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Monday, February 06, 2012

UK lawmakers: Most radicalism linked to Internet

Internet service providers should do more to prevent the web from playing a role in promoting violent extremism, British lawmakers said in a report published Monday.


Monday, February 06, 2012

Most radicalism linked to Internet, say UK lawmakers

Internet service providers should do more to prevent violent extremism from being promoted on the Web, British lawmakers said in a report that states that the Internet has surpassed universities and prisons as a place where dangerous ideas are developed and traded.


Sunday, February 05, 2012

It's 'buyer beware' when getting statins off the Internet

Be wary of buying the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins on the Internet, British researchers say.


Friday, February 03, 2012

It's 'Buyer Beware' When Getting Statins Off the Internet

THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Be wary of buying the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins on the Internet, British researchers say.


Friday, February 03, 2012

New Research Reveals Mobile Gaming Becoming Alternative to Console and PC Gaming

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- -Elastic Path Software, the leader in digital commerce technology and expertise, released a new research paper targeting the gaming industry, "Cashing in on the Smartphone ...


Thursday, February 02, 2012

Sreedhar Pillai: Guess Who Lady Gaga Is Eavesdropping On?

Lady Gaga is only resorting to the latest technology to realize her ambition to make her music truly global and yet satisfy her desire to connect and interact with her fans around the world.


Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Plea to Obama on Briton extradition

The mother of a British student accused of breaking American copyright laws has called on Barack Obama to halt "appallingly harsh" attempts to extradite her son as the US president faced a grilling over his plight.


Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Web's original shows invade TV's turf

After years of experimenting, the top video destinations on the Web are suddenly flush with original programming: documentaries, reality shows and scripted series.


Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Television Review | 'Undercover Princes': 'Undercover Princes': Royalty Goes Incognito on TLC

Royalty from South Africa, Sri Lanka and India goes incognito to seek romance in England, on "Undercover Princes," on TLC on Tuesday.


Monday, January 30, 2012

Internet to get a lot more entertaining

After years of experimenting, the top video destinations on the Web suddenly are flush with original programming: documentaries, reality shows and scripted series. Over the next few months, YouTube, Netflix and Hulu will roll out their most ambitious original programming yet - a digital push into a traditional television business ...


Friday, January 27, 2012

Top video sites launch ambitious slate of original programs, challenge traditional television

NEW YORK - After years of experimenting, the top video destinations on the Web are suddenly flush with original programming: documentaries, reality shows and scripted series.


Thursday, January 26, 2012

O2 accidentally exposes customers' phone numbers

An untold number of U.K. residents may have unwittingly broadcast their numbers to sites across the Web while browsing the Internet with their cellphones during the past two weeks.


Thursday, January 26, 2012

UK network provider O2 says it accidentally exposed customers' phone numbers to website owners

LONDON - An untold number of U.K. residents may have unwittingly broadcast their numbers to sites across the Web while browsing the Internet with their cellphones during the past two weeks.


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

VIDEO: British Museum hosts Hajj display

The world's first exhibition on Hajj - the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca - opens this week at the British Museum.


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

One in four web users 'are music pirates', says report

London, Jan.24 (ANI): One in four Internet users are illegally accessing music through unauthorised sites every month, according to a new report.


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Times and Bit.ly Roll Out 'nyti.ms' Short Links

The New York Times introduced Twitter-friendly links starting with "nyti.ms" and powered by Bit.ly.


Monday, January 23, 2012

Tobacco shares may be addictive

Tobacco giants have vastly outperformed the S&P 500 index, which has been essentially flat over the past five years


Monday, January 23, 2012

Wikipedia traffic surged during black out

London, Jan 22 (ANI): Wikipedia enjoyed a surge in web traffic this week despite being completely blacked out for 24-hours in protest against proposals for an Internet piracy crackdown in the United States.


Saturday, January 21, 2012

Megaupload shut down: Police raid reveals Kim Dotcom's multimillion dollar wealth

One of the world's largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder Kim Dotcom (pictured) and several company executives were charged with violating piracy laws.


Saturday, January 21, 2012

"Father Of The Web" Tim Berners-Lee Comes Out Against SOPA PIPA

The inventor of the World Wide Web has come out against SOPA and PIPA. British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who created the World Wide Web in 1989, called the legislation a violation of human rights and urged Americans to contact ...


Friday, January 20, 2012

RIAA, Universal Music, DOJ Sites Hacked After Megaupload Bust

Hacktivist organization Anonymous has taken credit for the online attacks.


Friday, January 20, 2012

Wikipedia blackout: Google joins 'day of darkness' SOPA protest

The blackout of the world's largest online encyclopaedia came in protest at U.S. anti-piracy laws, and was joined by 7,000 sites worldwide. Google launched a petition against the bill - and 4.5 million signed.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

Wikipedia blackout: Workaround site's SOPA and PIPA shutdown protest with loopholes

An estimated 100m people will be affected by the one-day closure, as 7,000 sites join protest around the net. Founder Jimmy Wales warned students via Twitter to 'do your homework early'.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

Independent Jazz Artist Gains Global Audience through Facebook

While the Internet can be a confusing place to navigate for musicians, some artists have turned social media sites - and particularly Facebook - into a powerful boost for their careers. One such artist is Dutch-born Los Angeles resident Thisbe Vos, a jazz singer-songwriter who specializes in traditional jazz. Last week, her page reached 5000 Facebook fans - after less than a year.Los Angeles, CA ...


Thursday, January 19, 2012

Topshop launches first local language sites in French and German

British retailer Topshop has launched its first two local language sites in French and German as a response to demand from shoppers.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

Web Sites Protest 'Anti-Piracy' Bills

An unprecedented protest is sweeping the Internet against proposed U.S. legislation that critics contend goes too far in punishing Web sites where copyrighted content might get posted.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

Why Wikipedia blacked out for a day

Access to Wikipedia has been blacked out for a day in protest against highly controversial US statute being pushed through the US Congress next week. Find out why Wikipedia blacked out for a day...


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

US internet laws could be used to attack NZ websites

As the British Wikipedia site goes dark for 24 hours to protest American internet piracy laws, web experts are warning the laws could be used to attack New Zealand websites. Wikipedia plans to go dark on Wednesday, US time, and...


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

PIPA SOPA Protest: Google To Join Online Protests

Stop SOPA Campaign Image Credit: Imgur Google, the internet's most popular search company will join the online protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), international news sites reported on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. According to reports, Google will post a link on its US home page on January 18 [...]


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

'Lost' Darwin fossils rediscovered

A rare collection of fossils, including some collected by Charles Darwin, has been 'rediscovered' at the British Geological Survey (BGS).


Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Wikipedia to join Web blackout protesting SOPA

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says the English version of the site will shut down for 24 hours on Wednesday to send "a BIG message" to Washington opposing the controversial antipiracy bill.


Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Friends turn to social media to find cruise ship survivors

Friends and relatives of passengers who were on board a capsized Italian cruise liner carrying more than 4,000 people have turned to social media to search for loved ones and vent their anger and shock ...


Monday, January 16, 2012

In the Facebook Era, It's Friends Forever

Thanks to social-networking sites like Facebook, many of the people that otherwise would have drifted out of our lives can now be linked to us indefinitely online, keeping track of us in the virtual world even if we no longer have any contact with them in "real life." It's a peculiar situation, evidenced by the introduction of terms like "Facebook Creeping" and FOMO (fear of missing out) into ...


Sunday, January 15, 2012

Colleges pay for protection vs. porn

For $200 a pop, schools, other organizations are buying .xxx addresses to safeguard brands. Muhlenberg College is definitely, positively, absolutely not getting into the porn business.


Saturday, January 14, 2012

British Student Richard O'Dwyer Could Spend 10 Years in U.S. Jail for Running 'Illegal' Web Site [VIDEO]

Richard O'Dwyer, 23, a British student, could face a prison sentence in the U.S., for something which isn't even an offence under British law, after losing an extradition appeal on Friday.


Saturday, January 14, 2012

Senseless censorship

My daughters watch TV programs and movies on DVDs, on smart phones, streaming from Netflix through our Wii, on video Web sites, on our DVR and on demand from AT&T U-verse. They don't know or care what "broadcast TV" is, and they certainly don't perceive a distinction...


Saturday, January 14, 2012

Kirk and Nate Mueller Capitalize on Being Twins

Part of the success of Kirk and Nate Mueller, identical twins who design iPad apps and Web sites, lies in how meticulously they've shaped their image.


Saturday, January 14, 2012

Student web designer faces prison in US case

Student Richard O'Dwyer, who created the TVShack website, can be extradited to the US to face copyright infringement allegations, District Judge Quentin Purdy ruled today at Westminster Magistrates' Court.


Saturday, January 14, 2012

Lads' mags, sexism, and research in psychology: an interview with Dr. Peter Hegarty (part 2).

In this post, I continue my interview with Dr. Peter Hegarty , a social psychologist at the University of Surrey and one of the authors of " 'Lights on at the end of the party': Are lads' mags mainstreaming dangerous sexism?" , which was published in The British Journal of Psychology in December. My detailed discussion of that paper is here . The last post presented part 1 of our interview , in ...


Friday, January 13, 2012

NATO and Afghan Government Condemn Video of Urination on Corpses

The Afghan government on Thursday condemned the video, which apparently depicts four soldiers in uniform urinating on three dead Taliban fighters.


Friday, January 13, 2012

Intel honors two Westview seniors for research projects

Srinidhi Viswanathan remembers how she felt when a middle school teacher showed her a Petri dish housing tiny colonies of protein and bacteria. "I was fascinated. It really sparked my interest in science," she says. Now a senior at Westview High School, Viswanathan's fascination ...


Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Iranian Nuclear Scientists on Someone's Kill List

It's the most dangerous career track you could choose, if you believe Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency. Today, Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan was killed in an explosion after a motorcyclist planted a magnetic bomb under his Peugeot 405, the news agency reported. This was the fourth such instance a scientist affiliated with Iran's nuclear program was reportedly attacked in ...


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Holland moves to block the Pirate Bay

The Netherlands says the ship is not welcome


Thursday, January 12, 2012

48% o social gamers cheat in real life

Nearly half (48 percent) of web users that cheat when playing social games, through sites like Facebook, also cheat in real life, says PopCap.


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Finnish ISP ordered to block link to campaigner website in Pirate Bay crackdown ruling

A Finnish internet service provider (ISP) has been ordered to block access to a web address which points to the website of a digital rights campaign group.


Thursday, January 12, 2012

New Media Matters: Web communities offering users networking opportunities, virtual lives

Communities are springing up all over the web. By "community" I mean a social network, forum, blog group, or other website (or group of sites) that allow its members to connect, convene, chat and otherwise interact about some shared passion.


Thursday, January 12, 2012

ArtistWorks' online lessons resonate with musicians and students

The academy offers musicians a new way to make money and enables students to carry on a regular dialogue with well-known instructors through Web video exchanges. The academy offers musicians a new way to make money and enables students to carry on a regular dialogue with well-known instructors through Web video exchanges.


Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Debate flares as pipeline hearings get underway

Environmental hearings into a proposed pipeline that would move oil from Alberta to British Columbia's coast began with heated words Tuesday, as critics charged that Ottawa is trying to bully the project's opponents.


Tuesday, January 10, 2012

ArtistWorks' online lessons resonate with musicians and students

The academy offers musicians a new way to make money and enables students to carry on a regular dialogue with well-known instructors through Web video exchanges. The academy offers musicians a new way to make money and enables students to carry on a regular dialogue with well-known instructors through Web video exchanges.


Monday, January 09, 2012

2012 To Be 'the Year of Online Gaming in America' Report LiveCasinos.co.uk

LONDON--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- Reinterpretation of old federal gambling legislation gives new freedoms to individual states The doors have been flung open for states to determine their own online gambling laws, ...


Sunday, January 08, 2012

Winterhawks fall 8-4 at Vancouver

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Oh, well, the next game is at home. The Portland Winterhawks lost on the road Saturday, falling 8-4 to the Vancouver Giants, but they will be on Memorial Coliseum ice Wednesday, looking for their 15th consecutive home victory -- the franchise record ...


Saturday, January 07, 2012

NBC Announces the Celebrities Tracing Their Family Trees on Season Three of "Who Do You Think You Are?" Premiering ...

Martin Sheen, Marisa Tomei, Blair Underwood, Reba McEntire, Rob Lowe, Helen Hunt, Rita Wilson, Edie Falco, Rashida Jones, Jerome Bettis, Jason Sudeikis and Paula Deen are among the featured celebrities.


Saturday, January 07, 2012

LoveFilm strikes BBC Worldwide and ITV streaming deals

LoveFilm has announced TV content partnership deals with both ITV and BBC Worldwide.


Saturday, January 07, 2012

Public health recommends safe injection sites

Montreal's director of public health has recommended the creation of three fixed safe injection sites and a mobile unit.


Friday, January 06, 2012

EU Commission: No Decision Yet on Objection to Google

A spokesperson for European Commission Vice President Joaquin Almunia confirmed to ReadWriteWeb this afternoon from Brussels that the Commission has yet to come to a decision over whether to issue a Statement of Objections to Google, specifically with respect to an official investigation into whether the company weights search results - especially searches for commercial products - against ...


Friday, January 06, 2012

CanaDream Launches Multilingual Website and Booking Engine Using Smartling

Smartling, the Translation Delivery Network company, is announcing that CanaDream, a Canadian travel and tourism company, has introduced French and German versions of its web


Friday, January 06, 2012

Site lets homeowners rent out their driveways

The growing popularity of web-based companies that let homeowners earn extra cash by turning their spare rooms or vacation homes into ersatz hotels is expanding to the garage.


Friday, January 06, 2012

Alix Announces Completion of 2011 Program at the Golden Zone Property, Alaska

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - ALIX RESOURCES CORP. is pleased to announce that all data from the Company's 2011 work at the Golden Zone gold-silver-copper property in the Valdez Creek Mining District in south-central Alaska are now in-hand and being reviewed by company geologists and consultants. Prospects ...


Friday, January 06, 2012

House Hunting in ... Southwestern France

A RESTORED MEDIEVAL HOUSE WITH SIX BEDROOMS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE


Thursday, January 05, 2012

Buyer Group International, Inc. (BYRG.PK) Investments Increase, Revenues Climb 30%, Profits Soar 550% - Acquisitions ...

DALLAS , Jan. 4, 2012 PRNewswire -- BUYER GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC. (BYRG.PK) -- will soon announce that 4th quarter revenues climbed to $34,354 as project investment rose to $144,788 representing a 24% ...


Thursday, January 05, 2012

War of 1812 bicentennial offers a wealth of historic sites to visit this year

Travellers interested in military history usually think of Europe as the place to visit battlefields, but Canada has its fair share of them and as this year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, there is no better time to visit some of them.


Sunday, January 01, 2012

History, sports to impact travel

NEW YORK -- The Olympics, the centennial of the Titanic sinking, new rules on travel to Cuba, a once-a-decade horticultural festival in the Netherlands, and increased reliance on technology and customization will all help shape travel in 2012. Here are some details on these and other destinations and trends.


Saturday, December 31, 2011

WEB PHOTO SPECIAL: Bald Eagles Take Flight

During a jet boat tour with Fraser River Safari on Wednesday, noted biologist David Hancock of the Hancock Wildlife Foundation talks about the thousands of bald eagles that return to the Harrison River to feast on salmon carcasses every year.


Friday, December 30, 2011

Va. Tech killer Cho's calculator for sale, renewing debate on 'murderabilia'

According to the seller, the item is a Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus calculator, similar to thousands of others used in college-level math classes. It usually retails for about $99. This one is listed at $3,700. What makes it worth so much? It once belonged to the man who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. Read full article >>


Thursday, December 29, 2011

Fit as a fiddle at age 94

Fitness is what keeps Patrick Young young. Even at age 94. In fact, it is now official that the Lake Oswego resident is the healthiest 90 year old in the Portland area according to the Portland Clinic, which recently bestowed that title upon him. Of course, Young was not seeking any kind of ...


Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Dating Sites Report 15-20 Percent Increase in Traffic as New Year's Eve Approaches

Eleventh-hour holiday shoppers hit the Web for those last-minute gifts - so it's no surprise that procrastinating paramours are signing on to net a date for New Year's Eve.


Sunday, December 25, 2011

Singles seeking New Year's Eve dates

Eleventh-hour holiday shoppers hit the Web for those last-minute gifts ? so it's no surprise that procrastinating paramours are signing on to net a date for New Year's Eve.


Thursday, December 22, 2011

British Airways, New FAA Rules: Hot Trends

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Popular searches on the Internet Thursday include British Airways as the airline's parent IAG will buy Lufthansa's British Midland subsidiary in a deal valued at 172.5 million pounds, or $270 million. British Airways beat out rival bidder Virgin Atlantic for BMI. IAG will get another 56 daily take-off and landing slots at London's Heathrow Airport. The runway slots are ...


Thursday, December 22, 2011

Jeff Gelles: A small mistake in typing a web address can result in big problems

As the famous New Yorker cartoon once said, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." But con artists do know when you're typing like one online - because you show up with your tail wagging on their virtual doorsteps.


Thursday, December 22, 2011

Lacoste Elysée Prize withdraws nomination of Palestinian photographer

Larissa Sansour thought that her photographic project "Nation Estate," which imagined a dystopic Palestine, exemplified 'la joie de vivre,' the theme of the Lacoste Elysée Prize 2011. The maker of crocodile-emblemed polo shirts disagreed. Sansour says that Lacoste censored her entry for the competition and withdrew her nomination because her work was too pro-Palestinian. Read full article >>


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Rapper protests piracy bill with 'SOPA Cabana'

British rapper Dan Bull has released a new video further showcasing the viral opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act, setting his own criticisms to the measure to music. In a photo montage that features 86 people (and one cat), Bull rails against SOPA, reiterating fears that the legislation could limit freedom of speech and particularly hurt the rap community, which often uses samples of other ...


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Copyright cops take aim at high street stores

Tesco and BT called out over grubby advertising slots


Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Gocompare.com makes the difference with Alterian Content Manager 7

Alterian , the leader in customer engagement technology and solutions, today announced Gocompare.com has deployed the latest version of Alterian's Web Content Management s


Monday, December 19, 2011

VIDEO: Food firms 'target web children'

Unhealthy food is being "shamelessly" promoted to children online to get around bans on television adverts, campaigners have claimed.


Saturday, December 17, 2011

Angry Salvos on Euro Pact Sail Across the Channel

As ratings agencies raise heat on France, a cross-Channel spat has escalated into a full-blown war of words, with Paris turning its wrath on Britain.


Saturday, December 17, 2011

As Tension Rises in France, Harsh Talk With Britain

As ratings agencies raise heat on France, a cross-Channel spat has escalated into a full-blown war of words, with Paris turning its wrath on Britain.


Saturday, December 17, 2011

The Breakfast Meeting, Dec. 15

The online piracy debate heats up in Congress, Nick Kristof gets embedded in jail and the radio host in Iowa that all the candidates must meet.


Friday, December 16, 2011

Christopher Hitchens is Dead but Fans Keep Him Alive in Twitter

American firebrand columnist, author and activist, Christopher Hitchens, is dead. However, his fans and admirers are keeping his memory alive by mourning his loss on online networking Web sites, like Facebook and Twitter.


Friday, December 16, 2011

More Climategate Patter

The British police say they raided a property and confiscated some computer equipment in pursuing their inquiry into the hijacking of e-mails between scientists.


Friday, December 16, 2011

Green Blog: Fresh Climategate Patter

The British police say they raided a property and confiscated some computer equipment in pursuing their inquiry into the hijacking of e-mails between scientists.


Friday, December 16, 2011

Net founders oppose piracy laws

Some of the founding fathers of the modern web sign a strongly-worded letter opposing US piracy laws.


Friday, December 16, 2011

Media Decoder Blog: The Breakfast Meeting, Dec. 15

The piracy debate heats up in Congress, Nick Kristof gets embedded in jail and the radio host in Iowa that all the candidates must meet.


Friday, December 16, 2011

Distribution Strategies

A research has highlighted that the importance of the Internet for holiday makers remains strong with 38 percent of British adults surveyed online saying they only use the Internet when researching a holiday and 29 percent saying they only use the Internet to book a holiday.


Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Britain 'a nation of online shoppers'

Britons use the web to shop more avidly than any other major country, a new report has revealed.


Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Sex social network becomes fourth largest

Has over 132 million members worldwide, allegedly


Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Without responding, we're like lambs to the slaughter

Google "NZ halal lamb" and of the 10 hits on the first page, seven are links to stories or comments on the iniquitous New Zealand meat industry and how it is deviously passing off Muslim lamb to British consumers.


Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Stuart Lawley's dot-xxx domain fight

Last week, the new .xxx domain went live, drawing in more than 100,000 adult sites. The man behind the new digital home of porn is a British millionaire living in South Florida who had to outlast the Bush administration to found his online Red Light District in an office park just north of Miami....


Monday, December 12, 2011

CDN Solutions and Strangeloop team up to offer improved performance for websites in Japan

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CDN Solutions and Strangeloop Networks today announced a partnership


Sunday, December 11, 2011

Korean Air and the Canceled Ticket - The Haggler

When Korean Air canceled a reader's round-trip tickets to the South Pacific two months after he bought them, he asked the Haggler for help.


Saturday, December 10, 2011

London web chat replay: Olympics, bendy buses and shopping

Join us for another London web chat covering issues such as the Olympics, protests and pride in being a Londoner.


Friday, December 09, 2011

London web chat live: Olympics, protests and pride

Join us for another London web chat covering issues such as the Olympics, protests and pride in being a Londoner.


Friday, December 09, 2011

Twitter didn't fuel U.K. riots, study says

Computerworld - After the U.K. government blamed social networks for fueling the riots last summer, a study shows that Twitter did not incite rioters but was used as a source for positive work.


Friday, December 09, 2011

OT road loss scissors Hawks' streak

PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia -- The Prince George Cougars snapped the Portland Winterhawks' five-game win streak with a 4-3 overtime victory Wednesday night. The Hawks, who had beaten the Cougars here 5-3 the night before, fell to 20-9-2-1. Prince George improved to 10-19-0-2. The ...


Thursday, December 08, 2011

Winterhawks notch fifth straight win; Rattie gets second hat trick

PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia -- Ty Rattie's second hat trick of the season lifted the Portland Winterhawks to their fifth straight win Tuesday night. The Hawks beat the Prince George Cougars 5-3. The teams will meet again here Wednesday night. Rattie scored both goals in the first period ...


Thursday, December 08, 2011

London web chat on Friday: Olympics, protests and pride

Join us on Friday for another London web chat covering issues such as the Olympics, protests and pride in being a Londoner.


Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Air Canada Offers Self-Service Tips for a Smooth Winter and Peak Holiday Travel Experience

Air Canada Offers Self-Service Tips for a Smooth Winter and Peak Holiday Travel Experience


Tuesday, December 06, 2011

British shoppers are doing it on the interwebs

Web and mobiles now a large part of retail therapy The British are taking to online shopping faster than most other countries, according to a new study....


Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Spies recruit Dons to beat cyber attacks

British university experts are being recruited into a govt spy network to combat new waves of cyber attacks.


Monday, December 05, 2011

'Leonardo da Vinci' Blockbuster at National Gallery in London

"Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan" has created a ticket frenzy and thick crowds at the National Gallery in London, where the show emphasizes that master's importance as a painter.


Monday, December 05, 2011

Facebook blocks Effin, a village in Ireland as hometown for being 'offensive'

Facebook reportedly blocked the use of Effin, a small village in Ireland, as hometown of users, which the social networking site claims as being an offensive word. Anne Marie Kennedy Image Credit: Owen South Limerick Leader According to British news sites on Friday, December 2, 2011, a woman named Anne Marie Kennedy tried to add Effin [...]


Saturday, December 03, 2011

Silver Spring-based Acorn Media streams British TV classics

While American networks continue to adapt British TV series with varying degrees of success, Anglophiles who crave authentic U.K. television face a challenge in finding viewing options ? especially those who want to watch shows when most people do, also known as "whenever they feel like it." Fortunately for them, back in the early '90s, an employee at a small home-video distribution company ...


Friday, December 02, 2011

Coastal Contacts Eyeglasses Sales Grow 150% on Cyber Monday

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Coastal Contacts Inc. , the planet's largest online eyewear company announced today that sales of eyeglasses through its North American hub grew 150% on Cyber Monday, November ...


Friday, December 02, 2011

Vodafone buys unified communication consultant Bluefish

IDG News Service - Vodafone's Global Enterprise is strengthening its professional services arm by acquiring British consultant Bluefish Communications, which will form the basis of a new unified communication and collaboration practice, the operator said on Thursday.


Friday, December 02, 2011

Britain orders Iran's diplomats to leave UK

BAGHDAD?One day after the sacking of its embassy in Tehran by pro-regime Iranian militants, Britain on Wednesday evacuated all its diplomats from Iran, closed its embassy and ordered the expulsion of all Iranian diplomats from London within 48 hours. British Foreign Secretary William Hague told Parliament the attack was a "grave violation" of diplomatic convention in a speech delivered moments ...


Thursday, December 01, 2011

"Stiff One Hard 169" Recalled From the Canadian Market: May Pose Serious Health Risks to Canadians

OTTAWA, ONTARIO-- - The issue:An unauthorized health product, "Stiff One Hard 169" is being voluntarily recalled from the Canadian market after Health Canada's testing identified an undeclared ...


