12 Leads Industry With LinkedIn Integration and Built-In Mobile & Web Access

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 28, 2011) - Leading the industry with powerful LinkedIn integration and built-in mobile and web access, Maximizer Software, a leading provider of simple, accessible customer relationship management (CRM) and mobile CRM solutions, today announced the availability of Maximizer ® CRM 12.


Wednesday, September 28, 2011

VIDEO: The state of British manufacturing

The BBC's Business Editor Robert Peston assesses the UK manufacturing industry following the news that defence giant BAE Systems is cutting almost 3,000 jobs.


Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Video: British ship found, could contain $200M of silver

A Florida-based salvage company has found a British cargo ship sunk during WWII in the Atlantic Ocean. It is thought to contain roughly $200 million worth of pure silver. Jeff Glor reports.


Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Availpro completed for the first half of 2011 its round of meetings with British hotel owners

Availpro focuses on meetings with British hotel ownersAvailpro first entered the UK market at the Hostec trade show in Birmingham, where the company had a stand from 24th to 26th January 2011. This was a particularly successful event for Availpro, holding meetings with more than 50 hotels and hotel chains, along with other partners including web agencies, distributors and PMSs. This initial ...


Tuesday, September 27, 2011

VIDEO: Early SAS recruits on their experience

Seventy years ago, at the height of World War II, a young British officer called David Stirling came up with the idea of forming a specialist force to operate deep behind enemy lines.


Saturday, September 24, 2011

Cage Fight Between English Kids Sparks Controversy

Video posted on the Web showed two young boys wrestling in a cage in front of a cheering crowd at a British social club. Politicians and medical experts expressed alarm and police launched an investigation, but cage-fighting proponents said the boys were not in danger.


Saturday, September 24, 2011

Sleeping With the Enemy: British Woman's Web-Stalker Was Scarily Close to Home

A British woman was hounded for three years by a creepy online predator who turned out to be her own boyfriend; now she wants her tormentor jailed.


Thursday, September 22, 2011

Spyker's British Owner Will Build New Jensen Interceptor in 2014

CPP Global Holdings says it has been retained by a Swiss firm to build a new-generation Jensen Interceptor in 2014. | September 21, 2011 | CPP Global Holdings


Thursday, September 22, 2011

VPhase PLC - VPhase wins order with British Gas

VPhase PLC - VPhase wins order with British Gas


Thursday, September 22, 2011

SoundCloud founder sees audio bigger than video on Web

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - While video is widely believed to be the Internet's killer app, Alexander Ljung, co-founder of the audio-sharing platform SoundCloud, believes sound will be the element that revolutionizes the interactive experience


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Lascau handed British judo role

Former world champion Daniel Lascau has been named as the new performance director at the British Judo Association.


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Pirates make 11 changes for cup

Cornish Pirates make 11 changes for their British and Irish Cup match against Bristol.


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Best and worst of British Internet speeds revealed

Halesworth, Suffolk has been named as Britain's slowest area to surf the Web.


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Some of the craziest logic for fighting piracy

Having been around the web for as long as I have you come across some really stupid arguments as government and old media companies fight piracy on the web but this one from the British Transport Police has to be the stupidest and craziest argument I have seen yet. It all starts with that billboard [...] Some of the craziest logic for fighting piracy is a post from: The Inquisitr


Sunday, September 18, 2011

British Invasion: A Psychedelic Fur gets all warm and fuzzy in Casey County

Robyn and Tim Butler at home on the back porch of their home in Liberty. ( Todd Kleffman photo ) LIBERTY ? When The Psychedelic Furs play Buster's Billiards & Backroom in Lexington next Sunday, it will be a homecoming for Tim Butler.


Saturday, September 17, 2011

British police quiz 'rogue trader' for second day

LONDON: Detectives questioned the man suspected of losing US$2bil at Swiss bank UBS as industry figures wondered how such huge unauthorised trading could have been allowed.


Friday, September 16, 2011

British police quiz 'rogue trader' for 2nd day

LONDON - Detectives on Friday questioned the man suspected of losing $2 billion (1.46 billion euro) at Swiss bank UBS as industry figures wondered how such huge unauthorised trading could have been allowed.


Thursday, September 15, 2011

Google boss recommends e-business

Up to 1.5 million British companies could escape the economic downturn by setting up a basic website in less than 20 minutes, the boss of Google UK has said.


Thursday, September 15, 2011

Blinkx launches web channels for specialized ads

LONDON (Reuters) - Online video search and advertising company Blinkx launched its first web channels aimed at special interest groups on Wednesday, a move that should allow it to sell premium-rate ads by targeting niche audiences at scale.


Thursday, September 15, 2011

Blinkx launches web channels for specialised ads

LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Online video search andadvertising company Blinkx launched its first webchannels aimed at special interest groups on Wednesday, a movethat should allow it to sell premium-rate ...


Thursday, September 15, 2011

British health care outfit ICNet sets up in suburban Chicago

(Crain's) ? A British health care software company is planting roots in metro Chicago.


Thursday, September 15, 2011

British Director to Helm Sci-Fi Offworld

Producer Lloyd Levin has hired British director Julian Gilbey (A LONELY PLACE TO DIE) to direct the sci-fi feature OFFWORLD, reports Empire Online . The film is described as an alien world set NAKED PREY. David Leslie Johnson (ORPHAN) penned the script.


Thursday, September 15, 2011

Genes Linked To Hypertension Discovered, British Heart Foundation Response

Scientists have identified genes that play a crucial role in the risk of developing high blood pressure (hypertension), according to two articles published in Nature and Nature Genetics. By comparing the DNA of hundreds of thousands of individuals, the investigators were able to track down over 20 new genetic 'signposts', each of which points towards a gene that helps control blood pressure...


Wednesday, September 14, 2011

British cyber bully sentenced

READING, England, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- A British man, found guilty of bullying on social networking Web sites, will serve 18 weeks in jail, officials say.


Tuesday, September 13, 2011

First British small business raises equity finance through crowdfunding website

Crowdcube, the first crowdfunding website in the world to offer investors equity in small businesses, has successfully helped Fairtrade bodycare business Bubble & Balm raise £75,000 of growth capital.


Monday, September 12, 2011

More British kids read online than on paper

British kids are more likely to read texts, emails and websites than books, according to a new study. Almost 60 percent of the 18,000 8- to 17-year-olds who were part of the study said they had read a text message in the past month; half said they had read on the Web. That compares with 46 percent having read a fiction book and 35 percent having read a nonfiction book.


Monday, September 12, 2011

British architecture: contemporary

Architecture from the 1980s became about power and ambition A change swept British architecture into fresh waters from the 1980s. This wasn't just a matter of style -- although such provocative and breathtaking buildings as Lloyd's of London would have been unthinkable only a few years earlier -- but the result of a profound shift in the structure of the nation's political economy. With the rise ...


Sunday, September 11, 2011

WikiLeaks and British paper spar over leaked cables on web

WikiLeaks, paper point fingers over causes of release


Saturday, September 10, 2011

TRAVPR.COM LATEROOMS.COM - CARDIFF CASTLE TO HOST GREAT BRITISH CHEESE FESTIVAL

TRAVPR.COM UK - September 9th, 2011 - The Great British Cheese Festival will offer visitors the chance to sample hundreds of cheeses and enjoy live entertainment against the spectacular backdrop of Cardiff Castle.Taking place on Saturday September 24th and Sunday September 25th, the event is set to feature an abundance of tasting sessions, masterclasses and demonstrations from some of the UK's...


Thursday, September 08, 2011

Doxim Delivers Better Looking Statement for North Peace Savings & Credit Union

Doxim Inc., North America's leading provider of web-based eStatement, enhanced XML statement and document imaging solutions for financial service providers, today announced the completion of a project with North Peace Savings and Credit Union in British Columbia to improve the design, look, feel and utility of the statements that it outputs to over 10,500 members each month.(PRWEB) September 08 ...


Thursday, September 08, 2011

Cable & Wireless lands PSN intranet deal

The British telecoms company will provide a secure intranet and platform for email, web hosting and applications for more than 600 public-sector agencies using the PSN ( ZDNet UK - Business of IT )


Thursday, September 08, 2011

Top British Television Network ITV Adopts Adobe Story for Scriptwriting

SAN JOSE, Calif. & AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- Adobe Story Turns Script Content into Relevant Metadata, Streamlining Production Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced at the IBC 2011 ...


Thursday, September 08, 2011

Research and Markets: New Book 'British Association of Dermatologists' Management Guidelines' contains Evidence-Based ...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "British Association of Dermatologists' Management Guidelines" to their offering.


Wednesday, September 07, 2011

British papers pull down Middleton bikini snapshots

Three British newspapers have agreed to remove images of Prince William's wife Catherine and her sister Pippa relaxing on a boat in bikinis after the Middleton family complained, regulators said Tuesday.


Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Web Buzz: App leads way to West Coast adventures

Need to spice up your weekends? Think outside the box ? and your own backyard.


Wednesday, September 07, 2011

The Center for British Art makes "Connections"

Technology merges with art in the latest exhibition at the Center for British Art.


Tuesday, September 06, 2011

British Insurers, Business Heavyweights Support UK Legal Reform Bill

A number of British retailers and business groups have joined forces with the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in support of an omnibus bill, introduced in Parliament in July. The legislation, entitled the "Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders ...


Monday, September 05, 2011

McDonald's begins showing calorie count on menu boards in its British restaurants

LONDON - You know it's fattening, but now the hard numbers ? 490 calories ? may force you to rethink buying that Big Mac in Britain.


Monday, September 05, 2011

British Police Nab Two More LulzSec Hackers

London Metropolitan Police appear to be making solid progress finding and arresting the elusive leaders of the former hacktivist group LulzSec. Four more men were arrested and released on bail Thursday, two of them in connection to hacking offenses committed by the known LulzSec member "Kayla." This caught the hacker community somewhat by surprise, as Kayla always identified herself as a 16-year ...


Friday, September 02, 2011

Internet can put dealers in a 'post-sales' role

A third of British car buyers think the web makes them less dependent on dealers at the pre-sale stage and gives them more control of their purchasing.


Friday, September 02, 2011

VIDEO: First glimpse of Kabul compound since raid

Quentin Sommerville has had exclusive access to the British Council compound, where he discussed the tragedy with Paul Smith, the director of the British Council, Afghanistan.


Thursday, September 01, 2011

VIDEO: Rare British tree inspires artist

One of the UK's rarest trees has been an inspiration for the latest work by one of Cornwall's leading artists.


Thursday, September 01, 2011

Not all care homes are bad, argues expert

Many care homes provide first rate care, despite relentless negative media coverage, argues an expert in the British Medical Journal today.


Thursday, September 01, 2011

British Cops to Guard Bulgaria-England Clash in Sofia

Bulgarian police officers will be assisted by their British counterparts at the Euro 2012 qualifier between England and Bulgaria on Friday, it has been announced. "We have established joint measures to prevent hooliganism on the margins of the Bulgaria-England match" on Friday, Biser Ivanov, head of the police unit dealing with football hooligans, has told the Bulgarian National Radio, as cited ...


Thursday, September 01, 2011

Avoid becoming the victim of bad expat financial advice

There are a number of ways British expats can protect themselves when seeking financial advice abroad.


Wednesday, August 31, 2011

VIDEO: What happened to the British summer?

The Met Office has published its latest provisional figures on the weather - and this summer has been the UK's coolest since 1993.


Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Boy charged with web hacking attack

A teenage boy has been charged over online attacks by international hacking gang Anonymous.


Wednesday, August 31, 2011

AUDIO: British woman's online kidney appeal

A British woman is set to become the first to receive a kidney after advertising for a donor on a US website.


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

London philanthropists support Middle Eastern art

LONDON. Husband-and-wife philanthropists Maryam and Edward Eisler have launched a new foundation that will fund curatorial posts, acquisitions and major shows at institutions such as the Tate and the British Museum (BM). The latter has acquired...


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Rowing to Slovenia

A video of British Olympic athletes appearing to "row" their way along a travelator is the latest clip to go viral on the web.


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Young British cancer patient gets royal tour of World Golf Hall of Fame

Bradley Marshall, a 10-year-old cancer patient from England, got a chance to visit the World Golf Hall of Fame and play the King & Bear course Monday, thanks to a former PGA Tour communciations official and the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville.


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

British riots spread on third night of violence

LONDON (Reuters) - Rioting and looting spread across London on Monday as hooded youths set buildings and cars ablaze, smashed shop windows and hurled bottles and stones at police in a third night of violence in Britain's worst unrest in decades.


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

British police face criticism after asking public to report anarchist activity to officers

LONDON (AP) ? Spotted an anarchist? Call the cops.


Sunday, August 28, 2011

British Royal Air Force "Red Arrows" plane crashes, pilot dies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plane in the British Royal Air Force's "Red Arrows" aerobatic team crashed on Saturday, killing the pilot, after a performance at an air festival on the southern coast of England, authorities said.


Sunday, August 28, 2011

Nine dead in Taliban assault on British Council in Kabul

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban attackers laid siege to a British cultural center in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least nine people during an hours-long assault on the 92nd anniversary of Afghanistan's independence from British rule.


Saturday, August 27, 2011

Bulgarian Resort Sunny Beach Demands British Police Officers for 2012

Bulgaria's popular southern Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach wants British police officers to patrol it during the next tourist season. "We are sure this would be a fairly effective way of collaboration, because it would improve the tourists' security. It would create some respect in our foreign guests who break and demolish things, create conflicts and offend police officers," Georgi Nedelchev ...


Friday, August 26, 2011

Google chairman Schmidt to woo TV elite

LONDON (Reuters) - Google's Eric Schmidt faces a wary audience of British television professionals on Friday following a major acquisition that could turn Google TV into a real competitor for TV advertising dollars.


Thursday, August 25, 2011

Robson & Broady win US qualifiers

British duo Laura Robson and Naomi Broady prevail in their first-round qualifying matches to move within two victories of the US Open.


Thursday, August 25, 2011

Gene study sheds new light on origins of British men

(PhysOrg.com) -- New genetic evidence reveals that most British men are not descended from farmers who migrated into Europe from the east 5,000--10,000 years ago -- contrary to previous research.


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Liz Taylor most photogenic of all time

LONDON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A British-based Internet photo hosting Web site has named Elizabeth Taylor the most photogenic celebrity of all time.


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

UK Tabloid Daily Mail's US Web Boss Out After Less Than a Year

The man who is supposed to help British tabloid The Daily Mail establish itself in the U.S. has left, after less than a year on the job. Matthew Kearney, whose title had been CEO of U.S. for MailOnline, the Daily Mail's popular Web site, says he left the company voluntarily, because "I have completed my task".


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Amy Winehouse web address 'hijacked'

A HEARTLESS "internet squatter" is sitting on a web address for a charity set up in memory of British singer Amy Winehouse.


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Max Fraad Wolff: Changing Communication, Changing World

Crowds, linked by clouds, are wielding new mobile devices to communicate different types of information across different types of network. The commercial implications are transformative. The political ramifications are revolutionary.


Monday, August 22, 2011

Jimmy Sangster, Writer for British Horror Films, Dies at 83

Mr. Sangster helped create the horror genre in England in the 1950s with films like "The Curse of Frankenstein," "Horror of Dracula" and "The Mummy."


Saturday, August 20, 2011

Attackers strike British Council office in Kabul

For the second time in less than two months, insurgents launched a brazen, complex attack in the heart of Afghanistan's capital, leading to an hourslong gunbattle, with more than a hundred Afghan security forces pitted against what was reported to be a lone remaining fighter.


Saturday, August 20, 2011

British student accused of trying to hack into Facebook

Glenn Steven Mangham repeatedly tried to hack into Facebook. He has been banned from going on the Internet until further notice.


Saturday, August 20, 2011

AUDIO: British Gas raises energy prices

As British Gas raises its energy prices to over £100 a month, Radio 5 live finds out if there is any choice but to pass on mounting fuel costs to the consumer.


Saturday, August 20, 2011

VIDEO: British man killed in shark attack

A British man on his honeymoon dies in the Seychelles after a shark attack.


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Iran media left red-faced over British 'anti-monarchy uprising'

Pictures portraying riots as anti-royal revolt include images from 2008 Notting Hill Carnival, the miners' strike and even Chile Iranian media affiliated to the Islamic regime have been accused of using library images from different times and locations in Britain and other parts of the world to portray the UK riots as "the uprising of the oppressed against the British monarchy". Soon after the ...


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

British trio beaten in Cincinnati

Anne Keothavong, Elena Baltacha and Laura Robson lose in the qualifying rounds at the Cincinnati Open.


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

British Dressage and Equine Affairs in copyright row

A dispute has blown up between British Dressage (BD) and the company Equine Affairs (EA), which supplied assorted web services to BD for three years


Monday, August 15, 2011

British Police Intensify Clampdown on Social Networking Websites

Despite London's claims about supporting freedom of expression, the British police have arrested three internet users as part of a broader clampdown on social networking sites under security excuses. -FARS


Friday, August 12, 2011

In wake of riots, British PM proposes social media ban

British Prime Minister David Cameron thinks he's found some culprits to blame in the recent riots that have rocked London and other cities -- Facebook and Twitter.


Friday, August 12, 2011

British police using facial recognition to find riot suspects

Officers are feeding photographs of suspects through Scotland Yard's new face-matching program


Friday, August 12, 2011

British police release CCTV footage of rioters

London, Aug 11 (IANS) Video footage of rioters who looted shops and establishments in Birmingham and Liverpool has been released by police.


Friday, August 12, 2011

Jihadists flood web with anti-British messages

Washington, Aug 11 : Jihadists have flooded internet with anti-British messages inciting rioters to take further action, US-based terrorist tracking group SITE Intelligence has said.


Friday, August 12, 2011

Catwoman, Carrots and Proud British Traditions

Here at The Atlantic Wire, we respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. Sometimes, though, we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.Related: Roadside Pet Stores, Alligator Week, and Pocket Tweets


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Social networks used to incite British violence

LONDON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Rioters used online social networks like Facebook to orchestrate much of the urban violence that has gripped Britain for four days, The Guardian reported.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Times Books to Publish Account of British Hacking Scandal

The book will look at the genesis of the scandal and how it unfolded.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

The Web is 20 years old! What next?

Twenty years ago, a British computer scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, posted a short summary of a project on the alt.hypertext newsgroup, and also designed a crude website, with a few hyperlinks and some text to describe a project he christened the 'world wide web', or W3.


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Imagination Technologies to Exhibit at SIGGRAPH 2011, booth 129, Aug 7 - 11, 2011, in Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

KINGS LANGLEY, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Press Kit Materials are Available at: http: www.tradeshownews.com events SIGGRAPH-2011 imgtec Company: Imagination Technologies Booth Stand: 129 Event: SIGGRAPH 2011Aug 7 - 11, 2011Vancouver, British Columbia, CA Web: http: www.imgtec.com Twitter: http: twitter.com ImaginationPR ...


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

ArtsBeat: Times Books to Publish Account of British Hacking Scandal

The book will look at the genesis of the scandal and how it unfolded.


Tuesday, August 09, 2011

No place-but-Texas photo wins British contest

GRAPEVINE - Larry Groebe knows a good shot when he sees it.


Tuesday, August 09, 2011

The World Wide Web Turns 20

The World Wide Web has changed not only the way we work, shop, bank, stay in contact and entertain ourselves, but has also helped to bring down governments and kill traditional media sources. As the Web celebrates its 20th birthday on Saturday, here are some of the important highlights in its development.


Tuesday, August 09, 2011

The Web is 20 years old: What next?

Twenty years ago, a British computer scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, posted a short summary of a project on the alt.hypertext newsgroup, and also designed a crude website ( http: info.cern.ch hypertext WWW TheProject.html ), with a few hyperlinks and some text to describe a project he christened the 'world wide web', or W3.


Sunday, August 07, 2011

British hackers steal U.S. police data

LONDON ? The group known as Anonymous said Saturday it has hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement websites in the United States, a breach that one local police chief said had leaked information about an ongoing investigation.


Sunday, August 07, 2011

What has been the most important website in the last 20 years?

Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the first public web page, created by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee at CERN. What has been the most important website in the last 20 years?


Sunday, August 07, 2011

VIDEO: World wide web celebrates 20th birthday

Exactly 20-years-ago today a modest British scientist launched his new invention. At the time, almost no-one noticed but it has since revolutionised our lives.


Saturday, August 06, 2011

The Lede: Polar Bear Kills British Teenager in Norway

A 17-year-old British boy was killed on a remote Norwegian island when a polar bear tore through his group's campsite early Friday morning, according to officials and news reports. The bear injured four other people, two of them severely, before it was shot dead.


Saturday, August 06, 2011

British student mauled to death by polar bear

A teenager was mauled to death by a polar bear while on an expedition for high school and university students into the Arctic wilds of Norway.


Friday, August 05, 2011

VIDEO: Polar bear kills British boy in Arctic

A polar bear has mauled a 17-year-old British boy to death in the Arctic and injured four other UK tourists.


Friday, August 05, 2011

British Soccer Camp returns to Butts County

Challenger Sports' British Soccer Camp returned to the Butts County Parks and Recreation Department last week, offering two dozen young players a chance to boost their basic skills in the game.


Friday, August 05, 2011

Polar bear kills British tourist in horrific attack by 'hungry' animal

A British tourist was mauled to death when a polar bear attacked a group of students on a remote Norwegian island today.


Friday, August 05, 2011

Polar bear kills British tourist in horrific attack by 'hungry' animal

A British tourist was mauled to death when a polar bear attacked a group of students on a remote Norwegian island today.


Friday, August 05, 2011

British teen is the world's best Excel user

Wasted youth


Friday, August 05, 2011

British teen is the world's best Excel user

Wasted youth


Friday, August 05, 2011

Discount Bike Racks Available at Unbelievable Prices

Reliance Foundry offering hand-picked, overstocked or obsolete bike rack models for sale at all-time-low prices that are guaranteed not to be found anywhere else on the web.Surrey, British Columbia (PRWEB) August 05, 2011 Discerning customers can now buy quality bike racks for sale at all-time-low prices. Discount bike racks from Reliance Foundry are perfect for businesses and families looking ...


Friday, August 05, 2011

Discount Bike Racks Available at Unbelievable Prices

Reliance Foundry offering hand-picked, overstocked or obsolete bike rack models for sale at all-time-low prices that are guaranteed not to be found anywhere else on the web.Surrey, British Columbia (PRWEB) August 05, 2011 Discerning customers can now buy quality bike racks for sale at all-time-low prices. Discount bike racks from Reliance Foundry are perfect for businesses and families looking ...


Thursday, August 04, 2011

GameStop embarks on a British web invasion

GameStop opens up a digital shop in the U.K. with special offers on select games.


Wednesday, August 03, 2011

British TV casts wide net

If you feel you have a little English blood, this may be a good time to check your family tree.


Wednesday, August 03, 2011

British TV casts wide net

If you feel you have a little English blood, this may be a good time to check your family tree.


Tuesday, August 02, 2011

The Lede: New Arrest in British Hacking Scandal

The police in London arrested a 71-year-old man in connection with the British phone hacking scandal, and news reports named him as Stuart Kuttner, a former News of the World managing editor.


Tuesday, August 02, 2011

VIDEO: British man receives completely artificial heart

A 40-year-old man has become the first British patient to receive a totally artificial heart.


Monday, August 01, 2011

VIDEO: British gardener at Monet's Giverny

Monet immortalised his garden in Giverny and now it has a new, British, head gardener.


Sunday, July 31, 2011

Dead British gamer's father warns of blood clot risks

Chris Staniforth, 20, died in May of a pulmonary embolism brought on by marathon Xbox sessions. His family wants gamers to know the risks of prolonged sessions.


Sunday, July 31, 2011

Facebook, Twitter not among top 'ten wonders of the web'

London, July 30 (ANI): Though Facebook and Twitter may be popular with millions of Britons, but the social networking websites have not made it to the "ten wonders of the web" list.


Saturday, July 30, 2011

12 years for extremist web post

An IT graduate who posted messages on an Islamic extremist website calling on Muslims to attack British MPs who voted in favour of the war in Iraq has been jailed for 12 years.


Friday, July 29, 2011

British Contemporary Impressionist Artist Marcus Krackowizer is Accepted Into The Parallax Art Fair in Central London.

Art fairs are one route to exhibiting paintings but what is the difference between this and showing in a gallery. We discuss this with British Contemporary Impressionist Marcus Krackowizer as he prepares for the London Parallax art fair.London, UK (PRWEB) July 29, 2011 Art fairs differ to gallery exhibitions in a couple of important ways; they don't take a commission on sales, are for a short ...


Friday, July 29, 2011

8 in 10 British kids want to become entrepreneurs: survey

All the latest news related to entrepreneurs


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

British Panel Wants to Hear From Three Men Who Dispute Murdochs' Testimony

The chairman of the British parliamentary panel that questioned Rupert and James Murdoch last week about phone hacking wants to hear from three men who claim that the Murdochs gave inaccurate testimony.


Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Going Web-less feels like being maimed

A small British survey has revealed that now more than ever, people think of their tech tools as extensions of themselves, saying that going without them feels like losing a limb.


Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Rome Ramirez pays tribute to Amy Winehouse with his cover of 'Rehab'

Rome Ramirez pays tribute to Amy Winehouse with his cover of "Rehab," posts to You Tube.


Tuesday, July 26, 2011

British PM Cameron urges Arsenal captain Cesc to ignore Barcelona

Arsenal Barcelona British PM David Cameron has urged Cesc Fabregas to stay with Arsenal . Cameron is well aware of Barcelona 's pursuit of the Gunners captain. Speaking at an event attended by Fabregas, Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero and a host of children from the Street League football organisation at 10 Downing Street, the PM joked about the 24-year-old. After the leaders discussed ...


Tuesday, July 26, 2011

British Empire Sec - Interim Management Statement

British Empire Sec - Interim Management Statement


Tuesday, July 26, 2011

British pair suffer doubles loss

Britain's Andrew Lapthorne and Peter Norfolk are beaten by top seeds Nick Taylor and David Wagner of the United States in the men's doubles final.


Sunday, July 24, 2011

Norfolk wins British Open title

Peter Norfolk beats David Wagner to secure his fifth British Open wheelchair tennis championships quad singles title.


Sunday, July 24, 2011

In Freud's studio (web only)

British painter Lucian Freud is best known for his intense and dark portraits created over painstaking hours in his chaotic, closed studio


Sunday, July 24, 2011

Fowler leads American charge up British Open leaderboard

SANDWICH, England ? Rickie Fowler led an American charge up the leaderboard on a day when the weather roared at Royal St. George's.


Saturday, July 23, 2011

New web-slinger Andrew Garfield says it's never soon for more 'Spidey' adventures

SAN DIEGO - The new Peter Parker says it's never too soon for another "Spider-Man" movie.


Saturday, July 23, 2011

Man Utd striker Rooney: British Liverpool now title threat

Arsenal Chelsea Kenny Dalglish Wayne Rooney Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney rates Liverpool as a title threat. Rooney says Liverpool and Manchester City will be in the mix for next season's Premier League trophy. "The main threat is going to be from Chelsea , Liverpool , Arsenal and Manchester City . One of them, plus us, will be fighting for ...


Saturday, July 23, 2011

Jon Friedman's Media Web: 5 questions dogging News Corp. investors

The media giant may have put the worst behind it with this week's testimony by the Murdochs, but investors still have questions, writes Jon Friedman.


Saturday, July 23, 2011

Herhold: Why a British-style phone-hacking scandal is unlikely here

A colleague of mine, when asked if a U.K. phone-hacking scandal could break out in America, likes to reply: "We're not organized enough to organize a three-car funeral, much less a sophisticated phone surveillance scam.


Thursday, July 21, 2011

British actress Googie Withers, 94, dies

British actress Googie Withers, a Hollywood golden-age staple best known for her appearance in Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Lady Vanishes,' has died at her home in Australia. She was 94.


Thursday, July 21, 2011

VIDEO: British troops hand over Lashkar Gah

British troops have handed over a section of Helmand province to the Afghan forces as part of the start of transition to security control by the Afghan government.


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Murdoch looks to 'stronger' future as web looks to Simpsons

After fronting a UK parliamentary committee over the phone hacking scandal, embattled media mogul Rupert Murdoch told News Corporation staff the organisation would emerge "a stronger company".


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Review: 'Web Therapy' moves to Showtime with funny but uneven results

The Lisa Kudrow-starring Web series moves to a half-hour format on Showtime with funny but uneven results. Innovative and hilarious, "Web Therapy" was clearly a labor of love by creators Kudrow, Don Roos and Dan Bucatinsky.


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

British Society of Magazine Editors Awards 2011

Details: The International Policy Network's Bastiat Prize is open to writers anywhere in the world whose published articles eloquently and wittily explain, promote and defend the principles and institutions of the free society.


Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Television review: 'Web Therapy'

The Lisa Kudrow-starring Web series moves to a half-hour format on Showtime with funny but uneven results. The Lisa Kudrow-starring Web series moves to a half-hour format on Showtime with funny but uneven results.


Tuesday, July 19, 2011

British Open champ Clarke to play Honda Classic | Video

It took less than 24 hours after Darren Clarke's British Open triumph for the Honda Classic to hear from the Claret Jug's new owner.


Monday, July 18, 2011

Rupert Murdoch's former British CEO Rebekah Brooks arrested in London

Brooks is being questioned on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, phone hacking, corruption & bribing police for information.


Monday, July 18, 2011

GolfChannel: Live chat during final round of British

Sobel has covered golf since 2004 and provides columns, blogs, chats for Golf Channel.


Sunday, July 17, 2011

VIDEO: Troops in Afghanistan 'left exposed'

British armed forces in Afghanistan lacked adequate equipment and intelligence between 2006 and 2008, according to a new report by a committee of British members of parliament.


Friday, July 15, 2011

British Open: Bjorn Regains Footing at Scene of '03 Implosion

Thomas Bjorn overcame bad memories of the 2003 British Open by grabbing the early lead ? and a birdie on the 16th hole.


Friday, July 15, 2011

AUDIO: Did you buy shares in British Gas?

If you bought shares in British Gas in the 1980s and forgot about them, you might be contacted by Centrica. That's because they're now worth about £820.


Thursday, July 14, 2011

Sir David Cox, Noted British Statistician, to Keynote Joint Statistical Meetings

Sir David Cox, a noted British statistician who was knighted in 1985 for his service to statistics, will give the keynote address at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) at the Miami Beach Convention Centre on Monday, August first. His talk, which is the annual President's Invited Address, is titled "Statistical Analysis: Current Position and Future Prospects." Complete information about JSM is ...


Thursday, July 14, 2011

British brand follows own style

Some luxury brands have been floating their shares in Hong Kong recently, but Burberry is not about to join the trend.


Thursday, July 14, 2011

UK spies losing Web experts to private sector: report

LONDON (Reuters) - British intelligence eavesdroppers are suffering a steady loss of Internet experts to the private sector because the likes of Google and Microsoft offer much higher wages, a group of lawmakers said on Wednesday.


Thursday, July 14, 2011

iPerceptions' 4Q Suite Helps Boost British Columbia Institute of Technology's Website Conversion by Nearly 300%

MONTREAL--(Marketwire - 07 13 11) - iPerceptions Inc. (TSX-V: IPE - News ), a leading provider of web-focused Voice of Customer (VoC) analytics based on actual visitor feedback, today announced that the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is using 4Q Suite on its primary website, www.bcit.ca , to increase satisfaction and conversion for prospective students ...


Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Lede: Latest Updates on British Phone Hacking Scandal

On Tuesday, The Lede is following developments in the phone hacking scandal in Britain, as fresh revelations of misconduct by journalists continue to come to light.


Tuesday, July 12, 2011

British Open | Hopes not high for Americans

When the British Open begins Thursday at Royal St. George's, the contingent of Americans hoping to contend will arrive in a truly foreign spot. None of the past five major champions ? dating from Graeme McDowell's victory in the 2010 U.S.


Monday, July 11, 2011

OneMove Announces the Release of Connections and The Second Highest Monthly Revenue in its History of $215,000

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - OneMove Technologies Inc. , the provider of the leading web-based real estate transaction platform and creator of the largest network of conveyancing professionals of its kind, today announced the beta release of its latest innovative feature in econveyance named, Connections.


Monday, July 11, 2011

Amazon buys British Web bookseller

Amazon.com has reached an agreement to acquire The Book Depository, the fast-growing British online retailer. Greg Greeley, Amazon's vice president of European Retail, said: "Customers in more than 100 countries enjoy The Book Depository's vast selection, convenient delivery and free shipping.


Sunday, July 10, 2011

VIDEO: Event marks British Legion's 90th

Celebrations are held in Llandudno to mark the 90th anniversary of the Royal British Legion.


Saturday, July 09, 2011

Spyker's British Owner Poised To Buy Zagato

Zagato and Spyker previously worked together in 2007 on the Spyker C12 Zagato. | July 08, 2011 | Spyker Cars


Saturday, July 09, 2011

VIDEO: British Gas price rises 'fair'

British Gas has announced gas bills will rise by an average of 18% and electricity by an average of 16% from the middle of August 2011.


Saturday, July 09, 2011

VIDEO: British rowers tell of narrow escape

Four British rowers who achieved their dream of rowing across the Indian Ocean, have told the BBC how they escaped being run down by a tanker during their trip.


Saturday, July 09, 2011

Murdoch Closing Tabloid Linked to British Hacking

The decision by Rupert Murdoch to close The News of the World, seemed to be a calculated move to help protect Mr. Murdoch's proposed $12 billion takeover of the pay-television company British Sky Broadcasting.


Friday, July 08, 2011

British Tabloid, The News of the World, to Close in Hacking Scandal

The News of the World, the tabloid at the center of the British phone hacking scandal, is to be closed after a final edition on Sunday, James Murdoch said.


Friday, July 08, 2011

British tabloid to shutter in wake of phone hacking scandal

News of the World to shut down amid allegations that the cell phones of a murder victim and others were hacked.


Thursday, July 07, 2011

Advertisers face pressure over British scandal

Advertisers fled British tabloid News of the World and stock in its parent company, media giant News Corp., fell amid a growing phone-hacking scandal.


Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Tiger Woods to skip British Open

Tiger Woods will skip the British Open too. Woods announced via his website Tuesday that he won't play in the British Open next week.


Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Woods will miss British Open

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Those "minor" injuries to his left leg now have kept Tiger Woods from playing in two majors.


Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Nation + world: Woods to skip British Open with leg injuries

GOLF Tiger Woods said Tuesday that he won't play in the British Open because of injuries to his left leg. Woods announced on his Web site that he has been advised by doctors not to play in the tournament, which begins July 14 at Royal St. George's. He last played competitively May 12 at The Players Championship, where he lasted nine holes.


Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Hamilton predicts 'best British GP ever'

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has predicted the 2011 British Grand Prix at Silverstone could be the most exciting in history.


Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Amazon buy British Web bookseller

Amazon.com has reached an agreement to acquire The Book Depository, the fast-growing British online retailer. Greg Greeley, Amazon's vice president of European Retail, said: "Customers in more than 100 countries enjoy The Book Depository's vast selection, convenient delivery and free shipping.


Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Cutting cookies

Could EU directive be fatal for the health of British web firms?


Tuesday, July 05, 2011

British website owners targeted by US anti-piracy officials

British website owners accused of piracy could be extradited to the US even if their site has no connection to America, officials have warned.


Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Two British climbers die in Alps

Two British men have died while climbing in the French Alps, the Foreign Office confirms.


Tuesday, July 05, 2011

British-American Names Dande as Head of Asset-Management Unit, Nation Says

British American Investment Co. named Edwin Dande as head of its asset-management unit, the Daily Nation reported, citing Group Managing Director Benson Wairegi.


Monday, July 04, 2011

Quarter of British Smartphone Owners Using Mobile Banking Services

A quarter of UK mobile internet users now utilise mobile banking services, according to online consumer research released by mobile web and app vendor, Antenna.


Thursday, June 30, 2011

British Hackers Take Down Al-Qaeda Websites

A group of British hackers today took down Al-Qaeda's communication network and websites, preventing the terrorist organization from posting online messages and videos.


Thursday, June 30, 2011

British Fashion Council Partners With Rightster to Bring Live Video Coverage of London Fashion Week to Publishers ...

LONDON, June 29, 2011 PRNewswire The British Fashion Council (BFC) is enhancing its live and on-demand video coverage of London Fashion Week SS ´12 in a major new partnership with Rightster. Rightster´s Advanced Video Streaming (AVS) team ...


Wednesday, June 29, 2011

British Gas hints at higher bills

Centrica, which owns British Gas, hints again that it will put up prices for its gas and electricity customers later this year.


Wednesday, June 29, 2011

British Library, Google in Deal to Digitize Books Published between 1700 and 1870

People work on laptops in a reading room at the British Library in London, Monday, June 20, 2011. A treatise on a stuffed hippopotamus, an 18th-century English primer for Danish sailors and a description of the first engine-driven submarine are among 250,000 books to be made available online in a deal between Google and the British Library.


Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Google report reveals British government web snooping

The private details of Britons' web usage are more likely to be requested by authorities than in almost any other country, according to figures released by Google.


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

British Firm Moves into Art Market

Top British art consulting firm Art Market Research, or AMR, said Monday that it plans to offer its services in Russia, where growing investment interest in art and antiques presents a huge growth opportunity.


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

British TV is coming! British TV is coming!

You may have seen the original BBC version of "The Office," but have you seen the sketch show "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry?


Monday, June 27, 2011

British Library Joins Google Books

Google Books continues its march through the national libraries of Europe with the announcement of a deal with the British Library. Simon Bell, head of Strategic Partnerships and Licensing at the British Library, reports that the Library is the fifth European nation to open its national library collection to Google Books over the last couple of years. The digitization project between Google and ...


Saturday, June 25, 2011

Hackers leak former British PM Tony Blair data

Hacker group releases what looks like former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's electronic address book. It says it targeted Blair over his support for the Iraq war.


Saturday, June 25, 2011

British Police Charge Teenager in Connection With Hacking Attacks

LONDON -- As suspects go, Ryan Cleary did not look dangerous: a pale 19-year-old who looked five years younger, wearing a white skateboarding T-shirt and track pants, standing nervously in a courtroom here on Thursday.


Friday, June 24, 2011

British Library and Google bring 18th-century hippos to the web

Digitisation project will make out of copyright books from 1700 to 1870 available online, including account of Prince of Orange's stuffed animal interests An 18th century treatise on the Prince of Orange's interest in a stuffed hippo will join one of the first modern constitutions and pamphlets on Marie Antoinette as part of an ambitious project to make 250,000 books in the British Library ...


Thursday, June 23, 2011

Helena Bonham Carter Kicks Off Digital-Age British Film Festival

It is most fitting that in the year of Prince Will and Princess Kate, cinematic royalty is kicking off a new British film festival now rolling out in movie theaters across the United States.


Thursday, June 23, 2011

VIDEO: Peshawar exhibits old British fire engines

A century old British fire engines are on display in a museum in Pakistan.


Thursday, June 23, 2011

British Library teams up with Google to digitise archive

The agreement, announced Monday, will let internet users read, search, download and copy thousands of texts published between 1700 and 1870.


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

British police arrest man suspected of high-profile hacking attacks

Lulz Security hacking collective says they used arrested man's server, but he is not part of the group


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

British Library and Google put thousands of books online

A treatise on a stuffed hippopotamus, an 18th-century English primer for Danish sailors and a description of the first engine-driven submarine are among 250,000 books to be made available online in a deal between Google and the British Library.


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

British police arrest man suspected in string of high-profile hacking attacks

LONDON - A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of involvement with cyber attacks on Sony and the CIA website, British police said Tuesday.


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

British Police Swoop In on Possible LulzSec Suspect

London's Metropolitan Police arrested a 19-year-old Essex man Tuesday in an investigation that may be linked to the tweet-happy hax0ring gang LulzSec.


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

British Library goes digital

A treatise on a stuffed hippopotamus, an 18th-century English primer for Danish sailors and a description of the first engine-driven submarine are among 250,000 books to be made available online in a deal between Google and the British Library.


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

British Library, Google in deal to digitize books dating back to 18th century

LONDON - A treatise on a stuffed hippopotamus, an 18th-century English primer for Danish sailors and a description of the first engine-driven submarine are among 250,000 books to be made available online in a deal between Google and the British Library.


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

British Library Collection Will Be Added To Google Books

Google plans to add an additional 250,000 titles to its Google Books online service by digitizing up to 40 million pages of content from the London-based British Library collection. Google's partnership demonstrates that despite recent legal setbacks, new CEO Larry Page hasn't abandoned his long-term vision of scanning every book on the planet and making it freely available online.


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Google, British Library in deal to digitize books

The agreement will let Internet users read, search, download and copy thousands of texts published between 1700 and 1870.


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Google and British Library web deal

ABOUT 250,000 books are to be made available online in a deal between Google and the British Library.


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

British Library and Google Books partner up to digitize 250,000 out-of-copyright works

Oh paper, ye olde guardian of human wisdom, culture, and history, why must you be so fragile and voluminous ? Not a question we ask ourselves every day, admittedly, but when you're talking about the British Library's extensive collection of tomes from the 18th and 19th century, those books, pamphlets and periodicals do stack up pretty quickly. Thankfully, Google's book digitization project has ...


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

British Library joins Google to digitise 250,000 books for search and download

The British Library and Google have signed a partnership to digitise 250,000 out-of-copyright books from the Library's collections.


Monday, June 20, 2011

British Library signs Google deal to put books online

The British Library has signed a deal with Google that will see web users given online access to a collection of historic books and leaflets.


Monday, June 20, 2011

Leaders at British-Irish meeting

First and Deputy First Ministers Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness are due to represent Northern Ireland at a British Irish Council meeting in London later.


Monday, June 20, 2011

N.Y. Anti-Mosque Leader Defends Group That Clashed With British Police

A leader in the movement protesting plans to build an Islamic cultural center two blocks from Ground Zero in lower Manhattan is defending the actions of a right-wing, anti-Muslim group that was involved in violent clashes with British riot police over the weekend.


Monday, June 20, 2011

British football team for London Olympics moves a step closer

David Beckham The British Olympic Association (BOA) is close to an agreement to enter a British football team at London 2012, reports BBC Sport . BOA chief executive Andy Hunt said he is "incredibly positive that we will get a [British] men's and women's football team" at the Olympics. Hunt told Inside the Game s there remain "some final things to resolve." The Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish ...


Sunday, June 19, 2011

Tangled web of intrigue

US woman and her lover pin hopes on a child killer and a mobster to have murder convictions overturned in Italy.


Sunday, June 19, 2011

VIDEO: Taking British stout back to Russia

British brewers have sailed a beer-laden clipper to St Petersburg, retracing a centuries-old trade route, hoping to rekindle interest in imperial stout - once one of Britain's best-loved exports to Tsarist Russia.


Saturday, June 18, 2011

Briton fights U.S. trial for Web piracy

LONDON, June 17 (UPI) -- A British computer student is fighting extradition to the United States for running a Web site with links to pirated films and television shows.


Saturday, June 18, 2011

British computer student facing extradition for linking to illegal film downloads

A British computer student is facing extradition to the US for creating a website that offers download links to pirated films and TV shows.


Saturday, June 18, 2011

AUDIO: British beer heads to Russia

Brilliant Beer's Tim O'Rourke: "I think this is engendering good will... It's the stout diplomacy we could have with the Russians."


Friday, June 17, 2011

British student faces extradition to US over copyright infringement

Vows to fight charges


Friday, June 17, 2011

British Tax System Uses Web Robots To Find Cheats

judgecorp writes "HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is extending its campaign against tax cheats with the news that it will use web robots to trawl cyberspace. The system will check eBay and Google to identify traders who aren't declaring all their earnings. From the article: 'The decision to target cyberspace to hunt down those evading tax comes as HMRC continues its campaign to recover around £7 ...


Thursday, June 16, 2011

Go Fishing for Free on Family Fishing Weekend in British Columbia This Fathers' Day

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - The annual celebration of British Columbia's Family Fishing Weekend and the great sport of fishing now includes tidal waters. Residents of Canada are encouraged to get together with family and friends to go fishing on Fathers' Day weekend this year and in the years to come.


Thursday, June 16, 2011

South defeat ends British hopes

Melanie South, the final British qualifier in the women's singles at Wimbledon, is beaten by Misaki Doi of Japan.


Thursday, June 16, 2011

Brummies pair make British squad

Birmingham Brummies duo Ben barker and Danny King are named in GB's five-man team for July's World Cup.


Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Microsoft UK Web site defaced

The Web site for the British arm of the Microsoft Press unit is "briefly replaced by unauthorized content."


Monday, June 13, 2011

Taoiseach to address British-Irish Assembly

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will address the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly in Cork later.


Saturday, June 11, 2011

British cybercops nab alleged blackmailers

And they're promising more arrests on the trail of purported extortion and money laundering by a Russian gang.


Saturday, June 11, 2011

VIDEO: Royal British Legion turns 90

The Royal British Legion, the charity which provides care and support for veterans, has celebrated its 90th anniversary.


Saturday, June 11, 2011

VIDEO: British Legion celebrates 90 years

Royal British Legion celebrates anniversary with a garden party at Downing Street


Saturday, June 11, 2011

British girl's 'Bucket List' is Web hit

LONDON -- A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been overwhelmed by messages of support from around the world after writing an online "Bucket List" of things she wanted to do before dying.


Saturday, June 11, 2011

Hackers penetrate British health records

LONDON, June 10 (UPI) -- A hacker attack on Britain's National Health Service is raising concerns for the privacy of millions of patients.


Saturday, June 11, 2011

VIDEO: British 'treat sex like tennis'

Peter Hitchens is booed by the Question Time audience as he says people only have themselves to blame for the sexualisation of children.


Saturday, June 11, 2011

British paper cuts Apple out of app

THE stoush between publishers and the dominant tablet maker, Apple, about money and reader data intensified this week when the Financial Times launched an app outside both Apple's iTunes and Google's Android Market which uses the new version of the core internet code, HTML5.


Thursday, June 09, 2011

Hotwire.com Survey Reveals British Travel Booking Habits

LONDON, June 9, 2011 PRNewswire - Poll finds Brits are planning to take more breaks this year and 9 out of 10 value prices over the brand of hotel(i) When it comes to planning a holiday, Brits are keener than ever to bag a bargain and are ...


Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Department of Health supports British Lung Foundation's Isle of Man Patient and Carer Networking

The Department of Health is supporting the British Lung Foundation's Isle of Man Patient and Carer Networking Events, which will take place on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th June at Keyll Darree, the Department of Health's Education and Training Centre at Noble's Hospital, Strang.


Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Paul Revere warned the British -- about warning the Colonists. Does that make Sarah Palin right?

Listen readers and you shall hear conflicting accounts of the ride of Paul Revere.


Monday, June 06, 2011

On the Beach: British Travellers are the Most Internet Savvy in Europe

A recent report from Ipsos, a market research company, has pegged Brits as the group most likely to book their holidays online. Their research found that 71 per cent use the web to make arrangements for their trips â this figure stands well above the European average of 57 per cent.


Monday, June 06, 2011

British intelligence hacked Al Qaeda website

LONDON, UK: British intelligence agencies hacked an Al Qaeda online magazine and uploaded a cake-making recipe, replacing its original content which enabled browsers to learn how to prepare bombs, Daily Telegraph reported.


Sunday, June 05, 2011

British spy agents reportedly hack Al Qaeda magazine, replacing its bomb-making instructions with recipes for cupcakes

Associated Press reports British spy agents "managed to hack into the extremist Inspire magazine, replacing its bombmaking instructions with a recipe for cupcakes."


Sunday, June 05, 2011

British spy agents reportedly hack Al Qaeda magazine, replacing its bomb-making instructions with recipes for cupcakes

Associated Press reports British spy agents "managed to hack into the extremist Inspire magazine, replacing its bombmaking instructions with a recipe for cupcakes."


Sunday, June 05, 2011

British spy agents reportedly hack Al Qaeda magazine, replacing its bomb-making instructions with recipes for cupcakes

Associated Press reports British spy agents "managed to hack into the extremist Inspire magazine, replacing its bombmaking instructions with a recipe for cupcakes."


Saturday, June 04, 2011

British intelligence hacked al-Qaeda magazine and embedded cupcake recipes

British intelligence operatives hacked into an English-language al-Qaeda online magazine and replaced an article on bomb-making instructions ...


Saturday, June 04, 2011

Reports: British Intelligence Battled Al-Qaida With Cupcakes

To thwart the launch of al-Qaida's English language publication, British officials said they replaced the recipe for a home-made bomb with recipes for the best American cupcakes.


Friday, June 03, 2011

British spies use cakes in cyber war

BRITISH intelligence has hacked into an al-Qaeda online magazine and replaced bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.


Friday, June 03, 2011

MI6 hackers hit terrorist website with cupcakes

British intelligence has hacked into an al-Qaeda online magazine and replaced bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.


Friday, June 03, 2011

British Spies Swapped Bombs for Cupcakes in Al-Qaeda's Magazine

The Pentagon's decision this week to classify cyber attacks against the U.S as an act of war has ignited a debate about what exactly the rules of engagement are in 21st-century warfare. One particularly vexing question is what constitutes a hostile target. To illustrate this point,  The Washington Post  recently recounted the moment last year when U.S. intelligence officials learned that al ...


Friday, June 03, 2011

British Intelligence Replaced Bombs With Cupcakes in Al-Qaeda Mag

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Friday, June 03, 2011

British hackers hit al-Qaida website with cupcakes

British intelligence has hacked into an al-Qaida online magazine and replaced bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.


Friday, June 03, 2011

MI6 attacks al-Qaeda in 'Operation Cupcake'

British intelligence has hacked into an al-Qaeda online magazine and replaced bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.


Thursday, June 02, 2011

How Twitter is upending British privacy laws

While extreme gag orders, or 'super injunctions,' often keep the British press from airing the private details of celebrities' court cases, they haven't yet been able to quiet the Twitterati.


Thursday, June 02, 2011

Laryngitis forces Adele to cancel concerts

MINNEAPOLIS, June 1 (UPI) -- British pop vocalist Adele was forced to postpone five dates on her North American tour because of laryngitis, her Web site said.


Thursday, June 02, 2011

VIDEO: British troops honoured by Queen

British troops who fought in Afghanistan have been honoured by the Queen.


Thursday, June 02, 2011

OneMove's Econveyance Achieves Milestone Adding its 500th Firm

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 06 01 11) - OneMove Technologies Inc. ("OneMove" or the "Company") (TSX-V: OM - News ), the provider of the leading web-based real estate transaction platform and creator of the largest network of conveyancing professionals of its kind, today announced that it has achieved a major milestone by adding its 500th member firm to the network. OneMove set a ...


Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Web Host RackForce Expands Storage Area Network Services

May 31, 2011 -- Canadian Web hosting provider RackForce Networks announced on Tuesday it has added a high performance storage area network offering to its portfolio of services.


Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Alta Mining Inc. (FOGC) Shares Report on Property in British Columbia

Fortune Oil and Gas, Inc. is pleased to announce that its mining subsidiary Alta Mining Inc. has received a compilation report that gives more define overview and reveals great exploration potential on mining property located in the mining district of Kaslo, British Columbia .


Sunday, May 29, 2011

British Queen, Obama put Irish tourism back on map

After Barack Obama put it on the map by downing a gulp of Guinness, residents of the U.S. president's tiny ancestral home of Moneygall have spent the past week greeting busloads of tourists.


Sunday, May 29, 2011

British quartet win canoeing gold

Britain's canoeists claim gold at the Duisburg leg of the World Cup as their opponents collide.


Saturday, May 28, 2011

Eastday-British grub not what it seems

LOCALS cheering online for a "British cuisine" stall set up outside Tongji University following the closure of a popular French crepe stall may be disappointed to discover that it was merely a prank.


Saturday, May 28, 2011

DEQ obtains British Columbia Gaming Services Supplier License

LEVIS, Quebec -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- DEQ Systems Corp. (TSXV: DEQ) ("DEQ" or the "Company"), a leading provider of table game bonusing, jackpot and loyalty solutions, announces today that it has obtained its Gaming Services Supplier license for British Columbia, Canada.


Saturday, May 28, 2011

VIDEO: Campaign for British-born workers

A newly-elected English Democrat councillor in Boston wants more jobs for British-born workers.


Friday, May 27, 2011

Pay up? or else...

British private schools are turning to collection agencies to go after parents who are defaulting on tuition


Thursday, May 26, 2011

Report: Cole out of U.S. 'X Factor'

LOS ANGELES, May 25 (UPI) -- British pop singer and television personality Cheryl Cole has been dropped from the U.S. version of the competition series "The X Factor," TMZ reported.


Thursday, May 26, 2011

OneMove(TM) Announces Fiscal 2011 Third Quarter Financial Results

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 25, 2011) - OneMove Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:OM) ("OneMove" or the "Company"), the provider of the leading web-based real estate transaction platform and creator of the largest network of conveyancing professionals of its kind, today announced its financial results for the three and nine-month periods ended March 31, 2011. All figures are ...


Thursday, May 26, 2011

Kate's dress crashes British Web site

LONDON, May 25 (UPI) -- British fashion brand Reiss said its Web site was crashed by consumers seeking the dress worn by Princess Catherine when she greeted the Obamas.


Thursday, May 26, 2011

VIDEO: Tour of British Apache attack helicopter

The British army's fleet of Apache Attack Helicopters have clocked up a landmark 100,000 flying hours, a third of which have been flown on operations in Afghanistan.


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Travel Costs Are on the Up: but Are There Even More Downsides for British Business?

LONDON--(Marketwire - 05 25 11) - A recent survey of business bloggers, entrepreneurs and commuters confirmed that meetings are moving, jobs are changing and flexi-time has become a more serious proposition as a direct result of rising commuter costs. The findings, which have been published in an article being released today by free conference call provider, Powwownow, reveal that: The ...


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

EFF Blog Post Decrying British Censorship Goes Missing

And once again the facts get the way of a good story


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Web grocer Ocado builds another distribution hub

The new facility will process up to 120,000 weekly orders. British web grocer Ocado Group Plc is building a second distribution center to accommodate what the retailer says is an expected boom in order processing.


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

VIDEO: How to earn a British safety kitemark

The British Standards Institution are celebrating 60 years of approving safety standards for consumers


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

FA poll: IMF unlikely to pick emerging-markets chief

Results from our web poll hint that the cosy arrangement that once dictated leadership of the IMF and the World Bank is under pressure from China and other emerging-market countries.


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

David Brooks: What's the big idea?

His theories on society were fashionable 200 years ago, so why are British politicians such fans of this New York Times columnist's new book? When David Brooks was a boy, he had two turtles named Gladstone and Disraeli. How come? "There's a New York Jewish culture that has a saying 'Think Yiddish, act British'," says Brooks. "My background was filled with Anglophile Jews. Jews of a certain ...


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Funding Irish group sparks earmark debate

President Obama spent Monday huddling with Ireland's president and prime minister in Dublin, visiting a village where his great-great-great grandfather lived and drinking a pint of Guinness, among other activities. He did not, news reports suggest, engage anyone in an argument about the definition of an earmark. But back home, that debate rages on. In March, Obama signed a short-term spending ...


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Federal authorities in Baltimore target Internet gambling

Set up phony company to catch illegal betting businesses Two Internet gambling businesses and their international owners were indicted by a Maryland federal grand jury as part of a lengthy, undercover investigation, details of which were released Monday after 11 associated bank accounts were seized in five countries and 10 Web domain names were shut down.


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Facebook generation 'have more than 1,000 friends'

The average British 22 year-old has more than 1,000 online friends on sites like Facebook, compared to those in their fifties who have fewer than 20, according to a new study.


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Irish village embraces Obama as its own

The Birther movement may have been trying to prove President Barack Obama was born in Kenya, but perhaps they should have argued he was born in Ireland. Many here are more than happy to claim him as Irish as he makes his first state visit to the country.


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

VIDEO: The pressure of being a political wife

What American First Ladies, and wives of British prime ministers, wear can receive as much scrutiny as what their husbands say.


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Free Speech and Privacy Rights Collide on Twitter

A British soccer star's affair became gossip online but was blocked from the media, fueling a debate about privacy.


Monday, May 23, 2011

VIDEO: What should a pylon look like?