Thursday, December 01, 2011

Perform looks to Facebook to increase ad rates

LONDON (Reuters) - British digital sports rights media firm Perform expects to be able to increase its advertising rates around video by employing more scientific data, such as that provided by Facebook, to target marketing at viewers. Perform, which provides live sports video, news and data to third parties and its own websites for viewing and gambling, said rates had held steady in recent ...


Thursday, December 01, 2011

Wine.com chooses Strangeloop to accelerate its premiere e-commerce site

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wine.com, the #1 online wine retailer, has selected Strangeloop to accelerate its website, delivering a faster user experience to millions of shoppers.


Thursday, December 01, 2011

British butterfly is evolving to respond to climate change

As global temperatures rise and climatic zones move polewards, species will need to find different environments to prevent extinction. New research, published today in the journal Molecular Ecology, has revealed that climate change is causing certain species to move and adapt to a range of new habitats.


Wednesday, November 30, 2011

In PHOTOS: British embassy in Iran stormed

Iranian students stormed British diplomatic sites in Tehran on Tuesday, bringing down the Union Jack flag, burning an embassy vehicle and throwing documents from windows in scenes reminiscent of the seizing of the US compound in 1979.


Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Kim Kardashian tops Bing.ca web search

Justin Bieber is the king of the web in the U.S. but gets less love from his home country, according to year-end search results from Bing.com.


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

This Week In Credit Card News

see photosRICHARD B. LEVINEClick for full photo gallery: 10 Things You Should Know Before Buying A Gift Card Visa Launching PayPal-Like V.Me Service Next Year Visa will roll out its V.me online payment service early next year. The company, which announced plans for the service in March, has also launched a developer [...]


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Marine biodiversity loss due to warming and predation: study

The biodiversity loss caused by climate change will result from a combination of rising temperatures and predation -- and may be more severe than currently predicted, according to a study by University of British Columbia zoologist Christopher Harley.


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Britain Steps Up Its War on Legal Highs

Faced with record rates of designer-drug use, the British government has introduced new laws aimed at forcing dealers out of business. But do they go far enough?


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Pac-Man Back In Manila, Gives Interview On Marquez Fight - "If You Want To Become A Champion You Have To Fight For It ...

By James Slater: Pound-for-Pound #1 Manny Pacquiao (or #2 according to a number of publications and web sites in light of his epic struggle with Juan Manuel Marquez - a fight fans are still arguing about), is back in Manila and he gave an interview with Eddie Alinea of Philboxing.com, during which he spoke about the third fight he and the Mexican great had on November 12th.


Monday, November 28, 2011

Some BSkyB Investors Oppose Murdoch's Chairmanship - Reports

Some BSkyB Investors Oppose Murdoch's Chairmanship - Reports


Monday, November 28, 2011

BBC sought advice from global warming scientists on economy, drama, music... and even game shows

Emails show that University of East Anglia staff vetted BBC scripts and used their contacts at the Corporation to stop sceptics being interviewed.


Saturday, November 26, 2011

DesignPractica Offers Security Consulting for WordPress-based Websites

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2011) -


Saturday, November 26, 2011

Britain Steps Up its War on Legal Highs

Strolling through Camden Market, the modern-day Mecca for London's indie scenesters, a suspicious mix of darting eyes and exotic smells gives you the impression that the sea of shops and stalls offer something slightly more sinister than your standard Big Ben replicas. Led down to the dingy basement of one of these shops, you're confronted with a stunning stash of drugs ? cannabis clones such as ...


Friday, November 25, 2011

Montreal online company accused of fielding payments for child porn

A Montreal company has been providing online payment services for sites that sell dangerous drugs over the Internet and has been accused of doing the same for a site that distributes child pornography, the Montreal Gazette has learned.


Friday, November 25, 2011

The 10 biggest mistakes small businesses can make online

Here are top errors that companies can commit when conducting business on the Web


Friday, November 25, 2011

BoxNation to join Virgin Media line-up

Virgin Media is to add premium sports channel BoxNation to its TV line-up.


Thursday, November 24, 2011

Beatmakers just wanna have fun

British magazine DJ Mag caused some ripples among critics this month when it released its list of the most popular DJs from around the world and there wasn't one woman among the 100-strong pick. Though the magazine points out that its editors don't decide the list, which is comprised of write-in ballots from readers, it seems the electronic-music scene may still be a man's world. But Tomoko Ida ...


Thursday, November 24, 2011

Film London Promotes Capital Location Ahead of 2012 Olympic Games

Stuart Kemp Govt. backed agency launches microsite and web portal to offer help to Studios eyeing locations. read more


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Xbox Live Users Scammed in Phishing Attack

Bringing back memories of the Sony PlayStation hack that compromised thousands of gamer accounts, some British Microsoft Xbox Live users have been scammed in a phishing attack. Although Microsoft insists its network has not been hacked, the phishers have nonetheless fooled some gamers into disclosing credit-card information.


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Another Treaty Negotiation, Another Batch of Climate Science E-Mail

A new batch of climate scientists' e-mail messages surfaces ahead of a new climate conference.


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Dot Earth Blog: Another Treaty Negotiation, Another Batch of Climate Science E-Mail

A new batch of climate scientists' e-mail messages surfaces ahead of a new climate conference.


Tuesday, November 22, 2011

MyHeritage Acquires FamilyLink.com and WorldVitalRecords.com to Enter US Market

PROVO, Utah & LONDON & TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- Significant move into US and addition of historical content mark major evolution for world's most popular online family network MyHeritage ...


Tuesday, November 22, 2011

"The Pillars Of The Earth" Enhanced Viewing App

App is Available Free of Charge for iPad, iPad 2 and Web Browsers Giving Viewers Interactive Entertainment Experience for the Emmy® Award Winning Television Miniseries Event Premiering Sunday, December 4 on REELZAlbuquerque, NM (PRWEB) November 21, 2011 REELZCHANNEL?TV About Movies® today announced the launch of "The Pillars of the Earth" enhanced viewing app for the nine-part miniseries which ...


Monday, November 21, 2011

Magnet attracts a second chance

The Web-only, indie-rock magazine has returned to its roots -- in print.


Monday, November 21, 2011

Elements of Style as Occupy Movement Evolves

Activist movements have traditionally used design cues to trigger public recognition ? names, slogans, symbols and so on. Occupy uses them, too, but it has deployed them differently.


Sunday, November 20, 2011

Fake Photos, Video Show Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton Together

Fake photo of Indian beauty, Aishwarya Rai, with her new-born daughter has been doing rounds on social networking sites and on the Internet for some days, however, some more celebrities have been hit by their fake photos and a fake video.


Saturday, November 19, 2011

Worst passwords: 'Password,' '123456'

LOS GATOS, Calif., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A California company said "password" is the No. 1 least-secure password utilized by users of Facebook and other Web sites.


Friday, November 18, 2011

Canadians journey online for cross-border shopping deals

Canadians journey online for cross-border shopping deals


Friday, November 18, 2011

UK School Teachers Able to Search Pupils Mobile Phones

British school teachers have been given powers to search pupils mobile phones without consent after the passing of an Education Act that widened the authorities of teachers at State funded schools.


Friday, November 18, 2011

Winterhawks

Next: 7:30 p.m. Friday, at Everett; 7 p.m. Saturday, at Seattle; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Regina at Rose Garden The Winterhawks have rattled off a season-high five straight wins, including three in British Columbia to close a stretch of nine road games in 16 days. The latest victories came on home ice ...


Thursday, November 17, 2011

British Warriors Matthew Macklin, Darren Barker Eyeing World Title Glory

By James Slater - British middleweights Matthew Macklin and Darren Barker both came close to scoring big upsets in middleweight title fights this year; Macklin especially.


Thursday, November 17, 2011

Web-only, indie-rock magazine returns to its roots in print

Given the hard times that have hit the music and publishing industries in recent years, it wasn't so shocking when Magnet, the national indie-rock magazine based in Philadelphia, put out what looked like its final print issue in 2008 and became a Web-only publication.


Wednesday, November 16, 2011

When You Break The Law Online - And Don't Know It

Thanks to the ever-shifting playground of the Internet and the vast possibilities offered by so much content, you may be breaking the law more often than you think. There's the issue of illegal file-sharing, sure, but internet users are also at risk of breaking rules if they sign into someone else's Facebook page and change their status (a process known in web parlance as "fraping") or Tweeting ...


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Rushdie Runs Afoul of Webs Real-Name Police

Salman Rushdie's fight over which name he is allowed to use on Facebook points to an increasingly vital debate over how people represent themselves on the Web.


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Rushdie Runs Afoul of Web's Real-Name Police

SAN FRANCISCO -- The writer Salman Rushdie hit Twitter on Monday morning with a flurry of exasperated posts. Facebook, he wrote, had deactivated his account, demanded proof of identity and then turned him into Ahmed Rushdie, which is how he is identified on his passport. He had never used his first name, Ahmed, he pointed out; the world knows him as Salman.


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

How to start a cheesemaking business

BELLEVILLE ? Join Andy Shay for "Invest in Cheese" ? a free presentation on how to start a cheesemaking business that is being held in conjunction with the British Empire Cheese Competition.


Monday, November 14, 2011

A different kind of analog-digital hi-fi system

Music Hall's turntable plus powered speaker system is ideal for analog loving audiophiles who also happen to have an iPod!


Saturday, November 12, 2011

Warner Bros. adds UV downloads for 'Harry Potter' disc

The ability to download movies from Warner Bros. to iPads was missing with the film studio's initial offer on UltraViolet. From now on though, UV customers can stream movies or download them to their devices. Originally posted at Media Maverick


Friday, November 11, 2011

One third of employees use Facebook while at work

According to a recent survey conducted by British job site Reed.co.uk, approximately 33 percent of employees admit to using social networking within the office. Facebook was the most popular choice preferred by 45 percent of the people that did admit to logging into a social network. Facebook was followed by LinkedIn, a social network that's becoming commonly used to research potential ...


Friday, November 11, 2011

Controversial iPhone app security bug fixed in iOS 5.0.1

The iOS security flaw that made waves this week after its finder was booted from Apple's developer program has been fixed in the new version of the software that went out this morning.


Friday, November 11, 2011

Voice behind Siri goes public despite warning from Apple

Former technology journalist and now voice-over actor Jon Briggs has outed himself as the voice of Apple's Siri in the United Kingdom, as reported by the Telegraph.


Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Indico Announces Further Encouraging Drill Results From Ocana Project, Southern Peru Copper Belt

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Indico Resources Ltd. announces receipt of additional positive results from its Phase I drill program at the Ocana Copper Project . Five drill holes have been completed ...


Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Should England's rioters be banned from Facebook, Twitter?

The UK's home secretary has discussed in Parliament, those who riot or commit disorder through means of social media, could face Twitter and Facebook bans.


Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Marketer helps advertisers express themselves via video

British television producer Mark Burnett turned program financing on its head a decade ago when he brought brands like Doritos and Mountain Dew as sponsors into the expensive, prime-time reality series "Survivor," helping to defray costs.


Monday, November 07, 2011

Facebook, Fox News Survive Nov. 5, Did You Switch Banks?

Facebook and Fox News survived Nov. 5, Guy Fawkes Day, but Anonymous championed its Bank Transfer Day effort. We take a look at these and other Anonymous-led efforts from the past few months.


Sunday, November 06, 2011

Winterhawks end trip with third straight victory

KELOWNA, British Columbia -- The Portland Winterhawks finished their nine-game trip Saturday with their second victory in two nights over the Kelowna Rockets. Sven Bartschi had three assists, Derrick Pouliot scored two goals and Mac Carruth stopped 30 shots in the 3-1 win. Portland's next ...


Sunday, November 06, 2011

Hawks win wild one at Kelowna on Bartschi's shootout goal

KELOWNA, British Columbia -- Sven Bartschi scored the only shootout goal and gave the Portland Winterhawks a 6-5 win Friday night over the Kelowna Rockets. The teams will meet again at 7 p.m. Saturday as Portland caps a nine-game trip. The Hawks (10-7-1-1) prevailed Friday despite trailing ...


Saturday, November 05, 2011

BT asked to block the The Pirate Bay

Legal action sought by the BPI


Friday, November 04, 2011

NI-based soldier killed in action

A British soldier based at Holywood, County Down, is shot dead in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.


Friday, November 04, 2011

Winterhawks win at Kamloops, as Bartschi returns, scores

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia -- The Portland Winterhawks picked up a 4-2 win Wednesday night over the Kamloops Blazers. The Hawks (9-7-1-1) have three wins and four losses on their nine-game trip, which concludes with games against the Kelowna Rockets on Friday and Saturday. Kamloops fell to ...


Friday, November 04, 2011

PDX Sports

Winterhawks: Portland plays its first home game since Oct. 18 when the Spokane Chiefs invade Memorial Coliseum at 7 p.m. Friday. The Hawks, who are finishing a nine-game trip to Alberta and British Columbia, also will take on Spokane at the Rose Garden at 5 p.m. ...


Thursday, November 03, 2011

Short Sainthood for Steve Jobs

Attacks on Steve Jobs began on Twitter, blogs and Web sites as quickly as the mythmaking about him had.


Thursday, November 03, 2011

The Steve Jobs Backlash

Attacks on Steve Jobs began on Twitter, blogs and Web sites as quickly as the mythmaking about him had.


Thursday, November 03, 2011

Retransmission: Dig Media Launches Magnesium Investing News

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Dig Media Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of Magnesium Investing News with launch partner Molycor Gold Corp. . Magnesium Investing News is the latest addition to ...


Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Hague says suppression of internet is not acceptable

INTERNATIONAL "RULES of the road" must be agreed for the internet, but not at the price of freedom of expression, British foreign secretary William Hague has told a major conference in London.


Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Sound Publishing to acquire Peninsula Daily News, Sequim This Week

The pending acquisition will extend the reach of the Journal's parent company, Sound Publishing, which has 46 publications and a combined circulation of 732,700 in the Pacific Northwest, into the Olympic Peninsula.


Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Online interactions can lead to risky financial decision-making

People who participate in online communities are more likely to make risky financial decisions, according to a new study from researchers at Rice University, the University of British Columbia and the University of Zurich.


Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Reinventing online ads

Guided by reality TV producer Mark Burnett, Vimby works with brands to make videos they hope people want to see. British television producer Mark Burnett turned program financing on its head a decade ago when he brought brands like Doritos and Mountain Dew as sponsors into the expensive, prime-time reality series "Survivor," helping to defray costs.


Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Inside cybercrime

British investigator Misha Glenny explains how, in researching his latest book ? Dark Market: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You ? he managed to find the kingpins of cybercrime


Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Make Me Beautiful Announce Fiorelli Jewellery Season 7 Launch

Clip on earring specialist jewellers, http: www.make-me-beautiful.co.uk, announce the launch of Fiorelli Jewellery season 7London, England (PRWEB) October 31, 2011 Make Me Beautiful, the site that specialises in designer clip earrings and other forms of non-pierced jewellery, have announced a further Fiorelli jewellery collection to be made available for Christmas shoppers looking for quality ...


Monday, October 31, 2011

Kickstarter brings ideas, funding together

When Phoenix comic-book artist Shawn Demumbrum posted his latest project on a popular ''crowdfunding'' website, he was hoping to raise $3,000 to publish a graphical salute to the music of the Smiths, the 1980s British rockers.


Sunday, October 30, 2011

Kootenay cools off Hawks 4-1

KOOTENAY, British Columbia ? The Kootenay Ice took the lead for good late in the second period with a short-handed goal late in the second period on Saturday, and beat the Portland Winterhawks 4-1. The teams were tied 1-1 after Tyler Wotherspoon scored for the Hawks on a power play at 8:28 ...


Saturday, October 29, 2011

Getting your business online (part one)

Startups' editor Steph Welstead went on air for BBC London as part of the 'Give an hour' campaign to help entrepreneurs aged over 55 get online


Saturday, October 29, 2011

British minister spotted dumping official papers into trash cans at London park

LONDON (AP) ? A British minister has acknowledged dumping official documents in garbage cans at a London park, his office said Friday.


Friday, October 28, 2011

Common cold forces Queen to cancel visit to British museum in London

LONDON (AP) ? Buckingham Palace says a cold has forced Queen Elizabeth II to cancel a visit to the British museum in London.


Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Hidden Wiki: an internet underworld of child abuse

Beyond the web there is a lawless underworld of abuse. Christopher Williams reports.


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

$1.2 Billion Anti-Piracy Suit Filed in Russia

Vladimir Kozlov Hollywood majors and local players hope it could create an important precedent in fighting online piracy. read more


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Hacker group Anonymous performs 'vigilante' attack on online child porn hub

The 'Hacktivist' group claimed to have taken down one of the highest profile hosts of child pornography - the start of an assault called 'Operation Darknet'.


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Ulster website creator honoured by Google gong

A Belfast web company is celebrating after one of its websites won an award from Google. Related Stories Website creator honoured by Google gong Haulage firm buys freight forwarder in growth drive Rate payers face hikes 'to pay for waste plan' Northern Ireland minister Wilson slams 'pathetic, bullying' Tesco New markets opening up as £7.5m deal is signed


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Website creator honoured by Google gong

A BELFAST web company is celebrating after one of its websites won an award from Google. Related Stories Haulage firm buys freight forwarder in growth drive Rate payers face hikes 'to pay for waste plan' Northern Ireland minister Wilson slams 'pathetic, bullying' Tesco Ulster website creator honoured by Google gong New markets opening up as £7.5m deal is signed


Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Shuffle Master reaches agreement with OpenBet

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Shuffle Master, Inc. and OpenBet Ltd. today announced their entry into an Internet Software License Agreement.


Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Shuffle Master, Inc. and OpenBet Ltd. Announce Internet Software License Agreement

LAS VEGAS & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shuffle Master, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select Market: SHFL) ("Shuffle Master") and OpenBet Ltd. ("OpenBet") today announced their entry into an Internet Software License Agreement. Under the agreement, OpenBet will be able to provide online games based on some of Shuffle Master's most popular proprietary table games to Canada's legalized online gaming sites ...


Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Marco Simoncelli Crash: Crowd's Shocking Behavior, Wanted the Race to Continue Despite the Death (VIDEO)

Exactly a week after British star Dan Wheldon died at the IndyCar 300 in Las Vegas, Gresini Honda rider Marco Simoncelli succumbed to injuries in a crash at the Malaysian Grand Prix at MotoGP motorcycle race in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.


Monday, October 24, 2011

Marco Simoncelli Crash: Crowd's Shocking Behavior, Wanted the Race to Continue Despite the Death (Video)

Exactly a week after British star Dan Wheldon died at the IndyCar 300 in Las Vegas, Gresini Honda rider Marco Simoncelli succumbed to injuries in a crash at the Malaysian Grand Prix at MotoGP motorcycle race in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.


Monday, October 24, 2011

Fire out on cruise liner off SE England - coastguard

LONDON (Reuters) - Crew members put out a fire in the engine room of a cruise liner with 708 people aboard off the coast of southeast England early on Saturday, a British coastguard official said.


Saturday, October 22, 2011

Q. and A. | How Facebook Use Correlates With Student Outcomes

The social media scholar Reynol Junco answers questions about his recent findings -- some of which may surprise you -- about the kinds of behaviors correlated with certain ways college students use Facebook.


Friday, October 21, 2011

Vivonet Recognized in Deloitte Technology Fast 50(TM) List

BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Vivonet Inc. is being recognized as one of the top 50 Canadian companies on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50? for making world-class achievements and evolving the Canadian technology ...


Friday, October 21, 2011

Tech Talk Podcast: Search Engines for Phones

On this week's show: Claire Cain Miller on the mobile search market and the chief executive of Acorn TV, a streaming service for British TV shows.


Thursday, October 20, 2011

Bits Blog: Tech Talk Podcast: Search Engines for Phones

On this week's show: Claire Cain Miller on the mobile search market and the chief executive of Acorn TV, a streaming service for British TV shows.


Thursday, October 20, 2011

Supreme Court rules web link doesn't constitute libel

Canada's Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that posting online links to a website containing libellous material is not libel in itself.


Thursday, October 20, 2011

Dig Media Launches Chromium Investing News (chromiuminvestingnews.com)

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 19, 2011) - Dig Media Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of Chromium Investing News ( www.chromiuminvestingnews.com ) with launch partner Noront Resources (TSX VENTURE:NOT).


Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Supreme Court to rule on hyperlink libel case

Canada's top court is set to rule on whether a person can defame another by posting a hyperlink to a defamatory website.


Wednesday, October 19, 2011

European Court of Human Rights and Web 2.0 Start-up SkyDox Collaborate to Enhance Microsoft SharePoint & Microsoft ...

SkyDox, a leading provider of cloud-enabled collaboration and productivity tools for cross-functional and distributed teams, today announced that it has been selected by the European Court of Human Rights to develop a new search engine platform for all ECHR legal ruling documentation hosted on its public-facing website.


Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Canadian charged with four slayings

PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A 21-year-old Canadian man has been charged with killing a teenage girl and three women, authorities said Monday.


Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Viscount to Present at Cyber Security Finance Forum

Viscount Systems , the industry leader in IP-based access control systems, is pleased to announce that The Company has been invited to present at the Cyber Security Finance Forum being held at the British Embassy on October 18th in Washington, DC.


Sunday, October 16, 2011

Paris Jackson wears Thriller jacket on Michael Jackson tribute concert (Photo)

Paris Jackson wore a 'Thriller' jacket on the Michael Jackson tribute concert on Saturday, October 8, 2011, as shown in the photo below. Michael Jackson children; (L-R) Prince Michael, Blanket, and Paris Jackson Image Credit: Leon Neal AP As noted in British news sites, Paris Jackson was spotted during the 'Michael Forever' concert in Cardiff, Wales, [...]


Saturday, October 15, 2011

Apple's iPhone 4S in stores today

Apple's latest iPhone, the 4S, hit store shelves Friday at 8 a.m. across the country. This should be a big launch, with the handset coming to the nation's top three carriers, Verizon, AT&T and Sprint. In Los Gatos, Calif., the first one in line for the phone was Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak , who checked in to the store via foursquare on Thursday. Read full article >>


Friday, October 14, 2011

Survey: Ten percent of Brits include Internet passwords in will

The results of a survey carried out in the UK has showed that 10 percent of British people now leave password information for various websites in their will.


Friday, October 14, 2011

Climate Change Bulletin October 14th 2011

This is our 17th edition and this month we will take a look at just what is nature worth to the British Economy and we have another look at the pitfalls of commuting in the Nissan Electric Leaf on London's streets.


Wednesday, October 12, 2011

BlackBerry outage in Europe, Middle East and Africa continues on second day, email services restored

The BlackBerry outage across Europe, Middle East and Africa continues on its second day, with Research In Motion (RIM) noting that email services have been restored. BlackBerry smartphones Image Credit: BlackBerry.com As noted at British news sites on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, the BlackBerry outage is still going on in different parts in Europe, Middle [...]


Tuesday, October 11, 2011

UK internet firms to offer porn block

Internet service providers in the UK are to change practices to make it easier for parents to block their children from accessing porn on the web, it was announced today.


Monday, October 10, 2011

Tapping into the surge in demand for lower energy costs

GROWTH in Ireland may have slowed due to the recession, but Kerry company DCS Energy Savings aims to take advantage of opportunities in the British market to increase sales by 20% this year.


Saturday, October 08, 2011

Quadruple Rainbow Captured For The First Time By Michael Theusner (Photo)

A quadruple rainbow has been photographed for the first time, several science news sites reported on Thursday, October 6, 2011. Michael Theusner, a German rainbow-chaser reportedly captured the quadruple rainbow on the evening of June 11, 2011 when a rainstorm came toward his home in Schiffdorf in northern Germany. The Quadruple Rainbow Credit: Michael Theusner [...]


Friday, October 07, 2011

YouTube to show movies in the UK

YouTube is now offering over a thousand full-length feature films from Hollywood and British studios to rent in the UK. YouTube already provides a movie rental service in the US and Canada.


Friday, October 07, 2011

NewsGator & Colligo Mash-Up Email, Social Communications, and Document Management for ...

SharePoint ecosystem delivers breakthrough solutions that improve the quality of interactions, reduce rework, and maintain IP DENVER and VANCOUVER, British Columbia -Two leading SharePoint solution partners, NewsGator and Colligo Networks, today announced they are joining forces to combine social computing, email management, and document repository content as a single, integrated body of ...


Thursday, October 06, 2011

300,000 consumers visit Boots.com m-commerce site in its first month

The fully transactional site presents the features of the e-commerce site. During its first month of operation, the mobile commerce site of Boots UK Ltd. received nearly 300,000 unique monthly visitors. These are heady numbers for any retailer in m-commerce today.


Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Hostway Launches Robust Channel Partner Program

Helps Channel Partners Capitalize on Unprecedented Growth in the IaaS and Cloud Hosting MarketplacesChicago, IL (PRWEB) October 04, 2011 Hostway Corporation, a global leader in infrastructure and cloud services, today announced the launch of its new Channel Partner Program designed to make it easy and profitable for channel partners of all sizes to offer Hostway's award-winning, affordable cloud ...


Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Amanda Knox Verdict: Daily Mail's Website Posts Wrong Decision

Stuart Kemp Mailonline mistakenly published a report stating that the 2009 murder conviction upheld. read more


Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Remember GeoCities? Explore a Map of the Vintage Internet Metropolis

Before there was MySpace, there was GeoCities, the vast metropolis of glitchy amateur websites, pulsating with gif animations, that were the hub of digital culture for countless late-'90s teens. If you haven't found yourself in some cobweb-coated corner of the internet in a while and landed on one of their sites, that's because Yahoo shut down U.S. GeoCities two years ago, just 10 years after ...