A competition to redesign the British electricity pylon has been launched - offering the chance to reshape a part of the landscape that has not changed in more than 80 years.


Monday, May 23, 2011

Free Speech on Twitter Faces Test

SAN FRANCISCO -- What began as seamy gossip about an affair between a famous British soccer player and a reality TV star has quickly become another test over how far the rights to privacy and free speech extend online, where social media operate in countries with vastly different laws.


Saturday, May 21, 2011

Read-only nation: can Open Source change the British way?

Reg readers duke it out with Canonical Workshop We asked if open-source software had a part to play in increasing technological innovation in the UK. It seems that for a nation with such a great engineering heritage, we have too easily passed the tech leadership flag over to the US and to the emerging economies....


Saturday, May 21, 2011

Brit Comedy 'Divine White's Introduction to Hollywood' Scores Nomination After Just Two Episodes

Quirky British comedy series 'Divine White's Introduction to Hollywood' has been nominated for an LA Comedy Award after airing only two episodes. The show, written by and starring talented Brit Alison Winter, has been nominated for the highly coveted 'Web series nominated for television' award. (PRWeb May 20, 2011) Read the full story at http: www.prweb.com releases 2011 5 ...


Saturday, May 21, 2011

Copyright and Related Laws Hold Back Innovation and Growth, Say British

Many of the laws that govern intellectual property have their roots in the 18th and 19th century - how can they possibly help a global 21st century economy that is vastly bigger, faster and more dynamically changing? Well, a report for the UK Government, the IP Review written by Professor Ian Hargreaves for Prime Minister Cameron, says they can't. Here it is in one line:


Saturday, May 21, 2011

British Sitcom Writer Starts Rumor That Osama Bin Laden Loved His Show, Twitter Freaks Out

Last week, television writer Graham Linehan decided to have a bit of fun. Around the time we were all getting shown images of Osama bin Laden chilling on the couch and watching some TV , Linehan, the creator of the hit British sitcom The IT Crowd (Which I have not seen despite constant championing from my friends. It's on my Netflix queue, guys!), thought it would be pretty funny to start a ...


Saturday, May 21, 2011

VIDEO: Remembering a British boxing legend

Famous faces from the worlds of sport and entertainment gather in Kent to pay tribute at the funeral of boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper.


Saturday, May 21, 2011

British women raped in St Lucia

Two British students have been raped while camping on a beach in St Lucia.


Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Sullivan adamant next West Ham manager will be British

West Ham United West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan admits they want a British managerial appointment. Avram Grant was shown the door on Sunday after the Hammers were officially relegated. "We will wait to see who applies and wait to see what happens generally, but it will be resolved within two weeks, I should think," Sullivan said. "I think we will definitely get an English manager, or a ...


Wednesday, May 18, 2011

10,000 Commits To an Open-source Project

tgeller writes "British web designer Jonathan Brown tweeted that Drupal creator Dries Buytaert has surpassed 10,000 commits to the open-source content-management system he created ten years ago, Drupal. In a private email, Dries said, 'I'm mostly committing other people's patches: Credit really goes to the community at large.' Still, it's rare for individual to log that many commits. Can anyone ...


Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Planet with British weather found 20 light years away

Cold, rainy, inhabitants likely to be hostile A group of boffins claims to have spied the "first discovered terrestrial-mass exoplanet in the habitable zone", the BBC reports .... Server Hosting Solutions


Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Older British women turn into e-book thieves

According to an annual digital entertainment survey by law specialists at Wiggin, the growing popularity with tablets and e-readers is seeing a piracy surge among older women.


Tuesday, May 17, 2011

British Empire Sec - Half Yearly Report

British Empire Sec - Half Yearly Report


Monday, May 16, 2011

British survey ship rescues four

A Cornish coastguard station helps co-ordinate the rescue of four people after their British yacht sinks off the coast of Morocco.


Monday, May 16, 2011

British marine killed in Afghanistan blast

London (AFP) May 15, 2011 A British marine was killed Sunday in a blast in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London announced. The troop, from 42 Commando Royal Marines, was killed by an improvised explosive device while searching a compound in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand Province. "The Royal Marine was involved in an operation which was investigating suspected insurgent ...


Monday, May 16, 2011

Evolving Standards in Accessibility

BS 8878 Web accessibility, Code of Practice is the first British Standard to address the growing challenge of digital inclusion and is referenced in the UK's government's e-Accessibility Action plan.Its publication is especially timely given that the new Equality Act 2010 places an obligation on information providers to ensure their web products are accessible.


Saturday, May 14, 2011

VIDEO: Treasured British land on US shores

Two monuments sit on North Carolina's barrier islands in honour of the 67 lives lost at sea there during World War II. The land is actually British territory and was given as a tribute to the British sailors who died defending America's shores.


Saturday, May 14, 2011

VIDEO: Could Swiss suicide clinic ban the British?

Voters in Zurich will decide in a referendum on Sunday, whether to limit assisted suicide to residents of Zurich and whether to ban the practice altogether.


Saturday, May 14, 2011

Young British men view knife carrying as a 'legitimate response' to potential threats

Knife carrying is seen as a legitimate response both to potential threats and to the lack of protection provided by authorities, according to a study of young white British males published in this week's BMJ.


Saturday, May 14, 2011

Friday newspaper round-up: HMV, British Airways v Unite, Facebook v Google

LONDON (SHARECAST) - HMV's efforts to sell its Waterstone's book business are being stymied by a stand-off between the beleaguered entertainment group's banks and the potential buyer, Alexander Mamut, over price.


Friday, May 13, 2011

Canadian Web Host Islandnet Goes Offline Following DDoS Attack

May 12, 2011 -- Canadian Web hosting provider Islandnet was hit with a DDoS attack on Wednesday morning, taking the website and its customers' websites offline for almost 24 hours.


Friday, May 13, 2011

Don't miss: British Invasion at Audubon Park

WHAT : That famous British propriety? Don't you believe it. Any country that can get millions to tune in for a wedding obviously knows how to throw a party, and Audubon Park borrows a bit of that cool Britannia for its "British Invasion" street fest. Limber up your silly walk for an array of Monty Python-themed contests and keep an eye out for "Dr. Who's" deadly Daleks crashing the party in ...


Friday, May 13, 2011

Spelling Differences Between American And British English

As George Bernard Shaw is said to have said, "England and America are two countries separated by the same language."


Thursday, May 12, 2011

British Jewellery Designer Launches Child Safety Jewellery Range

Contemporary and chic jewellery designer Tanya Krackowizer presents an exciting new idea in a colourful jewellery range that has been designed to aid young children in finding their parents. The two ranges, one for boys and one for girls, incorporates the parent's cell number into the design.


Thursday, May 12, 2011

British Prime Minister Cameron accused of sexism after jibe in Parliament

LONDON (AP) ? British Prime Minister David Cameron is embroiled in a sexism row after a female lawmaker accused his comments of being sexist and patronizing.


Thursday, May 12, 2011

Website Lists Royal Wedding Drinks

A Canadian Web site is celebrating the upcoming nuptials of British Prince William with a list of royal wedding themed cocktail recipes.


Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Gleneagles Country Club to Host America's Only 2011 British Open Qualifier

Gleneagles Country Club, a member of the ClubCorp family of clubs, will host, for the third consecutive year, the only International Final Qualifying event in America May 23. The event, which will take place on the Queen's Course, features a field of 78 players â including some of the best in the world â competing in over 36 holes during one day's play for eight qualifying spots.


Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Web-based marketing, wave of the future

Coun. Bill Hadden is keen about a new marketing program called the Bridges Project, and it's something he believes is the wave of the future for small tenure owners.


Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Abramovich may go British for next Chelsea manager

Barcelona Carlo Ancelotti Chelsea Fulham Harry Redknapp Liverpool Mark Hughes Rafa Benitez Chelsea could go British in their quest to replace manager Carlo Ancelotti . The Guardian says the lack of obvious, high-calibre candidates to replace the 51-year-old is making the task difficult for Blues owner Roman Abramovich. Guus Hiddink, the Turkey coach, remains his preferred candidate. While the ...


Wednesday, May 11, 2011

VIDEO: Sun and holidays help April sales

Retail sales on the high street were up 5.2% in April according to the British Retail Consortium


Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Web mocks Osama, makes him watch 'Friday'

In the unruly mind of the Internet, death's not enough punishment for some people.


Monday, May 09, 2011

DediPower's Cloud Hosting Delivers Online Retailer 40% Uplift in Web Speed

DediPower's secure Cloud platform 'offers distinct performance advantages and competitive pricing'


Monday, May 09, 2011

Twitter shows the internet cannot be bound by super-injunctions

The rise of the super-injunction in British courts has failed to account for one thing: the internet, writes Emma Barnett.


Monday, May 09, 2011

Why don't we love our intellectuals?

While France celebrates its intelligentsia, you have to go back to Orwell and Huxley to find British intellectuals at the heart of national public debate. Why did we stop caring about ideas? When did 'braininess' become a laughing matter? Who are our great, neglected intellectuals? Join the discussion One of the distinctive aspects of British culture is that the word "intellectual" seems to be ...


Monday, May 09, 2011

Elastic Path Launches ecommerce on the Google Cloud

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 05 09 11) - Elastic Path Software, provider of a flexible enterprise ecommerce platform and strategic ecommerce consulting services, announced that a version of its ecommerce platform is now running on Google App Engine - the search engine leader's platform for developing and hosting web apps on the same systems that power many Google applications ...


Monday, May 09, 2011

DediPower's Cloud Hosting Infrastructure Delivers Online Retailer 40% Uplift in Webspeed

Cloud and Managed Hosting expert, DediPower, has taken Atlantic Shopping's hosting infrastructure into the Cloud; helping to increase site speed by 40%. Specialising in bar stools and furniture, Atlantic Shopping is one of a growing generation of British retailers who are driving strong sales via the web.


Monday, May 09, 2011

The British quest for better way of life explored in new study

The British quest for better way of life is explored in the first research study to look at the everyday lives of the British living in France.


Sunday, May 08, 2011

UK- HSBC to sponsor British Council's 'Kids Read' programme

UK- HSBC to sponsor British Council's 'Kids Read' programme


Sunday, May 08, 2011

Science & Technology Briefs

The bustling noise of High Street or the music from the campus bar no longer has to keep you up at night. A British engineer has developed the "Silence Machine" to wipe out distracting noise.


Sunday, May 08, 2011

Seve Ballesteros, 54, Dashing Golf Champion

Mr. Ballesteros won five major titles and helped propel Europe's rise in the Ryder Cup competition with the United States.


Saturday, May 07, 2011

Massive web audience watch Kate Middleton and Prince William get married

There were 72 million live online streams of the Royal wedding on YouTube, a Clarence House spokeswoman said.


Friday, May 06, 2011

Fifth for Laverty at Oulton Park

Michael Laverty has two fifth place finishes in Monday's British Superbike Championship round at Oulton Park.


Thursday, May 05, 2011

US man jailed over web suicides

A US man who helped persuade a British man and Canadian woman he met online to commit suicide is jailed for nearly a year in Minnesota.


Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Inside the Internet: A Retro Video from the BBC on the Creation of the Internet and the Web

How was the internet created -- and was it invented by America, or did the British help?


Wednesday, May 04, 2011

British Champions Series - fixtures and results

Keep up to date with the new series of premier British Flat races


Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Angry mobs burn British, Italian embassies in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) ? Angry mobs attacked Western embassies and a U.N. office in Tripoli Sunday after NATO bombed Moammar Gadhafi's family compound in an attack officials said killed the leader's second youngest son and three grandchildren, ages six months to two years.


Sunday, May 01, 2011

Royal Wedding: Viewing figures, rise of the memes, and the first Generation Y monarch-to-be

Take down the bunting, the decorations and the Union Jack flags -- the wedding is over. But the Web is still abuzz with wedding fever, and Generation Y appeal.


Saturday, April 30, 2011

VIDEO: British-style street party in Manhattan

The royal wedding inspired celebrations across the globe. Many Americans partied long into the night including at a British style street party in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.


Saturday, April 30, 2011

Killer behind the wheel

Too far, or not far enough? Thousands and thousands of web hits later, a British PSA is getting the attention of folks here in the states.


Saturday, April 30, 2011

Young British Royal Couple Doesn't Have Bulgarian Cousins Yet

The newly wedded British royal couple of Prince William and Kate Middleton does not have Bulgarian cousins yet as they will be seventh cousins with former Bulgarian Tsar Simeon Saxe-Coburg's future great-grand children. Simeon Saxe-Coburg, Tsar of Bulgaria in 1943-1946, and Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 2001-2005, together with his wife Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela are the only Bulgarian ...


Friday, April 29, 2011

How To Follow The Royal Wedding Online

Can't get to a television set for the royal wedding on Friday? Fear not. The British royal family is making sure that anyone with access to the Web will be able to keep up with the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton.


Thursday, April 28, 2011

British Royals Dance With Technology

Friday's nuptials between Prince William and Kate Middleton won't be the first royal wedding to captivate Anglophiles from around the world. But it will be the first with its own Twitter hashtag.


Thursday, April 28, 2011

Bashar al-Assad's crackdown kills UK hopes of a new dawn

Britain's decade-long optimism that Syria's autocratic regime in Damascus would relax has turned to dust The story of Britain's relationship with Syria over the last decade has been the repeated triumph of hope over experience. The web of personal links created by Bashar al-Assad's British education and his marriage to a British-born woman created a familiarity that ultimately proved deceptive ...


Thursday, April 28, 2011

VIDEO: British stars on the Royal Family

British Celebrities talk about the upcoming Royal Wedding and why they like the Royal Family.


Wednesday, April 27, 2011

British Woeful Pilot Hailed as Hero in Bulgaria

A British pilot, who made an emergency landing close to a cemetery in Southern Bulgaria, but steered clear of the nearby village, has been praised as a hero by the locals. Richard Wolf from London blacked out the entire village of Bogomilovo near Stara Zagora,, when he ploughed through the high-voltage cables as he brought his two-seater LZ-300L plane to land in a cemetery. Passenger ...


Wednesday, April 27, 2011

VIDEO: Shopping like a royal in London

Keith Wallace visits some of the British Royal Family's official suppliers in London, for some quality merchandise.


Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Poly Styrene, Brash Frontwoman of X-Ray Spex, Dies at 53

As the leader of the band X-Ray Spex in the late 1970s, Poly Styrene, real name Marianne Elliot-Said, made a place for feminine brashness in punk and challenged conformism with her searing lyrics.


Tuesday, April 26, 2011

British fans snub Olympics football tournament

Gareth Bale British sports fans are giving the Olympics football tournament a wide berth. Around 10 million people are understood to have put their names down for the 6.6 million available tickets. But while sports such as athletics look set to be over-subscribed - resulting in a public ballot - demand is low for football. Wales and Scotland do not want stars like Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey ...


Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Ex-Arsenal keeper Wilson: Arsene needs to buy British

Arsenal Arsene Wenger Former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson says Arsene Wenger must "swallow his pride" and pay for Premier League experience. Wilson says it is time for Wenger to change his policy and add some steel to his back four ? whatever the cost. He said: "Arsene has a complete aversion to paying double the price for British players. "But he has to swallow his pride on that because there ...


Tuesday, April 26, 2011

William and Kate's Nuptials Overexposed by Media, Overshadowed by Charles and Diana

COMMENTARY | It seems for many Americans the mystique and spectacle of a British royal wedding fizzled out. The New York Times maintains that a Times CBS News poll unearths a mere 6 percent of people in the United States who are keeping a watchful eye on the upcoming nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Only 22 percent express an interest to some extent.


Monday, April 25, 2011

A royal wedding fit for our pubs

Getting your Brit on in San Diego's pubs.


Monday, April 25, 2011

Teen charged in fatal shooting of British tourists was released from custody hours earlier

SARASOTA, Florida ? A 16-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting two British tourists last week had been released from juvenile custody hours earlier and was supposed to be on house arrest.


Monday, April 25, 2011

Aphrodisiac beer created for royal wedding

LONDON, April 21 (UPI) -- A British brewery says it has created the world's first beer laced with aphrodisiacs in honor of the upcoming royal wedding.


Friday, April 22, 2011

VIDEO: British monarch hands out money

The Queen has attended the traditional service to mark Maundy Thursday - the first time it has fallen on her birthday.


Friday, April 22, 2011

World News: British photographer killed by mortar attack in Libya

AN award-winning British photographer was one of two journalists killed in an apparent mortar attack while covering the Libyan conflict in the besieged city of Misrata.


Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Association of British Credit Unions Appoints Bayberry Consulting as Advisor to its Back Office Project

DUBLIN, Ireland and Manchester, UK - Bayberry, an advisory firm specialising in retail banking and growth strategy, today announced that the Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL) has appointed it as consulting partner on its back office project.


Thursday, April 21, 2011

VIDEO: British man deported to UK

A British man has been deported from Australia after living there for more than 40 years.


Thursday, April 21, 2011

Sarasota Police Seek Clues After British Tourists Are Killed

A 16-year-old dropout recently out of juvenile detention was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.


Tuesday, April 19, 2011

British government presses ahead with web filter plans

The UK government appears to be pressing ahead with plans to filter the internet to prevent the great unwashed from filesharing.


Tuesday, April 19, 2011

VIDEO: Web inventor's 'free internet' warning

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British scientist credited with inventing the web, has said he fears the freedom of the online world is being put at risk by the demands of big business.


Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Engineering Team for British SuperSonic Car Addresses Design Challenges with Altair's HyperWorks Technology

TROY, MI -- April 18, 2011 : Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empowers client innovation and decision-making, reported today that the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car (SSC) team has employed the HyperWorks suite of computer-aided engineering tools in the development of its jet and rocket powered car.


Tuesday, April 19, 2011

16-year-old charged in killing of 2 British tourists

Arrest is second in 9 days for Shawn Tyson, 16, who is accused of fatally shooting James Cooper and James Kouzaris early Saturday.


Tuesday, April 19, 2011

British eateries ignoring mobile

British restaurants and bars aren't catching the eyes, or the wallets, of smartphone-wielding consumers and are missing out on bookings as a result, found international online reservations provider Livebookings.


Friday, April 15, 2011

Winning design in royal wedding dress contest is classic with a twist

There is a worldwide movement to brand everything under the sun William and Kate: Pez dispensers, air-sickness bags and, of course, sapphire engagement rings. Yet when the second in line to the British throne, Prince William, finally ties the knot with longtime love Kate Middleton on April 29, at least one royal fan will be celebrating more than their marriage and the retail bonanza it has ...


Friday, April 15, 2011

Royal Wedding Update: British Tourism Authority Relegated to the Sidelines

With every passing day, the fever pitch surrounding the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is reaching new heights. Undeniable that the United Kingdom is sitting on the kind of tourism opportunity other countries can only dream of. So I checked in with VisitBritain, the UK tourism authority, to [...]


Thursday, April 14, 2011

How British is 'Rule Britannia'?

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is seen by many as an unofficial British national anthem -- but an Oxford University academic believes she has discovered that Rule Britannia was heavily influenced by Greek literature.


Thursday, April 14, 2011

British boxing champ Amir Khan cheering Bolton onto Cup final

Bolton Wanderers Manchester City Manchester United Stoke City British boxing champ Amir Khan will be cheering on Bolton Wanderers against FA Cup semifinal opponents Stoke City . The 24-year-old is an avid supporter of his home-town team and victory this weekend would send the Trotters into a final clash with either Manchester United or Manchester City , who can count Ricky Hatton among their ...


Wednesday, April 13, 2011

British Museum visitors evacuated

About 8,000 visitors are moved to safety when the British Museum in central London was evacuated after was smoke was detected.


Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Erle Dardick, CEO of MonkeyMedia Software, Announces the Second Monthly Session of Catering Makes Sense: An ...

After a community-wide, positive response to the debut session, Erle Dardick, CEO of MonkeyMedia Software®, a provider of web-based education, strategy and software services for multi-unit restaurant operators, today announced the second monthly session of the company's complimentary catering education series, Catering Makes Sense: An Educational Series for Multi-Unit Restaurant Operators ...


Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Royal Jordanian expands deal with British Airways

Jordan's flagship carrier says its customers can now purchase their tickets from British Airways. A Royal Jordanian statement released Wednesday said the move expands its code-sharing agreement with British Airways, both members of the 'Oneworld' airline alliance.


Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Corrected: British Libraries Must Not Harvest Paywalled News Sites

» Clarification: This story has been superseded by a later story with more accurate information.


Tuesday, April 12, 2011

British retailers expect more strong web sales

But survey respondents worry about the negative impact of proposed EU consumer rules.


Tuesday, April 12, 2011

British retailers find new ways to ignore customers

Anyone who has shopped in Britain will be familiar with the poor attitude to customer service often displayed here. Getting the attention of an assistant can be hard, especially in some chain stores. It can be even harder to find one who knows anything.


Monday, April 11, 2011

British Prince Stranded at Russian Polar Base

Britain's Prince Harry was briefly stranded at a Russian base in the Arctic because of a broken ice runway.


Friday, April 08, 2011

Prince William and Kate PEZ Dispensers For Charity

Get Business Mobile Text Alerts : Text BIZ To 37798 PEZ collectors, take note: The iconic candy company has created Prince William and Kate PEZ dispensers, tying the Wedding of the Century to old-line Connecticut industry.


Friday, April 08, 2011

British parents praise Coca Cola for dropping Man Utd star Rooney

Manchester United Wayne Rooney British parents have welcomed Coca Cola's decision to end their deal with Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney . On Wednesday the decision not to renew his £600,000-a-year deal was hailed as "a victory for decency". Margaret Morrissey, of the Parents Outloud campaign group, said: "These footballers are held in high esteem by this nation's youngsters and there is ...


Friday, April 08, 2011

VIDEO: How to be a British royal

Here are some dos and don'ts for being a member of the British Royal Family.


Thursday, April 07, 2011

British royals go digital for wedding

The man not yet king of England is facing his sternest test yet. Public expectations are high. The event is to be played out across a challenging new medium of communication, and the family turns to professionals for help.


Thursday, April 07, 2011

British Airways' Amazing Credit Card Bonus: 2 Roundtrip Transatlantic Flights

Those who travel to Europe often will find this credit card bonus deal to be pretty amazing... Heck, it blew my mind, and we posted it as the Outlaw Deal Alert of the Day just minutes ago.


Thursday, April 07, 2011

British bank shuts website until April 2012

Why not phone us? Or send your butler. Next year A British bank is closing the website for its investment accounts while it works on "a fresh new site which is more secure and easier to use"....


Thursday, April 07, 2011

Villa pair in sights as Liverpool plan to buy British in summer

Aston Villa Blackpool Kenny Dalglish Liverpool Everton Liverpool are planning to buy British in the summer. Reds football chief Damien Comolli is working with manager Kenny Dalglish on their shopping list for the close-season transfer market. The News of the World says Dalglish is said to prefer the acquisition of Aston Villa winger Stuart Downing to the Comolli-favoured Ashley Young in the ...


Thursday, April 07, 2011

VIDEO: British authorities 'arrested' Moussa Koussa

Abdurrahman Shalgham - one of Gaddafi's oldest friends who publicly denounced him and joined the rebellion - tells HARDtalk the defected Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa wants to leave the UK.


Thursday, April 07, 2011

British firm advertises for naked female web coders

Now here's a dream job. An advertisement has appeared on the UK version of Craigslist looking for female web coders who are prepared to work in the nude. read more


Thursday, April 07, 2011

Britain to reassert worries about WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning's treatment

British diplomats said Tuesday that they will restate to the State Department their concerns about the U.S. military's treatment of Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, the soldier who is accused of supplying confidential diplomatic files to the WikiLeaks Web site.


Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Search is on for beautiful British courts

Greg Hayward, a former Norfolk tennis coach, has put down his racket and picked up a camera in order to embark on a project to discover Britain's most beautiful tennis court.


Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Happy Bhutanese fall into Web scams

Thimphu (Kuensel ANN) - Through an online lottery website, Tashi, a school teacher in Paro, Bhutan not only won a US green card but also a free air ticket to the United States.


Tuesday, April 05, 2011

OneMove(TM) Revenue Increases 33% for March

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 4, 2011) - OneMove Technologies Inc. ("OneMove" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:OM), which provides a leading web-based real estate transaction platform, announced today revenue for the month of March is up 33% from the month of February and is 10% greater that March of 2010.


Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Siberian Artist Pays Pearl Tribute to British Queen

KRASNOYARSK ? A Siberian artist has spent a small personal fortune on more than 1,000 pearls for a religious painting he has made for Britain's Queen Elizabeth.


Monday, April 04, 2011

Royal Wedding, Groundbreaking Coverage

When Prince William of Britain weds Kate Middleton on April 29, the event will be commemorated by a series of media firsts.


Monday, April 04, 2011

VIDEO: Public support for Libya action 'mixed'

A poll suggests that the backing of British people for the Libyan mission is less than it was for the invasion of Iraq in 2003.


Saturday, April 02, 2011

Setting the Web straight on gossip, error, outright lies

Imagine you are a well-known person aggrieved by how you are portrayed on the Internet: the slapdash Wikipedia entry; the unflattering gossip...


Saturday, April 02, 2011

Web kerfuffle stuns 'Hitler house' owner

The owner of the celebrated "Hitler house" has revealed how he first heard it had become an internet sensation for resembling the Fuhrer - in a phone call from Germany.


Friday, April 01, 2011

TRAVPR.COM GOING GREEN - THE GREENEST KILLER WHALE BASE CAMP - CONSUMERS DEMAND IT

TRAVPR.COM CANADA - April 1st, 2011 - Quathiaski Cove, British Columbia, Canada - The Green movement is well underway for both companies and consumers but the adventure tourism industry may just be seeing a revolution. Expedition Director Jim Martin of Out For Adventure Wilderness Tours based out of Quathiaski Cove in...


Thursday, March 31, 2011

Using Orion Telescopes to See Astronauts in Space

Many amateur astronomers point their Orion telescopes towards the International Space Station every night. Earlier this month, British astronomer Martin Lewis took numerous images of the International Space Station using his home made telescope and a web cam. He happened to photograph astronaut Steve Bowen who was out on a spacewalk at the time. (Vocus PRWEB) March 30, 2011 Backyard astronomers ...


Thursday, March 31, 2011

WEB EDITION: Text of Premier Campbell's resignation speech

This is the text of the speech B.C. Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell gave Wednesday morning, Nov. 3, in announcing his resignation.


Thursday, March 31, 2011

Man City winger Silva: British people are fun

David Silva Manchester City Valencia David Silva says he's enjoying life at Manchester City . The former Valencia winger says living in Cheshire is a quieter than in Spain. Asked to describe his life in England, Silva replied: "A lot of games, a lot of tranquillity. My life in Manchester is very tranquil. "I live in the suburbs. The little free time I have I spend at home and walking around the ...


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Tourists stranded by Thai flooding

British holidaymakers are among hundreds of tourists stranded by floods on a popular Thai resort island.Many foreign travellers spent the night at Koh Samui's airport after flights were ...


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

AUDIO: British Libyan 'willing to die for freedom'

The BBC's Kevin Connolly interviews a British Libyan about why he is willing to fight for Libya. And Lord Goldsmith analyses the legal situation of war in Libya.


Tuesday, March 29, 2011

U.K. aircraft carrier up for bids

LONDON, March 28 (UPI) -- The British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal can be yours, courtesy of the U.K. Ministry of Defense auction Web site, authorities said.


Tuesday, March 29, 2011

ISA promotes British Soccer Camp, D1 program

The Iberia Soccer Association took the opportunity during Sunday league play at the Louisiana PepperPlex to promote its D1 program and an upcoming Challenger Sports British Soccer Camp scheduled for July 18-22.


Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Coatings company Biotectix acquires intellectual property, customers of British firm

Chad Halcom - Ann Arbor-based Biotectix LLC has acquired the intellectual property and customers of Cambridge, England-based Chameleon BioSurfaces Ltd. to broaden its offerings of polymer coatings for medical devices.


Sunday, March 27, 2011

As a British heir prepares to wed, Americans need tutelage on titles

Something has happened, Mr. Kidd, and if you are not sitting down now, one suggests you do so. One has heard that some Americans - out of innocent ignorance, surely - have referred to Prince William not as "His Royal Highness" but as "His Majesty."