Tuesday, October 04, 2011

BRICs push for bigger say in running of Internet

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Campaigners for a loosely regulated Internet are alarmed at the risk to Web freedom from fast-growing BRIC and other emerging economies seeking more say in how the online realm is policed.


Monday, October 03, 2011

Timbers' playoff bid brightens with 1-0 win at Vancouver

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Things couldn't have gone much better for the Portland Timbers on Sunday. The Timbers' MLS playoff hopes improved significantly, as they beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 and saw D.C. United fall behind them in the wild-card race with a 2-1 loss at ...


Monday, October 03, 2011

Amazon's 'Cloud' Browser Raises Privacy Concerns

Facebook and Google's privacy issues are well-known.


Sunday, October 02, 2011

Buyer's Guide: The companies using social networking in their CRM processes

Customer relationship management (CRM) aims to acquire a greater understanding of the customer and social networking sites can capture and track customer sentiment in real time. Here are five case studies of organisations using social networks for CRM.


Saturday, October 01, 2011

BBC iPlayer app live in Australia

The global BBC iPlayer App has launched in Australia and is available in the App Store on iPad. The app will give iPad users access to classic and contemporary British television specifically tailored for Australian viewers.


Saturday, October 01, 2011

10 Everyday Hacks for Life and Money

BOSTON (MainStreet) -- You too can be an office ninja and a hacker of everyday life. At its worst, the Internet can be a swampy wasteland of time wasters, misinformation and all-caps political rants. In unexpected places, however, the online hivemind can produce some intriguing ways to beat the system, streamline everyday tasks and solve problems. Think Hints from Heloise filtered through Rick ...


Friday, September 30, 2011

Amazon's 'cloud' browser raises privacy concerns

Facebook and Google's privacy issues are well-known.


Thursday, September 29, 2011

Flying to Europe, for a Little Less

THE good news: Travelers who waited out the summer hoping for lower fares to Europe this fall will find some relief, as flights to Europe are cheaper now than at the beginning of the summer. The bad news: Prices are still higher than they were a year ago.


Tuesday, September 27, 2011

BAE Systems confirms 3,000 job losses across the UK

Defence giant BAE Systems confirmed today that it is cutting almost 3,000 jobs at sites across the country, mainly in its military aircraft division.


Saturday, September 24, 2011

What's so unique about the tropics? 'Less than we thought'

(PhysOrg.com) -- The temperate forests of Canada or Northern Europe may have much more in common with the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia or South America than commonly believed, according to a research group led by a University of British Columbia ecologist.


Friday, September 23, 2011

UK students 'most distracted by social media'

Global survey reveals British students are the world's most easily distracted by social media and the second most-connected on the planet after the Chinese


Thursday, September 22, 2011

U.S. attorney charges poker sites for operating Ponzi scheme

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday accused executives at the online site Full Tilt Poker of operating a Ponzi scheme, siphoning more than $440 million in gamblers' winnings to board members and owners.


Thursday, September 22, 2011

Video: Web sites matching organ donors, recipients

Matchingdonors.com is part of a growing number of living donor websites being used as an alternative to the government's national donor list. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton explains how these kinds of websites are changing the way those in need can receive life-saving organ donations.


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Meet Paperghost - the ethical hacker

A penchant for online gaming brought this webmaster to becoming Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional Awardee in the field of computer security in 2006.


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The Problem With Netflix's Bet on Streaming: Hollywood

If streaming is going to really take off, Netflix needs to convince Hollywood to supply more new movies.


Monday, September 19, 2011

Controversy over web 'assets'

After death, web 'assets' are often tangled in cloud.


Saturday, September 17, 2011

Klum is the most dangerous star on the web

Supermodel and TV personality Heidi Klum has been named the most dangerous star on the internet.


Wednesday, September 14, 2011

After death, Web 'assets' often tangled in cloud

WASHINGTON, September 14, 2011 (AFP) - When you die, does your Facebook account die with you? Or that online photo album? What about your iTunes playlist, blogs or tweets?


Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Hunt: We'll slightly inconvenience pirate sites

And let that be a lesson to them! No, not that lesson In August the government said it wouldn't implement the Digital Economy Act's web-blocking powers. But it still thinks pirate websites hurt British business and wants something to make accessing them more more difficult, and to make sanctions against them less expensive....


Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Cricket365 Terms & Conditions

Cricket365 is a brand name of Rivals Digital Media Ltd (Registration No. 04284373), a subsidiary of 365 Media Group Ltd (Registration No. 04134501), which is an indirect subsidiary of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (Registration No. 2247735). All of these companies are incorporated in England and Wales and share the same registered office at Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD.


Sunday, September 11, 2011

Synthetic drug sales booming on Web

Dealers cover their tracks and make misleading claims as online traffic soars.


Friday, September 09, 2011

British Social Discovery Site Snog.com Looks To Build A Better Hot Or Not; Goes Viral (And Mobile)

The Web has been home to a fair number of questionable memes and websites over the years, really too many to mention here. One among them that you're likely familiar with is "Hot Or Not" , the site that allows visitors to vote on photos of random people based on attractiveness. It's not exactly high brow, but games like this have been around for years -- in various incarnations. In the U.K., the ...


Thursday, September 08, 2011

In Malaysia, Freedom of the (Virtual) Press

The relative freedom Malaysians are allowed on the Internet is calling into question the strict government control of newspaper, radio and television reportage.


Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Barbados promotes historic ties to South Carolina

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The Barbados consulate in Coral Gables, Florida, held a four-day event called "Barbados Comes (Back) to Charleston" over the weekend to promote the West Indian nation's historical ties to Charleston, South Carolina.


Tuesday, September 06, 2011

One Sperm Donor, 150 Sons and Daughters

As the number of children born through artificial insemination increases, concern is growing about having many children fathered by the same donors.


Monday, September 05, 2011

Pregnant Beyonce Celebrated 30th Birthday in Italy with Jay-Z

Beyonce Giselle Knowles or more commonly known as Beyonce celebrated her 30th birthday on September 4, 2011 in Italy with her husband Jay-Z, as reported by various international news sites. Beyonce and Jay-Z Image Credit: Splash News Beyonce was seen enjoying a romantic dinner date with Jay-Z in the romantic city of Venice in Italy. She [...]


Monday, September 05, 2011

One Sperm Donor, 150 Brothers and Sisters

As the number of children born through artificial insemination increases, concern is growing about having many children fathered by the same donors.


Sunday, September 04, 2011

Study: Kids read Web sites more than books

British kids are more likely to read texts, e-mails and Web sites 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. Does that surprise you ...


Saturday, September 03, 2011

Whose Media Is It, Anyway?

2004 was a big year for India in the social media space. Networking Web sites were still a means of adding another link to already established friendships. Friendster started things off in 2002. Facebook didn't break the mold when it debuted two years later; before it became a platform sometimes known for vicarious lifestyling and tom peepery, it too was about connection. But in the Indian ...


Friday, September 02, 2011

Forecourt still rules purchasing behaviour, despite growing importance of the web

Despite the dominance of the internet in deciding which car to purchase, it has yet to challenge the forecourt when it comes to the final act of purchasing.


Thursday, September 01, 2011

Phone sex among Brits on the high!

London, Sept 1 : A new study has suggested that millions of British are using their smartphones to enjoy the world of sex.


Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Parents' stress leaves lasting marks on children's genes

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Child & Family Research Institute have shown that parental stress during their children's early years can leave an imprint on their sons' or daughters' genes -- an imprint that lasts into adolescence and may affect how these genes are expressed later in life.


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Cayman Islands beef up security screening

George Town, Cayman Islands (UPI) Aug 29, 2011 Cayman Islands security authorities are beefing up customs security at all entrance points amid rising fears that criminal and narcotics gangs from other regional locations are targeting the Caribbean territory. The Cayman Islands, a British overseas territory with strong EU connections, is a major global offshore financial center. Neighboring ...


Monday, August 29, 2011

The World's Most Beautiful National Parks

From the majestic Canadian Rockies to the great plains of the Serengeti, these national parks offer breathtaking landscapes you won't soon forget.


Sunday, August 28, 2011

Internet anonymity suffering scrutiny courtesy of the London riots

The Internet alias takes another hit as British officials meet to discuss how to possibly regulate social media.


Saturday, August 27, 2011

Gays, single parents face housing bias

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A study in British Columbia found single parents and gay couples face discrimination when attempting to secure rental housing.


Friday, August 26, 2011

U.K. Police Charge Student in Anonymous Hacking Case

The 22-year-old student from Hartlepool, England, was charged with a conspiracy to impair the operation of a computer or hinder access to a program or data.


Thursday, August 25, 2011

A Genuine Freakshow to flyer HTML5 web app at Reading and Leeds Festivals

UK-based artist sidesteps the app stores in order to promote its music to festivalgoers It's not always easy for a fuzzy-headed festivalgoer to remember on Monday morning all the bands they saw over the weekend. British band A Genuine Freakshow are hoping to jog a few memories as soon as they finish performing at this weekend's Reading and Leeds festivals, though, with a canny promotion for ...


Wednesday, August 24, 2011

UK police protected Games sites in riots

British police have revealed they sent officers to protect major shopping centres and the 2012 Olympics sites after intercepting phone messages.


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Would Anonymous Threaten Someone's Kids?

Anonymous, that nebulous movement of people spearheading civil disobedience and anarchy on the web, has done some unpleasant stuff in the past: ripping apart a digital security company's servers, paralyzing the website of MasterCard and Visa, or reporting that Rupert Murdoch was dead. But are they the kind of folks that would threaten someone's kids?In the early hours of this morning the British ...


Saturday, August 20, 2011

In a race to rave, phony 5-star web reviews go for $5

As online retailers increasingly depend on reviews from such sites as TripAdvisor and Amazon.com as a sales tool, an industry of fibbers and promoters has sprung up to buy and sell raves for a pittance.


Saturday, August 20, 2011

In a Race to Out-Rave, 5-Star Web Reviews Go for $5

A thriving industry is buying and selling rapturous reviews on the Web, and academics and businesses are looking for ways to ferret out the fakes.


Saturday, August 20, 2011

Finding Fake Reviews Online

A thriving industry is buying and selling rapturous reviews on the Web, and academics and businesses are looking for ways to ferret out the fakes.


Thursday, August 18, 2011

House Hunting in ... British Columbia

A TWO-BEDROOM OCEANFRONT HOUSE OFF THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA


Thursday, August 18, 2011

Top 10 American male golfers aged 25 and under

By Rodney Page, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, August 17, 2011 According to various web sites, columnists and radio talk show hosts, Tiger Woods is finished. His missed cut at the PGA Championship proves it. He hasn't won a tournament in two years, and he didn't even qualify for the Fed Ex Cup playoffs. Nice knowing you, Tiger. So who is the next Tiger Woods? Who is the next young American to ...


Thursday, August 18, 2011

Real Estate in British Columbia

Most of the province in western Canada has experienced a slow market in 2011.


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

CrownPeak and Magus Partner to Deliver First Complete SaaS Solution for Web Content Management, Quality and Compliance

CrownPeak, the market-leading Web Content Management Software-as-a-Service solution provider, and Magus, the leader in SaaS website quality and compliance monitoring, today announced a partnership making the Magus ActiveStandards website governance platform available with the CrownPeak Cloud Web Content Management System.


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Police charge 1,000th person in British riots

Police chief urges public on rioters, "Don't let them get away with it"


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

China praises British Prime Minister's plan to censor the web

Here in the US much of our beliefs and culture are based on the notion that all should have unfettered access to the internet and other news sources without censorship of any sort. The practice of censoring the web and other news in China is one of the things that many in the US think [...]


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Censoring mobiles and the net

Seemingly Orwellian moves by Western governments to crack down on the use of technology by citizens are being compared to repressive policies of regimes such as China.


Monday, August 15, 2011

Censoring mobiles and the net: how the West is clamping down

Seemingly Orwellian moves by Western governments to crack down on the use of technology by citizens are being compared to repressive policies of regimes such as China.


Sunday, August 14, 2011

Cameron's call for social media clampdown sparks criticism

British Prime Minister David Cameron is considering banning people from social networks if they were suspected of inciting violence online. The plans have raised concerns among free speech advocates.


Saturday, August 13, 2011

British PM proposes social media ban for rioters

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.


Saturday, August 13, 2011

Britain's PM considers social media ban to curb riots

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he is considering a ban on social networking to help curb the riots that have rocked the country.


Friday, August 12, 2011

London riots: Britain weighs personal freedoms against need to keep order

LONDON ? After four nights of lawlessness that has upended British society and seen 1,200 alleged looters and arsonists swept off the streets, the government is also targeting a digital culprit: social media. Governments from China to the authoritarian regimes targeted in the Arab Spring have sought to control social networking sites, fearing their power to connect and organize dissidents hungry ...


Friday, August 12, 2011

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

Cameron Exploring Crackdown on Social Media After Riots

The British prime minister said safeguards should be considered if Twitter and Facebook were


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Looters hunted down via websites

LONDON: Some Britons have taken to social networking sites to expose rioters who went on the rampage, posting photographs of masked gangs looting and hurling missiles.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Britons use social networking sites to expose rioters

LONDON (AFP) - Britons took to social networking sites on Wednesday to expose the rioters who went on the rampage for four nights, posting photos of masked gangs looting and hurling missiles.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Jeff Gelles: A look back at the World Wide Web's first 20 years

The World Wide Web turned 20 on Saturday, if a technology can be said to celebrate birthdays. That was the date in 1991 when the first website went online at CERN, the Swiss particle-physics laboratory where British scientist Tim Berners-Lee developed its essential software.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

And now.. water cannons

Social networking sites used to expose rioters British PM hails 'fightback' approach and tougher action against rioters Thursday, August 11th, 2011 12:25:00 LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron said a "fightback" had begun Wednesday against Britain's worst riots in a generation, as he authorised the use of water cannon for the first time outside Northern Ireland. Three Asian men were hit and ...


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Social networking sites expose rioters

Britons have used social networking sites to expose rioters.


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

London criticizes press freedoms in Iran

LONDON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Iran is taking concrete steps to ensure that its people are cut off from the outside world through a culture of censorship, London said.


Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Crisis meeting following British mayhem

LONDON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Rioting in 10 London districts and three other British cities quieted by dawn Tuesday as Prime Minister David Cameron was to hold a crisis-response meeting.


Tuesday, August 09, 2011

"Official Technology Careers Website Partner"

Welcome to T-Net British Columbia, BC's leading source for high tech and IT career listings and high quality job applicants. T-Net British Columbia is BC's largest high tech and IT career listing service and is the of the BC Technology Industry Association .


Monday, August 08, 2011

The Actor Rowan Atkinson Walks Away From McLaren F1 Crash

Reports confirmed that the British actor was discharged from a hospital after crashing his supercar in the Cambridgeshire town of Haddon.


Sunday, August 07, 2011

Group hacks US law enforcement sites, steals data

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

The World Wide Web turns 20

DENVER - The Internet is celebrating an important birthday this weekend.


Sunday, August 07, 2011

Group Hacks U.S. Law Enforcement Sites and Steals Data

A group known as Anonymous said that it hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement Web sites.


Saturday, August 06, 2011

Fashion Royalty Zandra Rhodes Arrives to Make Me Beautiful

Make Me Beautiful, the specialists in non pierced and clip on earrings, to launch iconic British punk Zandra Rhodes' new jewellery collection through their online international etail website http: www.make-me-beautiful.co.uk. The Zandra Rhodes Jewellery Collection incorporates the designer's original textile work and like her famous creations will become collector's ...


Friday, August 05, 2011

Boyd Tonkin: Harry Potter and the magic brand

For better or worse, the loudest global conversation around a British author's work this week has nothing to do with the novels that appear -- or don't -- on the Man Booker long-list. On Sunday, the preliminary or "Beta" launch for the Pottermore website invited Harry's fans to solve daily clues in a "Magical Quill" challenge that runs until tomorrow. Successful followers of the speccy spellbinder ...


Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Canada-Based E-Commerce Company Announces New Web Site

SURREY, British Columbia, Aug. 2, 2011 PRNewswire -- Canada-based e-commerce company, V.I. Incorporated, has announced the launch of a new Web site to promote healthy living: www.HealthyLifestyle4Life.com.   The Founder and President of V.I. Incorporated, said, "We are a unique...


Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Report Finds That Luxury Websites Are Falling Short of Chinese Consumer Expectations

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new report, released today by Strangeloop Networks, finds that despite the fact that China is poised to become the world's most powerful online consumer base by 2015, many leading U.S. and European luxury websites are currently delivering a profoundly sub-par user experience. "This study has implications far beyond the luxury market," said Jonathan ...


Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Blocking Newzbin2 paves way for censorship

The court decision to allow BT to block the 'pirate' site means Hollywood is dictating our internet policy In a significant test case brought by six major Hollywood studios, the UK's high court has forced BT to block access for its customers to the so-called "pirate" site Newzbin2. This was hailed as a victory for the creative industries. But it was a defeat for the web and British freedom of ...


Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Alleged LulzSec member released on bail, given curfew and ordered off Web

A crackdown on computer hacktivist groups has turned attention on youths, such as accused hacker Jake Davis, 18


Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Blocking Newzbin2 paves the way for internet censorship | Loz Kaye

The court decision to allow BT to block the 'pirate' site means Hollywood is dictating our internet policy In a significant test case brought by six major Hollywood studios, the UK's high court has forced BT to block access for its customers to the so-called "pirate" site Newzbin2. This was hailed as a victory for the creative industries. But it was a defeat for the web and British freedom of ...


Monday, August 01, 2011

Unlocking the Balearic Islands

  If you're American, the Balearic Islands don't really care about you.Despite their popularity as the summer getaway of choice for a certain party-obsessed and all-inclusive-oriented segment of European sun-seekers, the Balearics remain a bit of a mystery for many American summer travelers. Package tour groups don't cater to us.  Flights to and from the islands aren't geared toward us. Many ...


Monday, August 01, 2011

Help from across the pond

Though, as the adage goes, Great Britain and the United States may be "separated by a common language," they are certainly joined by a common sport. And though "football" may have a different meaning in European circles, producing a round ball on the pitch with a couple of netted goals dispels all potential confusion.


Sunday, July 31, 2011

BBC's 'Friday Night Dinner,' an absurd routine at Mum and Dad's

" Friday Night Dinner " is an enjoyably offbeat British comedy (is there any other kind?) that aired over there earlier this year and begins on BBC America on Saturday night. In concept, it sounds almost too simple: A family dines together once a week. The Goodmans ? Martin and Jackie ? are a middle-age, Jewish- ish empty-nest couple in the London suburbs who, while perhaps not keeping an ...


Friday, July 29, 2011

Hollywood blocks piracy site

Hollywood film studios won a court battle to force a piracy site to stop people accessing pirated films.


Friday, July 29, 2011

Film Studios Force BT To Block Piracy Site

Film studios in Hollywood have won a British High Court battle to force BT to cut internet access to people who try to access pirated films.Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Disney ...


Friday, July 29, 2011

British Police Make Arrest In Net Attacks

The British police announced the arrest on Wednesday of a 19-year-old man who they said was the spokesman of the online vigilante group Lulz Security, which has claimed responsibility for a string of attacks on the Web sites of government agencies and private corporations.


Friday, July 29, 2011

British arrest suspected Annonymous, LulzSec spokesman

LONDON, July 27 (UPI) -- A 19-year-old alleged spokesman for the hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec was arrested Wednesday in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, authorities said.


Friday, July 29, 2011

Anonymous Promotes Legal Boycott of PayPal

Anonymous, the hacker group, asked its thousands of members and supporters to boycott PayPal after Anonymous members were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation last week.


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Off the Beaten Path, History in Philadelphia

Visitors don't often make it to Germantown Avenue, which makes for a great low-cost historic detour if you're in town from elsewhere, or an economical day trip from as far away as Washington or New York.


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

For Suspected Hackers, a Sense of Social Protest

Some of the people suspected of hacking PayPal said they had participated in an online protest.


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Norway's tragedy

DEVASTATED BY the worst attack it has suffered since World War II, Norway will spend a long time mourning the government workers and promising young people tragically murdered last Friday and reflecting on how a killer apparently acting alone could have committed so much mayhem without being stopped. Civilized people everywhere will share the pain of such a terrible and senseless loss ...


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Five Best Monday Columns

Special Committee on Editorial Integrity at the Wall Street Journal  When News Corp. purchased The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, the previous owners insisted on a special committee to oversee editorial integrity. Many feared that the new owners would pressure journalists to tailor their news judgment. The committee, writing in The Wall Street Journal, has found no indication that ...


Sunday, July 24, 2011

Eric Clapton-Chris Evans Ferrari sold at Silverstone auction for £66,500

A yellow Ferrari previously owned by British rock guitarist Eric Clapton and later sold to radio presenter Chris Evans, as shown in the photo below, was sold in an auction in UK for £66,500 or nearly $110,000. 2003 Ferrari 575 Maranello, previously owned by Eric Clapton and Chris Evans Image Credit: SilverstoneAuctions.com According to British [...]


Sunday, July 24, 2011

BT suffers blow in hyperlink patent case

British Telecom's bid to charge ISPs for using hyperlinks suffers a setback as a judge rules that many of its claims are invalid.


Saturday, July 23, 2011

Firefox and Chrome tools block Murdoch-owned websites

Hacking attacks aren't the only headaches for the digital side of Rupert Murdoch's empire. New Firefox and Chrome additions allow people to avoid Murdoch properties on the Web.


Friday, July 22, 2011

The American Debate: Murdoch's media empire has also been doing damage in the U.S.

Don't assume that the scandals engulfing Rupert Murdoch are solely the province of the British. In truth, his media empire has been doing damage on these shores for a long time.


Friday, July 22, 2011

Wendi Deng saves Rupert Murdoch from foam pie (VIDEO)

Wendi Deng, the wife of Rupert Murdoch, stopped a protester from hitting Murdoch with a pie in Tuesday's parliamentary hearing. Wendi Deng has emerged as a viral web star.


Friday, July 22, 2011

Nepali blogger uses Everest to unleash cyber mayhem

Kathmandu, July 20 (IANS) A Nepali blogger, who claims to be based in Massachusetts has unleashed cyber mayhem in the name of Mt Everest, with the victims including Nepal's prime minister, the Indian ambassador to Nepal, major embassies in Kathmandu and media around the world.


Friday, July 22, 2011

Arrests for alleged cyberattack on PayPal

The US says 14 people have been arrested for mounting a cyberattack on the Web site of PayPal in retaliation for suspending the accounts of WikiLeaks.


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation

Arrests follow raids on homes as part of more than 35 search warrants, U.S. Department of Justice says.


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

arrests for alleged cyberattack on PayPal

The US says 14 people have been arrested for mounting a cyberattack on the Web site of PayPal in retaliation for suspending the accounts of WikiLeaks.


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Murdoch Newspapers Tighten Computer Security After Hack

Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group told staff to change their passwords and tighten security, sources said, after hackers attacked the Web site of his tabloid The Sun.


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

LulzSec Returns To Take Out Rupert Murdoch's Servers

The activist hacker group Lulz Security, which announced its retirement in June, resurfaced Monday evening with media mogul Rupert Murdoch as its latest target. The group's members briefly took down all of News International's DNS servers and redirected readers of the U.K.'s Sun tabloid to a fake news story proclaiming Murdoch's death.


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Rupert Murdoch, LulzSec: Hot Trends

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Popular searches on the Internet Tuesday include News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch on the very day the media tycoon goes before a committee of British lawmakers to answer questions regarding the ongoing scandal involving the newspapers he owns. Murdoch is expected to address allegations that journalists at his newspapers hacked into voicemails and paid police to obtain ...


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Murdoch Faces Questions, but Gains Vocal Support

LONDON -- Even by recent standards, it was a long day for Rupert Murdoch. The share price of News Corporation dropped another 4.29 percent, several of his largest newspaper Web sites were hacked and he spent much of his time cramming for his appearance before Parliament on Tuesday to answer questions about the hacking scandal that has engulfed his company and his family.


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

16 Arrested as F.B.I. Hits the Hacking Group Anonymous

Fourteen of the 16 people were charged in connection with an attack on the Web site of the payment service PayPal last December.


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Murdoch Faces Questions, but Gains Board Member's Support

News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch received a bit of good news on a day when his company's share prices dropped and several of his largest newspaper Web sites were hacked.


Sunday, July 17, 2011

Harry Potter and the class of 1997: how our culture has changed since J. K. Rowling's boy wizard first appeared

In 14 years, an unheralded story has become a global cultural phenomenon -- but it can be hard to recognize our contemporary world in the world of 1997.


Sunday, July 17, 2011

Twitterers Tackle Murdoch's Tabloid Scandal

The ever-expanding British phone hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's media empire grabbed the attention of the Twitter universe last week in a way very few stories have. And they offered virtually no sympathy to the beleaguered Australian magnate.


Thursday, July 14, 2011

Mark the calendar for a Belize Birthday Bash

Two big birthdays will be celebrated in the Caribbean Central American region this year as Belize and its first eco-resort, The Lodge at Chaa Creek, both turn 30.(PRWEB) July 13, 2011 Two big birthdays will be celebrated in the Caribbean Central American region this year as Belize and its first eco-resort, The Lodge at Chaa Creek, both turn 30. ...


Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Robert Pattinson fans turn to online sites for tips on stalking the star

TORONTO - For many of Robert Pattinson's most ardent Canadian fans, the summer of 2011 is better known as hunting season.


Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Gordon Brown, Glenn Beck: Hot Trends

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Popular searches on the Internet Tuesday include "Gordon Brown," after the former British prime minister accused News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch's newspapers of having links with criminals. Brown alleges Murdoch's Sunday Times obtained personal information about he and his family illegally. Murdoch's News of the World published its last edition amid an ongoing scandal ...