Sunday, March 27, 2011

Web site measures most influential Twitter

SAN DIEGO, March 26 (UPI) -- A Web site based in California said Brazilian comedian Rafinha Bastos is the top scorer in its Influence Index, which measures the impact of a Twitter user.


Saturday, March 26, 2011

Google Teams with British Retail Consortium on E-Commerce Web Traffic Report

E-commerce traffic, trends, and multi-channel measurability are the focus of a new alliance between Google and the British Retail Consortium. Announced Thursday by John Gillan, Senior Industry Retail Head, Google, at the BRC's Multi-Channel Retail Conference, the BRC - Google Online Retail Monitor (ORM) will measure: Click to read the rest of this post...


Saturday, March 26, 2011

Typhoon debut in Libyan strikes

LONDON, March 25 (UPI) -- As British officials this week claimed the defeat of the Libyan Air Force, the aircraft prided to have contributed most to that success include the Rafale, Mirage 200, Tornado and F-16.


Saturday, March 26, 2011

Savage says Liverpool fans can be excited about all-British shopping list

Kenny Dalglish Liverpool Steven Gerrard Jamie Carragher Derby County veteran Robbie Savage has Liverpool 's all British summer shopping list. Savage wrote in the Mirror : "When I read that Kenny Dalglish 's top transfer targets this summer are Ashley Young, Matt Jarvis, Gary Cahill and Charlie Adam, I feel optimistic for Liverpool . "A strong core of British players didn't do Kenny any harm at ...


Friday, March 25, 2011

BBC, British Library empires expand under Tory 'growth plan'

Eh? Every time Conservatives come to power, they promise to invigorate fusty old state institutions. They vow to set them free of the mediocre, the time-markers and the empire-builders they've acquired over the years, and renew them with competition and fresh thinking....


Friday, March 25, 2011

British retail sales drop in February

LONDON (AFP) - Retail sales in Britain dropped 0.


Thursday, March 24, 2011

VIDEO: Libya: RAF perform mid-air refuel

British Royal Air Force (RAF) planes took off from Brize Norton air base in the UK on Tuesday to refuel Tornados operating over Libya to enforce the no-fly zone.


Thursday, March 24, 2011

Kunekt Issues Cease And Desist Demands

HONG KONG, Mark Bruk, president and chairman of KunektCorporation OTCQB: KNKT said Staff of the British Columbia Securities Commission BCSC has sought clarification from Kunekt with respect to authorized and unauthorized websites and e-letters. Unauthorized Websites The company is in the process of responding to concerns of the BCSC relating to unauthorized promotional material...


Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Man Who Would Be the Dot-XXX King

The Internet has made Stuart Lawley a wealthy man. In 1999 he got rich by taking a British Internet service provider public. The London Sunday Times has named him one of the 1,000 richest people in Britain.


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

CNET News Advises How To Avoid Disaster-Related Internet Scams

SAN FRANCISCO - In every disaster scammers see an opportunity, and the crisis in Japan is no exception. Already there have been fake Red Cross e-mails circulating and there will no doubt be more scams coming.


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

British Gold Medalists Go Back to Luzhniki

The Moscow Times welcomes your comments and invites you to discuss topics with other readers. Your comment will be posted automatically to enable a live discussion.


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Quadriga Art International Supports Red Cross to Help Japan Relief Effort

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quadriga Art International is supporting the British Red Cross to provide help for relief work in Japan.


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

TRAVPR.COM LATEROOMS.COM - EXPLORE THE BRITISH SILENT FILM FESTIVAL IN LONDON

TRAVPR.COM UK - March 21st, 2011 - The British Silent Film Festival kicks off in London in April and will provide entertaining and educational insight into the medium of cinema.Running from April 4th to 7th at the Barbican Cinema, the programme includes talks by experts and screenings with live scores by musicians such as Neil Brand and Gunter Buchwald.According to the organisers, this year's...


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

VIDEO: British jets in action in Libya

British jets and a submarine have fired missiles at Libyan military sites as part of a UN-backed international operation to enforce a no-fly zone.


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

VIDEO: British Hindus mark Holi festival

As Hindus celebrate the festival of Holi, many say they want to be identified as British Hindus rather than British Asians as they want society to be aware of their traditions.


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

British PM calls for restraint on all sides in Bahrain

British Prime Minister David Cameron has called on the king of Bahrain to end the violent suppression of street protests in the Gulf state, the prime minister's office said Wednesday.


Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Ex-Nurse Talked Brit Into Suicide For Web Thrill

The family of a British man encouraged to commit suicide by an American former nurse have told of their relief at his guilty verdict.


Wednesday, March 16, 2011

VIDEO: Web suicide nurse found guilty

A US nurse has been convicted of aiding the suicide of an English man after seeking out depressed people online and urging them to kill themselves.


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

'Sick' messages falsely inform worried British families their relatives are dead after Japanese earthquake

The distress of the families of those missing after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami has been heightened by apparently false reports of their loved ones' deaths.


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9

Most ambitious attempt yet to take on Google Chrome and Firefox.


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Solar power systems could lighten the load for British soldiers

A revolutionary type of personal power pack now in development could help our troops when they are engaged on the battlefield.


Monday, March 14, 2011

Families turn to web for news of earthquake-hit loved ones

British families have posted desperate pleas for information about loved ones caught in the Japanese earthquake on websites.


Monday, March 14, 2011

British Smlr Comp 2 - Offer Update

British Smlr Comp 2 - Offer Update


Monday, March 14, 2011

British juniors learn from legends

Three GB hopefuls play alongside the likes of Lendl, Sampras & Henman in Zurich


Monday, March 14, 2011

British paper says Kate chooses McQueen designer

A leading British newspaper reported Sunday that Sarah Burton, creative director of the Alexander McQueen fashion house, has been chosen to design Kate Middleton's wedding gown.


Thursday, March 10, 2011

UK web push: retail faces fresh threat

Department stores Myer and David Jones will soon face further competition from online retailers, with British store John Lewis planning to push its popular web-based home-delivery service to almost 30 countries, including Australia, by the end of the year.


Thursday, March 10, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for March 9, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 9, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Thursday, March 10, 2011

Making friends and influencing investors in Silicon Valley

British digital media companies head to Silicon Valley in search of investment, business partners and enlightenment


Wednesday, March 09, 2011

British ISPs are not shy about two-tier internet

While in the US, telcos are jolly cagey about talking about a two speed internet, even if they want it more than sex with the entire cast of a Vivid Entertainment movie, the UK is not so shy.


Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Second British gold for Adlington

Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington edges past Jazmin Carlin to win the 200m freestyle at the British Swimming Championships in Manchester.


Wednesday, March 09, 2011

British pair out at Indian Wells

Heather Watson and Anne Keothavong suffer defeat in the first round of qualifying at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.


Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Sri Lanka: British Tamil businesses continue networking effort

The Tamil Chamber of Commerce in UK held another introductory dinner on March 2 in Northwest London, attended by scores of local Tamil entrepreneurs. The aim of the event in Ruislip, which was addressed by Deputy Mayor of London Richard Barnes, Mayor of Ealing Rajinder Mann and Mayor of Hounslow Colin Ellar, as well as local politicians and representatives from Britains main political parties ...


Tuesday, March 08, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for March 7, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 7, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Monday, March 07, 2011

VIDEO: Osborne backs British manufacturing

On a visit to Derby, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has said he would like Britain to start "making things again".


Monday, March 07, 2011

British property search engine Rightmove will soon list broadband speeds alongside standard home info

The internet , it's kind of a big deal . So much of a big deal, in fact, that UK property search site Rightmove is said to be planning to list broadband speeds as part of its standard information package for homes up for rent or sale. This would be done in partnership with BT, reports the Daily Telegraph , though neither company is yet ready to make the deal official. BT would have little ...


Monday, March 07, 2011

'British MS experts have to open their minds'

Last July, we reported on the battle by MS sufferer Mark Walker to have a controversial new treatment recognised in Britain. Here, he tells how his condition has improved since having it abroad .


Saturday, March 05, 2011

Britons advised to leave Yemen

LONDON, March 5 (UPI) -- The Foreign Office advised British nationals Saturday against traveling to Yemen and urged those in the country to leave.


Saturday, March 05, 2011

FT exec urges publishers to charge for web content

The managing director of the Financial Times website on Thursday urged other publishers to try charging for online content, saying the British outlet has over 200,000 digital subscribers.


Saturday, March 05, 2011

British Expat Stabs Annoying Bulgarian Neighbor

A UK expat has stabbed a Bulgarian neighbor in Northeast Bulgaria in a midnight brawl over loud music. The incident reported Friday by the police occurred the night of March 3 in the village of Trastika, Popovo Municipality, Targovishte District. It was caused by a gathering in the home of a 51-year-old Bulgaria whose loud paying of chalga music - a genre mixing folklore with Balkan and Arab ...


Thursday, March 03, 2011

British government approves News Corp.'s takeover of BSkyB: report

British government approves News Corp.'s takeover of BSkyB: report


Thursday, March 03, 2011

OneMove(TM) Revenue Improves With Expanded Membership

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 2, 2011) - OneMove Technologies Inc. ("OneMove" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:OM), a provider of the leading web-based real estate transaction platform, announced today revenue for the month of February is up 16% from the month of January. In addition, 50 new firms have been added to its Western Canadian network of conveyancing professionals ...


Thursday, March 03, 2011

British Premier 'Concerned' About Magnitsky Death

British Prime Minister David Cameron is "deeply concerned" about the 2009 jail death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and has raised the case with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, he said in a letter made public Wednesday.


Thursday, March 03, 2011

British Council Launches English Vocabulary App for Facebook

Teachers and learners of English can now access a new resource to help build vocabulary and improve language skills thanks to the British Council's latest Facebook vocabulary app. Pic-Your-Wits is an interactive English vocabulary learning game with pixelated pictures for learners to guess the words and beat the clock. It is available on Facebook today for free. (PRWeb March 02, 2011) Read the ...


Wednesday, March 02, 2011

'British martyr' in new al-Qaeda video on web heightens concern over UK attack

MI5 seeking to identify British Muslim in suicide video released on web.


Wednesday, March 02, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for March 1, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 1, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Wednesday, March 02, 2011

VIDEO: Sixteen countries 'to lose' British aid

Sixteen countries, including Russia and China, are expected to lose the money they receive from Britain when the government announces the results of a review of its spending on overseas aid


Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Galliano Web Video Raises More Questions

A video posted on the Web site of the British tabloid The Sun appears to show John Galliano delivering a tirade in a Paris bar.


Wednesday, March 02, 2011

VIDEO: British guard jailed for murder in Iraq

British security guard Danny Fitzsimons is jailed for 20 years by an Iraqi court for the murder of two colleagues.


Wednesday, March 02, 2011

VIDEO: British triumph at Oscars 2011

This year's Academy Awards saw British film The King's Speech pick up four Oscars for best picture, best actor, best director and best original screenplay.


Monday, February 28, 2011

European governments send rescue missions to Libyan desert

British Prime Minister David Cameron says a military-led rescue mission into the Libyan desert was "the right thing to do," despite the fact that UK planes didn't have permission to enter Libyan airspace.


Monday, February 28, 2011

British novelist Ian McEwan accepts Israeli literary prize, criticizes Jewish settlements

JERUSALEM (AP) ? Renowned British novelist Ian McEwan accepted an Israeli literary prize in Jerusalem Sunday with harsh criticism of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, after British writers called on the author to stay home because of Israel's policies toward Palestinians.


Saturday, February 26, 2011

VIDEO: Last government flight to leave Tripoli

The remaining British nationals in Libya are being urged to leave on the final Government-chartered flight from Tripoli.


Saturday, February 26, 2011

Assange attacks British judge's extradition order

London, Feb.26 (ANI): The Australian founder of the whistleblowing web site, WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has attacked a British judge's attempts to extradite him to Sweden, terming it a "rubber-stamping process".


Saturday, February 26, 2011

Julian Assange attacks British judge's extradition order

London, Feb.26 : The Australian founder of the whistleblowing web site, WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has attacked a British judge''s attempts to extradite him to Sweden, terming it a ''''rubber-stamping process''''.


Friday, February 25, 2011

AUDIO: British workers trying to leave Libya

Two British oil workers describe the latest situation on the ground in Libya, and how they are struggling to leave the country.


Friday, February 25, 2011

AUDIO: British workers trying to leave Libya

Two British oil workers describe the latest situation on the ground in Libya, and how they are struggling to leave the country.


Friday, February 25, 2011

Web Archive Highlights Harsh Victorian Justice

Thousands of Victorian-era criminal records have been published online for the first time in a collection that paints a vivid picture of the judicial system during the 1800s.


Friday, February 25, 2011

Web Archive Highlights Harsh Victorian Justice

Thousands of Victorian-era criminal records have been published online for the first time in a collection that paints a vivid picture of the judicial system during the 1800s.


Friday, February 25, 2011

VIDEO: British Gas sees £742m profit

The UK's biggest domestic energy supplier British Gas has reported profits of £742m that's up almost a quarter on the previous year.


Friday, February 25, 2011

VIDEO: British Gas sees £742m profit

The UK's biggest domestic energy supplier British Gas has reported profits of £742m that's up almost a quarter on the previous year.


Friday, February 25, 2011

British Court Gives Green Light to Assange Extradition

A British judge has ordered that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be extradited to Sweden, where he is to face accusations of sexual abuse. The Swedish warrant seeking Assange's return to Sweden for questioning was valid, the court ruled on Thursday. Assange is accused of two counts of sexual molestation, one count of unlawful coercion and one count of rape. ...


Friday, February 25, 2011

British Court Gives Green Light to Assange Extradition

A British judge has ordered that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be extradited to Sweden, where he is to face accusations of sexual abuse. The Swedish warrant seeking Assange's return to Sweden for questioning was valid, the court ruled on Thursday. Assange is accused of two counts of sexual molestation, one count of unlawful coercion and one count of rape. ...


Friday, February 25, 2011

AUDIO: Le Carre's work 'part of British culture'

Writer John le Carre has offered his entire literary archive to the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Arts editor Will Gompertz reports.


Friday, February 25, 2011

AUDIO: Le Carre's work 'part of British culture'

Writer John le Carre has offered his entire literary archive to the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Arts editor Will Gompertz reports.


Friday, February 25, 2011

VIDEO: British Gas profits 'for a purpose'

Centrica Chief Executive Sam Laidlaw has said British Gas put off increasing prices "for as long as we could", after it was announced operating profits at the utility firm rose 24% in 2010.


Friday, February 25, 2011

VIDEO: British Gas profits 'for a purpose'

Centrica Chief Executive Sam Laidlaw has said British Gas put off increasing prices "for as long as we could", after it was announced operating profits at the utility firm rose 24% in 2010.


Friday, February 25, 2011

Libya unrest casts doubts on British policy

LONDON, Feb 24, 2011 (AFP) - Britain has shared the embarrassment of western nations over the fall of Middle Eastern regimes they once backed, but the Lockerbie bombing makes its policy on Libya harder to justify, analysts said.


Friday, February 25, 2011

Libya unrest casts doubts on British policy

LONDON, Feb 24, 2011 (AFP) - Britain has shared the embarrassment of western nations over the fall of Middle Eastern regimes they once backed, but the Lockerbie bombing makes its policy on Libya harder to justify, analysts said.


Friday, February 25, 2011

VIDEO: British Gas set for record profits

British Gas is set to announce record profits tomorrow for the second year in a row, adding to the expected £2bn profits of its parent company Centrica


Friday, February 25, 2011

VIDEO: British Gas set for record profits

British Gas is set to announce record profits tomorrow for the second year in a row, adding to the expected £2bn profits of its parent company Centrica


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for February 22, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 22, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Lufthansa and Deutsche Telecom offer in-flight broadband

Deutsche Telekom and Lufthansa have stolen a march on BT and British Airways by becoming the first operators to offer up to 5Mbps broadband access in flight.


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Electronics Manufacturer Dumps Web-Based ERP and Chooses SYSPRO Solid Functionality, Strong Customer References, Local ...

SYSPRO, a leading, worldwide provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, has today revealed that Tri-M Technologies, a Port Coquitlam, British Columbia-based manufacturer of embedded power and computer solutions, has re-conceptualized its business processes, disconnected from its old, inadequate business software, and implemented, on an accelerated timeline, SYSPRO ERP.


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The New Republic: Real Conservatives Don't Slash Aid

Despite wide ranging cuts in almost all reaches of government, the UK has not slashed its foreign aid budget. In fact, it has expanded. Thomas Carothers of The New Republic argues that foreign aid is both a moral and a strategic imperative, and that the U.S. should learn from the British example.


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

VIDEO: British dancers at Russia's Bolshoi

The BBC's Daniel Sandford visits three British students who are attending the elite Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Russia


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

VIDEO: British designers on Kate's style

Top designer Vivienne Westwood has said Kate Middleton will have to "catch up" in style terms before she could design anything for her.


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Vivonet Inc. Announces Appointment of Fred Tummonds as Vice President of Product

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 21, 2011) - Vivonet Inc. , the leader in secure web-based point of sale ("POS") software for the North American restaurant industry, is excited to announce the appointment of Fred Tummonds as its new Vice President of Product.


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Internet tool shows French web surfers 'Jewish-curious'

An Internet tool that flags up popular search words has spontaneously revealed a deeper trend: French web surfers' exceeding curiosity about whether their politicians are Jewish.


Monday, February 21, 2011

Fishing down food web leaves fewer big fish, more small fish in past century

Predatory fish such as cod, tuna and groupers have declined by two-thirds over the past 100 years, while small forage fish such as sardine, anchovy and capelin have more than doubled over the same period, according to researchers.


Monday, February 21, 2011

THE LISTENING ROOM: British songstress Adele shows 'Best New Artist' not kiss of death

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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Human fishing seen changing fish balance

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A decline in predatory fish and increase of forage fish proves humans are "fishing down the food web," affecting global ecosystems, Canadian researchers say.


Saturday, February 19, 2011

Saudis to revive Typhoon deal with BAE

LONDON, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- British defense manufacturer BAE disclosed that Saudi Arabia may modify its Salam program purchase of the Eurofighter Typhoon to, instead, equip part of the fleet with Tranche 3 capabilities.


Saturday, February 19, 2011

Fishing down food web leaves fewer big fish, more small fish in past century: research

Predatory fish such as cod, tuna, and groupers have declined by two-thirds over the past 100 years, while small forage fish such as sardine, anchovy and capelin have more than doubled over the same period, according to University of British Columbia researchers.


Friday, February 18, 2011

UK's Top "Web Economy" Technology Companies to Visit Silicon Valley

A select group of the UK's most successful, fast-growing technology companies have been awarded the opportunity to take part in a trade mission to Silicon Valley in the US. For one week they will showcase their unique technologies and work towards opening up their businesses to an international market.


Friday, February 18, 2011

TRAVPR.COM HOTELS-LONDON.CO.UK - THE BRITISH ART SHOW 7 HEADING FOR LONDON

TRAVPR.COM UK - February 17th, 2011 - For the first time in more than 20 years, The British Art Show will be held in London.While the capital hosts many of the biggest exhibitions to hit the UK, the honour of staging this particular touring event has fallen to other cities in the country over the past two decades.The British Art Show 7 will be on display at the Hayward Gallery from February 16th ...


Friday, February 18, 2011

Cast Your Vote for Calgary

A new tote is born of necessity and Internet imput.


Thursday, February 17, 2011

Angry Birds, Rock Band 3 Up For British Design Award

Rovio's Angry Birds and Harmonix's Rock Band 3 are among the 15 nominees in the interactive category of the prestigious 2011 British Insurance Design Awards, announced today. The two video games are up against products including iOS newsreader apps, an iPad synthesizer, a light-based art installation and a microscope attachment for cell phones. Described by organizers at London's Design Museum ...


Thursday, February 17, 2011

VIDEO: Best of British: Design Awards

The shortlisted entries for the fourth annual Brit Insurance Design Awards are on display at the Design Museum in London.


Thursday, February 17, 2011

VIDEO: Highlights of this year's Brit Awards

Take That have been named best British group at the Brit Awards while Tinie Tempah scooped two awards.


Wednesday, February 16, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for February 15, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 15, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Wednesday, February 16, 2011

VIDEO: 2011 British Design Awards Highlights

The shortlisted entries for the fourth annual British Design Awards are on display at the Design Museum in London.


Wednesday, February 16, 2011

British police introduce interactive maps to zero in on crime, street by street

LONDON (AP) ? British authorities on Tuesday launched a new crime-mapping website for England and Wales that lets users track what crimes have been committed on a street-by-street basis.


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

MyHeritage.com Launches Search for the Most Romantic British Love Letter Ever Written

MyHeritage.com to host online gallery of British love letters from the 15th Century to today, and launch the search for the most romantic British love letter ever written


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for February 14, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 14, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

VIDEO: British forces patrol 'Afghanistan's M25'

British forces are helping to secure the main ring road called Highway One which runs for more than two thousand kilometres linking Helmand to Kandahar and Kabul.


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Radiohead sets Web release date for new album

Radiohead will release its new album "The King of Limbs" this coming weekend in a digital version available online, the alternative band said on Monday.


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Radiohead to release 'King of Limbs' through Web site

Unlike the 2007 release of the British quintet's previous studio album, "In Rainbows," however, Radiohead fans will have to pay for downloads of "The King of Limbs."


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

British scientists develop control system to allow spacecraft to think for themselves

( University of Southampton ) The world's first control system that will allow engineers to program satellites and spacecraft to think for themselves has been developed by scientists from the University of Southampton.


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

'King's Speech' big winner at British film awards

Royal drama "The King's Speech" was crowned the big winner at Britain's top film awards -- a sign that it may reign again at Hollywood's Academy Awards in two weeks' time.


Sunday, February 13, 2011

Web Wealth:

What is insurance for, and why should I buy it? Everyone should ask and answer such questions early on. Here are sites that can help guide the way to understanding how insurance works.


Sunday, February 13, 2011

Report: 'Spider-Man' caught in NY Labor Dept web

British designer Reiss re-releases Kate Middleton's affordable engagement photo dress. More>>


Saturday, February 12, 2011

'Black Madam' sought as person of interest in death of British woman given buttocks injection

Before everything went crazy, before the international headlines about butt injections gone wrong, Padge Victoria Windslowe was a Philadelphia girl who led a simple life - as the leader of an "Underground Dynasty of Flesh."


Saturday, February 12, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for February 10, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 10, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Saturday, February 12, 2011

Best of the Web: Lethal 1st kiss, Beer marshmallows, Basketball prodigy

A shy British teenager collapsed and died from sudden adult death syndrome just minutes after her first kiss, a coroner's investigation found.


Saturday, February 12, 2011

AUDIO: British shipbuilding celebrated

The BFI's Michael Brooke: "We have amazing footage of ships being launched."


Friday, February 11, 2011

Amazon works on cloud computing

Amazon.com Vice President James Hamilton's schooling in computer-data centers started under the hood of a Lamborghini Countach. Fixing luxury Italian autos in British Columbia while in his 20s taught Hamilton, 51,...


Friday, February 11, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for February 9, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 9, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Friday, February 11, 2011

British Journalist Beaten and Robbed

A British sportscaster for Russia Today television was in a hospital with head injuries Tuesday after being robbed.


Friday, February 11, 2011

British Journalist Deported, For Now

The Federal Security Service deported a prominent British reporter from the country, raising fears of a new crackdown on foreign journalists. Luke Harding of The Guardian newspaper was stopped at passport control after arriving at Domodedovo Airport last Saturday, locked in a cell and put on the next flight to London without any explanation, he wrote on his Twitter blog late Monday.


Friday, February 11, 2011

British police charge the son of Pink Floyd guitarist over his role in violent student protest

LONDON (AP) ? Police filed charges against the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour on Thursday for his role in last month's violent protest against the British government's decision to raise university tuition fees.


Tuesday, February 08, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for February 7, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 7, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Google Chrome Web Store Shoppers Can Now Taste BBC Good Food - Mediabistro.com

The British Broadcasting Corp. hopes to whet the appetite of browsers in the Google Chrome Web Store with BBC Good Food , a free app that allows users to download more than 160 healthy recipes. The app can be used online and offline, and users can search ...


Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Merkel, Hague want cybersecurity team

MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Foreign Minister William Hague and other Western leaders called for a joint international effort to thwart cyber attacks.


Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Vancouver Web Agency to Attract Over 100 B.C. Marketing Executives to 'Grand Prix' Event

Vancouver Web agency MarketingSmartt announced today some of the top B.C. executives that will be attending its exclusive "Grand Prix 2011" marketing management conference on February 21st.


Tuesday, February 08, 2011

British shipbuilding celebrated

The BFI's Michael Brooke: "We have amazing footage of ships being launched."


Monday, February 07, 2011

British men missing after boat capsizes

Two British men are missing after going overboard, when a wave crashed into their boat in northern Portugal on Saturday morning.


Monday, February 07, 2011

'Few British tourists left in Egypt'

The British Ambassador to Egypt, Dominic Asquith, has told the BBC that he does not think there are many British tourists left in the country.


Monday, February 07, 2011

British Fencing targets move to London Olympic Park - BBC Sport

British Fencing wants to establish a national training base inside London's Olympic Park after the 2012 Games. Top fencers demanding improved training facilities have been told moving to the venue is an aspiration, but a short-term solution is also being ...


Saturday, February 05, 2011

British Egyptians hopeful of new dawn

The protests and violence in Egypt have been closely watched by British Egyptians in the UK, who are worried about which political direction the country will take.


Saturday, February 05, 2011

Uncool Britannia: how British culture turned Tory - The Guardian

David Cameron and Take That's Gary Barlow: 'There's no one more with-it than David,' said Barlow. Photograph: Johnny Green PA The group had reportedly stayed at Chequers, the prime minister's country retreat, on New Year's Eve -- where the conversation ...


Saturday, February 05, 2011

British airports get first holographic helpers - Daily Telegraph

Holly" and "Graham" were introduced on Tuesday and were custom designed for Luton by Tensator, a British company that specialises in queue management and digital signage. Both airports were unaware of the other's developments which were several ...


Friday, February 04, 2011

Google Gambles $20K that Chrome Can't be Cracked - YAHOO!

Google is so confident that its Chrome Web browser can't be hacked that it is willing to put $20,000 cash and a Chrome CR-48 notebook on the line to prove it. At the 2011 Pwn2Own contest, held in conjunction with the CanSecWest security conference in ...


Friday, February 04, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for February 3, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Friday, February 04, 2011

British holidamakers leave Egypt

The British Government's first evacuation flight carrying around 200 British citizens has left Egypt this evening.


Friday, February 04, 2011

WikiLeaks suspect considers himself US citizen - AP - msnbc.com

The lawyer for an Army private suspected of giving classified material to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks says his client considers himself a U.S. citizen and not a British one. Attorney David Coombs posted the statement on his blog Wednesday night amid ...


Friday, February 04, 2011

British women lose Fed Cup opener against Switzerland - BBC Sport

Britain must now beat Denmark on Friday at 0800 GMT to have any chance of moving up from Europe Africa Group I. British number one Elena Baltacha did not play against Switzerland as she has a minor knee injury, but team captain Nigel Sears is hopeful she ...


Thursday, February 03, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for February 2, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Thursday, February 03, 2011

MARKET REPORT: Bid talk fires up British Gas parent Centrica's shares - Daily Mail

British Gas parent Centrica is not everyone's cup of tea ... and will work with Ryanair to support the airline's web booking process. Ascent Resources cheapened 0.62p to 8.25p after announcing it has received all the necessary consents to complete the deal ...


Thursday, February 03, 2011

Amazon Puts On Brass Knuckles For Netflix Street Fight - Forbes

Amazon is reportedly developing a streaming video service that would compete with Netflix . The Financial Times reported today that Amazon is going to bundle the service with Amazon Prime, which offers users unlimited free shipping of books and other items ...


Thursday, February 03, 2011

British women lose Fed Cup opener

Great Britain are beaten 2-1 in their opening Fed Cup tie against Switzerland in Israel.


Thursday, February 03, 2011

Growing risk of BoE hike to support British pound - The Guardian

Predicting British interest rates has become a difficult business. A poll of economists on Tuesday showed on balance they thought the BoE would look beyond high inflation and keep rates on hold at 0.5 percent until the fourth quarter to support the economy.


Thursday, February 03, 2011

Holographic staff on duty in British airports - The Independent

Two British airports have become the first in the world to test holographic employees to help passengers. Holly and Graham, two holograms, will help departing passengers in the security zone of London Luton Airport, telling them how to prepare their ...


Thursday, February 03, 2011

British MPs voice concern over Thai webmaster trial

By Saksith Saiyasombut British MPs have signed a motion voicing their concern over the trials against embattled Prachatai webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn, who faces charges for violation of the Computer Crime Act and also lèse majesté. The Early Day Motion (EDM), proposed by Labour MP Tom Watson, warns that Chiranuch's case may threaten freedom of speech


Thursday, February 03, 2011

U.K. manufacturing PMI jumps to record-high 62.0 - Marketwatch

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- British manufacturing activity accelerated at a much faster-than-expected pace in January, data showed Tuesday, with the CIPS Markit purchasing managers index for the sector rising to a survey-record high of 62.0. A reading of more ...


Thursday, February 03, 2011

Penny Feiwel: Last survivor of the British women who served with the International Brigades in Spain - The Independent

Penny Feiwel was the last of the British women who served as volunteers on the side of the Spanish Republic during the civil war of 1936-39. She was one of about 75 women from Britain who joined the International Brigades following the military coup ...


Thursday, February 03, 2011

British films set for Hollywood boost - Financial Times

Media investor Ingenious helped fund 'Never Let Me Go', and will now finance and distribute British films together with a division of News Corp Fox Searchlight, a division of News Corp 's Hollywood movie studio, has struck a deal with Ingenious, a UK ...


Monday, January 31, 2011

WikiLeaks founder Assange talks to '60 Minutes' - CNET News

In an exclusive interview with "60 Minutes" tonight, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange discussed his relationship with sources (a crucial legal issue , as the U.S. considers taking court action against Assange), WikiLeaks' vulnerability to government shut ...


Monday, January 31, 2011

British Telecommunications Pensions Scheme Management (BTPSM) Now Live with Algorithmics' Algo Risk Service

Algorithmics, the leading provider of risk solutions, announced today that British Telecommunications Pensions Scheme Management (BTPSM), which oversees the UK's largest private sector pension scheme, has gone live with Algorithmics for risk management purposes across its major asset classes and liabilities. (PRWeb January 30, 2011) Read the full story at http: www.prweb.com ...


Monday, January 31, 2011

British actor Henry Cavill is the next Superman, The Man of Steel

British actor Henry Cavill is the new Superman, as announced by Warner Bros on Sunday, and was published at international entertainment news sites. Henry Cavill Photo credit: Warner Bros. Henry Cavill, 27, was said to have chosen by Warner Bros. to portray as Clark Kent in the new Superman movie (The Man of Steel) which [...]


Monday, January 31, 2011

3 months early, British royal wedding has U.S. media on red alert

LOS ANGELES - The romance between Britain's Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton is getting the TV-movie treatment, as celebrity-hungry American media gear up for the royal nuptials in London on April 29.


Monday, January 31, 2011

James Lawton: Summon the fury, Andy -- and you can banish all those years of dismal British failure - The Independent

Around about that time yesterday morning when it looked as if it could be at least another 75 years before a male British tennis player won a major tournament something both remarkable and encouraging happened. Andy Murray became extremely angry.


Monday, January 31, 2011

It's 'King's Speech' vs. 'Social Network' at Golden Globes - Detroit Free Press

LOS ANGELES -- Colin Firth quaking before a radio microphone. Jesse Eisenberg keeping friends in touch online. The top prize at Sunday's Golden Globes sets old media against new media as the 1930s-era British monarchy saga "The King's Speech" and the up-to ...


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Gorilla Walks Upright, Just Like Humans - Newser

(Newser) -- A gorilla in a British animal park has turned a number of heads with his habit of walking upright on two legs, MSNBC reports. Ambam, a 21-year-old silverback, lives in the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, and apparently continues a family ...


Saturday, January 29, 2011

British airport uses hologram staff

A British airport has introduced holograms of real-life customer service staff to help speed up security queues.


Saturday, January 29, 2011

British terror suspects banned from returning to UK - The Guardian

Eight British citizens suspected of terrorist links have been banned from returning to the UK and had their passports cancelled. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian Eight people suspected of terrorist links have been banned from returning to Britain ...


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Australian Open: British junior George Morgan into semi - BBC Sport

British junior George Morgan reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open boys' singles with victory over Jeson Patrombon of the Philippines. The 17-year-old from Bolton, seeded fourth, came through a tough quarter-final 5-7 6-2 6-3 in Melbourne. It was ...


Saturday, January 29, 2011

British flu deaths more than double in week to 254 - Reuters UK

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The number of deaths in a seasonal flu epidemic in Britain has more than doubled in the past week to 254, up from 112 last week, figures from the government's Health Protection Agency (HPA) showed on Thursday. Officials said that ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

British police arrest five young men for taking part in 'Anonymous' web attacks

LONDON : Five young men were arrested in Britain on Thursday morning for allegedly participating in web attacks carried out by an online group calling themselves 'Anonymous', police said.


Friday, January 28, 2011

British Police Arrest 5 Men in Wikileaks-Anonymous Payback Attacks - Wired News

British police arrested five men in dawn raids Thursday morning, alleging they were part of the Anonymous attacks on the websites of Visa, Mastercard and PayPal. The attacks were conducted by the loosely organized 'Anonymous' group to show displeasure ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

Ottawa Watch

News-related items such as news releases, background information and speeches on current and historical matters relevant to Aboriginal people and Northerners from the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Web site.


Friday, January 28, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for January 27, 2011

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Friday, January 28, 2011

UPDATE 1-UK police arrest WikiLeaks backers for Web attacks - Reuters

LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - British police arrested five young men on Thursday as they and U.S. authorities conducted searches as part of a probe into Internet activists who carried out cyber attacks against groups they viewed as enemies of the WikiLeaks ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

Gorilla Walks Like Human, Upright On Two Hind Legs (VIDEO) - Huffingtonpost.com

Apparently humans aren't the only ones who know how to multi-task. Ambam, a Western Lowland Gorilla, has recently become famous for walking upright on his hind legs, MSNBC reports. Phil Ridges, a keeper at Britain's Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, speculates ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

Five Arrested in London for WikiLeaks-Related Attacks - YAHOO!

Five people have been arrested in London for online attacks in support of WikiLeaks. The five, three of them teenagers, are suspected of belonging to a group that considered corporate targets hostile to WikiLeaks. According to the Metropolitan Police ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

Five Anonymous hacker suspects arrested in Britain, police say - Washington Post

Police in the United Kingdom have arrested five men in connection with the Anonymous hacking group, largely credited for denial of service attacks carried out in support of WikiLeaks and its editor Julian Assange. London's Metropolitan Police Service ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

British Sky Broadcasting Group Six Months Results

Middlesex, UK--(Marketwire - January 27, 2011) - BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC Unaudited results for the six months ended 31 December 2010 STRONG FIRST HALF RESULTS; STRATEGY DELIVERING Adjusted results Reported results Six months to 2010 2009 Variance 2010 2009 Variance 31 December Revenue GBP3,186m GBP2,773m 15% GBP3,186m GBP2,773m 15% Operating profit GBP520m GBP414m 26% GBP491m GBP414m ...


Thursday, January 27, 2011

British junior Morgan into semis

Britain's George Morgan reaches the semi-finals of the Australian Open boys' singles with victory over Jeson Patrombon of the Philippines.


Thursday, January 27, 2011

Tech Talk: What next for the web? - Khaleej Times

When Sir Tim Berners-Lee developed the world wide web back in 1989 as an academic tool to share information with his colleagues, neither the British scientist nor any of his peers had any inkling that it would explode into every aspect of life and ...


Thursday, January 27, 2011

'Speech,' 'Speech!'

'The King's Speech,' the acclaimed British drama about the stuttering issues faced by King George VI, received 12 Academy Award nominations when they were announced Tuesday, leading a field of largely ...


Thursday, January 27, 2011

British tourist murder trial begins - MSN UK News

The long-delayed trial of an American accused of murdering a British tourist and former Gladiators contestant finally begins this week. Lavern Ritch, from Penarth, South Wales, once considered among Britain's 50 most eligible bachelors, was on a two-week ...


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

WISeKey Promotes Digital Security at the 5th Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh

GENEVA, January 26, 2011 PRNewswire At the 5th Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh, Carlos Moreira, founder and CEO of WISeKey, a leading eSecurity company, speaking alongside Jean Chretien, former Canadian Prime Minister, Caroline ...


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

ONLINE SHOPPING CHAMPS: BRIT SHOPPERS TOP WEB SALES LEAGUE - Daily Star

BRITISH shoppers spend more online than consumers in any other European country. The UK saw a record £44billion of internet sales last year, up 16%, with people spending an average £1,284 each on 41 different items. The European average totalled £908 ...


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Web-enabled TV throws up some real blockheads - New Media Age

As I looked out of the window over the Grand Canyon, the combined genius of AT&T, Boeing, Cisco and US Air delivered the British Sunday papers to a screen ... At CES I saw a demonstration of a web-connected TV version of a well-known social media app.


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Tech Talk: What next for the web?

When Sir Tim Berners-Lee developed the world wide web back in 1989 as an academic tool to share information with his colleagues, neither the British scientist nor any of his peers had any inkling that it would explode into every aspect of life and revolutionise how most of the world functions.


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Brit faces Dubai jail for web jibe - The Sun

A BRITISH woman is facing jail in Dubai for "insulting" a sex ... The offence carries a maximum jail term of six months. It is the first time web jibes have landed users in court in the emirate, where verbal abuse is taken more seriously than in the West ...


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

British soldier dies in Helmand - The Independent

A British soldier died in an explosion in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The soldier, from 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was killed in a blast from an improvised explosive device to the south of Nahr-e-Saraj ...


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

British soldier killed in blast in Helmand province - BBC

A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The member of the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment was hit in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand province. His next of kin have been told.


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

British Moscow bomb victim named

A British man killed in the suicide bomb attack at Moscow's busiest airport, Domodedovo, has been named as 39-year-old Gordon Cousland.


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

British economy suffers shock Q4 contraction - The Guardian

British interest rates have stood at a record low 0.5 percent since March 2009, when the BoE turned monetary stimulus up to full throttle to deal with the recession. "I think the data really confirms the idea that, given the headwind the economy is facing ...


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

2011 best picture Oscars race pits Web giants against a king

"The Social Network," which explores the founding of Facebook, and "The King's Speech," an inspiring look at a British monarch's attempts to overcome a stutter, are the best picture front-runners.


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

South West named hot new region for British cuisine - BBC

The South West of England has become the hot new region to experience British cuisine. The new edition of the Lonely Planet guide to our region puts Cornwall and the south west at the forefront of British food. It reveals the region has overtaken the rest ...


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

British economy shrinks by shock 0.5%

LONDON (AFP) - Britain's economy shrank by a shock 0.


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

British developer and buyer nab Apple's 10 billionth app download

For the first time, Britons have been the both the creators and the buyers of an Apple milestone A small UK app developer and a woman from Orpington were today's winners as Apple announced that the 10 billionth app from its iTunes App Store. Gail Davis of Orpington in Kent downloaded the app, Paper Glider from Cirencester-based iPhone app developer Neon Play. As the winner of Apple's App Store ...


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for January 24, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 24, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Business neglects foreign language internet

British businessess must invest in multiple language websites if they want to ride the wave of non-English searches


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

British Comedy Awards make Channel 4 debut with 2.5m - The Guardian

British Comedy Awards, Channel 4, 9pm -- The annual comedy awards previously broadcast on ITV made their Channel 4 debut with 2.525 million viewers, an 11.5% share, between 9pm and 11.05pm, with another 206,000 viewers on Channel 4 +1. More than twice ...


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

British engineers to send Android smartphone in space for testing

British engineers are now planning to send one unit of Android smartphone in space most likely late this year, apparently to test if smartphones will still be usable during extreme environment condition. According to BBC News on Monday, a smartphone which is being expected to be running at Google's Android operating system will be send [...]


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Euro Moves Send British Pensioners Packing - MSN UK News

For Brits dreaming of more sun-drenched shores, the exchange rate favored buying property overseas, and fueled a British invasion of Southern Europe. "At the time, I thought there couldn't be anyone left in the United Kingdom," says 61-year-old ...


Sunday, January 23, 2011

Tennis streaker becomes web sensation

An attempted streak at an amateur tennis match hasn't quite gone to plan.


Sunday, January 23, 2011

Miranda Hart wins hat-trick of British comedy awards - The Guardian

Triple award-winner Miranda Hart hinted that her eponymous show may move from BBC2 to BBC1. Photograph: Rex Features Miranda Hart won three prizes at the British comedy awards last night, including the people's choice award voted for by viewers.


Sunday, January 23, 2011

British Comedy Awards: Winners - BBC

Here is the list of winners for the British Comedy Awards 2011: The King's Speech wins the best film accolade at the Producers Guild of America Awards, beating off competition from Oscars favourite the Social Network.


Sunday, January 23, 2011

British app developer and British buyer nab Apple's ten billionth app download

For the first time, Britons have been the both the creators and the buyers of an Apple milestone A small UK app developer and a woman from Orpington were today's winners as Apple announced that the 10 billionth app from its iTunes App Store. Gail Davis of Orpington in Kent downloaded the app, Paper Glider from Cirencester-based iPhone app developer Neon Play. As the winner of Apple's App Store ...


Sunday, January 23, 2011

WORF First Image Web Feature

A test photo of British Columbia's snow-capped west coast mountains is the first official image taken from the International Space Station's new Window Observational Research Facility, or WORF. The image was taken to test the functionality of the control computer and camera associated with EarthKAM, an educational outreach project that allows Earth bound middle school students to take pictures ...


Sunday, January 23, 2011

Web sickos target Bent - The Sun

DARREN BENT has received sickening death threats from Sunderland fans. The striker has been targeted on Twitter after his £24million move to Aston Villa. One said: "I hope you die painfully, remember what we did for you." And another tweeted: "Die, Judas ...


Sunday, January 23, 2011

Oscar-nominated British actress Susannah York dies of cancer at age 72

LONDON (AP) ? British actress Susannah York, one of the leading stars of British and Hollywood films in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died in London. She was 72.


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Social Network,' 'King's Speech' duel at Globes - Morning Journal

Colin Firth quaking before a radio microphone. Jesse Eisenberg keeping friends in touch online. The top prize at tonight's Golden Globes sets old media against new media as the 1930s-era British monarchy saga "The King's Speech" and the up-to-the ...


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Americans on the British monarchy

As excitement builds towards April's Royal Wedding, Americans living in Britain give their views of the monarchy.


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Andrew Neil on British political elite documentary - BBC

Andrew Neil says Britain's "political elite" is becoming posher as he talks to the One Show's Chris Evans and Alex Jones on the day Alan Johnson stood down from front line politics. The presenter of Daily Politics and This Week revealed Mr Johnson will ...


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Musical interlude leaves British lawmaker tongue tied in mid-speech

A British lawmaker apologized to other MPs after his speech was interrupted by his musical tie.


Friday, January 21, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for January 20, 2011

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Friday, January 21, 2011

Prominent British Muslim Assails Prejudice

During a speech Thursday, Baroness Sayeed Warsi, chairperson of the Conservative party, said that "for far too many people, Islamophobia is seen as a legitimate, even commendable, thing."


Friday, January 21, 2011

Expiring web images: Future-proofing naive web users

A new application will allow images uploaded to social networks to 'expire' and become inaccessible, future-proofing younger, more naive users from image retrobution.


Friday, January 21, 2011

British e-commerce sites scrambled to keep up with the holiday shopping boom

Nearly a third of Brits who shopped online bailed out, citing customer experience issues.


Friday, January 21, 2011

Call for British Transport Police to be armed with guns - BBC

Senior officers have called for armed transport police to be able to patrol the UK's railway network. British Transport Police (BTP) Chief Constable Andrew Trotter has asked the government to amend the 1968 Firearms Act to allow the move. He told ministers ...


Friday, January 21, 2011

'Angry Birds' Fans Happy About Series News - msnbc.com

Rovio, maker of hit game Angry Birds, plans to turn the game into an animated series, CEO Mikael Hed has announced. Held told the British TV industry site C21media.net , "We have been looking at that for quite a while, and that is definitely one of my ...


Friday, January 21, 2011

British Transport police plans armed division - The Guardian

British Transport police has drawn up plans to form its own division of armed officers. Photograph: Bruno Vincent Getty Images British Transport police has drawn up plans to form its own division of armed officers to respond to terrorism threats and other ...


Friday, January 21, 2011

Banned from playgroup for being British - The Sun

SHOCKED mums told last night how they were turned away from a taxpayer-funded children's playgroup - for being British. Emma Knightley and 21-month-old daughter Imogen went along with pal Kimberley Wildman and her daughter Olivia after being told about it ...


Friday, January 21, 2011

'King's Speech' gets 14 nominations for U.K. 'Oscars' - MSN

LONDON (AP) -- Made-in-England favorite " The King's Speech " leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars, with 14 nominations announced Tuesday, including best picture. "The King's Speech," which shows the ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for January 19, 2011

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

More British kids can play computer games than ride bikes

Young children are more likely to be able to play a computer game than ride a bike, says AVG.


Thursday, January 20, 2011

The rise of the networked enterprise: Web 2.0 finds its payday - Silicon.com

Today, that sentiment has gravitated to web 2.0 technologies. Management is trying to understand if they are a passing fad or an enduring trend that will underwrite a new era of better corporate performance. New McKinsey research shows that a payday could ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

British journal: Study linking vaccine to autism was fraud

LONDON (AP) -- The first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism was based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a new report on the widely discredited research.


Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Web creator

British scientist and World Wide Web creator, Tim Berners-Lee, speaks during 'Campus Party' in Sao Paulo.


Wednesday, January 19, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for January 18, 2011

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Modern British Sculpture: empire of the oddballs - The Guardian

Is this going to be a fun show, or what? British British Sculpture Sculpture is the title of the essay by curator (and recently appointed director of Tate Britain) Penelope Curtis that opens the catalogue. The same title adorns the essay by her co-curator ...


Wednesday, January 19, 2011

British Fencing secures £1m sponsorship deal - BBC Sport

British Fencing has secured a £1m sponsorship deal with which to fund full-time training for team members, a national academy and events in Britain. The cash, from insurers Beazley, represents a 32% increase in funding for the sport, which saw UK Sport ...


Wednesday, January 19, 2011

British Empire Sec - Monthly Update

British Empire Sec - Monthly Update


Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Web Accessibility Code of Practice

In December 2010 the British standards Institute (BSi) published "Web accessibility - Code of practice (BS 8878:2010)" http: shop.bsigroup.com en ProductDetail ?pid=000000000030180388 ; this document is based on, and replaces, "PAS 78: Guide to good practices in commissioning accessible websites".


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

How did I do? 'Surprising' Piers Morgan gets a cautious thumbs up after debut Tonight show on CNN - Daily Mail

And judging by the first round of reviews and comments hitting the Web, the CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight show has generally been well received. The British tabloid editor-turned-TV star kicked off proceedings with a pre-recorded interview with American chat ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Singapore British Council responds to ban on TR site

The Director of the British Council in Singapore has reponded on the ban of access to Temasek Review's (TR) site. Several readers had alerted the team at TR that its site is being banned by the the British Council in Singapore, the news was subsequently reported by Pamela on its site yesterday. Responding to Netizen's in the thread on TR's [...]


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for January 17, 2011

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Government to offer cheap PCs to web hold-outs

The UK government has launched a new scheme aimed at the 9.2m British adults not yet connected to the internet, offering them cheap PCs for less than a hundred quid.


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

British women on the charge - SkySports

British duo Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong both recorded first-round wins on the opening day of the Australian Open. World number 55 Baltacha rallied from a set down to beat American qualifier Jamie Hampton 3-6 6-4 7-5. It was a long, feisty encounter ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

British women Anne Keothavong and Elena Baltacha progress in Australian Open - The Independent

Anne Keothavong advanced to the second round of the Australian Open for the first time in her career to cap a wonderful day for British tennis. The Londoner beat Russia's Arina Rodionova 7-5 6-4 to join Elena Baltacha in getting over the first hurdle.


Monday, January 17, 2011

British Medical Association: 'NHS reforms hugely risky' - BBC

The Chairman of the British Medical Association has told the BBC that the government's reforms to the NHS are "hugely risky" and rushed. Dr Hamish Meldrum said ministers had handled the changes badly and were risking patient care. The BBC's Political ...


Monday, January 17, 2011

Bradley Pryce suffers British title shot blow - BBC Sport

Welsh challenger Bradley Pryce has been dealt a blow as his British light-middleweight title fight with Englishman Sam Webb has been postponed. Reigning champion Webb has been forced to withdraw because of a back injury so former Commonwealth champion ...


Monday, January 17, 2011

British Espionage Challenge

LONDON ? A British court said Thursday that a lawmaker's assistant accused of spying for Russia can challenge her planned deportation at a hearing scheduled for October.


Monday, January 17, 2011

First Look: Andrew Garfield As 'Spider-Man'

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Web-slinger fans rejoice! The first photo of British actor Andrew Garfield as "Spider-Man" has been released.


Thursday, January 13, 2011

PushNote: A New Layer of Web Commentary - CMSWire

Pushnote offers web engagement on a new level as a browser add-in that you can use to leave comments on any site or page that your friends will see. A British site, Pushnote is being launched today by comedian actor web addict (and investor in the company ...


Thursday, January 13, 2011

Sutherland hits the web for new thriller

Kiefer Sutherland is taking his talents online by starring in a new 10-episode web series.


Thursday, January 13, 2011

The University of the Fraser Valley Joins the Econveyance Certification Program; OneMove Adds 450th Member Firm to Its ...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 13, 2011) - OneMove Technologies Inc. ("OneMove" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:OM), a provider of a leading web-based real estate transaction platform, today announced it has expanded its econveyance certification training program to include students enrolled in the Legal Administrative Assistant certificate program at the University of the Fraser ...


Thursday, January 13, 2011

'British Madoff' took £14m from his investors -- and lost the lot - Belfast Telegraph

The extent of the deceit of the financier -- dubbed the "British Madoff" after the American fraudster Bernie Madoff, who stole $18bn from clients -- was only revealed in 2008 when Freeman gambled on a bailout for the US investment bank Lehman Brothers ...


Thursday, January 13, 2011

British Airways CIO steps down following Iberia merger - Computer Weekly

British Airways chief information officer (CIO) and head of services Paul Coby has stepped down as the company merges with Spanish carrier Iberia, Computer Weekly has learned. According to BA, Paul Coby decided there was no suitable role for him in the ...


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Resisting Extradition, Assange Returns to Court

The WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange arrived at a British court for a hearing concerning his resistance to Swedish demands for his extradition on sex charges.


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

British Sea Power - BBC

British Sea Power released their fourth studio album Valhalla Dancehall  this week. It was produced by the band with Graham Sutton and recorded in south east England and on the Isle of Skye, giving it a typically quirky feel.


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

British Library launches app for iPhone, iPad & Android - PC Advisor

The British Library has launched a new app that brings 100 of the institution's rarest items to your iPhone, iPad or Android device. The Treasures mobile app presents high-resolution images of the world's oldest bible, sketches by Leonardo da Vinci and ...


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

British mortgage buyers 'have lost touch with reality' - Belfast Telegraph

Homeowners are losing touch with mortgage costs as a result of the current prolonged period of record low interest rates, research has indicated. The average homeowner said they would be only prepared to take out a fixed rate mortgage if it was offering an ...


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Web Accessibility Code of Practice - IT-Analysis.com

In December 2010 the British standards Institute (BSi) published "Web accessibility - Code of practice (BS 8878:2010)" http: shop.bsigroup.com en ProductDetail ?pid=000000000030180388 ; this document is based on, and replaces, "PAS 78: Guide to good ...


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

BP Gulf oil spill final report backs British safety model - The Guardian

The Trans-Alaska pipeline, part-owned by BP, carries about 12% of America's domestic oil production. Photograph: Doug Wilson Corbis The final report from the presidential commission investigating the causes of BP 's Gulf of Mexico disaster is expected to ...


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Resisting Extradition, Julian Assange Is Due Back in Court

The founder of WikiLeaks was to appear again in a British court on Tuesday for a hearing concerning his resistance to a Swedish demand for his extradition following allegations of sexual misbehavior.


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Web Accessibility - Code of Practice

In December 2010 the British standards Institute (BSi) published "Web accessibility - Code of practice (BS 8878:2010)" http: shop.bsigroup.com en ProductDetail ?pid=000000000030180388 ; this document is based on, and replaces, "PAS 78: Guide to good practices in commissioning accessible websites".


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Charges Dropped Against British Protesters

LONDON -- The unmasking of an undercover police officer who spent seven years infiltrating environmental protest groups in Britain and more than 20 other countries caused the collapse on Monday of a trial involving activists accused of planning to occupy and immobilize Britain's largest coal-fired power station.


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Vauxhall aim to revive British home internationals

The English FA are in talks to revive the home internationals tournament. PA Sport says Car giant Vauxhall are understood to have been the key movers behind a planned revival of the home internationals and want it in place as soon as next season. Vauxhall are set to be named the FA's new major sponsor. The return of the tournament would see England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland compete ...


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Bids in for British flight training system

LONDON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Three bidders look set to compete in the provision contract for the British armed forces as part of the Lockheed Martin Babcock Military Flying Training System program.


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

British wool industry back in fashion

After years of decline, the British wool industry is fighting back. Exports of wool are on the way up and knitting has become the latest hobby of the rich and famous.


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

British Land Co PLC - Dividend Declaration

British Land Co PLC - Dividend Declaration


Monday, January 10, 2011

British PM Cameron unimpressed by murky FIFA

World Cup British prime minister David Cameron was unimpressed mixing with football's elite when trying to bring the World Cup to England. Cameron has declared he was personally misled by a number of FIFA executives over England's failed 2018 World Cup bid. "We had a great bid - technically I think by far the best bid and I think the presentation we made was compelling," he told BBC Radio 5 Live ...


Monday, January 10, 2011

British company developing invisible tanks

London (UPI) Jan 9, 2011 British military scientists say they're working to develop an army of invisible tanks ready for use on the battlefield within five years. The armored vehicles will use a technology known as "e-camouflage" that would let images on the vehicle's hull change to match their environment, The Sunday Telegraph reported. Sophisticated electronic sensors attached the tank's hull ...


Monday, January 10, 2011

Two years' jail over web ads for fake holiday rentals

A British man who used letting agency websites to con holidaymakers into booking non-existent villas in Europe has been jailed for two years.


Monday, January 10, 2011

Two years' jail over web ads for fake holiday rentals - Sydney Morning Herald

A British man who used letting agency websites to con holidaymakers into booking non-existent villas in Europe has been jailed for two years. Andrew Ryder, 47, pleaded guilty to 13 counts of fraud by false representation after stealing more than £120,000 ...


Monday, January 10, 2011

British athlete Paula Radcliffe injured by dog bite - BBC Sport

British athlete Paula Radcliffe has been bitten by a dog during a training run in Monaco. The 37-year-old world marathon record holder required hospital treatment because of the damage to her calf. Radcliffe wrote on her Twitter site: "Spent part of the ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Don't blame the web -- we have always been intrigued by murder - The Guardian

It was the first murder on a British train and, as lurid details -- some true, others not -- leaked into the press, shock quickly became widespread nervousness and fear. Only the Telegraph sought to remind its readers that the foreigner arrested by the ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Andrew Garfield - Andrew Garfield 'overwhelmed' By Spider Suit

Andrew Garfield was "overwhelmed" when he first wore the Spider-Man costume. The British actor - who is portraying the web-slinging hero in a reboot of the movie franchise, previously starring Tobey Maguire - believes it was a moment of "pure childhood joy" when he first put on the iconic red and blue outfit at the start of...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

The Week's Best Longform Journalism

From GQ's investigative of a Mossad hit squad in Dubai, to Vanity Fair's profile of Julian Assange's working relationship with a British newspaper, check out The Daily Beast's favorite longform journalism pieces from around the Web this week.


Saturday, January 08, 2011

UK warns US of terror threat to British aviation - The Guardian

AP Intelligence Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) ? A U.S. official says British authorities warned the United States of a possible terror threat to planes flying through the U.K. The official would not give details, but indicated that British authorities told ...