Sunday, July 10, 2011

The Murdoch empire vs. the BBC

The two media empires clash over online content regulations.


Friday, July 08, 2011

Web hosting: Only the strong survive

The loss of Loudcloud and Intel from the Web hosting niche last week suggests that companies will have to fight to make good in a tougher environment.


Friday, July 08, 2011

Verisign obeys court orders for domain takedowns

Accepts the new ICE age


Friday, July 08, 2011

Netflix, Hulu bring British TV to U.S. viewers

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? What about Steve Coogan's talk-show parody, "Knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge"? Or how about the 2003 political thriller "State of Play".


Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Hackers Select a New Target: Other Hackers

In a fractious free-for-all, rival hackers engage in tit-for-tat attacks on each other, often for no better reason than to outwit the other guy.


Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Parents in Britain fear internet's influence on kids

London, July 4 (IANS) Over a third of British parents fear internet can have bad influence on their children, a study has found.


Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Well Shut My Mouth

July 4, 2011: After years of leaving pro-terrorist web sites alone (so visitors could be monitored), there has been a sudden surge of attacks on these sites. For example, in late June, the main site for distributing pro-terrorist videos, audios and announcements was shut down.


Monday, July 04, 2011

Amy Winehouse caught up in hacker feud

LONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- Computer experts say the hacking of Amy Winehouse's Web site may have been a jab at a rival hacker group rather than the British singer.


Saturday, July 02, 2011

Hackers take down al-Qaida again

WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- An attack that has disrupted al-Qaida's Web sites appears to have been carried out by hackers with government backing, an expert said.


Friday, July 01, 2011

GORDON BROWN MADE VICTIM OF TAIB'S MALICIOUS INTERNET CAMPAIGN

. Sarawak Report The former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has been caught up in a vicious defamation campaign run by right wing bloggers in the United States and then reproduced in Malaysia online. According to research by this blog, which is edited by Brown's sister in law, Clare Rewcastle Brown, the far Republican blog, New Ledger, has been hired by [...]


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

British TV just a click away

NEW YORK -- 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? What about Steve Coogan's talk-show parody, Knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partr ...


Monday, June 27, 2011

Despite All the Attention, LulzSec Hackers Failed

Just as suddenly as they appeared, they're gone. After 50 days of digital trouble-making that included apparent instances of theft, vandalism, exposure of confidential information and otherwise and generally creating a public nuisance, the LulzSec hacking troupe has, so its members announced Saturday, disbanded.


Sunday, June 26, 2011

Foundem takes on Google's search methods

Foundem is a small shopping comparison site that's become a big thorn in Google's side. The British company's complaints to the European Commission helped launch its broad antitrust probe of the Mountain View search...


Sunday, June 26, 2011

Bits: Hacking Group Lulz Security Says It Is Ending Spree

A statement attributed to Lulz Security, which has tormented the computer systems of corporations and government agencies for 50 days, says it is calling it quits.


Saturday, June 25, 2011

Hackers leak Tony Blair data over Iraq war

LulzSec rival hacker group releases contact information for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and purportedly contents of his electronic address book, as well.


Saturday, June 25, 2011

Arrest Puts Spotlight on Brazen Hacking Group LulzSec

Authorities linked Ryan Cleary, 19, to LulzSec, a hacking group that has attacked Web sites including those of United States Senate, the Central Intelligence Agency, PBS and Sony.


Friday, June 24, 2011

British Charge Teenager in LulzSec Hacking Attacks

Authorities linked Ryan Cleary, 19, to LulzSec, a hacking group that has attacked Web sites including those of United States Senate, the Central Intelligence Agency, PBS and Sony.


Thursday, June 23, 2011

London police charge alleged LulzSec hacker

The man arrested in connection with DDoS attacks against several U.K. Web sites and others has been charged in three separate incidents. He remains in custody after a brief hearing Thursday.


Thursday, June 23, 2011

The 'Net doesn't forget: Managing disgrace in the digital age

Experts say it's unlikely they can scrub the web clean of every embarrassing photo or video ? not in our hyper-connected, sharing-obsessed culture.


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The LulzSec Effect: Chaos Breeds Chaos

Over the past month or so, Lulz Security has become a household name on the Internet. The hactivist group has become synonymous with mischief, pranks, and all-purpose flouting of online decorum. It has leaked people's personal information just for fun, taken down government Web sites just to show it can, and gone after myriad small gaming sites by popular request, all the while with its virtual ...


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Dig team returns to uncover Jersey's Ice Age past

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of archaeologists from British universities are due to return to Jersey to start their second season excavating across the island. Over the course of a month they will investigate a late ice age hunting camp in St Saviours, trace buried ice age coastlines and use sonar to map ancient landscapes submerged beneath the seas off the island's coast.


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

UK consumers setting a high bar for online shopping experience: report

British consumers show little forgiveness towards poor e-commerce sites but reward those that perform well and provide them with timely, personalised offers, according to a new survey from Apptus and YouGov.


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

LulzSec Profiled As U.K. Arrests Suspected Member

Busted? With handles such as Sabu, Tflow and Topiary, the fun-loving hacksters at LulzSec may have met their matches as cybersecurity researchers begin to put together a profile of the group that has launched denial-of-service attacks against the U.S. Senate, the Central Intelligence Agency, Sony, a British law-enforcement unit and a slew of other sites.


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

LulzSec Scoffs at Report the U.K. Arrested One of Them

Things are getting serious for the troublemaking hackers of Lulz Security . Just as the group was preparing to launch the first batch of data it gleaned from its crowd-sourced hacktivist project called Operation Anti-Security, British police announced one member had been arrested in Essex, U.K. According to The   Guardia n, the British Metropolitan Police worked with the U.S. Federal Bureau of ...


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

LulzSec suspect arrested in U.K., reports say

British police arrest 19-year-old man following probe into network intrusions and attacks, and reports suggest that he could be at the top of the hacker group. Originally posted at The Digital Home


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

AP IMPACT: Tritium leaks found at many nuke sites

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Zdeno Chara thrust the Stanley Cup high above his 6-foot-9 frame, knocking off his own championship hat and nearly falling down.


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

History Says Most New ICANN Domains Will Fail

If the Smithsonian can't be bothered to register a "si.museum" domain, what does this mean for the boatload of new top-level domains due at the end of 2012?


Monday, June 20, 2011

Newly Activist LulzSec Rushes to Sega's Defense

The hack into the SegaPass online newsletter and gaming service that the company announced yesterday bears the hallmarks of a Lulz Security attack. Confidential login information for some 1.3 million users was leaked, just like what LulzSec did with information from Pron.com, Sony, and an unnamed site tentatively identified as Writerspace. But unlike those leaks, which LulzSec bragged about on ...


Monday, June 20, 2011

Sideshow: Winehouse cancels part of European tour

British singer Amy Winehouse is canceling part of her European tour after she was booed for her addled behavior during a Saturday concert in Belgrade, Serbia. No show in Istanbul on Monday or in Athens on Wednesday, says publicity company Outside Organization. Whether she will do the rest of the 12-date tour will be "worked out as soon as possible."


Monday, June 20, 2011

Celebrating the war that helped shape Canada

Starting July 18 and continuing on the third Monday of each month until the War of 1812 bicentennial celebrations begin, the Standard will explore the sites, events and people of the War of 1812.[...]


Friday, June 17, 2011

Are We Running Out of Silver?

The Goldsmiths CLXXXIX addressed the clever and crooked operations of the House of Rothschild which was beginning to be understood in the 1930s--because of the depression caused by the Rothschilds and their cousin bankers (like the Oppenheimers, Lazards, Warburgs, Roggenfelders, etc). This prevailing recognition of the evils of the Rothschild Cabal prompted the pro-Rothschild, 1934, US movie on ...


Friday, June 17, 2011

What People are Doing With 62,000 Leaked Logins

Related: LulzSec Says it Hacked into U.S. Senate Site


Thursday, June 16, 2011

BBC reveals global iPlayer launch plans

BBC Worldwide boss Jana Bennett has announced that the global BBC iPlayer will launch as a pilot app on Apple's iPad, in a speech to the Banff World Television Festival yesterday.


Wednesday, June 15, 2011

LulzSec Takes Requests; Maine Local News Editor Denies Involvement

The hacking collective Lulz Security continued its campaign of mischief yesterday with eight hacks into gaming sites, an online magazine, and an IT security company. At this point, the group's attacks on seemingly random Web targets are getting fairly commonplace, and yesterday's hacks, while disruptive, didn't result in data breaches or other serious consequences (except a lot of annoyed gamers ...


Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Deals of the Day: Is Pandora's Valuation Too Rich?

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity.


Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Privacy group hits out at HMRC spying robots

The modern day sheriff of Nottingham - otherwise known as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), has decided to employ "web robot'"software to help it spy on people it believes are guilty of dodging their tax duty.


Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Google Maps tops UK connected mobile apps list with 6.4m users

New comScore data also highlights sharp growth of WhatsApp Messenger service for British users More than 6.4 million people in the UK used the Google Maps mobile app in April 2011, according to new research published by comScore and mobile industry body the GSMA. That made it the most popular connected app in the UK, with Yahoo Weather (3.6 million) edging Facebook (3.5 million) into third place ...


Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Porn site users beware: Hackers may have your email

The mischievous computer hacking team known as LulzSec has turned its attention from consumer electronics maker Sony to the pornography industry -- at least for now.


Sunday, June 12, 2011

Porn Site Users Beware: LulzSec Posts Your E-mail Address

LulzSec takes credit for hack attack on pornographic websites in what could be a potentially embarrassing episode for users of the sites


Sunday, June 12, 2011

Financial times introduces Web app in effort to bypass Apple

A number of publishers have expressed their displeasure with Apple's plan to retain 30 percent of the revenue from subscriptions sold on iTunes.


Saturday, June 11, 2011

Spanish Police Arrest 'Anonymous' Members for Sony PlayStation Hack

Police in Spain have arrested three people associated with the clandestine Web group known as Anonymous for their alleged role in recent hacks of Sony's systems, government Web sites, and more.


Thursday, June 09, 2011

The anti-social workplace

Do social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter impede or encourage productivity? Can they get companies in  trouble? That's one of the big questions confronting some businesses.


Thursday, June 09, 2011

London examines domestic terror threat

LONDON, June 8 (UPI) -- London unveiled a revised strategy aimed at preventing extremist ideology at the community level though critics said the measure isn't good enough.


Thursday, June 09, 2011

The Cupcake Bombers

June 8, 2011: British intelligence (MI6) recently hacked into al Qaeda's online magazine ("Inspire") and quietly replaced bomb making instructions with cupcake recipes, and removed or modified other information.


Wednesday, June 08, 2011

It's never been easier to share inspiration

Self-made teachers' sites are challenging the established ELT portals It wasn't so long ago that online "communities of practice", discussion groups and forums were all the rage for English language teachers. If you wanted to join one you went along to sites such as the BBC British Council's Teaching English or Macmillan's One Stop English , signed up and you were instantly part of a community ...


Wednesday, June 08, 2011

News Ltd to charge for web content

News Ltd believes people will still read newspapers in a decade's time, but already fewer are turning to print on weekdays - and to offset those losses, it will ask people to pay to read its news websites.


Wednesday, June 08, 2011

These entities are shaping and reshaping Internet

Some organization and countries have changed the online world for better or worse.


Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Digital archeology: Showcasing the web's first artistic offerings

Only two decades or so after the creation of the World Wide Web, the first "digital archaeology" exhibit of the earliest websites and music videos is making its North American debut.


Friday, June 03, 2011

Deals of the Day: Good Deal? Groupon Files for IPO

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity.


Friday, June 03, 2011

Learn How to Navigate the New World of Investing From StockTwits CEO Howard Lindzon. Sunday, 1 P.M. FREE

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 06 02 11) - New information channels are revolutionizing stock investing today. Investors can learn how to leverage this information at a special free event this Sunday, June 5, at Cambridge House International's World Resource Investment Conference. The conference runs Sunday and Monday, June 5 & 6 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, East. Beginning at ...


Wednesday, June 01, 2011

EU to warn foot-dragging states on e-privacy law

The European Commission plans to call Britain and Denmark to account for dragging their feet on enforcing a controversial new law to protect people's privacy on-line, a spokesman said.


Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Extorre Gold Mines Limited: High Gold-Silver Grades Continue for the Zoe Discovery at Cerro Moro

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 05 31 11) - Extorre Gold Mines Limited (TSX: XG - News )(AMEX: XG - News )(Frankfurt: E1R - News ), "Extorre" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that high grade gold-silver results continue to be returned from drilling on the Zoe discovery at Cerro Moro in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Assay highlights include: MD1220 intersected 8.00 metres ("m ...


Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Twitter saga

Rory Cellan-Jones on why the internet is not beyond the law


Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Study: Friends Hard to Keep Up with on Twitter, Facebook

A study by researchers at Indiana University pegs the maximum number of friends a user can truly keep in contact with on sites like Twitter and Facebook at roughly 150 people.


Sunday, May 29, 2011

Google Chrome TV advert 'Dear Hollie' to air during Champions League Final

Google is to air its first UK TV advert during the UEFA Champions League Final, reworking an American advert for its Chrome browser for a British audience.


Saturday, May 28, 2011

Web makes mockery of gagging orders

Do you know the name of the actor who slept with the prostitute who slept with Manchester United soccer star Wayne Rooney?How about the A-list celebrity being sued for $20 million for deliberately giving his partner a sexually...


Saturday, May 28, 2011

New sites help muscle out the middlemen

Websites help businesses access capital or negotiate better deals by linking buyer and provider online


Friday, May 27, 2011

Educating the Next Generation of Energy Conservation Leaders -- Surrey School District Partners with Pulse Energy for ...

British Columbia's largest, and one of its fastest growing school districts, has announced a partnership with energy intelligence provider, Pulse Energy. The relationship will assist the Surrey school district in meeting its goal of a 10,000,000 kWh reduction in energy use over the next five years and provide Surrey schools with a new tool to educate the next generation of energy consumers and ...


Thursday, May 26, 2011

Study reveals most biologically rich island in Southern Ocean

The first comprehensive study of sea creatures around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia reveals a region that is richer in biodiversity than even many tropical sites, such as the Galapagos Islands. The study provides an important benchmark to monitor how these species will respond to future environmental change.


Thursday, May 26, 2011

Artbeads.com Sees 6% Revenue Increase after Accelerating Its Website

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Artbeads.com, one of the largest bead and jewelry supply ecommerce sites in the United States, has selected the Strangeloop Site Optimizer to improve page load times on its website. Immediately following implementation, the company has reported a dramatic increase in their online sales. "The Strangeloop Site Optimizer greatly outperformed our hopes ...


Thursday, May 26, 2011

Northwest News: Elma's dairy princess is lactose intolerant; conjoined British Columbia twins share head, and maybe mind

Pacific Northwest News gives you a window into what's happening in our own neck of the woods.


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Matthew Norman: When it's a game without rules, chaos is inevitable

Into what a tangled web we were dunked, as the old saw almost had it, when first Giggsy chose to superinjunct. How it came to this -- how a dime a dozen coupling between a football demigod and a reality TV show contestant grew into the embryo of a constitutional war -- is an intriguing issue with plenty to teach us about ourselves. For this is an ineffably British tale that draws together several ...


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

High court upholds married soccer star's privacy rights

Despite being publicly named in British parliament, by 75,000 Twitter users and on innumerable web sites, the British High Court has refused to lift the super injunction on a married British soccer player who has sought legal protection to cover up an affair.


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

People in 20s 'have more than 1,000 friends than those in 50s in Facebook'

London, May 24 (ANI): A new study conducted by consumer research group Intersperience has revealed that social networking sites certainly do not allure people aged above fifties in the UK as they have fewer than 20 friends on Facebook whereas people in twenties have more than 1,000 friends on the same site.


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

British Lawmakers Join Fray as Twitter Tests Law

LONDON -- After he cleverly obtained a court ruling forbidding the news media from reporting on his possible affair with a "Big Brother" contestant, the Manchester United soccer player Ryan Giggs must have thought he had avoided a whole lot of trouble.


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

U.K. Media Finally Start Ignoring Law That Prevents Them From Typing "Ryan Giggs"

Just about everyone in the U.K., and lots of people outside of the country, knows that soccer star Ryan Giggs is rumored to have had an affair with a reality TV star. They also know that Giggs has gotten the English courts to decree that the media can't discuss any of this, including his name or ...


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Free speech on Twitter faces test

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


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

As Twitter Spread Athlete's Name in Scandal, Parliament Reconsiders Super-injunction

Lawmakers may adjust a privacy injunction after Twitter's gleeful circumvention of a ruling.


Sunday, May 22, 2011

The Gossip Machine, Churning Out Cash

LOS ANGELES -- In late July 2010, the Southampton, N.Y., police charged Michael Lohan, the father of the actress Lindsay Lohan, with physically harassing his fiancée. When the news hit on the gossip Web site TMZ, Mr. Lohan was at the Sunset Tower in Los Angeles, where he had been on the interview circuit discussing his daughter's imprisonment stemming from drunken-driving charges.


Saturday, May 21, 2011

The conniption around IP and copyright law

With a debate about major changes to IP, copyright and piracy statutes erupting in Washington, industry lobbyists and Google are engaged in a war of words.


Saturday, May 21, 2011

VIDEO: Irish toast to Queen's humility

Writer and broadcaster Fergal Keane explains how the Queen's visit to Ireland has helped chased away old ghosts.


Friday, May 20, 2011

Websites offer royal titles, priesthoods

PRIESTHOODS can be obtained online for free, while lordships, knighthoods and countships are being offered for $45 each.


Thursday, May 19, 2011

Why Google Would Defend The Pirate Bay

Eric Schmidt warns European governments not to pass 'foolish' laws to censor sites.


Thursday, May 19, 2011

Complex Media Network Partners With UK's Protein

The move is the first in a series of international ventures.


Thursday, May 19, 2011

Scientist develops new and free way to send large files around the Web

A new way to send large files around the Web completely free of charge has been launched by the University of Southampton.


Thursday, May 19, 2011

Southampton scientist develops new and free way to send large files around the Web

( University of Southampton ) A new way to send large files around the Web completely free of charge has been launched by the University of Southampton.


Thursday, May 19, 2011

Netflix now king of U.S. Web traffic

Netflix streaming movies now fill more of the U.S.'s internet tubes than any other service, including peer-to-peer file sharing, which long held the top spot -- to the consternation of Hollywood.


Wednesday, May 18, 2011

China ponders this royal business

BEIJING - The glamour of the British royal wedding is slowly disappearing from China's photo spreads, but it seems to have opened the door to a debate on the allure of old Britain's soft power and what makes an aspiring China lack it.


Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Police blotter: Child porn blamed on computer virus

In this week's installment, a former eighth-grade teacher blames a virus when police discover computer images of child porn.


Friday, May 13, 2011

Canadians find mainstream news media more trustworthy than social networks: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- The increased competition for attention in the digital era has not eroded public confidence in the mainstream news media, according to a study by researchers from the University of British Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism.


Friday, May 13, 2011

Social Networking Here To Stay Despite Security Risks

IT pros must find a way to balance the risks and rewards of Web 2.0 platforms like Facebook and Linked In, security expert says.


Thursday, May 12, 2011

Angry Birds attack the Web, work hours at stake

The pop culture sensation 'Angry Birds' is now available on the Web browser.


Thursday, May 12, 2011

Social Network Users Have More Online Friends

Users of social networking sites such as Facebook have twice the number of friends online as they do in real life, according to new study by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust in Britain. The survey of 3,000 participants found that the typical British social network user has 121 friends online, compared with 55 real life friends. The study also revealed that one in 10 people found their best friend ...


Tuesday, May 10, 2011

For Top News Sites, Facebook Drives More Traffic Than Twitter [STATS ]

Facebook is a more valuable source of traffic to top news sites than Twitter, according a Pew Research Center study released Monday. The study looked at Nielsen data from the 25 news websites with the highest number of unique monthly visitors. About 35% to 40% of traffic to the sites came from links on other sites, as opposed to readers typing in a URL directly or clicking to another page on the ...


Tuesday, May 10, 2011

48 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

it seems like the news cycle just won't stop -- there have been a slew of major events worth nothing from international politics to British royalty. This week saw the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton, U.S. tornadoes, the death of Osama Bin Laden, and of course, this weekend's big event: Mother's Day. With all the hubbub, we understand if you missed a story or two from Mashable's ...


Saturday, May 07, 2011

The second wave of Google's Panda

It's back: We're in the thick of Google's second wave of its Panda update. And like the first time, it isn't pretty. The king of search recently reissued the algorithm adjustments for expanded international reach and also included updates as a result of sites users were blocking. "Based on our testing," the Google web master blog read, "we've found the algorithm is very accurate at detecting ...


Friday, May 06, 2011

Hawks tap into motivation

A challenging and somewhat unfamiliar opponent, and a tough schedule, stand between the Portland Winterhawks and the Western Hockey League championship. Portland opens the WHL finals with games Friday (7:30 p.m.) and Saturday (7 p.m.) at the Rose Garden. The Hawks face the Kootenay Ice from British ...


Thursday, May 05, 2011

Lens: Wanted ? Dead, Alive or Photoshopped

President Obama's decision not to release photographs of Osama bin Laden's corpse will probably do nothing to diminish demand. There is already a market in fakes.


Thursday, May 05, 2011

Royal wedding tops iTunes TV chart

The royal wedding has become the most downloaded TV programme on the British version of iTunes.


Saturday, April 30, 2011

British firm offered spying software to Egyptian regime -- documents

Gamma Internationa's Finfisher program would have enabled government spies to monitor activists and censor websites A British company offered to sell a program to the Egyptian security services that experts say could infect computers, hack into web-based email and communications tools such as Skype and even take control of other groups' systems remotely, according to documents seen by the ...


Tuesday, April 26, 2011

US surpasses UK in online coverage of Will and Kate

LOS ANGELES, April 26 ? America's romance with royalty is blooming, just four days away from Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton. The Web sites of traditional media outlets in the United States have taken a front-row seat for Britain's royal wedding, outpacing the online coverage of their UK counterparts, Nielsen Co said on Monday. The ...


Tuesday, April 26, 2011

God Particle: Particle Research & Associated Rumors

God particle discovery rumors are engrossing the Internet after speculative web sites began posting unfounded claims on the elusive scientific research effort.


Saturday, April 23, 2011

iPhones, iPads secretly tracking user's whereabouts

The iPhone 4 and 3G-enabled iPad 2 secretly record information about the whereabouts of their users and store that information in unencrypted files, according to two British researchers at the University of Exeter.


Monday, April 18, 2011

CNET analyzes Google search engine changes

CNET evaluates nearly 100,000 search results to learn which Web sites are the winners and losers after Google's latest changes to its algorithm.


Monday, April 18, 2011

Testing Google's Panda algorithm: CNET analysis

CNET tests nearly 100,000 search results to learn what Web sites are the winners and losers after Google's latest changes to its algorithm.


Monday, April 18, 2011

London Markets: Banks lead U.K. stocks lower

Bank stocks fall sharply in London as sovereign debt worries continue to haunt the sector and after Standard & Poor's cuts its outlook on the U.S. to negative.


Monday, April 18, 2011

Home Service companies need to be more responsive to online customers

The study from market research specialists eDigitalResearch, found that only 6 of the 20 sites benchmarked managed to score above 50% for email contact as customers became increasingly frustrated with unhelpful or delayed responses, compared with a top score of 87.8% for the account area, reaffirming that users expect added customer support, as well as innovative website tools.


Friday, April 15, 2011

Hawks win 4-2, can clinch series Friday

The Portland Winterhawks are one win away from moving on to the Western Hockey League Western Conference finals. The Winterhawks beat Kelowna 4-2 Wednesday at Kelowna, British Columbia, to take a 3-1 lead in the WHL second-round series. The Hawks can clinch the series at 7 Friday night at the ...


Friday, April 15, 2011

Dunkin' Donuts, Brian Regan: Hot Trends

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- "Dunkin' Donuts" is trending on Twitter after the coffee chain unveiled its upgraded Web site on Tuesday. One new feature called the Trip Planner allows travelers to locate Dunkin' Donuts stores along the route of their road trip. Dunkin' Donuts IPO Bound: Reports "By offering even more information that our guests frequently ask for, I'm hopeful that this new Web site ...


Friday, April 15, 2011

Early Windows 8 build leaks to web

Screenshots: It was inevitable, really. An early Windows 8 build has leaked to the web, and though it's early days, some changes are afoot.


Saturday, April 09, 2011

British Museum Wants To Lift A Rare World War Two Era German Dornier 17 Bomber

German Dornier 17 aircraft found on British coast Image Credit: Port of London Authority Reson A British meseum wants to raise for collection a rare World War Two era German bomber that has been discovered on shifting seabed off British coast. The lost German Dornier 17 bomber was said to have sunk some 50ft to the [...]


Saturday, April 09, 2011

Correcting the Web's many lies

If you want to set the record straight on a false rumor, you can pay a hefty fee to a new site, iCorrect, to do so. But that won't stop the rumor mill from continuing to churn.


Friday, April 08, 2011

F-Secure Research Finds Growing Number of Spam-Like Websites and Content Farms

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - 04 07 11) - Finding high-quality information through Internet search engines is becoming increasingly difficult as sites featuring repetitive and inferior content multiply. Data from F-Secure 's Browsing Protection reputation engine confirms speculation that millions of low-quality sites are being created every month. Professor Vivek Wadhwa* sparked a major debate on ...


Friday, April 08, 2011

First "Flying" Submarine to Explore Deepest Ocean, Richard Branson's Latest "Toy"

British Billionaire Richard Branson launches the first "flying" submarine that will explore the deepest points in five oceans all over the globe. This was reported by international news sites, April 5, 2011.


Friday, April 08, 2011

Web creator works to bridge digital divide

Modern mobile phones offer basic web access that has the potential to accelerate social and economic change in the developing world, says the worldwide web inventor.


Friday, April 08, 2011

Superbug NDM1 found in New Delhi water, Health Secretary says 'Don't panic'

The superbug NDM 1 gene was reportedly found in the water in New Delhi, India, but the country's Health Secretary tells public not to worry. Superbug NDM 1 Image Credit: topnews.co.uk According to international news sites on Thursday, April 07, 2011, British scientists discovered that the water supply in New Delhi has what is known [...]


Friday, April 08, 2011

Sony sites offline after Anonymous attack threats

Sony works to restore Web sites that are downed after threats by Anonymous hacking group.


Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Indian Living God: Sathya Sai Baba Still in Critical Condition

Hyderabad, India -- Sathya Sai Baba, 85, whose followers believe him to be a living god, is still in critical condition, several international news sites reported on Tuesday. Sathya Sai Baba Image Credit: Saibaba.ws According to reports, Baba was admitted to the hospital on March 28 due to lung and chest congestion. His condition has [...]


Wednesday, April 06, 2011

US Government Shutdown Seen as White House Rejects One-Week GOP Term?

The US government is heading for a shutdown unless an agreement would occur on budget slashes for the operation of the US Federal Government. According to US news sites, April 5, 2011, Boehner and his team had offered a $12 billion cut for another week of operations.


Thursday, March 31, 2011

Japan disaster sparks social media innovation

TOMOKO A. HOSAKA Associated Press TOKYO As Japan grapples with an unprecedented triple disaster ? earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis ? the Web has spawned creativity and innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering. Once the magnitude of the March 11 disaster became clear, the online world began asking, "How can we help?" And for that, social media offered the ideal platform for ...


Thursday, March 31, 2011

Ancient Metal Bible Books: Metal Tablets Discovered Part Of Bible's Book Of Revelation?

Ancient Metal Bible Books Image Credit: Daily Mail An ancient metal book that may contain a documentation of early Christianity was found in Eastern Jordan, according to several international sites. The metal books are now being authenticated by "dumbstruck" British archaeologists. According to reports, the discovery of the 70 lead codices is considered as the [...]


Thursday, March 31, 2011

'Hitler House' becomes online sensation

A TERRACE house in Wales has become an unlikely web star after internet users decided that it looks a lot like Adolf Hitler's face.


Thursday, March 31, 2011

Welsh 'Hitler House' causes Internet stir

The Associated Press The Associated Press LONDON An unassuming semi-detached house in Wales has become an unlikely Web star after Internet users decided that it looks a lot like Adolf Hitler's face. The Swansea home's tan-colored, four-window facade stared out from British tabloid newspapers Wednesday following heavy distribution on social networking sites. Its resemblance to the dictator's face ...


Sunday, March 27, 2011

Search Week in Review for March 26, 2011

Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for the week of March 20 to 26, as reported by Search Engine Watch , as well as search news and tips from around the web. Click to read the rest of this post...


Sunday, March 27, 2011

The Best Sites for Apple iPhone Rumors

Most rumor sites seem to make up stuff, but a few have a good track record if you're looking for a hint of what is to come


Sunday, March 27, 2011

Kunekt Issues Cease and Desist Demands to Unauthorized Web Sites and E-Letters

Mark Bruk, president and chairman of Kunekt


Saturday, March 19, 2011

Is This Why My Facebook Page Keeps Playing the National Anthem?

The U.S. military has plans to use social-networking sites to spread pro-American propaganda, according to a British newspaper. The really freaky part is that the plans call for operatives to pose as normal people while spreading the message: The project has been likened by web experts to China's attempts to control and restrict free speech on the internet.... [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the ...


Saturday, March 19, 2011

Kevin Costner to play Clark Kent's father Jonathan in new Superman movie

Kevin Costner is set to play Clark Kent's adoptive father, Jonathan in the new Superman movie, with British actor Henry Cavill to play the role of Clark Kent Superman which was announced last January. Kevin Costner file photo Image Credit: Examiner.com In a press release by Warner Bros on Friday, March 18, 2011, movie director Zack [...]


Saturday, March 19, 2011

New York Times Again Seeks to Charge for Web News

The company will is taking another stab at getting readers to pay for digital news.


Saturday, March 19, 2011

Libya declares immediate ceasefire as UN announces no-fly zone, British plans air attack

Libyan government has declared an immediate ceasefire on Friday, March 18, 2011, as the United Nations Security Council announced a no-fly zone over Libya and British air forces reportedly plan to attack the country. On Thursday night, UN was reported to have voted 10 to 0 with five abstentions, authorizing "states to take all necessary [...]


Friday, March 18, 2011

Asia Week Dealers Stress Provenance

As Asia Week arrives, and with it concerns over forgeries, dealers are focusing more than ever on pieces from well-researched collections.


Friday, March 18, 2011

New York Times again seeks to charge for web news

The New York Times will start charging for full access to its website as it takes another stab at getting readers to pay for news.


Friday, March 18, 2011

UPDATE 4-New York Times again seeks to charge for web news

* New York Times rolls out pay model in Canada * Will start charging U.S. and worldwide readers March 28 * Print subscribers will have free access to website * Will begin to use Apple subscription service ...


Friday, March 18, 2011

How to avoid disaster-related Internet scams

Officials warn of scams in the wake of the disasters in Japan. Here's how to avoid them.


Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Phony Japan Donation Sites Prompt FBI Warning

Phony charity donation sites have started popping up online, prompting warnings from federal agents and Texas consumer watchdogs, Local 2 Investigates reports.


Wednesday, March 16, 2011

London Olympics 2012 countdown clock stops, VISA card holders cannot buy tickets online

The London Olympics 2012 countdown clock stopped one day after the 500-day countdown starts, while VISA card holders cannot buy tickets online for the said events. London Olympics 2012 tickets Image Credit: London2012.com As British news sites reported on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, these two problems were encountered during the start of the 500-day countdown [...]


Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Simple steps can keep donations safe, secure - Tue, 15 Mar 2011 PST

Scammers already are trying to take advantage of the outpouring of compassion following Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster. Let it be a warning for charity-minded individuals to be on the lookout for phony aid appeals. One fraudulent scheme involves an e-mail claiming to be from the British Red Cross. It asks recipients to make Japan aid donations via wire transfer, FBI spokeswoman Jenny ...


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Top ways to keep aid donations away from scammers

Scammers already are trying to take advantage of the outpouring of compassion following Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster. Let it be a warning for charity-minded individuals to be on the lookout for phony aid appeals.


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Microsoft Announces Global Availability of Internet Explorer 9

More Than 250 Top Sites From Around the Globe Join the Launch of Internet Explorer 9 to Celebrate a More Beautiful, Immersive Web


Sunday, March 13, 2011

Australian State Poll Candidate, Stuart Baanstra, Disrobes in Support of Unclad Groups

Stuart Baanstra, an Australian State poll candidate, has disrobed in central Sydney building in support of the nudist community. This was disclosed by international news sites March 11.


Sunday, March 13, 2011

European Cookie-Consent Initiative: Naively Well-Intentioned, But A Step Backwards

Starting late this spring, the naively well-intentioned European e-Privacy "cookie-consent" initiative will start to make its presence felt in Britain. As a result, British Internet users will soon be faced with an onslaught of cookie-consent requests and explanations that will confuse, confound and annoy nearly all users, while ultimately undermining the ability of British companies to compete ...


Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Deals of the Day: Raj Rajaratnam's Big Gamble ? Taking the Stand

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity.


Tuesday, March 08, 2011

G20 Cyber Attack Confirmed by French Government

The French government confirmed G20 cyber attack Monday, March 7, 2011 according to international news sites. Budget Minister Francois Baroin revealed the "spectacular" attack involving the ministry's over 150 computers between December 2010 and March 2011.


Thursday, March 03, 2011

Galliano wins cyber-squatting case at U.N. agency

British designer John Galliano, who was sacked by fashion house Christian Dior for his alleged anti-Semitic behavior, won a cyber-squatting case on Wednesday.


Thursday, March 03, 2011

John Galliano apologizes, to face court but will file charges

British fashion designer John Galliano apologized for his alleged racist behavior, and will face court trial but says he will file charges, according to international news sites on Wednesday. John Galliano file photo Image Credit: TheGloss.com A day after Christian Dior fired him, John Galliano said he is sorry for his recent behavior, when he [...]


Thursday, March 03, 2011

Foursquare names world's rudest cities

Based on the number of rude words used in check-ins, Foursquare names Manchester, England, as the world's rudest English-speaking city, closely followed by El Paso, Texas. Pittsburgh only comes third.


Thursday, March 03, 2011

Strangeloop Partners with Exclusive Concepts to Speed up Websites for Yahoo! Merchants

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Strangeloop, a leading provider of website acceleration solutions, has partnered with Exclusive Concepts, Inc. to offer its proprietary Site Optimizer service to Yahoo! store merchants worldwide. Yahoo! Merchant Solutions is the largest hosted platform for ecommerce stores, with more Internet Retailer® Top 500 retailers using Yahoo! than any other ...


Thursday, March 03, 2011

Google's content farm crackdown causes collateral damage

Google issued its largest search algorithm update ever in attempt to weed out "low quality" sites last week, but an odd number of legitimate Web sites have been hit by the update as well. Meanwhile, some spammy sites seem entirely unaffected or boosted by the update. Does Google know what it's doing?


Thursday, March 03, 2011

Facebook and Twitter 'help to politicize' today's youth

The web, social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook in particular, are helping to politicize today's youth by giving them a platform to argue their points and opinions.


Saturday, February 26, 2011

Google to 'demote' some sites in search

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. search giant Google says it will make changes to demote "low-quality" or "shallow" Web sites from search results, a move aimed at "content farms."


Saturday, February 26, 2011

In San Francisco, Anticipating a Rare Sight: Snow

San Francisco residents and Web sites were eagerly awaiting a dusting of snow that had been forecast for Friday. The last snow fall came 35 years ago, in February 1976.


Saturday, February 26, 2011

Tapping the Innovative Masses

The creative power of technology users awaits mining by companies, says Eric von Hippel. Where does most product innovation come from? You might look for it in the R&D units of consumer-product manufacturers, but you'd be better off checking the basement workshop of your next-door neighbor. In a survey conducted in the U.K. last year, MIT's Eric von Hippel and colleagues found evidence that that ...


Saturday, February 26, 2011

WikiLeaks' Assange Loses Fight to Avoid Extradition to Sweden

Julian Assange lost the fight against extradition to Sweden, making it even more likely the United States will be the next to demand his extradition to face charges relating to the posting of allegedly stolen confidential U.S. State Department cables on WikiLeaks.


Saturday, February 26, 2011

Shoddy Web experiences driving users from the mobile Internet

Remember the dark days of dial-up Internet? Those long, painful seconds waiting for Web pages to load and for requests to process? Those random disconnections? Those exorbitant hourly fees?


Saturday, February 26, 2011

Ford Planning Global Ad Campaign for its Global Car

Television and print ads will look similar from country to country; digital ads, on Web sites and in social media, will be more customized for local markets.


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Business Recorder - IT and Computers

WASHINGTON (February 21, 2011): Google on February 14 gave users of its Chrome Web browser the ability to block search results from low-quality websites known as content farms.


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Google search faces new hurdles

Google is facing yet more allegations of market abuse, adding to an ongoing investigation by EU regulators into the search engine's algorithms. 


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Scientists: Employee Happiness Boosts Productivity

British scientists have proved that happy employees have a positive influence on the production and profit of their company.


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Deals of the Day: FDIC Weighs Suing WaMu Executives

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity.


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Time may help Google in antitrust cases

BRUSSELS, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- An antitrust investigation of Internet giant Google in Europe has the element of time working against it, a U.S. State Department official said.


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Hot button topic: Global warming leads to heavy rain & snow

Many of you have an opinion. Tell me yours with a comment at the bottom of this web page.


Friday, February 18, 2011

Online usability with travel sites is rising despite continued poor customer service

The study from eDigitalResearch shows that overall online satisfaction with travel websites is slowly rising compared with the last wave, with the overall top score now standing at 83%. Yet, 48 out of the 51 sites surveyed are still providing telephone and email customer contact that requires urgent attention.


Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Can Stephen Wolfram topple Google?

Stephen Wolfram had a dream: to invent a search engine that could work stuff out for us. Alex Bellos meets the scientist who might just change the way we use the internet The British scientist Stephen Wolfram has a clear vision for the future -- a vision that dates back to his childhood in the 1960s and 70s. In those days, we didn't prophesise that computer technology would bring us convenient ...


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Would the Bard Have Survived the Web?

Literary and creative talents often remain undeveloped unless markets reward them.


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Mubarak resignation drives Web traffic

What Tiger Woods was to tabloid newspapers, upheaval in Egypt has been to the major news websites: an unbelievable traffic driver. On Friday, as Egypt's longtime president Hosni Mubarak announced his resignation, page views on CNN.com hit 5.3 million globally during the hour starting at 11 a.m. ET, according to numbers from Omniture SiteCatalyst that were provided by CNN. That represented a 50 ...


Monday, February 14, 2011

Can this man topple Google?

Stephen Wolfram had a dream: to invent a search engine that could work stuff out for us. Alex Bellos meets the scientist who might just change the way we use the internet.


Monday, February 14, 2011

Goal in Europe Is Unified Broadcast-Rights Market

If barriers that balkanize the European television landscape are torn down, language differences could still stand in the way of creating one market.


Monday, February 14, 2011

Condé Nast Newsstand Tries Convergence of Technologies

The publisher, which was slower than some rivals to embrace the Internet, wants to send the message that it sees print and digital publishing as complementary, not clashing, businesses.


Monday, February 14, 2011

Web Wealth: Understanding insurance

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.


Monday, February 14, 2011

British actor Henry Cavill cast in Superman movie

Topic galleries provide easy access to stories and photos about people, places, organizations, events and subjects of interest to you. They bring together rich multimedia content from across our network of newspaper and TV Web sites.


Friday, February 11, 2011

Claudia Aderotimi: Detectives hunt for transgender 'doctor' over death of British student

Claudia Aderotimi, 20, is believed to have had the illegal procedure in carried out by an unlicensed medical practitioner in Philadelphia after meeting her in an internet chat room.


Friday, February 11, 2011

Detectives hunt for transgender 'doctor' over death of British student who had illegal bottom injection

Detectives are hunting a transgender woman in connection with the death of a British student who died after a botched 'butt enhancement' operation.


Friday, February 11, 2011

Tragic bottom implant girl thought having illegal injection would make her a hip hop star

The British student who died after jetting to America for an illegal 'butt enhancement' operation thought having a shapelier backside would make her a Hip Hop star.


Friday, February 11, 2011

Gap wants to fill any gap in online European apparel retailing

Gap plans to push out its e-commerce brands to eight more European countries.


Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Al Rabie signs sponsorship deal with British school in Saudi Arabia - AME Info

We have decided to cater to the British International School on ... The companies concerned may use the above content on their respective web sites provided they link back to http: www.ameinfo.com Any opinions, advice, statements, offers or other ...


Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Syria appears to lift ban on Facebook and YouTube

BEIRUT Internet users in Syria said Tuesday that Facebook and YouTube were available for the first time in three years amid signs Damascus may be lifting its ban on the popular social networking websites. The Syrian government does not comment on its Internet restrictions. But several Web users in Syria told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the sites were accessible for the first time in ...


Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Signs Syria may be lifting Facebook, YouTube ban

Internet users in Syria said Tuesday that Facebook and YouTube were available for the first time in three years amid signs Damascus may be lifting its ban on the popular social networking websites.


Tuesday, February 08, 2011

British Educational Suppliers Association choose netXtra to develop new CRM Integrated website - PRLog (free press release)

PRLog (Press Release) -- Feb 08, 2011 -- The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA ... and offer consummate knowledge and expertise of both delivering and supporting websites with back-office integration. Given these rigid criteria, the project ...


Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Four short links: 8 February 2011 - Web Memory, Phones Read Cards, Military and Public Data, and NoSQL Merger

Erase and Rewind -- the BBC are planning to close (delete) 172 websites on some kind of cost-cutting measure. i'm very saddened to see the BBC join the ranks of online services that don't give a damn for posterity. As Simon Willison points out, the British Library will have archived some of the sites (and Internet Archive others, possibly)....


Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Cybersleuths Stalking 'Anonymous' Become Its Victim

A U.S. security firm that claimed to have uncovered the real identity of Anonymous members responsible for a recent spate of web site attacks became a victim of Anonymous itself, when members of the online vigilante group breached the company's network and stole more than 60,000 internal e-mails.


Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Minn. letter protests Julian Assange extradition

Minnesotan supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plan to deliver a letter to the British consulate in Minneapolis protesting Assange's possible extradition from Britain to Sweden.


Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Anonymous hacks firm trying to investigate it

HBGary Federal, which had tried to probe the identities behind Anonymous, finds its Web site and Twitter and LinkedIn accounts hacked and compromised by the "hacktivist" group.


Monday, February 07, 2011

Family's podcast competes with Disney, Nick

AMinnesota family with a recording studio in the basement is giving entertainment giants Nickelodeon, Universal Studios and Radio Disney serious competition for iTunes listeners.


Saturday, February 05, 2011

Illegal timber sold by British businesses putting world's forests at risk - The Guardian

British firms are still selling wood products from questionable ... It also found that some companies' websites were misusing the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo, implying that all their products are covered by the certification scheme when in fact ...


Saturday, February 05, 2011

Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) Belle D'Opium perfume TV ad banned in UK for 'simulating drug use' (Video)

The Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) Belle D'Opium perfume TV ad was banned in UK for allegedly simulating drug use, as reported at British news sites on Wednesday. According to reports, the British Advertising Standards Agency imposed a ban against the YSL D'Opium perfume TV ad after realizing that it seems to be advocating the use [...]


Saturday, February 05, 2011

Google Street View Technology Enters Galleries

A new website lets you wander around the world's great galleries using the Google Street View interface. Featured venues include the National Gallery and Tate Britain. Most gallery web sites let you examine and zoom in on their key exhibits, but few let you 'wander' from room to room, getting a sense of how the works are displayed. The Google Art Project lets you do just this. While it's no ...


Saturday, February 05, 2011

'British actress cast' to play Kate - Belfast Telegraph

Camilla Luddington - a British actress whose previous career highlights include a bit part in an American soap opera - has been cast to play Kate Middleton in the royal wedding movie, according to reports. Camilla will star in the television film about the ...


Saturday, February 05, 2011

British undercover police officer allowed to join Dublin protests - Belfast Telegraph

Garda officers confirmed last night that they had been alerted in advance by British police that he wanted to take part in the demonstrations here to bolster his 'eco warrior' status. They said his participation was in accordance with agreed protocols but ...


Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Brits 'Check In' And Get A Deal On Facebook - Sky.com

Deal services have become increasingly popular with consumers, as seen by the surge in websites offering discounts. Indicating their value to corporations, Google recently offered £3.8bn to takeover the deal website GroupOn before deciding to launch its ...


Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Murdoch's iPad newspaper launches Wednesday - The Independent

newspapers, recently erected pay walls around their websites. Murdoch is not the only publisher looking ... Vanity Fair and Wired. In November, British tycoon Richard Branson launched a monthly style and culture magazine for the iPad called "Project."


Wednesday, February 02, 2011

UK unveils crime map website

Detailed crime maps for England and Wales have been published by the British government.


Wednesday, February 02, 2011

British Airways worker accused in underwear bomb plot - Worcester Telegram & Gazette

LONDON ? A British Airways worker plotted with U.S.-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to down a trans-Atlantic airliner in a major terrorist attack, a prosecutor told a London court today. Rajib Karim, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi man, discussed plans ...


Wednesday, February 02, 2011

The Future Of Buying Through Facebook

So far you can poke, like and comment, but what if you could buy groceries too? Facebook is gradually becoming a place where you can purchase goods, and as the social network's user base swells past 600 million, more companies are seeking a piece of the action.


Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Ofcom to investigate if ISPs can block websites with illegal content - PC Advisor

Ofcom has been instructed to investigate whether ISPs can be forced to block websites that host copyright-infringing content, by the Culture Secretary. The scheme is just one of a number of measures outlined in the Digital Economy Act, which became law ...


Wednesday, February 02, 2011

British Army, Nokia and European Personnel Selection Office Confirmed Speakers at the Social Media in Recruitment ...

The British Army, Nokia and European Personnel Selection Office are confirmed as Speakers for the third Social Media in Recruitment Conference which takes place in London on Thursday the 7th April 2011.


Wednesday, February 02, 2011

New "Superman" Henry Cavill is a real hottie!

A new "Superman" movie is coming this 2012 and the superhero role will be played by British actor Henry Cavill, as announced by Warner Bros. last January 30, 2011.


Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Nearly a quarter of web traffic consists of pirated content: Study

Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): The illegal downloading or uploading of copyrighted material such as movies, music and TV shows accounts for almost one-fourth of global web traffic, according to a new study.


Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Anonymous declares war on British Government - Belfast Telegraph

Anonymous, the collective behind a series of pro-WikiLeaks cyber attacks, has declared war on the British Government following the arrest ... the organisation urged supporters to hit Government websites with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks ...


Sunday, January 30, 2011

Mountain climber falls from 1,000 ft found alive and still standing

A mountain climber in UK was reported to have fallen from 1,000 feet (300 meters), but was found alive and still standing, who apparently have suffered only a few cuts and bruises, as reported at British news sites on Sunday. Image Credit: Sky News Online According to the report, a mountain climber named Adam Potter [...]


Sunday, January 30, 2011

Egypt shutdown worst in Internet history: experts

The scale of Egypt's crackdown on the Internet and mobile phones amid deadly protests against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak is unprecedented in the history of the web, experts said.


Sunday, January 30, 2011

'Tracing British, Dutch Ancestors' pointers Tuesday, Feb. 1, with Genealogy Society

The Morris Area Genealogy Society invites the public to a free presentation, "Tracing Your British and Dutch Ancestors," at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, in the large public meeting room at the Morris


Sunday, January 30, 2011

Police target fake London 2012 ticket websites - BBC

Fake websites purporting to sell London 2012 tickets are being targeted by a specialist police unit. Operation Podium has been set up to combat fraud and organised crime around the Olympic Games. The team is running 16 current operations and made 37 ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

The Angle: Web's power, peril

By Alan Wirzbicki In a stark reminder of the power authoritarian governments still wield over the flow of information, even...


Friday, January 28, 2011

Spread the Word: Telecomix Providing Internet to Egypt

Tell all your friends to spread the word far and wide: The Telecomix News Agency , an organization dedicated to informing the public about internet freedom issues, is now providing dial-up modem service to Egypt. Yesterday, the embroiled nation's government shut down all high-speed web service when it was discovered that protesters were galvanizing via e-mail and social networking sites. The ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

British arrests, US raids over 'Anonymous' cyber attacks - Calgary Herald

LONDON (AFP) -- British police arrested five people and the FBI launched raids across the US as part of a probe into cyber attacks by online group "Anonymous", which last year assailed websites hostile to WikiLeaks. In a series of dawn raids in England on ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

Police Battle Huge Protests Across Egypt

Tumultuous protests spread across Cairo and other Egyptian cities after Friday prayers. A key opposition figure, Mohammed ElBaradei, is under house arrest, officials say.


Friday, January 28, 2011

Internet Security Savvy Critical as Egypt Government Blocks Websites, Arrests Activists - Global Voices Online.org

The protests in Egypt this week also highlight another important point: authoritarian governments can block access to social media websites, but determined, tech-savvy activists are likely to find ways to circumvent censorship to communicate with the rest ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

Anonymous: Police Made 'Sad Mistake' in Arresting DDoS Attack Participants

Anonymous, the clandestine group that operates "Operation Payback," accused the UK government on Thursday of making a "sad mistake" when it arrested five individuals associated with recent DDoS attacks on companies that severed ties with WikiLeaks.


Friday, January 28, 2011

Egypt 'shuts down Internet' amid further protests; Facebook web traffic drops

Amid further protests in Egypt planned for tomorrow and social networks have been blocked, reports indicate the Internet has been 'switched off' in the region.


Friday, January 28, 2011

Spotlight: NYT Chief on Wikileaks Saga

Assange Was a Source, Not a CollaboratorWe regarded Assange throughout as a source, not as a partner or collaborator, but he was a man who clearly had his own agenda.... I will not say 'a source, pure and simple,' because as any reporter or editor can attest, sources are rarely pure or simple, and Assange was no exception. But the relationship with sources is straightforward: you don't ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

Moscow massacre: We feared the worst when he didn't phone us, says family of British victim - Belfast Telegraph

The property consultant worked in the London office of marketing company CACI. Also among the dead was London resident Kirill Budrashov, initially thought to be British by Russian investigators. An acquaintance said yesterday that Mr Budrashov was not a ...


Friday, January 28, 2011

Airlines battle with travel websites for control of ticket sales - BBC

Airlines want more people to buy directly from their websites and are taking drastic action to try and make that happen - but will this mean cheaper tickets and more choice for customers? American Airlines' schedules and prices are no longer displayed on ...


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

BBC to cut 360 jobs, online services

LONDON ? The BBC said yesterday it plans to cut jobs, spending, and the number of services in its online division.