Saturday, January 08, 2011

Despite Web Airfare Battle, Travelers Have Options - New York Times

JetBlue , Virgin America and Spirit have increasingly been offering special fare sales only through their own Web sites. And some low-cost carriers, including Southwest and Allegiant Air, have long refused to list fares at online agencies or fare ...


Saturday, January 08, 2011

British Coptic Christians mark Christmas - BBC

British Coptic Christians are celebrating their Christmas, but "with sadness and distress" in their hearts because of the widening attack on Christians in the Middle East. Many share the fear expressed by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France that Christians ...


Friday, January 07, 2011

British Columbia Safety Authority: Ways to Stay Safe When Waters Are Rising

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 7, 2011) - Heavy rainfall in Metro Vancouver threatens to overflow drainage and overfill local rivers and creeks. Due to the potential for flooding in the Fraser Valley, which follows directly on the heels of floods experienced last week in Courtney, the BC Safety Authority (BCSA) is issuing a reminder to homeowners and businesses to take ...


Friday, January 07, 2011

British Boxing Champ Dies In Cycle Smash - Sky.com

Former British boxing champion Gary Mason has died after being involved in a crash with a van while riding his bike. The smash happened in Sandy Lane South, Wallington, south London, yesterday. The 48-year-old former heavyweight - who trained with Frank ...


Friday, January 07, 2011

Web millionaire bankrolled Greens

A multimillionaire entrepreneur worried about climate change bankrolled the Greens' federal election surge by making the largest donation in Australian history.


Friday, January 07, 2011

Former British heavyweight boxing champ Gary Mason killed in cycling accident - Daily Record

FORMER British boxing champion Gary Mason has died in a cycling accident. Mason was on his bike in Sandy Lane South, Wallington, south London, yesterday morning when he was involved in a collision with a van. The 48-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.


Friday, January 07, 2011

Convicted in 1989 -- killed with British drugs in 2010 - The Independent

Arizona has already executed one prisoner using a cocktail of drugs including one purchased from a British supplier. Jeffrey Landrigan, 50, was put to death on 26 October 2010 in the state's first execution for three years. Officials admitted he was ...


Friday, January 07, 2011

British Airways says bad weather could cost it £50m - BBC

British Airways (BA) says that the disruption caused by December's severe weather could cost it £50m. Monthly traffic was down by 8.3% compared with a year ago, as operations were hit by the snow and ice. The conditions caused hundreds of BA flights to be ...


Friday, January 07, 2011

Zynga Acquires 'Social Web Browser' Company Flock

As it celebrates it six-year anniversary, "social web browser" company Flock announced that it has been purchased by FarmVille developer Zynga, marking the latter's eighth studio acquisition in as many months. Based in Redwood City (with an office in Victoria, British Columbia), Flock is best known for its free Windows Mac Linux FreeBSD web browser, which is built on Chromium and has built-in ...


Thursday, January 06, 2011

Doctor Behind Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Accused of 'Deliberate Fraud'

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- An in-depth investigation just published in a prominent medical journal alleges that a decade-long effort to link childhood vaccinations with autism was really an elaborate hoax perpetuated by a British doctor who has since been banned from practicing medicine in that country.


Thursday, January 06, 2011

New BT service threatens open Web - Zd Net Asia.com

British telco's latest service will allow ISPs to charge firms premium rates for high-speed delivery of Web content such as videos, reports note, raising the specter of an impending "two-tier Internet". British Telecom (BT) has unveiled a new service that ...


Thursday, January 06, 2011

Zynga Acqhires Social Web Browser Maker Flock

Zynga has acquired Menlo Park, Calif.-based Flock, we have confirmed. Flock, a five-year-old start-up that also has offices in British Columbia, Canada, was working on what it calls a social Web browser.


Thursday, January 06, 2011

Victims group pushes support for archbishop off Web - Globe and Mail

However, a move to close down the parish's Web-based fundraising campaign was not enough, Cappy Larson, a spokesperson for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said Wednesday in an interview from San Francisco. The leadership of the Orthodox ...


Thursday, January 06, 2011

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for January 5, 2010

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 5, 2011) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: h


Thursday, January 06, 2011

Retracted autism study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds - CNN

(CNN) -- A now-retracted British study that linked autism to childhood vaccines was an "elaborate fraud" that has done long-lasting damage to public health, a leading medical publication reported Wednesday. An investigation published by the British medical ...


Thursday, January 06, 2011

Actor Javier Bardem is best dressed man, sez British GQ men's magazine; Mel Gibson is worst dressed - New York Daily News

The Spanish actor is the epitome of underplayed style -- no wonder he caught Penélope Cruz's attention," British GQ said of the 41-year-old " Biutiful " star in its February edition due out on Thursday. "From the silver screen to Nespresso machine, the ...


Thursday, January 06, 2011

New BT service threatens open Web

British telco's latest service will allow ISPs to charge firms premium rates for high-speed delivery of Web content such as videos, reports note, raising the specter of an impending "two-tier Internet".


Wednesday, January 05, 2011

BT Rejects Accusations Of Net Neutrality Breach. Sort Of. - Wired News

Telecoms giant BT has denied reports that it's paving the way for an internet "fast lane" with a new service named Content Connect, which allows broadband providers to prioritize video from certain clients, such as the iPlayer or YouTube, if the ...


Wednesday, January 05, 2011

BT denies new Internet offer to create 2-tier Web

A new service from British telecoms provider BT that allows Internet service providers to pay for higher-quality video delivery will not create a two-tier Internet, BT said on Tuesday.


Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Bradley Pryce earns British title shot against Sam Webb - BBC Sport

Welsh boxer Bradley Pryce has earned a third shot at the British title when he fights Englishman Sam Webb for the light-middleweight crown in February. Webb will make the second defence of his belt against experienced former Commonwealth champion Pryce at ...


Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Young British convert: 'I'm proud to be Muslim' - BBC

There is a growing number of people converting to Islam in the UK, according to a study by Swansea University. The research for charity Faith Matters estimates there are as many as 100,000 converts, up from an estimated 60,000 in 2001. The majority are ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

British adults tell on average three lies a day - Webindia 123

An adult in Britain tells on an average three lies a day, including lying about how many people they have had sex with, a survey has found. The study of 3,000 adults by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has revealed that more than a third lie ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

British Consulate staff arrested in Jerusalem - MSN UK News

Two staff members at the British Consulate in Jerusalem have been arrested for allegedly selling weapons. A Foreign Office spokesman has confirmed that two local members of staff at the Jerusalem Consulate General had been arrested by the Israeli authorities.


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Woman buys breast implants for $6.04

NORWICH, England, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- An aspiring British model said she is pleased with the $8,000 breast augmentation she won for only $6.04 on an auction Web site.


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Israel holds Palestinian British consulate staff - Financial Times

The Israeli internal security service has arrested two Palestinians working for the British consulate in Jerusalem, in connection with an alleged Islamist plot to bomb the city's biggest football stadium. "We can confirm that two members of the local ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Israel arrests 2 British consulate staff in gun probe - The Guardian

JERUSALEM, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it had charged two local employees of the British Consulate General in Jerusalem with arms trafficking as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to fire a rocket into a football stadium. A British ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

British actor Pete Postlethwaite dead at 64 - The Independent

British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in "In the Name of the Father", has died aged 64 following a lengthy illness, a friend announced Monday. Journalist and friend Andrew Richardson said he died peacefully in ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Dozen men arrested in several British cities in suspected large-scale terrorism plot

LONDON (AP) ? In the biggest anti-terrorist sweep in Britain in nearly two years, police have arrested a dozen men accused of plotting a large-scale terror attack on targets inside the United Kingdom.


Monday, January 03, 2011

Sebastian Coe: David Beckham could lead British team at London 2012 - The Guardian

David Beckham could play a key role in the British Olympic football team, Sebastian Coe said. Photograph: Mark Ralston AFP Getty Images Coe is the chairman of the London 2012 organising committee, and although he has no part in picking the team or coach ...


Sunday, January 02, 2011

British Soldier Killed In Afghan Explosion - Sky.com

A British soldier has been killed after being caught in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said. The serviceman, from The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, died near the Nahr-e ...


Saturday, January 01, 2011

British PM vows economic growth in New Year message - Webindia 123

The British government will be "relentlessly focused" on supporting economic growth and job creation in 2011, despite the "heavy lifting" needed to rein in the country's gaping budget deficit, Prime Minister David Cameron said in his New Year message.


Saturday, January 01, 2011

British servicemen and women remember fallen colleagues - The Guardian

There have now been 346 British servicemen and women killed in Afghanistan since military operations began there in October 2001. As we enter 2011, the fighting goes on. In the most recent incident, this month a soldier was killed in a suspected friendly fire incident.


Saturday, January 01, 2011

British Workforce Predicts Better Career Prospects in 2011

Research conducted by distance learning specialist Home Learning College shows that around half (49%) of adults in employment see their career prospects changing for the better in 2011, while only 20% think things will get worse.


Saturday, January 01, 2011

Why are the British self-deprecating?

Columnists Matthew Parris and Lucy Kellaway discuss British self-deprecation


Saturday, January 01, 2011

British flu death toll hits 39

Britain's flu death toll has risen to 39 since October, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced Thursday, with 36 of the fatalities due to swine flu.


Saturday, January 01, 2011

Why are the British self-deprecating? - BBC

Our guest editor Dame Clara Furse, who is of Dutch origin, is a great admirer of Britain's unique traditions but finds that the British are far less likely than other nationalities to celebrate their successes. Columnist for The Times Matthew Parris and ...


Saturday, January 01, 2011

British tourist arrivals up

A 31 percent increase has been recorded in the number of British tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka from January 1 to November 30 this year compared to the same period in 2009, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority statistics revealed.


Saturday, January 01, 2011

British ambassador in 1980 said Israel ready to use bomb - MSN UK News

Robinson's message, published under a rule that allows official British papers to be released after 30 years, voiced concern that U.S.-hosted negotiations would not lead to a comprehensive agreement on the Middle East conflict. "As long as there is no ...


Thursday, December 30, 2010

Magazine provided bomb tips to terror suspects, British say - Bend Bulletin

The revelation, relayed by British newspapers, provided the first ... a terrorism specialist who teaches at the University of Geneva and concentrates on monitoring Islamic Web sites. A statement issued Monday by British police said that between Oct. 1 and ...


Thursday, December 30, 2010

Oldest British Joke

"What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before? A key."


Thursday, December 30, 2010

Gordon Brown's Gillian Duffy 'bigot' gaffe political row of year, says Microsoft - Daily Telegraph

Researchers found the political furore surrounding the former Prime Minister's comments about Gillian Duffy was the most popular political scandal term for British web users. Mrs Duffy had confronted Mr Brown in the final days of the election campaign as ...


Thursday, December 30, 2010

Sale of French warships to Russia raises alarm in NATO - Los Angeles Times

France is selling at least two warships to Russia in an unprecedented military deal that has angered the United States and other NATO countries. The contract for the Mistral-class helicopter carriers, worth at least $1.3 billion, is Russia's biggest ...


Thursday, December 30, 2010

English-language magazine provided bomb tips to 9 terror suspects, British say

LONDON - Nine men arrested in Britain on terrorism charges last week found inspiration and bomb-making instructions in an English-language Internet magazine published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, British investigators reportedly said.


Thursday, December 30, 2010

British: Magazine inspired terror suspects

LONDON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Nine terror suspects arrested in England found inspiration and bomb-making instructions in an online English-language magazine, officials say.


Thursday, December 30, 2010

British triplet born more than a decade after twin sisters -- any more coming?

The British media is abuzz with news that a triplet was born 11 years after her twin sisters. It seems that, in the age of frozen embryos, all is possible.


Thursday, December 30, 2010

Real Estate in Whistler, British Columbia

Real estate prices fell 10 to 15 percent in 2010, despite hopes that the Winter Olympics would bolster prices.


Thursday, December 30, 2010

Engine Digital Builds Mobile Website for bchydro.com to Provide Power Smart Tips and Help Customers During Outages

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 12 29 10) - Engine Digital announces the launch of an innovative mobile web strategy for client BC Hydro , featuring a mobile compatible web experience for on-the-go smartphone users. The Engine Digital designed BC Hydro mobile website offers instant access to relevant Power Smart content, safety tips, as well as a GPS-enabled power outage lookup ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

British Soldier Killed In Afghanistan Blast - Sky.com

A British bomb disposal expert has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said. The soldier, from 23 Pioneer Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps, was clearing a road in Lashkar Gah district, Helmand Province, when ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Concern at governments' moves to control web - Financial Times

From the UN to the self-governing body overseeing web addresses, countries are working to assert more authority , with some success. The developments concern technologists who view the internet as the ultimate democratic, ungovernable force. While China ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

British Police Charge 9 Men, Arrested in Raids, With Preparing for Terrorist Acts

LONDON -- A week after coordinated raids in three cities, the British police said Monday that they had charged nine of the 12 men they arrested, in a case that seemed to be a sign that Europe's concerns over potential terrorist attacks were spreading.


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

British charitable donations down in 2010

LONDON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Forty-percent of Britons reduced their charitable contributions in 2010, while almost a third did not donate at all, a poll indicates.


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Israeli military uses British emergency law to banish activist - Belfast Telegraph

The Israeli military is making rare use of an emergency regulation enacted by the British Mandate in 1945 to order the temporary banishment of a Palestinian activist from his home city of Jerusalem. Adnan Gheith, 35, faces expulsion for four months from ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

British Athletics award for Farah

Double European gold medallist Mo Farah is named the athlete of the year by the British Olympic Association.


Monday, December 27, 2010

UK men and women getting heavier

The average British man was 7.7kg (16.9lb) heavier in 2000 than he was in 1986, according to an Oxford University study.


Monday, December 27, 2010

A British citizen accuses an officer of police brutality - France 24

Ever since these amateur images began circulating on sharing sites, the incident has been a hot topic of conversation on the British web. We see Jody McIntyre pulled to the ground by a police officer. As we can hear, protesters at the scene were outraged ...


Monday, December 27, 2010

British Men Getting Fatter... And Fatter - Sky.com

British men are piling on the pounds despite repeated warnings that being overweight can lead to serious illness, researchers say. Research from Oxford University showed the average man was 17lb (7.7kg) heavier in 2000 than he was in 1986. Women are not ...


Monday, December 27, 2010

UK retailers fear lower sales in 2011 -BRC survey - Reuters

LONDON, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Most UK retailers are expecting lower sales in 2011 on the back of weak consumer demand and inflationary pressures, a survey by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said on Monday. The BRC's survey said nearly two-thirds of ...


Monday, December 27, 2010

Cheryl Cole most surfed celeb in 2010

London, Dec 27 : British web surfers have asked more questions about Cheryl Cole than any other celebrity this year.


Monday, December 27, 2010

Rise of web 'puts question mark' over tourism offices - BBC

Tourist information offices could be a thing of the past as more people turn to online guides, says the Wales Tourism Alliance (WTA). Monmouthshire is the latest council to discuss the future of its offices which use half its £368,000 tourism budget ...


Monday, December 27, 2010

Online British Adults Set to Spend GBP 7.4 Billion on the Web This Christmas

Britain Set for Bumper Online Shopping Year -- but Online Businesses Could Lose out Unless They Address Consumer Security Fears


Sunday, December 26, 2010

British Heavyweight Has Choice - New York Times

A German newspaper reported that the Klitschko brothers are offering the British heavyweight David Haye the choice ... who is the World Boxing Council champion. On its Web site, the German newspaper Bild quoted the Klitschkos saying, "We promise there ...


Sunday, December 26, 2010

Tony Blair makes £710,000 from mysterious web of companies - Daily Telegraph

The profits, funnelled through an "opaque" and highly complex web of financial structures ... A Journey - including a reported £4.6m advance - would go to the Royal British Legion's Battle Back Challenge Centre which is set to open in summer 2012 to help ...


Sunday, December 26, 2010

British soldiers serve 10th Christmas in Afghanistan - BBC

British troops are spending a 10th Christmas in Afghanistan, far from their loved ones. But while plenty of festivities have been laid on, there has been no let up in patrols against the Taliban. Quentin Sommerville reports from Helmand.


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Happy birthday World Wide Web

Happy birthday World Wide Web By Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Dec 24, 2010 09:48PM MDT Hate spam on the Web? Blame Tim Berners-Lee. Abhor porn pop-ups while surfing? Fault Tim Berners-Lee. Annoyed at having to look for that blasted "slash" key when typing two slashes on a Web address? Again, turn to Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Twenty years ago today, Berners-Lee, a British computer ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Norad Santa Tracker update: Sleigh makes its way west with presents for all - Oregonian

Santa and his reindeer have been busy for hours showering kids with presents and he's making his way towards the Portland area. Thanks to Google and the Santa Tracker from the North American Aerospace Defense Command ? those Canadian and U.S. military ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Diplomatic disaster in British soil -- a shame to Rajapaksa and his failed State (Opinion)

With the illusion of selling his dismal image of a racist war criminal desperately wanting to sell an angelic image to the Western world, His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Executive President of Sri Lanka, with a 40-member delegation, left Sri Lanka and landed on November 29, 2010, at the London Heathrow International Airport, something like the fabled first Sinhalese King, Vijaya, landing ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Who feeds British troops at Christmas?

The Master chef at Camp Bastion is charged with feeding British troops serving in Afghanistan.


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Who feeds British troops at Christmas? - BBC

Quentin Sommerville meets the man charged with feeding Christmas dinner to British troops serving in Afghanistan. Sgt Nick Watkins is the Master Chef at Camp Bastion who will, along with a team of troops and civilians at Camp Bastion, be hard at work on ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

U.K. FTSE 100 Closes Above 6,000; Resolution, BG Group Rally - BusinessWeek

Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index closed above 6,000 for the first time since June 2008, extending the benchmark measure's fourth-straight weekly advance. Resolution Ltd., BG Group Plc and Schroders Plc all surged at the close of trade ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Sir Chris Hoy looks ahead to 2011 for British cyclists - BBC Sport

British cycling star Sir Chris Hoy looks back on a year in which he regained his form on the track, and ahead to crucial Olympic qualifying races coming up in 2011. Hoy, 34, also looks at the return of 40-year-old Sydney Olympic champion Jason Queally to ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

The British football stars of 2011 - The Independent

It was not a vintage year for football in Britain and Ireland in 2010, with England the only one of the home nations to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa, where they suffered a humiliating 4-1 loss to Germany in the last 16.


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Roadside Bomb Blast Kills British Soldier - Sky.com

The serviceman, a member of 216 Parachute Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, died from injuries sustained on Tuesday in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. He was part of an operation to disrupt Taliban movement in the region, when the ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

The Heathrow farce and the folly of selling vital British assets to debt-laden Spaniards - Daily Mail

What's more, the purchase was made despite the firm already having huge debts. This was just the latest squalid example of a British government selling key parts of this country's infrastructure to foreign buyers. For example, control of our ports ...


Thursday, December 23, 2010

Film Weekly clings to Spider-Man Andrew Garfield - The Guardian

This week Jason Solomons talks to British actor Andrew Garfield . Garfield is just off the set of the new Spider-Man, in which he plays the lead, and is also hotly tipped for an Oscar nomination for his roles in The Social Network and Never Let Me Go.


Thursday, December 23, 2010

The truth lies trapped in a web of intrigue - Sydney Morning Herald

December 6 A European arrest warrant is issued. December 7 Assange gives himself up to British police. The Crown Prosecution Service reads out four accusations: rape: that Assange had held Ardin down, forcibly parted her legs and had sex with her ...


Thursday, December 23, 2010

British football: Stars of 2011 - The Independent

It was not a vintage year for football in Britain and Ireland in 2010, with England the only one of the home nations to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa, where they suffered a humiliating 4-1 loss to Germany in the last 16. Click on the image on ...


Thursday, December 23, 2010

British `kiddie porn' suspect seized in Thailand

A Briton wanted for molesting children as young as 18 months and selling images of the abuse online has been arrested in Thailand after more than a decade on the run.


Thursday, December 23, 2010

British paedophile suspect arrested in Thailand - BBC

A suspected British paedophile has been arrested in Thailand after more than a decade on the run. Charles Taylor, 66, who is accused of abusing children as young as 18 months old, is now in detention in Bangkok. He was first arrested at his UK home in ...


Thursday, December 23, 2010

She's the daughter of an eminent British scientist who faces hanging in Malaysia for drug crimes. So what's ... - Daily Mail

A ramshackle two-storey house with a terracotta roof, it appears to be like any other rather rundown suburban home ­complete with a British car in the garage ? but this week Orton insisted that her life inside was anything but that of the conventional ...


Thursday, December 23, 2010

British Expulsion Denounced

The Foreign Ministry hit back at Britain on Wednesday for expelling a diplomat from its London embassy for spying, calling the move groundless and saying Moscow had been forced to respond in kind.


Thursday, December 23, 2010

British government wants all porn filtered out of the web, all fun sucked out of life

You can't be surprised at developments like these when you elect a political party whose very name is Conservative , but it's still rather sad to hear that the current UK government is putting pressure on ISPs to "protect children" by universally blocking access to porn websites. It's not outright censorship, you'll be able to "opt in" and restore your freedom to explore adult content (or ...


Thursday, December 23, 2010

The Ashes 2010: British children beat Aussies for will to win, poll suggests - Daily Telegraph

As England's cricketers compete for the Ashes, the poll shows England's youngsters are more competitive than their Australian counterparts. The Cricket Foundation survey found 83 per cent of English parents said their children were competitive (75 per ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Mortgages: the winners and losers when interest rates rise - Citywire.co.uk

The implication is that many millions of homebuyers will not be able to afford their repayments. To make matters worse the Confederation of British Industry is predicting that Bank of England base rate (BBR) could rise to 2.75% by the end of 2012 while ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Is it the web or brands themselves that are eroding brand loyalty? - Econsultancy

The results show that when it comes to booking holidays online, British consumers have little or no loyalty to travel operators. Is this diminishing brand loyalty just a natural result of a more open web or is it because brands are less adept at building ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

British commandos on alert amid Mumbai-like attack fears - Webindia 123

Helicopters have been readied to fly crack British special forces commandos at a moment's notice to tackle any Christmas terror strike as "the government is taking the threat of a 'Mumbai' on a busy British shopping street extremely seriously". Chinooks ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

UK snow: British Airways judged best at keeping passengers informed - Daily Telegraph

With no mobile apps and no updates to web presences, Ryanair has done little to inform its ... spectacularly unresponsive". British Airways' Twitter account, on the other hand, has been helping people almost non-stop, DMing vital flight information to ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The Sounds of Silence Lose in British Chart Competition - New York Times Blogs

Two ambitious Web campaigns were not enough to prevent a TV talent-show contestant from reaching the top of the British singles chart the week of Christmas ? an annual race that has become something of a national sport for British music fans. The No. 1 ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The Lede: British Minister's Remark on Murdoch Yields Loss of Power

Britain's business secretary was stripped of his power to regulate media companies after he was recorded saying that he had "declared war" on the publisher Rupert Murdoch.


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Internet porn could be blocked by British government

Internet porn may be blocked by the British government.


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

British Fencing's performance director out in reshuffle - BBC Sport

British Fencing has parted company with its performance director, 19 months from the start of the London Olympics. Graham Watts leaves with immediate effect after 10 years in the job. His replacement will be a group led by an as-yet unnamed "performance ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia expand joint business codeshare cooperation

Fort Worth-based American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia on Friday announced new customer benefits as a result of their trans-Atlantic joint business. All three carriers are expanding the number of routes on which the airlines will codeshare between North America and Europe.


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

ISPs Hit Back At British Proposal To Ban Porn

Industry head says censoring Web sites with explicit content would also block legitimate content.


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Top British judge says no ban on Twitter in court

LONDON (AP) ? It's the tweet smell of success for courtroom microbloggers in Britain. The head of the judiciary in England and Wales ruled Monday that there is no ban on using Twitter in court. Lord Chief Justice Igor Judge said the use of "unobtrusive, hand held, virtually silent" equipment ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Jaguar Land Rover parent snaps up British Salt - The Business Desk

BRITISH Salt, the Cheshire-based salt producer has been sold to Jaguar Land Rover parent Tata Group in a deal worth more than £100m.Tata's Cheshire-based subsidiary Brunner Mond - a leading chemicals manufacturer - will pay £93m up front for Middlewhich ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

A Google Places Mess, The British Airways Snow Delays

As some of you know, there is a some major snow storm in the UK which is causing huge delays and cancellations at Heathrow airport in London. As you can imagine this is a huge disaster for British Airways who is currently dealing with a huge mess on their web site and Twitter account. That being said, it is also a huge disaster for a business that has nothing to do with British Airways. A Google ...


Sunday, December 19, 2010

Katrina Kaif: How Bollywood fell in love with a British unknown - The Guardian

A British actor brought up in London is set to become the most sought after superstar in the Bollywood film industry after her role in a blockbuster movie that opens in cinemas throughout the world this week. Katrina Kaif, daughter of a British charity ...


Sunday, December 19, 2010

'Combat Codpiece' To Protect British Troops - Sky.com

The need for this type of protection for British troops comes from an increased risk from roadside bombs which are triggered by pressure from a soldier or vehicle. If a soldier has stepped on the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) then most of the force of ...


Sunday, December 19, 2010

British officials: no specific holiday terror plot

British government officials say they are continuing to track terror threats concerning Europe, but no new specific plots have emerged for the holiday season.


Sunday, December 19, 2010

British Red Cross -- coping in the snow - Daily Record

Parts of the country have been experiencing the worst winter in over a decade and with the freezing conditions set to continue, the British Red Cross are planning their response to the extreme weather. Parts of the country have been experiencing the worst ...


Sunday, December 19, 2010

British al-Qaeda refugee killed in Afghanistan

An al-Qaeda leader who was given refugee status in Britain has been killed by an airstrike in Afghanistan after he was released from a control order and rejoined his former associates, it can be disclosed.


Sunday, December 19, 2010

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange released from British custody

LONDON (AP) ? Julian Assange is swapping a Victorian prison cell for an English country mansion after a judge granted bail to the WikiLeaks founder...


Sunday, December 19, 2010

British attorneys win legal tussle - MSN UK News

Two British attorneys have won a multimillion-dollar tussle with Brunei's Prince Jefri Bolkiah after a trial that provided a glimpse into the prince's jet-set lifestyle as a member of one of the world's richest royal families. Husband-and-wife legal team ...


Sunday, December 19, 2010

British Court Orders Leader of WikiLeaks Freed on Bail

Julian Assange was ordered released on $310,000 bail on Tuesday as he challenges a Swedish prosecutor's demand for his extradition, but he remained in custody pending an appeal.


Sunday, December 19, 2010

Rovers want British boss - SkySports

Click here for more. Blackburn Rovers' new owners Venky's want the next manager of the club to be British following the sacking of Sam Allardyce. Allardyce was dismissed on Monday without warning by the Indian consortium who took over in November; a ...


Sunday, December 19, 2010

Cloudy outlook as Google steps up push to rule web - Financial Times

This "cloud" strategy -- relying on services run in Google's data centres, and delivered to consumers using standard web technologies -- is still a work in progress, but some of its contours are becoming more discernible. Take Monday's launch of ...


Sunday, December 19, 2010

WikiLeaks founder Assange in talks with British officials to come out of hiding

LONDON - Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks Web site, was in negotiations with British authorities late Monday to come out of hiding for what is set to be a high-profile extradition hearing to face criminal allegations in Sweden.


Thursday, December 16, 2010

An elegy on the British pub, by our obituaries editor - Economist.com

In 2009, according to the British Beer and Pub Association ... Pub-saving efforts often focus on ways to restore the social web around them, seeking to reverse the headlong flight of Britons into solitary, online worlds. A report in 2001 by the Countryside ...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Air Force Bans Members From Reading Sites That Posted WikiLeaks Cables - YAHOO!