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

BBC to cut 360 online jobs

British public broadcaster shears budget by 25 per cent


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Summary Box: BBC to make cuts at online unit

ONLINE ACTIONS: The British Broadcasting Corp. plans to cut 360 jobs at its online division over the next two years and trim spending by 25 percent by 2013-2014. The company says the measures are part of an effort to cut costs by 20 percent.


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

BBC TO CUT THEIR WEBSITES - WILL WE LOSE OUCH ? - BBC

I just saw a piece of news about the BBC cutting off a lot of their websites and I was worried; does this mean we might lose Ouch ? Has anyone else heard about this ? It would be very sad for us to lose Ouch as its the only conection some people have with ...


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Action-Packed Vacations Don't Have to Break the Bank

The wavering economy may have thrill seekers fooled into thinking they can't afford their dream action-packed vacation, but that might not be the case.


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

BBC cuts 360 jobs, budget for online division

The BBC said Monday it plans to cut jobs, spending and the number of services in its online division. The British Broadcasting Corporation said Monday that it plans to eliminate 360 jobs over the next two years and to trim spending by 25 percent by 2013-2014.


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

BBC cuts 360 jobs, budget for online

LONDON - THE BBC is cutting jobs, the budget and a number of services in its online division. The British Broadcasting Corporation said on Monday that it plans to eliminate 360 jobs over the next two years and to trim spending by 25 per cent by 2013 to 2014.


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

BBC cuts online budget by 25 per cent, eliminating 360 jobs

LONDON - The British Broadcasting Corp. said Monday it plans to cut jobs, spending and the number of services in its online division.The


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

British television's superiority complex - Spiked

Leaving aside for a moment my parody of British self-aggrandisement, we Brits do have the odd artistic highpoint to offer. Colin Firth may well be the sandal-wearing, guitar-strumming thespian radical Rupert Everett wickedly paints him as in his ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Commentary: Ho-hum terrorism

By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE UPI Editor at Large WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida seems to be making up for lack of spectacular acts of terrorism by talking and writing about the need to steal funds from apostates. Its online magazine "Inspire" published tips on "How to make a pipe bomb in your Mom's kitchen." Deadly stuff , but a far cry from the Twin Towers of 9 11.


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Deals of the Day: Who's in Line to Succeed Pandit at Citi?

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity.


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Helsinki explores building Guggenheim museum - The Independent

The city of Helsinki announced Tuesday it had commissioned a study into the possibility of building a Guggenheim art museum in the Finnish capital. "As the capital of our country and home to its greatest concentration of art museums, Helsinki has a special ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

BP, Rosneft deal a trend setter?

MOSCOW, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The $16 billion deal between Russian oil company Rosneft and BP could be a trend-setting venture in Russia, an aide to the Russian president said Wednesday.


Thursday, January 20, 2011

KIMBER COMMENCES DRILLING AT MONTERDE - Yahoo Finance

Over 30,000 metres of drilling to target expansion and upgrade of Mineral Resources "I am very pleased that the first phase of the new drill program at Monterde is underway," said Gordon Cummings , President and CEO of Kimber Resources.  "The drilling now ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Australian Open: British girls up for a real fight - Belfast Telegraph

It could have been a scene from day one at Wimbledon. Rain was in the air, spectators were shivering in their seats and two British women were in action on adjoining outside courts. The difference, though, was that Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Doctor defends research tying vaccine to autism - msnbc.com

MATT LAUER, co-host: Back now at 8:22 with a new report in a leading medical journal that claims a link between autism and vaccines is nothing more than a, quote, "elaborate fraud." And they say it was designed by the very doctor whose study first raised ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Akamai Partners With Strangeloop for Web Content Optimization

Akamai Technologies, Inc. and Strangeloop today announced a strategic agreement to offer a combined solution of global cloud optimization services along with Web Content Optimization , allowing content providers to achieve even faster Web page rendering times.


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Outspoken British personality Piers Morgan isn't afraid to stir it up with celebs - The State

He will be the first British interviewer to host a prime-time talk show in the United States since David Frost (1969-72), and he's already lined up an all-star list of guests, including Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Howard Stern, Kim and Kourtney ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Kate's dress? British press backs Oldfield - Buffalo News

LONDON (AP) - Britain's royal-hungry press is betting on Bruce Oldfield as the likely designer of Kate Middleton's wedding dress. Oldfield is one of Britain's best known designers and was a longtime favorite of William's mother, the late Princess Diana ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

British businessman jumps to death from Taipei hotel - Monsters and Critics

Taipei - A British businessman jumped to his death from a Taipei hotel in an apparent suicide, according to reports Monday. Security cameras caught Taylor taking the lift to the 12th floor of the Howard Plaza Hotel, and from there walking up to the rooftop alone.


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Britain's Missing Dads - useful websites - BBC

If you or someone you know is affected by the issues raised in Panorama: Britain's Missing Dads - help is available. The organisations below provide information, support and advice to help keep families together or for fathers to help keep in touch with ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Apple's iPad enters Singapore classrooms - Reuters UK

Safeguards are being put in place as well. "There will be some concerns - making sure that the girls are going to appropriate websites, also making sure that the girls don't get addicted to the device and use it too much," said Physics and Information ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Appeals for inquiry into British police spy's activities - Irish Times

CALLS ARE growing in Britain for a wide-ranging inquiry to establish the full extent of undercover police operations within protest movements, following the unmasking of a covert officer who had spent time with several campaigns in Ireland, including the ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The 10 biggest hoaxes in Wikipedia's first 10 years

Wikipedia will celebrate its 10th birthday on Saturday, with founder Jimmy Wales having built the site from nothing to one of the most influential destinations on the Internet. Wikipedia's goal may be to compile the sum total of all human knowledge, but it's also, perhaps, the best tool in existence for perpetuating Internet hoaxes. Let's take a look at the 10 biggest hoaxes in Wikipedia's ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Are cash-for-goods websites worth their weight in gold? - The Guardian

The recession has led to a boom in websites offering to buy unwanted jewellery and electronics. There are now so many "recycling" websites that web comparison services have been launched to help consumers find the best price. But question marks exist over ...


Sunday, January 16, 2011

Did spy Gareth Williams die in bizarre art accident? - First Post

It had earlier been claimed he was a cross-dresser - though the clothes were still wrapped. Police also discovered Williams had visited bondage websites on his laptop. The new theory suggests there may have been no sexual motive for this. A police source ...


Sunday, January 16, 2011

Oscar-nominated British actress Susannah York dies - Worcester Telegram & Gazette

LONDON ? 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 at the age of 72. York died of cancer Saturday at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. Her son, the ...


Sunday, January 16, 2011

Oscar-nominated British actress Susannah York dies of cancer at age 72 - Republic

LONDON ? 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 at the age of 72. York died Saturday at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, where she was being ...


Sunday, January 16, 2011

British actress Susannah York dies of cancer - Buffalo News

LONDON (AP) - British actress Susannah York has died of cancer in London at the age of 72. Her death was announced by her son, the actor Orlando Wells. Wells said Sunday his mother had been an incredibly brave woman who did not complain about her bone marrow cancer.


Sunday, January 16, 2011

Step carefully as you walk on the wild side - The Independent

Another hazard that we encountered, which you won't come across on a British highway, was having to stop because there was a wild tortoise eating a fig that had dropped from a roadside tree. However, the fabulous scenery more than compensates for such hassles.


Sunday, January 16, 2011

Kanye who? Rapper's ex Amber Rose enjoys a lesbian kiss with curvy model - Daily Mail

While several websites have reported that Amber is bisexual, Rosa, 26, posted on her personal website that the two are just friends. 'Can't two beautiful friends go out to dinner without having every camera in LA show up?' she added. Rosa was born in the ...


Sunday, January 16, 2011

The 10 Biggest Hoaxes in Wikipedia's First 10 Years

The online encyclopedia that anyone can edit has had its share of hoaxes over the years. Here are the top 10.


Sunday, January 16, 2011

Jimmy Wales: he can tell you anything

After his sports, cars and women website got sidelined in the dot-com bust, he went on to create the non-profit Wikipedia


Friday, January 14, 2011

Our man in Knightsbridge - Financial Times

Meyer was British ambassador to the US from 1997 to 2003 ... He spends hours following US political websites and bloggers, and none of the indiscretions disseminated by Wiki-Leaks have surprised him, he maintains, though some appal him.


Friday, January 14, 2011

The VERY unsavoury truth about your prawn cocktail... and that supposedly fresh fish on the supermarket counter - Daily Mail

We British, an island race, have always loved our fish ... No wonder then, that if you go to official websites listing seizures of seafood products coming into the UK because food safety regulations have been broken or suspicions aroused, you will find ...


Friday, January 14, 2011

3,300 British tourists evacuated from Tunisia as riot chaos deepens after president flees - Daily Mail

British travel companies Thomas Cook and First Choice have ... adding that 'many things have not worked as I wanted them to' in terms of democracy and freedoms. YouTube and other websites blocked previously were again accessible after his speech.


Friday, January 14, 2011

British tour operator Thomas Cook says it is evacuating 1,800 tourists from Tunisia - Republic

LONDON ? British tour operator Thomas Cook was evacuating about 1,800 tourists from Tunisia on Friday, saying it wanted to bring the vacationers home as the unrest spreads across the country. Thomas Cook said it had not seen any specific problems for ...


Friday, January 14, 2011

Form 8.5 British Sky Broadcasting - Business Wire

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each ...


Friday, January 14, 2011

Veteran British sailor feared drowned off New Zealand - Monsters and Critics

Wellington - A 77-year-old solo British yachtsman is feared to have drowned off New Zealand after his boat was found submerged near rocks on an isolated area off Cape Reinga, in the far north of the North Island, police said Friday. Divers searched the 7.6 ...


Friday, January 14, 2011

Stephen Fry backs Pushnote, a new web commenting service

Stephen Fry, the actor, comedian and prolific 'tweeter', has financially backed his first technology start-up company; a web commenting service called Pushnote.


Friday, January 14, 2011

Doug Merritt tips up as Baynote CEO. What's next?

Ex-SAP exec Doug Merritt joins Baynote as CEO. What's on his agenda? Read here to find out.


Thursday, January 13, 2011

Iran's struggle - Economist.com

From international criticism of a spate of executions to the British ambassador's recent championing of ... but their political activities are now limited to putting out statements on their websites. Lesser opposition figures have got off less lightly.


Thursday, January 13, 2011

Humans vs. automated search: Why people power is cool again

What's the best way to find great links on the web? Is it algorithmic search engines like Google, people-powered decision-making, or a combination of both?


Thursday, January 13, 2011

20% of sites 'pass child filters'

There is a one in five chance that filters designed to block child access to adult websites will not work the European Commission has warned.


Thursday, January 13, 2011

British Airways Introduce New Flights to The French Ski Region - Gather.com

National flag carrier British Airways has announced the start of a new route ... Look at what other blogs and websites in are saying about the new BA flights to the French Alps. For further information about investing in French ski property in and around ...


Thursday, January 13, 2011

Hacker translates DUP websites into Irish - BBC

A language activist has hacked into three DUP websites, temporarily translating their homepages into Irish. On one, Peter Robinson was shown introducing himself in the language. "Is mise Peadar Robinson agus tugaim tacaiocht don Acht na Gaelige" is ...


Thursday, January 13, 2011

British cruise ship pursued by pirates - Daily Telegraph

Guests on the Spirit of Adventure were ordered to take shelter below deck as a speed boat carrying men thought to be pirates drew alongside. The incident took place as the vessel, which is operated by a sister company of Saga, travelled from Madagascar to ...


Thursday, January 13, 2011

UPDATE MarkMonitor Labels Legitimate Websites as Illegal Internet Piracy Heavens - ISPReview UK

In December 2010 the British Phonographic Industry (BPI ... Unlike P2P ( BitTorrent ) transfers, websites give no public visibility of connection data , which makes it virtually impossible to identify who is downloading what; unless the website shares its ...


Thursday, January 13, 2011

China prepares for Spring Festival's movement of the masses - The Independent

There is nothing in the world quite like China's Spring Festival - an annual event that sees tens of millions of people return to their hometowns to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families. Although the actual date of the Lunar New Year this year ...


Thursday, January 13, 2011

NY SEO Company helps small medium and large websites get to the top of the search engines - PRLog (free press release)

PRLog (Press Release) -- Jan 12, 2011 -- Prime Growth Marketing is a New York SEO Company and Web Design Company. Our company was built on the belief that if you work hard and help companies you will have a successful business. We are proud to be ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Olympics Features About: British Olympic Association - Sports Features

Disclaimer Notice: By providing links to other Web Sites, Sports Features Communications® does not guarantee, approve or endorse the information or products available at these web sites, nor does a link indicate any association with or endorsement by the ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

ISPs battle EU child pornography filter laws - The Register

The technical solutions envisaged are broadly based on arrangements in the UK, where all major ISPs block access to child abuse websites named on a list maintained by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Although voluntary, the British system is not ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Mecom rejected Trinity Mirror approach: source - Reuters UK

L ) rebuffed an all-share merger proposal from British publisher Trinity Mirror ( TNI.L ), a source familiar with the situation said, confirming a Sky News report. Mecom, which owns regional newspapers and websites in the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Mecom rejected Trinity Mirror merger approach - source - Reuters UK

LONDON (Reuters) - European newspaper group Mecom rebuffed an all-share merger proposal from British publisher Trinity Mirror, a source familiar with the situation said, confirming a Sky News report. Mecom, which owns regional newspapers and websites in ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

British parents use websites to abuse teachers - MSN India

London, Jan 12 (IANS) Parents in Britain are increasingly using social networking sites such as Facebook to bully and undermine teachers, new social research shows. With an increasing number of teachers reporting online abuse, the National Association of ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

British parents use websites to abuse teachers

London, Jan 12 : Parents in Britain are increasingly using social networking sites such as Facebook to bully and undermine teachers, new social research shows.


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

MarkMonitor Labels Legitimate Websites as Illegal Internet Piracy Heavens - ISPReview UK

In December 2010 the British Phonographic Industry (BPI ... Unlike P2P ( BitTorrent ) transfers, websites give no public visibility of connection data , which makes it virtually impossible to identify who is downloading what; unless the website shares its ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Piracy websites attract billions of visits - BBC

A study by anti-fraud firm MarkMonitor has offered a snapshot into the changing nature of online piracy. It monitored illegal traffic levels on 43 file-sharing sites and found that they generated more than 53 billion visits per year. The top three ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

HootSuite Activates Affiliate Program: Pro Customers Can Earn Commissions for Referrals

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 01 11 11) - Editor's Note: There is one image associated with this press release. HootSuite is ringing in the new year by announcing the HootSuite Affiliate Program designed to help enthusiastic customers monetize their recommendations. Starting immediately, HootSuite Pro and Enterprise plan holders can earn substantial commissions by referring ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

British man jailed for holiday villa fraud - Daily Telegraph

Reports of advertisements for non-existent villas -- or for genuine properties not owned by the advertiser -- on websites such as Craigslist and Gumtree rose sharply last year, possibly encouraged by the establishment in June of the National Fraud ...


Monday, January 10, 2011

Middle East Tourism Bolsters British Airways - Zawya.com

Dubai, UAE. 9 th January, 2011: UK flag carrier, British Airways has launched a New Years sale, with prices slashed by over 20 percent in the airlines World Traveller (economy) and World Traveller Plus (premium economy) cabins to celebrate increased regional demand.


Monday, January 10, 2011

British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen wins three-way playoff to take Africa Open title - Republic

EAST LONDON, South Africa ? British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen won a three-way playoff on the first hole to secure the Africa Open title at the East London Golf Club Sunday. The South African finished the final round at 16-under 276 and sank a 12 ...


Monday, January 10, 2011

Life in Abidjan Part 2 - BBC

Hi, I'm posting this on behalf of Anthony. He is another of our regular contributors in Ivory Coast. A few days ago Toorey wrote a piece on life in Abidjan (you can read his post here ) and we invited Anthony to do the same. He paints a different picture ...


Monday, January 10, 2011

British royals to get new secrecy rights - News.com.au

BRITAIN'S royals will benefit from changes to freedom of information laws meaning their letters will no longer be disclosed even if they are in the public interest, the justice ministry says. The ministry said it plans to introduce "enhanced protection ...


Monday, January 10, 2011

7 sites for information on businesses and organisations

Whether you are a business owner looking for information on your competition, a consumer wanting to make informed purchases or an information professional or journalist doing research, the call for transparency that has resulted from social media has led to a number of web sites where businesses share their info for free or where customers share their opinions. Here are 10 places to go to find ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

The extraordinary life and death of David Burgess - The Guardian

It was shortly after 6.30pm on 25 October when the British Transport Police started trying to recover ... operative transsexual escort on specialist websites, going by the name of Sonia Jardiniere and looking for paid encounters with men.


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Joan Smith: Gender inequality, not race, fosters abuse - The Independent

Earlier in the week, The Times analysed 17 prosecutions since 1997, and reported that 53 of the 56 convicted men were Asian, 50 were Muslim, and most came from a British Pakistani ... Asian "perverts" on extremist websites. The truth is more prosaic, in ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Who wants to phone a financial friend? Hotlines and websites that can help - Daily Mail

The service, run by the British Insurance Brokers' Association, is free. Mary and Fred Allcock, from Barnes, south-west London, needed to call the helpline when they wanted to go on holiday to Tenerife last September. Their existing travel insurer, the ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Holidaymakers Look for Peace of Mind and Value in 2011, Reports Thomas Cook - Melodika.net

Research carried out for the world's favourite travel company, Thomas Cook* has shown that, however they book, the British holidaymaker now considers ... of more than 800 high street stores, leading websites, and some of the world's favourite travel brands ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Nine years after 9 11, al-Qaeda is exercising more power than ever before - Daily Telegraph Blogs

Muhammad Illyas Kashmiri, a Pakistan-based jihadist who commands several hundred fighters, is thought to be responsible for an operation to attack British airports that ... Last month, jihadist websites released an English-language book called The ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Didriks Announces British Cutlery Designer David Mellor Honored for Design Achievements by Modern Magazine - Investors Business Daily

Jan. 8, 2011 PRNewswire via COMTEX -- In their Winter 2010 issue Modern Magazine spotlighted the late post-war British cutlery designer David ... 5) or visit the websites at www.didriks.com and www.belgian-linen.com. This press release was issued through ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

American Media's True Ideology? Avoiding One - NPR News

Yesterday on this program, we heard a story from London about the boisterous world of British newspapers and how they ... DAVID FOLKENFLIK: What with websites and cable talk shows, it's hardly as though opinions are hard to come by in today's media ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Yahoo says it will shut down several of its subsidiary Web sites

Yahoo says it will shut down several of its subsidiary Web sites


Thursday, January 06, 2011

British author Dick King-Smith, creator of Babe, dies aged 88 - Monsters and Critics

London - Best-selling British children's author Dick King-Smith, whose novel The Sheep-Pig inspired the 1995 hit film Babe, has died at the age of 88, his agent said Wednesday. Dick-Smith, who often featured animals in his work, published his first book ...


Thursday, January 06, 2011

Deals of the Day: Qualcomm to Acquire Atheros for $3.1 Billion

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity.


Wednesday, January 05, 2011

How to clean visited websites in Internet Explorer 7? - PRLog (free press release)

Windows Internet Explorer stores a history of all the websites you have visited. You can clean the visited websites history to save hard disk space or to protect your privacy. This article will show you how to clean visited websites in Internet Explorer 7 ...


Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Could the days of the British "pint" be numbered? - Manila Bulleting Online

LONDON (Reuters) -- British pubgoers could soon ditch their traditional pint in favour of a "schooner", a smaller measure of beer used in Australia, under government changes announced on Tuesday. At the moment, pubs and restaurants are limited to selling ...


Wednesday, January 05, 2011

British singer Gerry Rafferty, 63, dies - Monsters and Critics

London - Gerry Rafferty, the Scottish singer-songwriter who shot to international fame with his 1978 hit Baker Street, has died after a long illness at the age of 63, his agent said late Tuesday. Rafferty, who started his musical career as a busker on the ...


Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Murder trial for British contractor opens in Iraq - msnbc.com

BAGHDAD ? The trial of a British security contractor charged with killing two of his colleagues last year opened Wednesday in Baghdad with testimony from a guard who said the contractor shot him. Danny Fitzsimons, who attended the hearing, is the first ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Israel arrests British consulate staff over 'stadium plot' - AsiaOne

LONDON - Israel has arrested two locally hired workers at the British consulate general in Jerusalem who were reportedly linked to an alleged plot to attack a football stadium, British officials said Monday. Mohamed Hamadeh and Bilal Bakhatan, who had ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

British consulate staff 'linked to Jerusalem weapons plot' - Belfast Telegraph

Two staff members at the British Consulate in Jerusalem have been arrested for allegedly selling weapons. The two local Palestinian employees of the British consulate general in Jerusalem have been charged on suspicion of arms trafficking as part of an ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Israel arrests 2 local workers at British consulate on suspicion of selling weapons to Hamas - Republic

An Israeli diplomat said Monday he believes the two British consulate employees ? confirmed by the British Foreign Office as Mohammed Hamadeh and Bilal Bakhatan ? are linked to the Hamas plot. A British Foreign Office spokesman said he believes the two ...


Monday, January 03, 2011

Tom Felton: I dress up for fans - Musicrooms.net

The British star appreciates how many adoring female fans he has, so he always makes an effort to look good for them. "I'm amazed by the support I get on Twitter and websites. The fans are so supportive, so I can only do my best to look nice at events ...


Monday, January 03, 2011

UK study backs websites like My School - ABC Online

The Federal Opposition says British research supporting the publishing of school league tables does not justify the Government's My School website. The Bristol University research found public reporting of school results and league tables lifts the ...


Monday, January 03, 2011

Fiery start to 2011 a sign of things to come for British PM - Independent

THE arson and violence at a prison in Sussex on New Year's Eve were an ominous portent for British Prime Minister David Cameron, of the massive challenges he faces in 2011. The destruction at a so-called 'open' prison -- notorious for the ease with which ...


Monday, January 03, 2011

British would rather head abroad for royal wedding - News.com.au

It seems hard-working Britons are expected to take advantage of the holiday created by the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton by heading abroad, The (London) Daily Telegraph has reported. The royal family had hoped that the April 29 wedding ...


Monday, January 03, 2011

What's Ahead for Media and Digital Businesses in 2011

An unusual perspective on file-sharing, online privacy, pay walls, WikiLeaks and other issues of import to the media and digital worlds in 2011.


Sunday, January 02, 2011

Yuvraj in British newspaper's 'top 10 egos' - Express India

London Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh finds himself in a rather unflattering list with a British newspaper naming him as one of the 'top 10 sporting egos' of recent times. Yuvraj, who has failed to find a place in India's Test squad for some time, was ...


Sunday, January 02, 2011

Best of 2010: 33 websites reviewed - Econsultancy

Odd looking site from Uniqlo . Review of The Conran Shop website. Gap finally launched in the UK in September. The British Cross released a redesigned website earlier this year. A redesigned website from stationery retailer Ryman . Matthew Curry reviews ...


Sunday, January 02, 2011

Real Estate Council of British Columbia warns agents against posting strata-corporation documents on public ... - Georgia Straight

The Real Estate Council of British Columbia has warned agents that they may be penalized if they post strata-corporation documents on websites available to the public. In an article in its December newsletter, the council states that these records are ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

After British proposal to ban porn from Internet, legal experts explore possibility in U.S. - Mormon Times

SALT LAKE CITY ? With no universal Internet safeguard in place to prevent children from accidentally accessing online pornography, the British government is proposing ... to filter out all pornographic websites from the content piped into homes.


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

James Bond, Daniel Craig, is Rumored to be Having an Affair with Rachel Weisz

James Bond, Daniel Craig, is rumored to be having an affair with British actress Rachel Weisz, entertainment sites reported, December 27, 2010. The two are paired together in an upcoming movie "Dream House."


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

British skier dies after avalanche - Independent

An experienced British skier has died after being buried by an avalanche in the French Alps, it has been confirmed. David Robinson and his wife Chrissy were skiing with friends in the resort of Val D'Isere on Boxing Day when they were trapped. His wife ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Snowpocalypse? Good Thing That There's an App for That

The recent winter storms have sent a flood of mobile traffic to travel-related Web sites as those stranded scramble to reschedule flights and book hotel rooms from their phones. Usablenet, a company that powers the mobile Web sites of various airlines, hotel chains and Amtrak, said that traffic to its travel-related sites was up 200 percent ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

7 sites for information on busnisses and organisations

Whether you are a business owner looking for information on your competition, a consumer wanting to make informed purchases or an information professional or journalist doing research, the call for transparency that has resulted from social media has led to a number of web sites where businesses share their info for free or where customers share their opinions. Here are 10 places to go to find ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

British wildlife benefits from return to 'traditional' seasonal weather - The Guardian

Photograph: Owen Humphreys PA This year's weather may not always have been to everyone's taste but for British wildlife and plant life, at least, a return to four "traditional" seasons has been good news, conservationists said today. The cold winter ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Met Police shut websites during Christmas shopping rush - BBC

More than 1,800 websites selling counterfeit or non-existent goods have been shut down by police. The websites were offering items including Premier League tickets, Ugg boots, Tiffany jewellery and Timberland clothing. Shoppers who paid for the goods ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Body in the bag spy Gareth Williams spent £15,000 on women's clothes and visited bondage websites - Daily Mirror

THE MI6 codebreaker found dead in a padlocked bag had researched bondage websites -- and spent £15,000 on women's clothes, police revealed yesterday. Maths genius Gareth Williams, 31, had visited four bondage sites and looked into how people escape ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Hundreds of anti-BofA websites registered - Financial Times

Hundreds of website addresses that disparage Bank of America executives and board members have been registered in recent days in an apparent effort to protect the bank and its senior leaders, according to internet companies who track the buying and selling ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Weekly art websites: recycled waste transforms into designer furniture - The Independent

This week's selection of websites showcases how artists, architects and product designers are transforming your waste into usable artworks and lounge room furniture.


Saturday, December 25, 2010

MI6 spy found dead in bag: Gareth Williams visited bondage websites, drag cabaret and gay bars - Daily Telegraph

However examination of his personal laptop and personal mobile phone showed that he had visited five separate bondage websites, beginning with a search on the encyclopedia site Wikipedia and followed up with the sites hogtie.com, boundanna.com ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Vince Cable: 'I could destroy British government coalition with nuclear option' - Belfast Telegraph

Vince Cable has privately indicated he could walk out of the coalition and "bring the Government down" if he is "pushed too far" in negotiations with Tory ministers, it was disclosed last night. The Liberal Democrat Business Secretary was recorded ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

In prison robes and handcuffs, the British wife facing the gallows for heroin haul - Daily Mail

Dressed in orange prison robes and handcuffed to a fellow suspect, this is the daughter of a British nuclear scientist facing the death penalty in Malaysia for drugs trafficking. Shivaun Orton, 41, and her husband were arrested after police found £16,000 ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Air Force Blocks Sites That Post WikiLeaks Secret Cables

The Air Force of the United States has blocked the access of its personnel to the Web sites of more than 25 news organizations and blogs that have posted secret cables obtained by WikiLeaks, Air Force officials said Tuesday.


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Air Force Blocks Sites That Posted Secret Cables

Air Force personnel cannot view the Web sites of news organizations that have posted cables obtained by WikiLeaks while at work.


Saturday, December 25, 2010

US Air Force blocks sites that posted secret cables

The Air Force is barring its personnel from using work computers to view the Web sites of The New York Times and more than 25 other news organizations and blogs that have posted secret cables obtained by WikiLeaks, Air Force officials said Tuesday. When Air Force personnel on the service's computer network try to view the Web sites of The Times, the British newspaper The Guardian, the German ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Wiki-Brats and their Wiki-Tantrums Continue Wreaking Havoc. But For What?

Yesterday, it was the 16-year-old from the town of Zoetermeer who disabled the web sites of MasterCa


Saturday, December 25, 2010

WikiLeaks backers threaten British sites

LONDON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A band of computer hackers said it will freeze U.K. government Web sites if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is extradited to Sweden on sexual assault charges.


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Dutch police arrest suspected pro-WikiLeaks hacker

Dutch police say they have arrested a 16-year-old hacker involved in the pro-WikiLeaks attacks on the Web sites of MasterCard and PayPal, but the denial-of-service attacks continue.


Saturday, December 25, 2010

U.S.: Leak of key sites a hit list for terrorists

In a disclosure of some of the most sensitive information yet revealed by WikiLeaks, the Web site has posted a secret cable listing sites worldwide that the U.S. considers critical to its national security. U.S. officials said the leak amounts to giving a hit list to terrorists.


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Air Force Limits Access to Web Sites Over Secret Cables - New York Times

WASHINGTON -- The Air Force is barring its personnel from using work computers to view the Web sites of The New York Times and more than 25 other news organizations and blogs that have posted secret cables obtained by WikiLeaks , Air Force officials said ...


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

US air force blocks staff from websites carrying WikiLeaks cables - The Guardian

At least 25 sites, including the New York Times site, have been barred. Photograph: Mike Segar Reuters The US air force has blocked employees from accessing the websites of the Guardian, the New York Times and other news organisations carrying the ...


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

British Council puts 1930s and 1940s films online - Channel 4 News

A series of British propaganda films from the 1930s and 1940s are put online for the first time by the British Council. The black-and-white films have been digitised , and the first 13 of many more are now up on the internet. The films were part of a ...


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

French ski firm lands Russian Olympic resort deal - Reuters

MOSCOW, Dec 14 (Reuters) - France's Compagnie des Alpes ( CDAF.PA ) has signed a deal with one of Russia's most prominent billionaires to manage a ski resort near Sochi, a magnet for foreign investment as host of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Russian tycoon ...


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Angry pro-Wikileaks hackers may target British websites - New Kerala

London, Dec 14 : Pro-Wikileaks hackers are likely to target British websites in retaliation for the arrest of Julian Assange, the whistleblower site's editor, a senior security official has warned. Britain's National Security Adviser Peter Ricketts told ...


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Fears government websites will be hacked as Wikileaks chief Julian Assange goes to court - Daily Mirror

Whitehall chiefs have beefed up online security in a bid to block attacks on Government websites today planned to ­coincide with Wikileaks boss Julian Assange's court appearance. "Hacktivists" are expected to try to bring down sites dealing with ...


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

British security services 'must hand over Pat Finucane files now' - Belfast Telegraph

The British security service M15 was prepared in 2005 to hand over files on Pat Finucane, the well-known civil rights and defence lawyer who was murdered in front of his wife and three young children in 1989, according to US embassy cables passed to WikiLeaks.


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Jamie Conlan lined up for British title eliminator - Belfast Telegraph

Jamie Conlan enters the King's Hall tomorrow night knowing victory may well lead to a crunch clash with former British title challenger Ashley Sexton. In May, unbeaten Sexton drew with Shinny Bayaar, who defends his British flyweight title against Paul ...


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Overwhelmed Contra Costa prosecutors pained by looming furloughs - San Jose Mercury News

MARTINEZ -- On a recent day in the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office, the family of a nurse killed in an attack in the County Jail stood before head homicide prosecutor John Cope and tearfully asked if his office was prepared to devote the maximum ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

U.K. fears pro-WikiLeaks attacks on government websites - Washington Times

About 100 demonstrators gathered outside the British Embassy in Madrid on Saturday to protest ... Mr. Cameron 's spokesman, Steve Field , said the government's priority is websites dealing with information that belongs to members of the public.


Monday, December 13, 2010

Wife of Stockholm car bomber speaks of her 'devastation' at her British husband's terror plot - Daily Mail

It has also emerged Abdulwahab - who had lived in the UK for 10 years - visited radical Islamic websites and Facebook groups including ... Police were investigating Abdulwahab's British connections last night. Neighbours in Luton suggested that his wife ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

Britain fears pro-WikiLeaks attacks on gov't websites - Detroit News

Authorities fear the hearing could prompt attacks on British websites. Cameron's office said it is concerned about government websites used to file tax returns or to claim benefits, which store sensitive personal information.


Monday, December 13, 2010

Britain warns of pro-WikiLeaks attacks on government websites - St. John's Telegram

He is wanted in Sweden on sex-crime allegations. Authorities fear the hearing could prompt attacks on British websites. Cameron's office said it is concerned about government websites used to file tax returns or to claim benefits, which store sensitive ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

Hackers Threaten to Attack British Government Websites - The Epoch Times

A group of hackers on Sunday threatened to attack British government websites if WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, is extradited to Sweden, according to The Telegraph. Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, is currently in jail in Britain awaiting an extradition ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

Amazon websites in Europe suffer outage - Reuters UK

LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's websites in Britain, France ... es were all down for more than 30 minutes until around 9:45 p.m. British time when they appeared to work normally again. Amazon.com's U.S. website was unaffected. Amazon, which operates ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

British government could be next target for hackers defending WikiLeaks - The Christian Science Monitor

The cyber army of hackers supporting WikiLeaks has set its sites on the British government. The group is threatening to attack certain government websites if British police extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is wanted for alleged ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Shareholders in revolt over Associated British Foods director - Daily Mail

Primark owner Associated British Foods waved through the controversial re-appointment of non-executive director William Weston - uncle of chief executive George - despite 9.1 per cent of shareholders refusing to back the plan. Investors flexed their ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

WikiLeaks hackers threaten British Government - Daily Telegraph

The group of hackers, called Anonymous, said it would target British government websites if Mr Assange was extradited to Sweden, where he is wanted over allegations of sexual assault. Gregg Housh, an American internet activist who previously worked with ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Cyber war on 'anti-WikiLeaks' websites rages - Belfast Telegraph

In a vivid illustration of the nature of the internet, websites perceived to be anti-WikiLeaks were struck by attacks ? among them Amazon, Paypal, Sarah Palin, the US State Department and the Swedish government. The renewed cyber assaults by members of ...


Friday, December 10, 2010

British couple named legal parents of baby by court despite paying 'excessive' expenses to ... - Daily Mail

A British couple who paid for a surrogate birth in America have been recognised as the baby's legal parents in a landmark High Court ruling. Paying anything more than 'reasonable expenses' to surrogate mothers is illegal in England and Wales, but today's ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

Nobel: China blocks foreign websites ahead of ceremony - BBC

China has blocked several foreign news websites, including the BBC and Norwegian broadcaster NRK, on the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Some Nobel-related reports on CNN were also reported to be inaccessible. A furious China has denounced the Nobel ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

Google 2010 Zeitgeist list Reveals British Online Preoccupations - Itproportal

Google has released its annual Zeitgeist list for 2010, giving a peek into what Britons have been searching for this year. According to Google, the terms that topped the list of most searched items in 2010 include: Facebook, the BBC, YouTube, Hotmail and ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

Mastercard and VISA websites down - Car Rentals

VISA and Mastercard have been subjected to attacks causing their websites to shut down. An anonymous group is known to be behind the cause as it is known they have pledged to take revenge on any organisation that withdraws its services from Wikileaks.


Thursday, December 09, 2010

Rosie Wilson's campaign to have suicide websites banned - BBC

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A Cambridgeshire woman's tireless battle to have pro-suicide websites made illegal has been recognised by a national charity. Rosie Wilson was named Campaigner of the Year by Headway, the brain ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

Hacker Threatens More Attacks on Those Seen as WikiLeaks Foes - New York Times

LONDON ? In a campaign that had some declaring the start of a "cyberwar," hundreds of Internet activists mounted retaliatory attacks on Wednesday on the Web sites of multinational companies and other organizations they deemed hostile to the WikiLeaks ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

China blocks news websites ahead of Liu Xiaobo Nobel award - The Guardian

China has blocked CNN, BBC and NRK the day before Liu Xiaobo is awarded the Nobel peace prize. Attempts to access the three broadcasters' websites today were unsuccessful, with the message "Internet Explorer cannot display the web page" appearing on the ...


Thursday, December 09, 2010

Hackers pledge more attacks after crippling Mastercard and Visa websites - Daily Record

HACKERS promised more attacks today after crippling the websites of finance giants including MasterCard and Visa in revenge for cutting off payments to whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks. The group of internet activists, known as Anonymous, disrupted the firms ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Timeline - Assange in jail as sympathisers hack websites - Reuters UK

Sweden's court refuses permission to Assange to appeal on December 2. December 7 - Assange is arrested by British police on a European warrant issued by Sweden and held in jail after a judge refuses to grant bail to the 39-year-old. He will appear for a ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

TIMELINE - WikiLeaks founder in jail as sympathisers hack websites - Reuters India

Sweden's court refuses permission to Assange to appeal on Dec. 2. Dec. 7 - Assange is arrested by British police on a European warrant issued by Sweden and held in jail after a judge refuses to grant bail to the 39-year-old. He will appear for a hearing on ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

WikiLeaks sympathisers attack websites - Reuters UK

Assange has angered the United States with releases of thousands of secret diplomatic cables. He is in British custody after Sweden asked him to be detained over allegations of sexual crimes were made against him by two women there. MasterCard said in a ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Weekly art websites: knitting is not just for grandmas - The Independent

Lauren Porter - http: www.lauren-porter.co.uk Knitting and fast cars do not traditionally go hand in hand unless you are British-based artist Lauren Porter. Porter uses traditional craft techniques to create nontraditional sculptures including a knitted ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Rachel secures top British prize - Evesham Journal

AN Evesham-based instructor has been handed a leading national award. Rachel Griffiths-Johnson was named the British Karate Union (BKU) instructor of the year by her peers. This prize is in recognition of her work with youngsters around Evesham, Pershore ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

British army sees more Irish recruits - Belfast Telegraph

There has been a seven-fold increase in Irish recruits to the British armed forces since the recession began. Figures obtained by Fine Gael TD Brian Hayes revealed 10 people with addresses in the Republic of Ireland joined the British military between 2007 ...


Saturday, December 04, 2010

Wikileaks: British forces' Afghan campaign slammed by US general - Belfast Telegraph

British soldiers in Afghanistan have been harshly criticised by the country's president Hamid Karzai, local officials and the American commander of Nato troops, according to leaked diplomatic papers. The secret US embassy cables, obtained by whistle ...


Friday, December 03, 2010

Groups oppose UK web traffic control - Financial Times

A group of major internet companies, including Ebay , Yahoo and Skype, have written to Ed Vaizey, communications minister, urging the British government not to ... such as video-streaming websites, by permitting them to charge for "fast lane" access.


Friday, December 03, 2010

Discover the top 10 history websites - Computer Active

If you want to research British history, this site -- the creation of the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust -- is perfect. While most of the sites on this list take a subjective view of our past, homing in on key events ...


Friday, December 03, 2010

BSI launches standard to make websites accessible - Computer Weekly

The first British Standard, the BS 8878 Web Accessibility Code of Practice, provides information on digital inclusion and how to make websites accessible for disabled and older users. Mike Low, BSI's director of standards, said too many people are excluded ...


Friday, December 03, 2010

Symbian Foundation to close websites in December - IT Pro

The Symbian Foundation is to close its websites on 17 December as it makes the move over to becoming a licensing body . In doing so, it will be taking the OS source code offline, although it will be made available "in some form," the Symbian Foundation said.


Sunday, November 28, 2010

Dallas on course for British title shot next year - Kent News

Undefeated heavyweight Tom Dallas is attracting invitations from some of the world's top boxers ahead of a potential British title fight next year. The 25-year-old has made a good start to his career since turning professional in 2008. A victory inside ...


Sunday, November 28, 2010

Police seek powers to shut websites - BBC

The police are seeking powers to shut down websites deemed to be engaged in "criminal" activity. The Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has tabled a plan for Nominet, which oversees .uk web addresses, to be given the domain closing power.


Sunday, November 28, 2010

Leading British artist appearing at Harpenden gallery - Herts Advertiser

CELEBRATED British seascape artist Duncan Macgregor will be unveiling his new collection of Limited Editions and unseen Original Paintings at a champagne reception at Harpenden's Lemongrove Gallery tonight. To send a link to this page to a friend, you ...


Sunday, November 28, 2010

Weekly art websites: drawing with paper and scissors - The Independent

This week's selection of artists are able to turn ordinary paper into amazing works of art using just a cutting blade or scissors and their imagination. Karen Bit Vejle - http: papercutart.no Using just one piece of paper and a pair of scissors artist ...


Friday, November 26, 2010

Book cheap train tickets: We review the best rail booking websites - Crave

Sink back into your seat, watch the beautiful British countryside flash past you ... booking a cheap advance train ticket as we compare the best and worst rail booking websites. Sadly, there isn't one magical website that's guaranteed to bag you the ...


Friday, November 26, 2010

Blue lighting trialled in British school to wake up drowsy pupils first thing in the morning - Daily Mail

A British school has become the first to try out special lighting that is designed to improve the performance of pupils by waking them up in the morning. Technology firm Philips has come up with blue-tinted light designed to wake children up and become ...


Thursday, November 25, 2010

British MEP kicked out of parliament after 'Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuehrer' jibe at German colleague - Daily Mail

Who are you? I'd never heard of you, nobody in Europe had ever heard of you... I can speak on behalf of the majority of British people in saying that we don't know you, we don't want you and the sooner you are put out to grass the better." Speaking outside ...


Thursday, November 25, 2010

British designers at Fashion Capital - FashionUnited.co.uk

Online fashion portal, Fashion Capital opened its doors in Central London. The two floor space features a boutique on ground level and a showroom downstairs. Located in the centre of the capital, the boutique and the rest of Milson Place will stay open ...


Thursday, November 25, 2010

Lane-Fox: Bring all Government websites under DirectGov domain - IT Pro

Bringing all Government websites under one domain will help save tax payer's money and improve user experiences. This was the claim made today by the Government's 'Digital Champion' and lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane-Fox , in a new report ...


Tuesday, November 23, 2010

All government websites could be scrapped and replaced by single domain - The Guardian

All government websites could be scrapped and replaced with a single domain where people will be able to log on and file their tax returns, apply for housing benefit or monitor their child benefit payments, ministers indicate today. Francis Maude, the ...


Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Fox to make British stage debut - Belfast Telegraph

Matthew Fox is to make his debut on the British stage in the world premiere of a new play by US writer Neil LaBute. The Hollywood star, 44, who played Dr Jack Shephard in the hit US desert-island TV drama Lost, which came to an end after six years in May ...


Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Shakey Byrne signs deal with HM Plant Honda to return to British Superbike Championship - Kent News

Shane 'Shakey' Byrne has confirmed he will return to the British Superbike Championship (BSB) next season with front-running team HM Plant Honda. The Sheppey rider, who has spent the last two seasons competing in the World Superbike Championship, had been ...


Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Gareth John from Bishops Frome takes to the waves this weekend in a bid to capture the British Kneeboard ... - Hereford Times

SURFER Gareth John will be taking to the waves this weekend when he competes in the British Kneeboard Championships. Kneeboarding is just like normal surfing except that surfers stay on their knees on the board and Gareth, who has been enjoying the sport ...


Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Craven Arms Farm Contractor Colin Bowen crowned British National Ploughing Champion (From Ludlow ... - This is Ludlow

CRAVEN Arms Farm Contractor Colin Bowen is the new British National Ploughing Champion, his victory earning him a trip to Sweden next May to represent England in the 2011 World Ploughing Contest. Colin won the title at the 60th British National Ploughing ...


Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Teachers blame social networking websites for low grades and poor concentration - Daily Mail

Seven in 10 British teachers believe children are becoming more and more obsessed with websites such as Facebook, Twitter and My Space. Half of the 500 teachers polled believe this fixation is affecting the children's ability to concentrate in class.


Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Weekly art websites: art that grows - The Independent

This week's selection of websites investigates the work of artists who use living elements within their creations. Representational crop artist Stan Herd works by plowing, digging, "disking" and manipulating large expanses of land to create enormous ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

Still time to enter Great British Pub Food Awards 2011 - Big Hospitality

If your pub offers a fantastic steak, all-day dining, Italian food or Indian food then don't miss the chance to enter the food pub categories in the Great British Pub Food Awards 2011. Entries for the awards, which are run by BigHospitality's sister ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

Video: New British mountain bike film 'FIND' - BikeRadar.com

The follow-up to HOME , it features some incredible riders in stunning locations across the world, all shot in gloriously detailed HD. While the emphasis is on trail riding rather than tricks and stunts, there are still plenty of jaw-dropping moments ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

British toilets 'not clean enough' - Belfast Telegraph

Most Britons do not clean their toilets anywhere near enough, a survey to mark World Toilet Day has revealed. The poll of 16 to 64-year-olds showed that 78% of the nation do not clean their loos every day - and 6% only bother to wipe round the bowl when it ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

China 'hijacked' 15% of the world's internet traffic as U.S. government and military websites are ... - Daily Mail

China 'hijacked' highly sensitive Internet traffic on US government and military websites earlier this year, it has been revealed. Vast amounts of data to major corporate websites and U.S. military and government sites were routed via Chinese servers for ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

British watchdog opens latest insider dealing case - Reuters UK

LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA) launched its latest insider dealing and money laundering case on Monday, after increased scrutiny of these crimes by the regulator. The FSA, represented by lead prosecutor Tony Shaw ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

British couple released by Somali pirates - Reuters UK

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates released British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler on Sunday, more than a year after gunmen kidnapped the Britons aboard their yacht near the Seychelles archipelago. The couple were handed to local officials in a central ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler released by Somali pirates - Belfast Telegraph

British yachting couple Paul and Rachel Chandler had their first taste of freedom in more than a year yesterday as they were finally released by Somali pirates and flown to safety in neighbouring Kenya. One of the most drawn out and tense hostage dramas ...


Friday, November 19, 2010

Islamist websites target British MPs - Discountvouchers.co.uk

An Islamist website has listed British MPs who supported the coalition invasion of Iraq, and has urged users to target them. Scotland Yard has begun investigations into the website which seemingly incites violence, as well as attacks on the mentioned MPs ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Book battle: Dymocks considers offshore option - ABC Online

Companies like the British-based Book Depository offer cheap books and free ... To give a competitive advantage to overseas web sites of 10 per cent is just unsustainable." Don Grover says his company is already trimming its margins, and the success of ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

British firms risk sales, brand reputation by ignoring mobile Internet - BizReport.com

Even more research has surfaced today that shows, despite the rise in mobile Internet browsing, companies just aren't optimizing their websites for mobile users. Over half of British firms have never bothered to check the appearance or functionality of ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

UK police bring terror charges against British man - Jerusalem Post

Prosecutors said Choudhry had consulted extremist websites, including a British-based site that included a "hit list" of legislators who had supported the war. British and US authorities say those Internet pages have been closed down. Ahmad, 23, was not ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Sky Deutschland is Getting 'traction,' News Corp.'s Murdoch Says - BusinessWeek

Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Sky Deutschland AG, the pay- television operator 49.9 percent-owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., is getting "traction," James Murdoch, News Corp.'s chairman and chief executive officer for Europe and Asia, said at a Morgan ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

UK police charge man with soliciting murder, terrorism over extremist website - Washington Examiner

Prosecutors said Choudhry had consulted extremist websites, including a British-based site that included a "hit list" of legislators who had supported the war. British and U.S. authorities say those Internet pages have been closed down.


Thursday, November 18, 2010

British M.P.'s Sites Fail Accessibility Tests - Wall Street Journal

... the British House of Commons played host this evening to the British Computer Society's 3rd Annual MPs Web Awards. In a not overly crowded field of notable M.P. websites, what was striking was how few M.P. sites were accessible to disabled users.


Monday, November 15, 2010

British couple freed by pirates 'happy to be alive' - Zee News

British Prime Minister David Cameron in a statement welcomed ... The views represented here are not neccesarily endorsed by www.zeenews.com and its allied websites. All messages will be moderated and no message that has inflammatory, abusive, derogatory ...


Monday, November 15, 2010

Free from hell - The Sun

So what could be more fantastic than today's 750,000-strong "march" across sixty of the country's top websites - including thesun ... IT was the cower and the glory weekend for British sport. The glory came when England's Rugby Union heroes whacked the ...


Monday, November 15, 2010

Amazon retains links to websites selling literature on child abuse - The Independent

Users can find themselves directed to websites selling the work of two leading figures in the now defunct Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), a British pro-paedophilia activist group founded in the 1970s. Amazon has become embroiled in a row following ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

Murdoch: apps killing newspaper sales - PC Pro

News Corp's British newspaper arm, News International ... But he said apps for mobile devices, with which readers typically engage far more than they do with computer websites, were more dangerous to print sales. "The problem with the apps is that they are ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

Amazon continues hosting links to paedophile literature - Car Rentals

After being forced to remove an E-book aimed at paedophiles from its online listings yesterday, Amazon is now accused of retaining links to websites selling pro- paedophilia literature. The rederections lead to works by two leading members of a British ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

Amazon retains links to websites selling literature on child abuse - Independent

Users can find themselves directed to websites selling the work of two leading figures in the now defunct Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), a British pro-paedophilia activist group founded in the 1970s. Amazon has become embroiled in a row following ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

Half of UK firms fail to check own websites effectiveness on mobile devices - Retail Bulletin

British firms are neglecting the needs of consumers accessing websites from mobile devices, research from 1&1 Internet reveals. From a study of 530 small firms, 53 per cent have never checked the appearance or functionality of their website for Smartphone users.


Friday, November 12, 2010

1&1 Internet Ltd: Half Of Firms Fail To Check Their Own Website From A Mobile Device - TMCnet

Nov 08, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- London: British firms are neglecting the needs of consumers accessing websites from mobile devices, according to research released today by 1&1 Internet Ltd, www.1and1.co.uk, a global leader amongst web hosts.


Friday, November 12, 2010

British Vogue launches first iPad application - New Zealand Herald

Given the trials of producing the Vogue app it is not surprising that the American and Italian editions have elected not to follow suit and to spend their money on their websites. But British media should be glad that Shulman and Derrick have been braver.


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Free Speech: for sale to the richest litigant in the UK | GrrlScientist - The Guardian

The freedom to criticise and question dolts and idiots, using strong terms and without malice, is the cornerstone of argument and debate, whether in scholarly journals, on websites, in newspapers or elsewhere. But British libel laws inhibit debate and ...


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

British online fraud diligence dropping - IT Pro

British adults lost almost twice as much money to online fraud ... which turns the URL bar green to indicate a secure site -- they risk losing customers to web sites that are more proactive when it comes to security." In terms of a Geographic breakdown ...


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

British police arrest man over extremist website linked to knife attack on lawmaker - Canada East

Prosecutors said Choudhry had consulted extremist websites, including a British-based site which included a hit list of legislators. British and U.S. authorities said internet pages referred to in the case have been closed down.


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

British PM gives China a lesson in democracy - Sydney Morning Herald

Mr Cameron then commented on the restrictions on the media in China, where websites are monitored and critical content ... But we believe that the better informed the British public is about the issues affecting our society, the easier it is, ultimately ...


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

BBC announces International Radio Playwriting Competition - A1 Plus News

The winning entries will be broadcast on BBC World Service in autumn 2011. The deadline for applications expires on March 31, 2011. Application forms are available on the websites of the British Council and BBC World Service.