WASHINGTON, DC -- On Tuesday, it was reported that the Air Force has blocked its personnel from reading Web sites that have posted WikiLeaks cables. This includes the sites of The New York Times, The Guardian, and "more than 25 other news organizations ...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

British al Qaida members 'killed' - The Guardian

The Foreign Office is investigating reports that two white British al Qaida members have been killed in a drone attack in Pakistan. The Muslim converts are said to have died in a Hellfire missile strike by a remote-controlled US aircraft near the town of ...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

US congolomerate GE to buy British oil and gas services group Wellstream for $1.3 billion - Chicago Tribune

LONDON (AP) ? U.S. conglomerate GE says it is buying British oil and gas services group Wellstream Holdings PLC for 800 million pounds ($1.3 billion) to bolster its energy unit. GE said Monday that Wellstream intends to unanimously recommend the deal to ...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Hacktivists Take Down Amazon - Yahoo Finance

Note: Amazon claims the outtage was due to internal problems, not hackers. We'll have details as available. Everyone said they couldn't do it, but now Operation Payback has taken down Amazon. For about half an hour, Amazon.co.uk was down, according to ...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Squirrels delay Christmas lighting event - United Press International

BOSTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A money-saving effort in Braintree, Mass., went awry when squirrels chewed through wires on lights strung on four of eight Christmas trees, officials said. Mayor Joseph Sullivan said the city left lights on the trees on the town ...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Honor for Fall River man killed in Afghanistan - Boston Herald

F ALL RIVER ? The U.S. Senate has passed legislation honoring a 20-year-old Fall River native who was killed when a suicide bomber attacked his unit in Afghanistan. U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said Friday that legislation to rename the main post office in ...


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

WikiLeaks and Web to revolutionise reporting - John Pilger - Reuters UK

One reason the media did not challenge the U.S. and British governments' justification for going to war in Iraq in 2003, later shown to be misplaced, was their eagerness to believe the official version of events, Pilger argued. He said the same was true of ...


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

WikiLeaks, Web to Revolutionize Reporting: Pilger - Common Dreams

One reason the media did not challenge the U.S. and British governments' justification for going to war in Iraq in 2003, later shown to be misplaced, was their eagerness to believe the official version of events, Pilger argued. He said the same was true of ...


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

WikiLeaks supporters change tack - Euro News

Pro-WikiLeaks activists who have coordinated a series of web attacks in support of Julian Assange say ... The UK's national security adviser has warned that British government websites could be next. Meanwhile the political fallout from ongoing WikiLeaks ...


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Amazon Hit by Web Service Failure - The Future of Things

The European sites of web retailer Amazon were temporarily offline on 12 December, amid ongoing threats against major sites by pro-Wikileak activists. British, French, German, Austrian and Italian sites were down for about 30 minutes on Sunday during a ...


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

WikiLeaks Founder Assange Freed On Bail By British Court - DAILY KOS

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrested in Britain on Swedish allegations of sex crimes, was freed on bail by a British court today ... measures have been added to a host of government web services, in particular those used to claim benefits or provide ...


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

British court grants bail to WikiLeaks' Julian Assange - Herald Democrat

LONDON -- A British judge granted bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ... If you see a comment that violates the policy, please notify the web editor . Comments do not display immediately due to manual review. Comments are reviewed periodically ...


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

British Court Frees Founder of WikiLeaks on Bail - New York Times

A British lawyer acting for Swedish authorities had opposed bail ... According to WikiLeaks, only 1,344 of a total 251,287 documents have so far been published on its Web site since it began releasing the latest batch of documents on November 28.


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

US trapped in WikiLeaks web - Gulf News

It is true that the world wide web was invented by British scientist Tim Berners Lee, but it has since become a great US stronghold thanks to the Americans being the masters of the information revolution. As we all know, most of the giant cyberspace ...


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

British police to probe Punjab murder - Webindia 123

A British police team will reach Punjab to probe the killing of a Sikh religious leader in the state suspected to have been assassinated by British nationals of Punjab origin. Rashtriya Sikh Sangat (RSS) president Rulda Singh was shot and seriously injured ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

Amazon hit by web service failure - BBC

The European sites of web retailer Amazon have suffered a temporary failure, amid ongoing threats against major sites by pro-Wikileak activists. British, French, German, Austrian and Italian sites were down for about 30 minutes on Sunday during a peak pre ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

US embassy cables: 'British connection' in US corruption scandal - The Guardian

Classified By: Amb. John Ordway, reasons 1.4 (B) and (D). 1. (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see request for guidance, para. 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case involving malfeasance by U.S. oil technology and ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

Sweden suicide bomber's British connections under investigation - The Guardian

Well-placed Whitehall officials confirmed the bomber's identity and his link to a British university. According to the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, he had travelled to Britain and Jordan in the run-up to Saturday's attack, in which he was the only victim.


Monday, December 13, 2010

The nation's paper fortune: Drawings from the British Museum collection - The Independent

So it is no surprise that the British Museum starts off its new exhibition of modern drawings in the prints and drawings gallery with a work by Picasso -- a rather special one, indeed. It is a study for his groundbreaking Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, of ...


Sunday, December 12, 2010

"The King's Speech" reigns at British film awards - Reuters UK

LONDON (Reuters) - "The King's Speech," starring Colin Firth as King George VI struggling to overcome a debilitating stammer, won five prizes at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday. The picture, already in the frame for Oscars glory, was named ...


Sunday, December 12, 2010

"The King's Speech" reigns at British film awards - Reuters UK

LONDON (Reuters) - "The King's Speech," starring Colin Firth as King George VI struggling to overcome a debilitating stammer, won five prizes at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday. The picture, already in the frame for Oscars glory, was named ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Activists Say Web Assault for Assange Is Expanding - New York Times

The Web site for Moneybookers, a British PayPal competitor that ceased dealings with WikiLeaks in recent days, was under attack on Friday, according to members of Anonymous who were reached by e-mail and online chat services and who asked for anonymity in ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

BBC agrees deal for British Champions Day until 2012 - BBC Sport

Ascot will host the British Champions Day from next year The BBC has agreed a two-year deal to become the host broadcaster of British Champions Day - the new climax of horse racing's Flat season. The major new event will be run for the first time next year ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

US embassy cables: Ahmadinejad ordered capture of British servicemen 'for domestic reasons' - The Guardian

Classified By: Ambassador Emil Skodon, reasons 1.4(B) and (D) Summary In conversations with foreign ministry officials in Brunei, US diplomats hear what their counterparts believe was behind the capture of 15 British servicemen and women by Iran earlier in ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

PRESS DIGEST - British business - Dec 7 - Reuters UK

Desire Petroleum ( DES.L ) was forced last night to defend itself against allegations that it had misled investors after admitting that an "oil discovery" off the Falkland Islands announced on Thursday was mostly water. TAKEOVER OR BREAK-UP MAY BE MOUCHEL ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Freezing weather hits British sporting schedule - BBC Sport

This sporting schedule has been heavily affected by the snow and freezing temperatures across Britain. Scotland is worst hit, with all the weekend's Premier League football postponed and more matches already called off on Tuesday. In England, Manchester ...


Friday, December 10, 2010

HIGHLIGHTS-UK's Osborne at Treasury Commitee - Reuters

LONDON Dec 8 (Reuters) - British finance minister George Osborne gave testimony to parliament's Treasury Committee on Wednesday. Below are higlights from the session. BOE KING'S IMPARTIALITY "He (King) was appointed by (Gordon) Brown, reappointed by ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

Colombian landslides spark British Red Cross support - Reliefweb.int

The British Red Cross has responded to devastating flooding and landslides in Colombia with a £60,000 donation towards the Red Cross' emergency operation. With more than 85% of the country affected by heavy rains, and 162 people killed in the resulting ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

LONDON MARKETS: British Stocks Close Higher; HMV Shares Slump - NASDAQ

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. stocks closed slightly higher Thursday, driven by gains among banks and insurers, though Standard Chartered PLC's shares dropped after the bank warned of rising costs, and retailer HMV also slumped. The FTSE 100 index closed up ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

Afghan army making 'great leaps forward', British commanders say - The Guardian

British soldiers in Helmand province. British military commanders say the Afghan army will be ready to take over responsibility throughout the country in 2014. Photograph: AFP Getty Images British commanders today said yesterday the Afghan army -- key to ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

Loans Hit 3-Year High in 'Spectacular Time': Canada Credit - BusinessWeek

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Syndicated lending in Canada soared to a three-year high in 2010 as companies including Talisman Energy Inc. and Cenovus Energy Inc. take advantage of lower borrowing costs. Banks in Canada arranged 284 syndicated loans valued at $94 ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

CORRECT: UK Govt Moves To Ease Corporate Tax Burden On Overseas Units - Wall Street Journal

LONDON (Dow Jones)--The U.K. government Thursday moved to ease the tax burden on British companies with overseas branches, allowing them to exempt the profits of those branches from U.K. corporation tax. The move will particularly benefit big U.K.-based ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

Online payment provider based in Philadelphia says it's accepting donations for WikiLeaks - Minneapolis Star Tribune

PHILADELPHIA - A tech startup based in Philadelphia says it is taking donations for WikiLeaks, after several U.S.-based companies cut ties to the website in the face of government pressure. Mobile-to-mobile payment provider Xipwire (pronounced Zipwire ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

Tuition hike tests the nerve and durability of Britain's governing coalition - Minneapolis Star Tribune

LONDON - Britain's coalition government faces a reality check Thursday when lawmakers vote on an unpopular proposal to triple university tuition fees, a plan that has brought students into the streets protesting about a broken campaign promised. The vote ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

WestJet teams up with British Airways - Financial Post

is said to have quietly agreed to implement a new strategic partnership with British Airways Plc starting early next ... security architect Stewart Cawthray about the latest trends in Web security, from the Stuxnet worm and international cyber terrorism to ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Web Anarchists Target Mastercard And Paypal - Sky.com

The move provoked anger in the US amid rumours it was linked to lucrative British oil deals with Libya. American fury deepened when al Megrahi received a hero's welcome on his return to the country. He is still alive more than a year later. You can add ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

British Court Denies Bail to Assange - New York Times

LONDON ? After months of posting troves of classified American documents on the Internet, Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks Web site, surrendered to British authorities and was jailed on Tuesday after a judge reviewing a Swedish extradition ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

British online shoppers spend £831,000 in a minute - MacWorld UK

However, the websites of online retailers remained sluggish, according to Site Confidence . The web monitoring firm had already warned online retailers that they were not properly prepared for the online shopping rush . Data from Site Confidence revealed ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Karzai hails British 'sacrifices' - The Guardian

David Cameron and Hamid Karzai have played down the significance of the WikiLeaks revelations of criticisms of British military operations in Afghanistan, as the Afghan President voiced his "gratitude for the sacrifices and the resources that Britain has ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

US watchdog unveils web privacy code - Financial Times

The US Federal Trade Commission has issued guidelines on internet privacy, calling on industry to let protection of private data permeate nearly every business decision. A report released on Wednesday by the top federal consumer protection watchdog ...


Sunday, December 05, 2010

These leaks spell doom for web freedom - Daily Mail

The actual files contained a lot of stale diplomatic gossip, exemplified by mildly embarrassing quotes from the Duke of York, an amiable man who uses his good access to promote British trade. Whatever else he may be, he is not one of the movers and shakers ...


Sunday, December 05, 2010

Jason Kenny adds to British medal haul in Melbourne - BBC Sport

GB's Jess Varnish finished sixth in the time trial, a non-Olympic event. She joined Pendleton in the keirin field but neither of the British riders could win their heats and both failed to advance to the final through the repechage round. With Sir Chris ...


Sunday, December 05, 2010

'Thousands' of British passengers stranded in Spain - BBC

Thousands of Britons are thought to be stranded after Spanish air traffic controllers called in sick en masse in a protest over hours and conditions. The Spanish military have been ordered to fill the gap after several airports across Spain were shut by ...


Saturday, December 04, 2010

Most vulnerable, poorest and socially excluded hit by Legal Aid changes, says British campaigner - World Socialist Web Site

The World Socialist Web Site spoke to Steve Hynes, the director of the Legal Action Group (LAG) about the implications of the government's proposed changes to Legal Aid. LAG is a charity providing publishing and training services to lawyers and advisers ...


Saturday, December 04, 2010

British Afghan effort criticized in Wiki cables - Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - British troops were "not up" to the task of securing Afghanistan's troubled Helmand province and the local governor pleaded for U.S. reinforcements, American diplomats said in cables released by WikiLeaks. Afghan President Hamid Karzai ...


Friday, December 03, 2010

Assange Arrest 'Expected In Days'; But He May Be 'Live' On Web Today - 89.3 KPCC

Britain's The Independent says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is "expected to be arrested in the coming days after Swedish prosecutors filed a new warrant with British authorities." Some of the latest news related to the WikiLeaks release of sensitive ...


Friday, December 03, 2010

WikiLeaks moves website to Switzerland after its web address is 'killed' by U.S. firm - Daily Mail

Today it was claimed that British forces were slated as being 'not up to the task ... relationship with WikiLeaks on Tuesday and called on other companies that provide web-hosting services to boycott WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks turned to Amazon to keep its site ...


Friday, December 03, 2010

UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities: a preview of why the new BS8878 British ... - BBC

Today is the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities . The Day aims to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities, and the gains to be derived from the integration of ...


Friday, December 03, 2010

WikiLeaks taken off web after attacks - but comes back in Switzerland - Metro.co.uk

uk (a 'joke domain' registered by British web services director Robin Fenwick) which had helpfully been pointed to the correct address.


Friday, December 03, 2010

WikiLeaks.org web address 'killed' after U.S. firm withdraws support for site - Daily Mail

Today it was claimed that British forces were slated as being 'not up to the task ... relationship with WikiLeaks on Tuesday and called on other companies that provide web-hosting services to boycott WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks turned to Amazon to keep its site ...


Friday, December 03, 2010

Key ally in Helmand privately criticised British policies - The Independent

The Governor of Helmand, regularly put forward by London to publicly promote the UK's achievements in Afghanistan, privately complained to the Americans about shortcomings of British policy and the supposed failure to win over local people in a key ...


Friday, December 03, 2010

British objections to spying flights were dismissed - The Independent

US planes on missions to spy on Hizbollah positions in Lebanon and over northern Turkey and Iraq were given permission to fly from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus despite a series of complaints by British officials to the US embassy in London. Growing concern about ...


Friday, December 03, 2010

British skier Chemmy Alcott breaks leg at Lake Louise - BBC Sport

British skier Chemmy Alcott broke her leg when she crashed at high speed in downhill practice at Lake Louise in Canada on Thursday. The 28-year-old landed badly after a jump in a steep section of the course. The Londoner was taken to hospital in Banff and ...


Friday, December 03, 2010

WikiLeaks cables expose Afghan contempt for British military - The Guardian

Royal marines attack Taliban insurgents in the Afghan city of Sangin, where the Helmand governor said British troops were failing to connect with people, WikiLeaks cables reported. Photograph: Corporal Adrian Harlen PA Britain's four-year military ...


Thursday, December 02, 2010

Jessica Ennis voted British Athlete of Year for second year running - The Guardian

Jessica Ennis said winning the award was brilliant. Photograph: Peter Cziborra Action Images Jessica Ennis has unanimously been voted British Athlete of the Year by the British Athletics Writers Association (Bawa) for the second year running. The 24-year ...


Thursday, December 02, 2010

Maurice Wilkes: Visionary and pioneering doyen of British computing - The Independent

In 1951 the Laboratory organised its first summer school in programming, where a sizableproportion of the British computer profession got its entrée into computing. Next came a postgraduate diploma in computing, and eventually undergraduate courses.


Thursday, December 02, 2010

UK police arrest 153 during London student rally - San Diego Union-Tribune

LONDON ? British police say they have made 153 arrests during a student protest in central London. Thousands of university students and young people across Britain took to the streets Tuesday to demonstrate against proposed hikes to British tuition fees ...


Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Why the iPad should rival the web - Financial Times

This fits into a bigger debate about whether companies are balkanising the web to gain economic leverage. Tim Berners-Lee, the British scientist who invented the World Wide Web, complained in Scientific American about Facebook's private accumulation of ...


Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Blinkx eyes place on UK's YouView - Reuters UK

LONDON (Reuters) - Video search-engine operator Blinkx is in talks with the developers behind the British Internet TV project YouView ... We're not (selling any content to end users yet) because on the Web it's all based on advertising, but the point is we ...


Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Dow up nearly 250 as Wall Street rallies to close - AP - msnbc.com

Stocks started December with a jump. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 249 points, its biggest gain since Sept. 1. An encouraging employment report and hopes that Europe's debt crisis may ease boosted major indexes on Wednesday, erasing nearly two ...


Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Talend Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant of Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools - PR Inside

Talend, the recognized market leader in open source data management software, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Visionaries" quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools." 1 The report evaluates vendors ...


Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Alan Partridge web comeback up for South Bank Sky Arts Awards - Metro.co.uk

Alan Partridge's web comeback for Fosters has been nominated for a South Bank Sky Arts Award Audiences were first introduced to Partridge on the Radio 4 show On the Hour, which was penned by a host of British comedy talents, including Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci.


Wednesday, December 01, 2010

British Housing Market Faces a 'Tough Year,' Countrywide Says - BusinessWeek

Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. home prices may fall by as much as 5 percent next year as the government raises taxes and cuts jobs to reduce the record budget deficit, the country's largest property broker said. "It will be another tough year," Grenville ...


Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Hate crimes jump across England, Wales, NIreland - msnbc.com

LONDON ? More than 50,000 hate crimes were reported last year across England, Wales and Northern Ireland ? a rise of 12 percent over the last year. Police figures released Tuesday that the number of offenses perceived as hate crimes rose more to ...


Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Bannan shows future is bright for Scotland - ESPN Soccernet

Craig Levein's Anglo Scots dazzled at Pittodrie as they dished out a real stuffing to the men from the land of the Puffins. The Dark Blues boss opted to blood fresh talent against the Faroe Islands and all but one of his starting side were from English ...


Monday, November 29, 2010

Online British Adults Set to Spend GBP 7.4 Billion on the Web This Christmas Britain - PR Inside

LONDON -- (Marketwire) -- 11 29 10 -- An online independent YouGov survey, commissioned by Norton by Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), has found that British Internet users are planning to spend £7.4 billion online this Christmas*. Nearly one in five (18 percent ...


Monday, November 29, 2010

Wikileaks: World fury as 251,287 secret US cables are leaked on web - Daily Mirror

And they are set to cause a furious backlash with shock revelations including: Claims of "inappropriate behaviour" by a member of the British Royal Family. Damaging Us criticism of the British military operation in Afghanistan. Embarrassing descriptions of ...


Monday, November 29, 2010

Honeymoon killing: South African police hunt for 'link man to British husband' - Daily Mail

Police want to ask the wanted man whether he acted as a link between Anni's British husband Shrien Dewani and Tongo. Mr Dewani, a millionaire healthcare tycoon from Bristol, has fiercely denied allegations that he is a suspect in his wife's killing.


Monday, November 29, 2010

Fourth man sought in murder of British bride - The Independent

The three suspects in the killing of a honeymooning tourist in South Africa will appear in court today amid continuing questions about what happened on the night she was hijacked with her British husband and later killed alone. Police investigating the ...


Monday, November 29, 2010

Hooking Up Unserved Pockets of Europe to High-Speed Internet - New York Times

PARIS ? Although France is one of the best-wired countries anywhere, residents of Ablis, a small town southwest of Paris, cannot get a decent broadband connection. The speediest link available is not even fast enough to watch YouTube videos. Analysts ...


Monday, November 29, 2010

Blair: Israel must do more to ease Gaza blockade - AP - msnbc.com

International Mideast envoy Tony Blair says Israel needs to do more to ease its blockade of Gaza and allow exports from the Hamas-ruled territory. Blair discussed the issue on Sunday with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The former British ...


Saturday, November 27, 2010

British aid to help fight Haiti cholera epidemic - The Independent

The British government will fund 115 doctors, 920 nurses and 740 support staff from the region to set up 12 major cholera treatment centres and 60 subsidiary cholera treatment units. These will be capable of treating several thousand cholera patients over ...


Saturday, November 27, 2010

1,000 British aid workers for Haiti - The Guardian

The British government will fund 115 doctors, 920 nurses and 740 support staff from the region to set up 12 major cholera treatment centres and 60 subsidiary cholera treatment units. These will be capable of treating several thousand cholera patients over ...


Saturday, November 27, 2010

Karzai aide blames British for Taliban impostor - BBC

President Hamid Karzai's chief of staff has said British authorities brought a fake Taliban commander into sensitive meetings with the Afghan government. The British embassy refused to confirm or deny the remarks, made in an interview with the Washington Post.


Saturday, November 27, 2010

Producer Graham King criticises British film industry - BBC

Oscar-winning producer Graham King has criticised the British film industry, saying it is "not run well enough for the talent that we have". In an interview with Radio 4's The Film Programme, he said Hollywood still leads the way in cinema. The Departed ...


Saturday, November 27, 2010

British Basketball mulls 2015 European Championship bid - BBC Sport

British Basketball has begun looking into the possibility of hosting the European Championship finals in 2015. Venues including London's O2 Arena, Liverpool's Echo Arena, Manchester's MEN Arena and Glasgow's Commonwealth Games Arena could form part of any ...


Friday, November 26, 2010

British PM Cameron in hot water over dwarf joke - The Guardian

LONDON (AP) ? British Prime Minister David Cameron was under fire Thursday after repeating a joke likening the speaker of Parliament to one of Snow White's Seven Dwarfs. Britain's Press Association news agency said Cameron told journalists at a press ...


Friday, November 26, 2010

Web holiday sales on the up again - IT Pro

Online shoppers will continue their love affair with web-based shopping this holiday season, spending around 11 per cent more than last year, according to comScore. The increased bullishness over e-commerce sales comes as retailers both on and offline ...


Friday, November 26, 2010

Web Only: the best of the blogs - New Statesman

It makes economic sense for middle class schoolchildren who intend to go to university to protest against the proposed rise in tuition fees, says Michael White. 2. Spontaneous, massive and militant Leninology discusses yesterday's protests, which almost no ...


Friday, November 26, 2010

British barn owls 'depend on humans' - BBC

The barn owl has become something of a conservation icon Three-quarters of British barn owls now live in human-made nest boxes, according to conservationists. Nest box installation schemes have helped boost the barn owl population. But in Britain the birds ...


Thursday, November 25, 2010

Fashionistas take passion to Web - Boston Globe

WARWICK, R.I. ? Hitting the stores for predawn sales on Black Friday is just the first part of the long shopping journey Audrey McClelland has planned for tomorrow. When she returns home, the 32-year-old mother of four will stand in front of her video ...


Thursday, November 25, 2010

Young British people claim more disability benefits - The Guardian

In Japan the comparable figure is less than 2%. The OECD found that nearly a quarter of British people with a disability live in poverty -- slightly higher than the average for the developed world, and twice the level of penury found in the general British population.


Thursday, November 25, 2010

Remaining British troops 'to leave Iraq in spring' - The Independent

Most of the 150 British troops still serving in Iraq are set to be brought home next spring, the military said today. Iraq's council of ministers agreed on November 10 that a small Royal Navy team training the Iraqi navy and marines should be allowed to ...


Thursday, November 25, 2010

British gymnasts' finest year? - BBC Sport

Was 2010 the best year in the history of British Gymnastics? Performance director Tim Jones reflects on a year where Beth Tweddle won another world title, Louis Smith and Dan Purvis added world silver and bronze medals respectively, and British teams shone ...


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

British Muslim family who lost their son to extremists - BBC

In an unprecedented move, a British Muslim family has spoken openly about one of their own falling victim to radicalisation, a story which reveals serious flaws in how the UK deals with the threat of Islamist terror and the control order system.


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

An Irish crisis and a British nightmare - Financial Times

The self-interest behind the British loan (those fulminating that the money would be better spent on schools and hospitals should note it is a loan ) is self-evident. Britain is Ireland's biggest creditor. Its banking system is heavily exposed to Ireland ...


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Rupert Murdoch to launch iPad-only newspaper, the Daily [Updated] - Los Angeles Times

Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of News Corp., is hoping to lure the next generation of newspaper readers with the launch early next year of the Daily, an iPad-centric newspaper currently in development at News Corp.'s Manhattan offices, according to the ...


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Web sales to soar on Manic Monday - The Sun

The day has been dubbed Manic Monday by retail analysts and will see £22.4million an hour spent on the internet. But the worldwide web is expected to become even more lucrative nearer to Christmas ? with December 18 pinpointed as the day for a last ...


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

This wedding makes our Royal Family truly British at last. And I'll raise a glass of bubbly to that! - Daily Mail

Together they decided to fight revolution with revolution. Their enterprise was no less than to reinvent the British Monarchy. The first step was to make it British. Ever since the accession of the House of Hanover 200 years previously, the Royal Family ...


Saturday, November 20, 2010

Saturday Papers: British Land to buy Drake Circus shopping centre - tips, comment and bids - Citywire.co.uk

* British Land has teamed up with Universities Superannuation Scheme, the pension fund manager, to buy the Drake Circus shopping centre in Plymouth for more than £230 million. * Vislink said it would sell Hernis Scan Systems, which manufactures CCTV for ...


Saturday, November 20, 2010

British forces hail 'Afghan Elvis' - MSN UK News

A concert by "the Afghan Elvis" has been hailed by British forces as proof of improving security in Afghanistan. In one of the biggest musical events ever to take place in the country, pop star Farhad Darya performed in Lashkar Gah, in Helmand province.


Saturday, November 20, 2010

British forces hail concert by 'Afghan Elvis' - The Independent

A concert by "the Afghan Elvis" was today hailed by British forces as proof of improving security in Afghanistan. In one of the biggest musical events ever to take place in the country, pop star Farhad Darya performed last night in Lashkar Gah, in Helmand province.


Saturday, November 20, 2010

Tributes to 100th lost British hero - The Sun

THE 100th British hero to die this year in Afghanistan has been named as Christopher Davies from 1st Battalion Irish Guards. The 22-year-old's family have described him as a "cracking lad". The dad-of-one, from St Helens, died from a gunshot wound during ...


Saturday, November 20, 2010

Scott Lawton eyes British super-featherweight title - BBC Sport

Stoke boxer Scott Lawton says he has not given up on having another shot at the British super-featherweight title. Lawton, 34, takes on British champion Gary Sykes in the first round of Saturday's Prizefighter tournament. He told BBC Radio Stoke:"If I win ...


Saturday, November 20, 2010

My web sex with 12 girls- by One Show Star Jason Manford - The Sun

Speaking of his web shame, Jason told The Sun: "If I was reading this about someone else, I'd think, 'What an a***hole. How can he look at himself in the mirror?'" He revealed he had spent hours in hotel rooms in conversation with scantily-clad female fans.


Saturday, November 20, 2010

Tory web tsar Martha Lane Fox makes barmy plea to get more crooks on web - Daily Mirror

Millionaire Martha Lane Fox - David Cameron's web tsar and founder of travel firm Lastminute.com - claimed prisoners had the same right to browse the web as law-abiding Britons. She said: "I don't believe in cutting people out of conversations. Nine ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

"Harry Potter" hits Web before big box office debut - Reuters

The first six "Harry Potter" movies, which are based on the best-selling books about a British boy wizard by author J.K. Rowling, have earned $5.42 billion at world-wide box offices, according to California-based BoxOfficeMojo.com. Dan Fellman, Warner Bros.


Friday, November 19, 2010

British start-up The Filter aims to make its mark in online recommendations - Utv

Sophisticated web content recommendation service, backed by musician Peter Gabriel, already has customers in NBC, Sony, Nokia and DailyMotion A British company backed by the musician and technology entrepreneur Peter Gabriel hopes to break through in an ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

The great British enthusiast - The Independent

Plane spotters, chess champions, marathon runners and historical re-enactors are just a few of the British 'enthusiasts' captured through the lens of street photographer Matt Stuart. Stuart's photographs, which capture varying degrees of enthusiasm ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

British Foreign Secretary on Ireland's economic woes - BBC

He also spoke to Matt Frei about a possible financial bailout for Ireland, as well as security and the conflict in Afghanistan. William Hague said the British and Irish economies are 'closely connected'.


Friday, November 19, 2010

The right path for British financial regulation - Financial Times

Britain's system of financial regulation failed to identify the risks posed by a rapid and unsustainable rise in debt rapid rises in debt, and when the crunch came no one knew who was in charge. Reform was essential to avoid a repeat of the financial ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

Comolli targets British talent - SkySports

Click here for more. Liverpool director of football strategy Damien Comolli hopes that Kenny Dalglish can play a big role in helping the club to attract young British-born talent. Frenchman Comolli has joined the Reds as New England Sports Ventures ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

World Fencing: British foil team eighth in Paris - BBC Sport

The men's foil team event is considered Britain's best chance of gaining a fencing medal at the London Olympics. British fencers have not won a senior World Championship medal since 1965. Injury, illness and underperformance have each played a part in ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

British soldiers face threat of Iraq trial - Financial Times

The British army is at the centre of a new crisis over alleged prisoner abuse after it emerged that three soldiers could face trial for war crimes in Iraq. UK military prosecutors are investigating three British soldiers over alleged abuse of an Iraqi detainee.


Monday, November 15, 2010

Man convicted over Tweet loses appeal - Afterdawn.com

In May, UK citizen Paul Chambers was convicted of sending a 'menacing' tweet via Twitter, with the British Court fining him £2500 and slapping him with a criminal record. In early January, the airport in South Yorkshire was closed due to excessive snow ...


Monday, November 15, 2010

Queen, Prince William lead Britain in annual tribute to war dead - Minneapolis Star Tribune

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II led a solemn annual ceremony to honor the country's war dead on Sunday, as her grandson Prince William flew out to Afghanistan to meet with troops and attend a memorial service there. Thousands of veterans, officials and ...


Monday, November 15, 2010

Twitter joke goes bad, users protest by evoking Spartacus - Los Angeles Times

Twitter users are taking to the microblogging site by the thousands to support, Spartacus-style, a British man whose angry tweet landed him in trouble with the law. In January, Robin Hood airport in northern Britain temporarily closed. Paul Chambers of ...


Monday, November 15, 2010

Arrest, fine over joke on Twitter stirs online outrage - AZCentral.com

LONDON - He missed the plane. Now thousands of annoyed Internet users says authorities missed the joke. When Paul Chambers was arrested and fined for posting a jocular message to micro-blogging site Twitter in which he threatened to blow up northern ...


Monday, November 15, 2010

London's Times says 105,000 have paid for access - Yahoo Finance

LONDON (AP) -- The Times and Sunday Times, two British papers owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media empire, said Tuesday that 105,000 people have paid for access to their websites since a paywall was set up four months ago. In its first report on the ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

Anniversary of the Web, Facebook's Gmail Killer, YouTube Uploads - Atlantic Online (blog)

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the day that Tim Berners-Lee proposed the web. A British engineer and computer scientist, Berners-Lee still serves as the director of the World Wide Web Consortium, which is charged with overseeing the continued ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

Internet Week Europe: Jim Boulton discusses 'Page Not Found', the first ever archaeological dig ... - Daily Mirror

Watch the video above to find out more about this fascinating retrospective as Jim and Helen Hockx-Yu, Web Archiving Programme Manager at the British Library, speak to Rob Leigh.


Friday, November 12, 2010

Champions Inspire The Next Generation - femalefirst.co.uk

Some of the UK's hottest Olympic prospects have received an added edge to their London 2012 training regimes, attending a private mentoring session with two British athletic champions at the London Olympic site. In this exclusive web video, seven of the ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

Walmart Appoints Jeff Davis to Senior Vice President and Treasurer - CNBC

BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 10, 2010 PRNewswire via COMTEX -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) announced today that Jeff Davis, 47, has been promoted to senior vice president and treasurer, effective Dec. 1. In his new role, Davis will assume responsibility ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

British Royal Navy Web Site Hacked, Shut Down - CBS News

LONDON (CBS AP) The British Royal Navy's website was shut down Monday after the site's security was breached in a hacker attack. A message on the site says it has been shut down for "essential maintenance" and asked users to "visit again soon." The Navy ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

Girodmedical crosses the Channel - PRLog (free press release)

The British market is highly competitive but also highly lucrative as industry results show. From day one, the Girodmedical web site will take advantage of all optimal solutions that proved to be successful with the other releases of the web site in order ...


Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Amazon's 3G Kindle leaps 'Great Firewall of China' - Big Hollywood

Amazon's Kindle 3G e-reader is being snapped up on China's grey market as it has an extra special advantage for customers -- it automatically leaps the so-called "Great Firewall" of state web censorship. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter, which are ...


Tuesday, November 02, 2010

World Leaders Are Early Adopters of the iPad - Associated Content

The iPad is reported to be the fastest-selling electronic device ever and government leaders aren't being left behind. British Prime Minister David Cameron is the latest world leader have an Apple iPad. Cameron was regaled with two iPads as housewarming ...


Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Google Snared Emails During Data Collection - Wall Street Journal

Google Inc. acknowledged Friday the cars its uses to collect data for its online mapping service had inadvertently gathered entire emails and passwords, a disclosure that prompted the Internet giant to appoint a privacy chief and tighten its policies. The ...


Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Google says Street View cars picked up e-mails, passwords; 'we failed badly' - Los Angeles Times

Google admitted Friday that the fleet of vehicles taking panoramic photographs for its Street View mapping service around the globe inadvertently collected e-mails and passwords of computer users on unsecured wireless networks in various countries. Google ...


Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Europe shares rise on BoE QE hopes - Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - European shares edged higher on Wednesday after the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee minutes boosted expectations of more quantitative easing, while Novo Nordisk ( NOVOb.CO ) gained on news of a rival's setback. However ...


Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Canada slaps Google for Street View Wi-Fi intercepts - CNET News

The Canadian government concluded today that Google's collection of fragments of Wi-Fi transmissions violated the law, but also said that the recording was the "result of a careless error" and was not intentional. Jennifer Stoddart, Canada's privacy ...


Monday, November 01, 2010

British Sky Broadcasting Enhances Its View with Actus Global Media Monitoring Solutions - StreetInsider.com

Actus Digital, a provider of web-based media monitoring and management solutions for broadcasters, government agencies and content producers, today announced that British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) has expanded its existing Actus View installation.


Monday, November 01, 2010

US offers aircraft carrier for London Olympics' security - Webindia 123

The US has offered to send an aircraft carrier to be stationed off the British coast and boost security during the 2012 London Olympics, it was reported here Sunday. The offer, however, has reportedly been rejected by London because it would make Britain ...


Monday, November 01, 2010

Suspect in parcel bomb plot released by Yemen police - Webindia 123

Meanwhile, the debate over the economics of security was revived, as the British pilots union charged that a focus of resources on security for passenger planes "left the door open" for attacks on other sectors of the aviation industry, including cargo.


Monday, November 01, 2010

Jim Loach's directing debut follows in father's footsteps - Today's Zaman

Oranges and Sunshine," presented at the Rome film festival, brings to the big screen a little-known dark chapter in British history -- the shipping of tens of thousands of poor children to former colonies where many suffered abuse. The film follows the ...


Monday, November 01, 2010

At least 32 wounded in ?stanbul explosion - Today's Zaman

Homegrown Islamic militants tied to al-Qaida carried out suicide bombings in ?stanbul, killing 58, in 2003. The targets were the British consulate, a British bank and two synagogues. In 2008, an attack blamed on al-Qaida-affiliated militants outside the ...


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

GlaxoSmithKline pays $750 million for defective medication - Marketplace.publicradio.org

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay a $750 million fine for manufacturing defective medication, including the antidepressant Paxil. Nancy Marshall Genzer explains. The Food and Drug Administration will limit access patients have to the ...


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Banks... what a bunch of zeros - The Sun

BRITISH AIRWAYS had its wings clipped yesterday amid talk it may be fined £70million by EU regulators as part of a pan-industry investigation into cargo price-fixing. Shares fell 3.90p to 279.90. Much criticised web grocer OCADO rose 2.80p to 148 as it ...


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

BAT 9-mth vols dip as recession still bites - Today's Zaman

The maker of Kent, Dunhill, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall said on Wednesday that although cigarette volumes dipped, revenue showed good growth helped by price rises, the weak pound and the purchase of PT Bentoel in Indonesia in June 2009, and it still saw a ...


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Suspected Al Qaeda supporters arrested in Turkey - Webindia 123

the British consulate and a British bank building. Fifty seven people were killed in those attacks.


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Morning Markets: QE doubts and gloomy updates cast early shadows - Citywire.co.uk

British Airways edged up 3p to 283p as it changed the convertible bond terms ahead of next month's Iberia deal. ARM Holdings, at 369p, recouped 3p of yesterday's fall that followed the figures. A Morgan Stanley rating upgrade lifted Halfords 10p to 420p ...


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Glaxo settles tainted drugs suit for $750 mn - Webindia 123

British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will pay $750 million to settle a US government lawsuit related to the manufacture and sale of adulterated drugs, the US Justice Department said Tuesday. GSK was accused of manufacturing and selling ...


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

British Expats Can Stay Connected Online With AnchorFree's New Expat Shield - Market Wire

launched a new version of Expat Shield that will allow United Kingdom expats and students living abroad to access the British Web from anywhere in the world. Users who download Expat Shield can stay connected to friends and family with private,


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

British Kids Log On and Learn Math -- in Punjab - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

BrightSpark tutors in India are math graduates or former math teachers and go through a month of training on the British school curriculum. Pupils in Britain log on to the service via BrightSpark's Web site and interact with their teachers via a video ...


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

British actor Freeman leads cast of troubled 'Hobbit' film - Today's Zaman

British actor Ian Holm played the ageing Bilbo Baggins in the first and third films of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy that grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide at box offices. Richard Armitage, who starred in British TV series "MI-5" and will ...


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Haringey Boxing Club arrives Oct. 26 - GhanaHomePage

The team made up of eight boxers and six officials will touch at the Kotoka International Airport at 20h00 GMT aboard a British Airways flight. Gideon Quartey, Chairman of Dade Boxing Syndicate and local representative of the AGGW told GNA Sports that a ...


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Britain still carries a big stick - Today's Zaman

The British defense review, announced last week, has given critics an opportunity to misjudge Britain again, and many have made the most of it. But even if the cuts are carried out in full, Britain will still be a major military power. The review isn't ...


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Graham Ashby on picking long term investment trust winners - Citywire.co.uk

He holds the two trusts mentioned -British Empire Securities & General, and Caledonia, within his LV=UK Equity Income  and LV=UK Growth funds. Over the year to the end of September Citywire A-rated Ashby has returned 15.2% compared to the benchmark a 11.2 ...


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Google admits vast private data gathering - Investors Business Daily

2010 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Google admitted Monday its Street View project secretly copied private data from millions of British homes. It said entire e-mails, Web pages and even passwords were "mistakenly collected" by antennae on its Street View cars as ...


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Report: Luzhkov Wants British Visa - Moscow Times

... chalet in Austria after being fired by President Dmitry Medvedev , applied for a visa at the British Embassy in Moscow because visa rules bar him from applying in Austria, an unidentified senior City Hall official told the web site . Gennady Terebkov,


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The Top Five Most Humiliating Details About a British Submarine's Capture by Some Mud - VANITYFAIR

On its Web site, the Royal Navy has posted a statement assuring citizens that the accident is "is not a nuclear incident." 4. A simple tugboat is spearheading the submarine's inglorious rescue. 3. An engineering professor at the University of ...


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Britain climbs broadband league tables - Daily Telegraph

Typical British web users can "comfortably enjoy" the latest web applications, a new survey has said. But the Broadband Quality Survey 2010 shows that British broadband services still lag some way behind the best in the world, such as those enjoyed by ...


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Cassidy: Yahoo's Elizabeth Churchill works to manage Web anger - San Jose Mercury News

But the thing is we need a Miss Manners of the Web and Churchill's proper British accent is just right for a high-minded arbiter of taste. More important, she has the technological know-how to spot from 20 paces a scoundrel spewing digital venom in the ...


Saturday, October 23, 2010

Wikileaks' Iraq war documents: No U.S. investigation of many abuses - Los Angeles Times

U.S. forces often failed to follow up on credible evidence that Iraqi forces mistreated, tortured and killed their captives as they battled a violent insurgency, according to accounts contained in what was purportedly the largest leak of secret information ...


Saturday, October 23, 2010

Indian federation rues loss of franchise for global event - Reuters UK

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Indian Boxing Federation (IBF) was left to rue a missed opportunity for the country's amateur pugilists Friday after Delhi forfeited a World Series Boxing (WSB) franchise due to lack of sponsorship. The Amateur International Boxing ...


Saturday, October 23, 2010

UK court sentences prince to at least 20 years - Boston Globe

LONDON? A British court has sentenced a Saudi prince to at least 20 years in prison for beating and strangling one of his servants at a swank British hotel. Justice David Bean sentenced Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud to life in prison with a 20 ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

London 2012 Olympic budget maintained despite cuts - Boston Globe

LONDON? The British government has decided to keep the London 2012 Olympics budget unchanged despite wide-ranging budget cuts to reduce the country's deficit. The government announced Wednesday that it is cutting its departments' budgets by an average of ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Vancouver Web Design Firm MarketingSmartt to Offer Internet Marketing Training Through Bartering - YAHOO!

To help small businesses save cash and get more business at the same time, Vancouver based Web design firm MarketingSmartt will sell its popular Internet marketing training courses through Trade Exchange Canada - the largest bartering network in Western ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Golden Minerals Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option by Underwriters - msnbc.com

Golden Minerals Company (NYSE Amex: AUMN) (TSX: AUM) ("Golden Minerals" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that the underwriters have fully exercised an over-allotment option to purchase an additional 608,250 shares of the Company's common stock in ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

UPDATE 1-UK regulator will not probe "Project Canvas" TV plan - Reuters

LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - British media regulator Ofcom has decided against opening an investigation into "Project Canvas", a venture to bring Internet access to TV, after Virgin Media ( VMED.O ) had complained to Ofcom about it. Project Canvas is a ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Director Mike Leigh cancels Israel trip in protest - AP - msnbc.com

British filmmaker Mike Leigh has canceled a visit to Israel to protest against a proposed loyalty oath for new citizens. The bill, passed by Israel's Cabinet last week, would require non-Jewish immigrants to pledge loyalty to a "Jewish and democratic ...


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

PepsiCo UK offers farmers web water, carbon saver - Reuters

LONDON Oct 19 (Reuters) - PepsiCo UK and Ireland, whose brands include Walkers Crisps and Quaker Oats, said on Tuesday it will roll out globally a web-based crop management system to help farmers reduce water use and carbon emissions. The company, a unit ...


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

WikiLeaks says funding has been blocked after government blacklisting - Gather.com

The whistleblowing group WikiLeaks claims that it has had its funding blocked and that it is the victim of financial warfare by the US government. Moneybookers, a British-registered internet payment company that collects WikiLeaks donations, emailed the ...


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

'Consolation prize' leaves Obama streaker speechless - Philadelphia Daily News

The billionaire who promised $1 million to the first person to bare all in front of President Obama will give a payout to the unemployed painter who took up the challenge. Alki David, heir to a shipping fortune, is calling it a "generous consolation prize ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Freire wins Paris-Tours in bunched sprint - CNN Sports Illustrated

TOURS, France (AP) -- Three-time world champion Oscar Freire of Spain won the Paris-Tours classic in a bunched sprint finish on Sunday. Freire made his move at the end of the 144.5-mile route from La Loupe to Tours, overtaking Angelo Furlan of Italy at the ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

John Lennon 70th birthday today - Gather.com

John Lennon's 70th birthday is today and fans are celebrating it around the world. John Lennon was an English songwriter-singer who founded 'The Beatles' with Paul McCartney. If John Lennon had not been shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in 1980, he ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Destiny Media Technologies to Commence Trading on the TSX Venture Exchange - Redorbit.com

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 8 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- Destiny Media Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board: DSNY) (TSX-V: DSY) is pleased to announce that it has received approval from the TSX Venture Exchange for the listing of its common shares under ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Rare Earth Metals to Be Featured on 21st Century Business Television Series October 9th, 2010 ... - msnbc.com

Rare Earth Metals Inc ("Rare Earth Metals", "RA" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: RA) is pleased to announce that it will be featured on 21st Century Business. We invite you to join us this Saturday, October 9, 2010 for the premier airing of the Rare Earth ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Constant Contact Announces Social Media Marketing Webinar Series Featuring Social Media ... - Kansas City Star

The buzz around social media marketing has grown to a near crescendo with companies blogging, connecting with customers on Facebook, posting updates to Twitter, and getting LinkedIn. However, there are many small businesses and nonprofits that are still on ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

Stephenie Meyer - the Next J.K. Rowling? - Associated Content

Stephenie Meyer was born in Connecticut, United States on December 4 th 1973. Stephenie, which is not a miss spelling but a given name from her farther Stephen + ie = me, writes in the genre of science fiction and fantasy aimed at the young adult age group ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

Piraeus Bank withdraws offer for Greek state banks - Boston Globe

ATHENS, Greece? Greece's private Piraeus Bank says it is withdrawing its euro701 million ($954 million) offer to buy stakes in two state-controlled banks as the government has taken too long to decide whether to accept the bid. Piraeus Bank, one of the ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

In a search for motivation, US captain Corey Pavin offers up a rainy day Ryder Cup controversy - Minneapolis Star Tribune

NEWPORT, Wales - Talk of war filled the air Wednesday at the Ryder Cup. For that, thank Corey Pavin and the British tabloids. The American captain served up a controversy ripe to be spun on a rainy day when controversy was needed the most. The spat between ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

John Hancock Life Insurance Wins Six Awards for Excellence in Sales Materials - Newsblaze.com

BOSTON, Sept. 29 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- The John Hancock Life Insurance business unit has won six awards, including two "Best of Show "Awards from the Insurance and Financial Communicators Association (IFCA) for excellence in sales materials for ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

ZeuS Gang Responsible for $30 Million Fraud Busted in UK - Softpedia

Authorities in UK dismantled a gang of Eastern European fraudsters, who used the notorious ZeuS computer trojan to steal as much as £20 million (over $31 million) from the bank accounts of hundreds of people. The bust was the result of an investigation by ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

David Beckham suing over prostitution claims - Chicago Tribune

The next time you think you'd enjoy the celebrity life, play the video of an irate David Beckham posted on the British Web site News of the World . In the video, a soccer fan taunts Beckham as the Los Angeles Galaxy star heads for the locker room after his ...


Monday, September 27, 2010

New life for ancient texts as archive goes online - Age

part of a growing number of ancient documents to hit the web in recent years. The British Library said yesterday it was making more than a quarter of its 1000-volume collection of handwritten Greek texts available online free at www.bl.uk manuscripts,


Monday, September 27, 2010

British Library posts Greek manuscripts to Web - AP - msnbc.com

One of the world's most important caches of Greek manuscripts is going online, part of a growing number of ancient documents to hit the Web in recent years. The British Library said Monday that it was making more than a quarter of its 1,000 volume-strong colle


Monday, September 27, 2010

British Library makes ancient Greek texts available online - The Spokesman-Review

part of a growing number of ancient documents to hit the Web in recent years. The British Library said today that it was making more than a quarter of its 1,000 volume-strong collection of handwritten Greek texts available online free of charge,


Monday, September 27, 2010

McKellen bemoans declining standards of British theatre - Webindia 123

Veteran actor Sir Ian McKellen feels that the standard of British drama is deteriorating because young actors are motivated by fame and money rather than by love for theatre. The 71-year-old said good theatre is suffering because a cut-throat drama school ...


Monday, September 27, 2010

British Library posts cache of ancient Greek manuscripts to Web - Deseret News

LONDON ? One of the world's most important caches of Greek manuscripts is going online, part of a growing number of ancient documents to hit the Web in recent years. The British Library said Monday that it was making more than a quarter of its 1,000 volume-s


Monday, September 27, 2010

From Odyssey to Ottomans: British Library posts hundreds of early Greek manuscripts online - FOX News

part of a growing number of ancient documents to hit the Web in recent years. The British Library said Monday that it was making more than a quarter of its 1,000 volume-strong collection of handwritten Greek texts available online free of charge,


Monday, September 27, 2010

Web editors compete in British Society of Magazine Editors' shortlist - Journalism.co.uk

United Business Media has picked up three nominations for Website Editor of the Year prizes in this year's British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) awards. The publisher leads the business half of the category with nominations for Property Week's Iain O'Neil


Thursday, September 23, 2010

At Toronto film festival, mainstream matched by the more cerebral - Today's Zaman

including Michael Winterbottom's "The Trip," a hilarious bagatelle starring British comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, which started life as a series of half-hour television comedies. Two other films,


Thursday, September 23, 2010

An Exhibition of Works on Paper by 8 Contemporary Artists at Jill Newhouse

John Gibson (American, b. 1958), Hidden Web, 2009, watercolor on paper, 32 × 44 inches (81.3 × 111.8 cm), signed and dated lower right, titled lower left.


Thursday, September 23, 2010

The morning after - Today's Zaman

... size of the result confounds critics amongst European countries who suggest Turkey does not have the political will to make the necessary reforms," said British-Euro MP Richard Howitt, who is a member of the ...


Thursday, September 23, 2010

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for September 22, 2010

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Terrorist plot missing details - Washington Times

The Times article "Six arrested in suspected terror plot" (Web, World, Sept. 17) fails to mention the ethnicity or more appropriately, the religious bent of the six street cleaners. Since the British are ...


Thursday, September 23, 2010

Cunard's New Web Videos Showcase A Grand Celebration at Sea

SOUTHAMPTON, England----Cunard Line recently launched its web video series highlighting the brand's rich travel legacy and luxury cruise vacation experience with a focus on some of its signature offerings, such as world-class entertainment, Cunard Insights enrichment programme and its award-winning Queens Grill and Princess Grill accommodations aboard Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and the Line's ...


Thursday, September 23, 2010

Reaper joins British air force in combat

LONDON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The British air force has taken delivery of a Reaper unmanned vehicle aircraft in an attempt to further support its troops. Aircraft - Royal Air Force - Military - Government - Air Force


Thursday, September 23, 2010

Open EC Technologies, Inc. Announces Clear Benefits.com Selected OpenEC Software for US Healthcare Benefits Enrollment ...

NORTH VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire - Sept. 22, 2010) - Open EC Technologies, Inc. ("Open EC" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:OCE) is pleased to announce new business and sales growth for its subsidiary, SoftCare EC Solution Inc. ("SoftCare").


Thursday, September 23, 2010

Google Transparency Report shows UK leads Europe for Web snooping - Crave

The British government has a few questions for Google -- more than any country in Europe, in fact. The search giant has released its second Transparency Report showing government requests for data, all plotted on a ...


Thursday, September 23, 2010

British celebrities promise to visit Kerala - Webindia 123

Kerala bowled over British glamour, sports and political personalities like Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, actors Bill Nighy and Dev Patel, glamour couple Yasmin and Simon Le Bon and Lord Swaraj Paul with ...


Thursday, September 23, 2010

British CIOs prefer paying for insurance than security

British CIOs won't spend anything like as much on information security next year as their international competitors - despite the fact that 60% of that group say ongoing economic conditions and the increased number of security threats out there warrant more spending.


Thursday, September 23, 2010

British Library plans for a digital future - Computer Weekly

chief executive of the British Library, said the organisation aims to significantly increase its digitisation activity and web visibility through a range of partnerships with private and public providers. "


Thursday, September 23, 2010

OpenTable Eats Its British Competion - Motley Fool

Shares of web-based reservations specialist OpenTable (Nasdaq: OPEN ) hit new highs this morning, following its purchase yesterday of its largest rival in the United Kingdom. OpenTable isn't as popular ...


Thursday, September 23, 2010

British broadcasters to offer Web TV for free - CNBC

LONDON - A consortium of British companies said their planned new Web-TV service would be subscription-free, as broadcasters, Web firms and electronics makers scramble to capture a nascent Internet TV ...


Thursday, September 23, 2010

Three strikes appeals will be free - Wired.co.uk

There've been fears in the British web community that accused people would be far less likely to appeal any internet ban if it would cost them. If that had happened, the accuracy of the conviction rate would be at ...


Thursday, September 23, 2010

2 accused of illegally making sperm available on Web - AZCentral.com

LONDON - Two British men charged with making a profit by illegally making sperm available on the Internet have appeared in court. Nigel Woodforth and Ricky Gage are accused of earning 250,000 pounds ($ ...


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Garfield hates web search

Andrew Garfield hates searching for himself on the internet. The 27-year-old British actor decided to Google his name after he landed the role of Spider-Man in the next instalment of the super-hero franchise and was left upset after discovering people hated his eyebrows.


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

E.ON Protests British Minister's Comments on Proposed Levy, Times Reports

E.ON AG has written to U.K. Energy Secretary Chris Huhne to protest against remarks he made last week at a House of Commons committee hearing suggesting a rejection of a proposed consumer-funded levy to support new British nuclear stations, the London-based Times reported.


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Final visit to UK troops in Sangin

British forces in Afghanistan have handed responsibility for security in Sangin to US forces, marking the end of their four-year mission in the area.


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

U.K. predicts 'spaceplane' in 10 years

British engineers say they believe spacecraft taking off from an ordinary airport runway and carrying tourists into space might be a reality in 10 years.


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for September 20, 2010

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Pope's message resonates with Britons, Vatican says - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

BIRMINGHAM, England -- The Vatican declared Pope Benedict XVI's four-day visit to Britain a "great success" Sunday, saying the pontiff was able to reach out to a nation wary of his message and angry at the Church's ...


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Web Host DediPower Makes UK's 'Fasting Growing' List

Reading Based Cloud Hosting Company Joins Leaguetable Of Fastest Growing Tech Companies For The First Time


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

4chan Hits MPAA Web Site, Others with DDoS Attacks

The Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) Web site was hit with a denial-of-service attack Friday that was reportedly orchestrated by hacker Web site 4chan.


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Baltacha through opener in Seoul

British number one Elena Baltacha moves into the second round of the Korea Open with victory over So-Jung Kim.


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Project Canvas renamed YouView - Variety

... Canvas ... YouView when it launches next year. The initiative -- backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five as well as telcos TalkTalk, BT and Arqiva -- on Thursday announced that its CEO is to be Richard Halton,


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

British broadcasters to offer Web TV for free

A consortium of British companies said their planned new Web-TV service would be subscription-free, as broadcasters, Web firms and electronics makers scramble to capture a nascent Internet TV market.


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Tony Hayward Defends BP's Safety Record - AOL News

LONDON (Sept. 15) -- Outgoing BP boss Tony Hayward defended his company's safety record during a grilling ... Parliament's Energy and Climate Change Committee , Hayward said the oil giant had invested heavily in ...


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

New Spider-Man star has prepped for role all his life - Boston Herald

T ORONTO ? Andrew Garfield ... And the appeal of Peter Parker, the youth Garfield will play in the franchise's fresh start after Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi opted out of a fourth "Spider-Man" flick? "


Thursday, September 16, 2010

British tourist describes Kos island boat crash

At least 25 people were hurt when a catamaran carrying tourists crashed into a jetty on the Greek island of Kos, say reports. Most of the tourists on board the Turkish-flagged Aegean Cat were British - five were seriously injured.


Thursday, September 16, 2010

OpenTable buying toptable.com, a British rival, for $55M - San Francisco Business Journal

said Jeff Jordan, OpenTable's CEO. The deal will close in the fourth quarter, and will be paid for with existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments. OpenTable said it will incur a one-time transaction ...


Thursday, September 16, 2010

Entertainment & Arts

Ministers and key movie industry figures have met to discuss the future of the British film industry. The UK Film Council is being axed, as part of the government cuts programme.


Thursday, September 16, 2010

TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for September 15, 2010

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

What does future hold for British film?

Ministers and key film industry figures have met to discuss the future of the British film industry.


Thursday, September 16, 2010

British tourist describes crash in Kos

A British tourist describes how he was injured when a catamaran carrying tourists crashed into a jetty on the Greek island of Kos.


Thursday, September 16, 2010

Gates Foundation and British Newspaper Join Forces to Spotlight Global Development Work

The Guardian newspaper has teamed up with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to start a Web site that will regularly cover long-term global development work, Puget Sound Business Journal reports.


Thursday, September 16, 2010

WEB FIRST: BP's Tony Hayward defends company's safety record, 'better than the ... - Register Citizen

... BP CEO Tony Hayward defended his company's safety record Wednesday in the face ... but gently pressed Hayward and BP's head of safety Mark Bly ? author of the company's internal report into the spill ? for ...


Thursday, September 16, 2010

Choir girl blazes trail for female voices in UK