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Romanian hacker brings down British Royal Navy website - Security Park

The importance of protecting websites has once more been highlighted, following reports that a Romanian hacker has claimed to have broken into the main British Royal Navy website, www.royalnavy.mod.uk. The hacker, who calls himself TinKode and is believed ...


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Firms ignore mobile websites - IT Pro

Most British businesses have never checked their websites from a smartphone, potentially putting off mobile customers, a report has indicated. Over half of firms surveyed by web hosting provider 1&1 Internet said they had never checked the appearance or ...


Sunday, November 07, 2010

US urged to ban al-Qaeda videos - Age

BRITISH ministers have urged the White House to order US websites hosting al-Qaeda videos to remove them after a student inspired by online sermons tried to murder a Labour MP. Roshonara Choudhry, 21, became the first al-Qaeda fanatic to attempt a ...


Saturday, November 06, 2010

The importance of teaching British values in schools - Spectator.co.uk

One of the websites that the young Mulsim woman ... I think the answer is, at least in part, that we have been unwilling to talk sufficiently about British values. To teach everyone, through the education system, about how we became the liberal democratic ...


Saturday, November 06, 2010

Extremist website calls on Muslims to take up jihad against war MPs - Daily Mirror

It is linked to a network of British websites run by supporters of the banned organisation Al-Muhajiroun. The group, which also calls itself Islam4UK, was abolished by the Government in January for inspiring religious hatred. It is believed that GCHQ, the ...


Saturday, November 06, 2010

US warns on al Qaeda claims over Sept plane crash - Reuters

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The United States cannot confirm that al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing was behind a September UPS ( UPS.N ) plane crash in Dubai, despite the group's claims of responsibility on Friday, a U.S. official told Reuters. Al Qaeda in the ...


Saturday, November 06, 2010

YouTube Pulls Videos By Al Qaida Cleric - NPR News

After pressure from British and American officials YouTube says it has taken down some videos of the Al Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Awlaki was born and raised in America, but now lives in Yemen. He is believed to be linked to the recent package bombs ...


Saturday, November 06, 2010

British send message to U.S. Government - FederalNewsRadio.com

Take down the websites used by extremists. British Minister of Security Pauline Neville-Jones called on the the U.S. to do that during a speech at the Brookings Institution. She also urged the U.S. to do more to stop militant threats without going to war.


Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Paedophile linked to killer of UK toddler James Bulger is jailed - The Australian

A PAEDOPHILE who negotiated online with the killer of British two-year-old James Bulger has been jailed for breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order. Leslie Blanchard visited dating websites and viewed adult internet pornography three times despite ...


Tuesday, November 02, 2010

The story behind Vogue's iPad app - The Independent

Given the trials of producing the Vogue app it is not surprising that the American and Italian editions have elected not to follow suit and to spend their money on their websites. But British media should be glad that Shulman and Derrick have been braver.


Monday, November 01, 2010

Lee Westwood goes to No. 1, overtakes Woods - Zee News

David Duval was No. 1 for 15 weeks in 1999, and won the British Open two years later. The views represented here are not neccesarily endorsed by www.zeenews.com and its allied websites. All messages will be moderated and no message that has inflammatory ...


Monday, November 01, 2010

Lee Westwood goes to No. 1, overtakes Woods - Zee News

David Duval was No. 1 for 15 weeks in 1999, and won the British Open two years later. The views represented here are not neccesarily endorsed by www.zeenews.com and its allied websites. All messages will be moderated and no message that has inflammatory ...


Monday, November 01, 2010

Top Poland Travel Websites - Associated Content

Click the little British flag at the top to get you back into English. Overall this is a helpful site for visits to Warsaw. When you are thinking of visiting Poland, you will find the best Poland travel websites helpful in making your plans.


Monday, November 01, 2010

Top Poland Travel Websites - Associated Content

Click the little British flag at the top to get you back into English. Overall this is a helpful site for visits to Warsaw. When you are thinking of visiting Poland, you will find the best Poland travel websites helpful in making your plans.


Sunday, October 31, 2010

Senators ask: How to boost Parliament - Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday

Karim said Parliament should consider using Internet websites, blogs and social networking sites. Praising the British House of Commons website, Karim said, "A well-formatted and effective MP website or blog can engage constituents and be a source of ...


Sunday, October 31, 2010

British spy chief emerges - to laud agency's secrecy - Philadelphia Daily News

LONDON - Britain's top spy came in from the cold Thursday to condemn torture but defend his shadowy world as essential to keeping the country "safe and secure." John Sawers, chief of MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, which focuses on overseas spycraft ...


Saturday, October 30, 2010

Hells Angels sue fashion house - Gulf News

The complaint is also directed at Saks, the US luxury department store chain, and Zappos, the online shoe and fashion website owned by Amazon, whose e-commerce websites have carried ... by the late Lee McQueen, the British designer who died in February ...


Saturday, October 30, 2010

Robbiery plot - The Sun

THE return of Take That is set to be the biggest thing to hit the British pop scene EVER. It's also the biggest chance for con artists to rip off fans desperate to see Robbie Williams reunited with his group. Bogus websites are launching at the rate of one an hour.


Saturday, October 30, 2010

Britain investigates Ryanair stake in Aer Lingus - AP - msnbc.com

Ryanair's 4-year campaign to take over its Irish rival, Aer Lingus, faced a new challenge Friday from British regulators over whether its stockpile of Aer Lingus shares poses a risk to competition. The Office of Fair Trading ? responsible for policing ...


Saturday, October 30, 2010

Number of visitors to News Corp's Times websites plummets - Sydney Morning Herald

FOUR out of five visitors to News Corp's British newspaper websites for The Times and The Sunday Times did not access content behind the free home pages in the past three months. A monthly average of 362,000 people accessed content behind the pay wall in ...


Thursday, October 28, 2010

Saudi British Bank appoints Alaa Al Jabri as new Chief Risk Officer - AME Info

The companies concerned may use the above content on their respective web sites provided they link back to http: www.ameinfo.com Any opinions, advice, statements, offers or other information expressed in this section of the AMEinfo.com Web site are those ...


Thursday, October 28, 2010

European Officials Criticize U.S. Airport Security - New York Times

a day after the chairman of British Airways criticized Britain for bowing too quickly to Washington ... He said that the system had become vulnerable to "scam" Web sites and "fraudulent operations." That, he said, should prompt the United States to ...


Thursday, October 28, 2010

Bing Reaches For New Users With Rewards Program According to a Rhino Marketing Inc Blog - Emailwire

British Columbia - Rhino Marketing Inc ... Search Engine and Directory submission and tracking systems to help rank our client's websites higher in the search engine results pages thereby creating more traffic to their websites. Our staff has met Google ...


Thursday, October 28, 2010

British Library explores research technologies of the future - MacWorld UK

the British Library launched an online archive of UK websites, the UK Web Archive, which runs on the IBM BigSheets system. The system is based on the Apache Hadoop Java framework and promises to process large amounts of data "quickly and efficiently".


Thursday, October 28, 2010

British Airways challenges market trends in interactive agent workshop - AME Info

British Airways has a worldwide route network that covers more than 140 destinations ... The companies concerned may use the above content on their respective web sites provided they link back to http: www.ameinfo.com Any opinions, advice, statements,


Thursday, October 28, 2010

Watch Pakistan v South Africa Twenty20 cricket live online - Webuser.co.uk

Bet365's coverage begins at 5pm (British time). The match, held at Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium, is the second of a two-game Twenty20 series. South Africa won the first match yesterday by six wickets, after bowling out Pakistan for 119. The Proteas ...


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Hells Angels sue luxury fashion house - Financial Times

whose e-commerce websites have carried the merchandise cited. Alexander McQueen was founded by the late Lee McQueen, the British designer who died in February , and who was known for his dark, urban style aesthetic. The complaint argues that the Hells ...


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Unhappy Christmas: Websites praying on bargain-hunters with counterfeit presents - Daily Mail

British consumers preparing for a Christmas shopping spree are being ­targeted by scam websites offering goods that are ­either ­counterfeit or never arrive. Several sites based in the U.S., including www.bestpricedbrands.co.uk and www.bite size deals.


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Russian Consumers Are Active Social Network Users According to a Rhino Marketing Inc Blog - Emailwire

British Columbia - Rhino Marketing Inc ... Search Engine and Directory submission and tracking systems to help rank our client's websites higher in the search engine results pages thereby creating more traffic to their websites. Our staff has met Google ...


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Half of Italians 'have extramarital affairs' - Financial Express

the number of "serial adulterers" was increasing thanks to social networking websites which provide online space for married people, British newspaper 'The Daily Telegraph' reported. Until 1981, Italian law recognised the principle of honour killings,


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Reports: Wayne Rooney tells Man United he wants out - Boston Herald

Several British newspapers ? including the Guardian and Telegraph ? reported on their websites Sunday night that Rooney has fallen out with Manchester United Alex Ferguson since allegations surfaced about the player's private life last month.


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Canucks' Rypien apologizes for incident with fan - CBC Olympics

But fans have expressed their anger on social media websites, contending Rypien got off lightly. One tweet questioned whether fans should wear body armour to games and another labelled Rypien a "coward." The suspension is another setback for Rypien,


Sunday, October 24, 2010

Justin Bieber a laser loser? - Detroit Free Press

Police in Richmond, British Columbia, are investigating claims that a 12-year-old boy was hit by the pop star Friday during a game of laser tag, according to the CBC.ca. The owner of Planet Lazer told the Canadian news site that the Biebs was indeed ...


Friday, October 22, 2010

The hurt is hidden - Mortgage Strategy

This is testament to the coalition government's skill of managing expectations and carefully leaking stories to certain newspapers and websites. At the start of the ... The CSR was a monumental change to the British state and despite it being well ...


Friday, October 22, 2010

Stockhouse Short Report: From prospecting to sexual potency - Stockhouse

companies that feature socialite Paris Hilton on their websites. Published reports say Hilton was paid $3.5 million to promote Hair Tech's hair extension products as part of a 2007 marketing campaign. But the British Columbia Securities Commission cease ...


Friday, October 22, 2010

Lyris Webinar to Reveal Key Findings From Survey of Marketers on Optimizing Email and ... - MSN Money

optimizing Web sites, paid search and search engine marketing and integrating social media and mobile marketing campaigns. Clients include Expedia CruiseShipCenters, The British Museum Company, Matches, Char-Broil, and Eldorado Hotel & Casino. For more ...


Friday, October 22, 2010

Archiving the web - Economist.com

Many websites just disappear when their owner runs out of money or interest. Adam Farquhar, in charge of digital projects for the British Library, points out that the world has in some ways a better record of the beginning of the 20th century than of the ...


Friday, October 22, 2010

Polish private label market grows in crisis - PRLog (free press release)

providing one of most frequently visited and top-ranked websites, PMR is one of the largest companies of its type in the region. PMR is a British-American company providing market information, advice and services to businesses interested in Central and ...


Friday, October 22, 2010

Book sellers' websites have worst response times among retailers - Retail Bulletin

... necks the three slowest performing websites out of the 500 UK retailers' sites tested during Q3 were three major online booksellers, according to automated website testing firm Sitemorse. The slowest sites were Waterstone's, Foyles and British ...


Friday, October 22, 2010

Rhino Marketing Inc. -- RHINO.ca -- Continues To Grow - Emailwire

British Columbia - Rhino Marketing Inc ... Search Engine and Directory submission and tracking systems to help rank our client's websites higher in the search engine results pages thereby creating more traffic to their websites. Our staff has met Google ...


Friday, October 22, 2010

Quango bonfire torches websites - The Register

British Nuclear Fuels Ltd will no longer be a public corporation. The Competition Commission will merge with the Office of Fair Trading. The Design Council will be set up as an independent charity, as will NESTA (National Endowment for Science Technology ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Life term for Saudi prince who murdered servant in London - Star

has been jailed for life by a British court for murdering his male servant in a brutal ... but the court heard that the prince had ordered gay escorts in London and had frequently looked at websites for gay massage parlours and escort agencies.


Thursday, October 21, 2010

20 races: how I would make it work - Times-Leader

there has been discussion on numerous F1-related websites about the size and scope of the Formula 1 calendar ... The British Grand Prix was originally going to be moved to Donnington Park in 2010, before the project collapsed and Bernie Ecclestone came to ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Lyris Furthers Connected Marketing Thought Leadership During DMA 2010 Week - TMCnet

optimizing Web sites, paid search and search engine marketing and integrating social media and mobile marketing campaigns. Clients include Expedia CruiseShipCenters, The British Museum Company, Matches, Char-Broil, and Eldorado Hotel & Casino. For more ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Lyris Shares Online Marketing Insights at eMarketing Association Power of eMarketing ... - TMCnet

optimizing websites, paid search and search engine marketing, and integrating social media and mobile marketing campaigns. Clients include Expedia CruiseShipCenters, The British Museum Company, Matches, Char-Broil and Eldorado Hotel & Casino. For more ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Rooney confirms intention to leave Man United - Times-Leader

Several British newspapers reported on their websites Sunday night Oct 17, 2010 that Rooney has fallen out with Manchester United Alex Ferguson since allegations surfaced about the player's private life last month. The reports said Rooney has told the club ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

I want to leave Manchester United: Rooney - Mynews India

Several British newspapers reported on their websites that Rooney has fallen out with Manchester United Alex Ferguson since allegations surfaced about the player's private life last month. According to reports, Rooney has told the club that he will not ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Understand United states English on the web with your spare time - Gather.com

On-line web sites supplying totally free English programs generally use British English and there can be a variance involving the two types of vocabulary. One particular big difference is in pronunciation of words and one more is from the vocabulary utilised.


Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Taking the High Road? Justin Bieber Makes No Mention of Laser Tag Incident at Vancouver Concert - ABC News

It was his first concert following what several websites reported as an incident of inflammatory name-calling that occurred during a game of laser tag in Richmond, British Columbia. Bieber remained silent about the incident throughout the 90-minute concert ...


Wednesday, October 20, 2010

THE BRITISH LIBRARY: Aleks Krotoski Opens Growing Knowledge, the Evolution of Research - TMCnet

visualisation The British Library & UKWAC websites and analysis; store, archive and preserve Crimean War A multimedia research Search; data collection; The British Library environment collaboration and authorship Codex Sinaiticus A digital Biblical ...


Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Online health services "need tighter rules" - msnbc.com

Online health information and disease-risk tests can mislead, confuse and create needless anxiety, and governments should do more ensure the people who use them know what they are buying, UK experts said on Tuesday. A report by a British medical ethics ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Regulate medical websites to protect patients, say experts - The Scotsman

A British Medical Association Scotland spokeswoman said: "The internet can be a fantastic source of health information, but does need to be used very selectively ... people should be extremely sceptical about any sites that promise miracle cures or demand ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Vaccinations in Patients with Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases - Medscape News

the Centers for Disease control (CDC), the British Society of Rheumatology (BSR) and the World Health Organization (WHO) web sites and publications were consulted for recent papers and recommendations regarding immunocompromized patients and immunization.


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

MyBritishColumbiaInfo.com Takes Tourism in a New Direction for British Columbia Businesses - Newsblaze.com

British Columbia, Oct. 11 PRNewswire -- MyBritishColumbiaInfo ... and is backed by the best tech applications and optimisation available to create relevant websites for today's traveller. As a leading online travel guide all content is generated locally ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Freedom for George Michael after jail spell - YAHOO!

according to pictures on several British newspaper websites. He received an eight-week sentence on September 14 but the judge said he would be released after serving half, with the remainder of the term being spent under strict conditions. He was also ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

American Air Says Venture Creates NYC-London 'Shuttle Service' - BusinessWeek

American and British Airways' trans-Atlantic business alliance, formally kicked off in London today with partner Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA, lets travelers book flights from any of the carriers' websites. American and British Airways will mesh ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Extremist websites booming, but hard to police - Reuters India

Western authorities say the number of extremist websites is skyrocketing but taking action to remove them remains difficult and the head of a specialist British police unit said engagement was needed as well as enforcement. Increasingly in recent years,


Friday, October 01, 2010

Brits check out S.D. sobriety program - Argus Leader

A television crew with the British Broadcasting Company visited Sioux Falls on ... news story on the 24 7 program will be used on the BBC's radio and television networks and appear on its websites in the coming weeks. Reach John Hult at 331-2301.


Friday, October 01, 2010

GBPMillions Being Wasted Every Day by British Consumers Says New YouGov Survey - Melodika.net

Throwing Away Money Off Vouchers and Refusing to Haggle - Despite Money Being Tight British Consumers are Throwing Away Money Every Day - Almost ... Despite the growth of comparison websites the survey found that still only around one third of consumers ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

To, toward, towards - star.com.my

Here are two examples of their use in British websites: One of the escaped detainees did not get far -- he asked for help at a prison officer's home and was arrested. Bill Smith ... said: "He definitely picked the wrong house, because he knocked on ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

Weekly art websites: microscopic art - The Independent

You'll need your magnifying glass to appreciate this week's selection of websites, all of which draw attention to the beauty in tiny objects. Willard Wigan - http: www.willard-wigan.com British artist Willard Wigan creates artworks so small you can't ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

Australian Teen Hacks Twitter, Causes Widespread Japanese Porn Outbreak - AOL News

... accounts of such high-profile figures as White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Sarah Brown , wife of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Delphin, who goes by @zzap on Twitter, said he got the code ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

Activists target recording industry websites - BBC

... notorious message-board 4chan and were reportedly in retaliation for anti-piracy efforts against file-sharing websites. The group has declared it will continue to target other sites. Next in their sights s the British Phonographic Industry (BPI ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Texas Probes Google on Ranking of Search Results - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

... Web sites will be unhappy with their ranking," Mr. Harrison wrote. In his post, he said the Texas attorney general asked the company for information about a number of companies. It listed three -- Foundem, a ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Can being a 'bad girl' guide me to good health?

Can being a 'bad girl' guide me to good health?


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Texas Asks Whether Google Violates Search Neutrality

The Texas attorney general has opened an antitrust investigation into how Google ranks search results, striking at the heart of its main search business.


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Northwest News: Spokane deputy takes vacation one day after fatal shooting; Death penalty on the table for accused ...

Two headlines to share today, one from Seattlepi.com, the other from The Spokesman Review.


Saturday, September 04, 2010

What brainless moulds may teach us

These single-cell organisms somehow make decisions we associate with humans, writes Deborah Smith.


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Cig makers may be astroturfing on YouTube -- study

Research published online suggests that the tobacco industry may be using YouTube, as well as other Web 2.0 media, in order to get around restrictions on tobacco advertisements and market their products to young people, reported BBC News. read more...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Gap launches dedicated e-commerce sites in the U.K. and Canada

Sites feature Gap's universal shopping cart and the U.K. sites will ship to nine more European countries soon.


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Gap launches dedicated e-commerce sites in the U.K. and Canada - InternetRetailer.com

Gap ships purchases for a flat rate of 4 British pounds (US$6.18 via DHL from an in-country distribution center. Consumers can make free returns via Royal Mail or return products to retail stores. Canadian orders ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

World Heritage sites reflect 'value to humanity'

What do the Grand Canyon, the Great Wall of China and the historic center of Rome have in common? Each is a World Heritage Site.


Saturday, September 04, 2010

How to Teach Social Media in Journalism Schools - All Things Digital

University of British Columbia Social media is such a new phenomenon that ... The section is now explicitly labeled that it comes "from other Web sites." We are fully aware of the controversies around how linking and ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

What is Your Media Pyramid? - Poynter.org

he'll root around a few other Web sites to pick up on notable international news, such as the British Broadcasting Corp. or Radio Free Europe. During the day, he might check cable news channels or the campus newspaper,


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Has Islamic Terrorism Bought the BBC, Reuters - Israel News Agency

the BBC subtly and retroactively altered its initial texts about the bombs on both its British and international Web sites." Gross states: "Unfortunately for the BBC, however, previous versions of its webpages ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

GPCA announces the Fertilizer Convention in association with British Sulphur - AME Info

The companies concerned may use the above content on their respective web sites provided they link back to http: www.ameinfo.com Any opinions, advice, statements, offers or other information expressed in this ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Medicine on the Web: British patients click online to see doctor - Asbury Park Press

The British websites are definitely an exception ... doctors should be particularly careful about prescribing drugs like Viagra and worried about the web sites becoming prescription mills. "The best thing is to have ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

Improved Usability and Faster Search from New Re-designed Fly.co.uk Website - 24-7PressRelease.com

Dedicated air travel comparison site offers people enhanced service and wider choice of flight deals SURREY, ENGLAND, August 01, 2010 24-7PressRelease -- Fly.co.uk, the specialist online flight comparison website, this ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

New government website collates 800 years of British laws - Daily Telegraph

It replaces both The Office of Public Sector Information and the Statue Law Database's respective websites, which will be shut down over the next few weeks, offering a one-stop-shop for the complete set of the ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

$17,500 payout for Facebook 'paedophile' slur - Sydney Morning Herald

The perils of social networking are back in the spotlight after a British student won a £10,000 ($17,500) payout in a high court ruling after a "friend" branded him a paedophile and posted pictures of child porn to his ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

Britain 'open' to outsourcing, says Cameron - Rediff

B ritish Prime Minister David Cameron [ Images ] on Wednesday said his country is "most open" to the idea of outsourcing. "In terms of being open to outsourcing, you will find Britain one of the most open and ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

FTSE tipped to open slightly higher on a busy earnings day - Spectator.co.uk

PRE-OPEN REPORT: Headline shares are tipped to open flat to slightly higher, according to financial websites, on a busy day for company earnings reports, with British Gas owner Centrica certain to be a focus. In the US ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

David Cameron's war on quangos begins... 20 organisations set for the chop

Ministers announced that the UK Film Council, the HFEA fertility watchdog, and funding body Sport England will be among 20 or so organisations being merged or axed.


Sunday, August 01, 2010

Pregnant British mum guilty of U.S. terror charges after drawing up hit list of 'enemies of Islam' - Daily Mail

A pregnant British mother has been convicted in the U.S. of lying to the FBI about drawing up a hit-list of possible terrorist targets. The intelligence agency alleged that Nadia Rockwood, 36, along with her husband ...


Thursday, July 22, 2010

Court OKs Moscow mayor's calling gays 'faggots' - Pride Source

A libel suit filed by Moscow Pride against Mayor Yuri Luzhkov over his having called gays "faggots" ("gomiki") was dismissed by the Moscow City Court on July 2. It previously had been rejected by the Tverskoi District ...


Thursday, July 22, 2010

MT Expert - IT: How to avoid an online traffic jam - Management Today

Hostway's Neil Barton on avoiding website overload in the face of high traffic volumes... Recent figures from the UK Online Measurement Company (UKOM) revealed that British internet users are spending 65% more time ...


Thursday, July 22, 2010

Cube: Pitt, Jolie settle with tabloid; Applegate pregnant - HamptonRoads.com

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have settled their privacy claim against a British tabloid. Christina Applegate and her fiance are expecting. COMMENTS ADVISORY: Users are solely responsible for opinions they post here ...


Thursday, July 22, 2010

The Chilcot inquiry - Economist.com

THESE days Britain's secret services have websites, press offices and public-recruitment drives. The names of their bosses are freely available, as is the nature of their work. Yet for all this openness, it is rare to ...


Thursday, July 22, 2010

Using the Internet to make Anti-Semitism Respectable - American Thinker

If not quite as popular as adult-content sites, the anti-Israel blogosphere is a dirty little thrill that major U.S. media outfits have mainstreamed for the masses, the intellectual equivalent of the topless "Page Three ...


Thursday, July 22, 2010

AOL Signs Deal For ITN News Content - Itproportal

AOL has inked a deal with British newscaster ITN to show hundreds of news videos on its websites. The move comes as part of AOL's initiative to make the company a major online content portal. According to UK newspaper ...


Thursday, July 22, 2010

British wife admits terror list lie - The Guardian

A British woman and her American husband accused over a terror plot have admitted lying about the existence of a hit-list of possible targets who the couple suspected were enemies of Islam. Paul Rockwood and his wife ...


Thursday, July 22, 2010

Torrid times for Red Bull as Mclaren prosper - Sport.co.uk

It's fairly normal as an F1 fan to find yourself trawling through engineering books and websites after races, looking for clarification on the latest technical craze to sweep through the paddock. Yet, after the British ...


Thursday, July 22, 2010

British wife in US terror list plea deal - WalesOnline

A British woman and her American husband accused over a domestic terrorism plot have admitted lying about the existence of a hit list of possible targets. Paul Rockwood and his wife, Nadia, of King Salmon, Alaska, were ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Breaking News, travelers face stay-seated rule after Northwest Airlines bombing ... - Examiner

An official statement has NOT yet been made by the TSA, but the following are unconfirmed, strong possibilities of what restrictions international travelers coming to the USA may face from now on. Two foreign airlines ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

eFax® Branded Service Expands Global Network By More Than 13% In Three Months - Newsblaze.com

LOS ANGELES, July 21 PRNewswire -- eFax ®, a branded service of j2 Global Communications , Inc. (NasdaqGS: JCOM) and an Internet fax to email service with millions of customers worldwide, has grown its global fax ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

India This Evening: A Dam That's Adding to Indo-Pak Tension - Wall Street Journal

Here is a roundup of news from Indian newspapers, news wires and Web sites on Wednesday July 21, 2010. The Wall Street Journal has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. A Dam That's Adding ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

British Music Experience launches Face the Music quiz - Webuser.co.uk

"Do you know your Lennon from your Lennox?," asks the new online quiz from the British Music Experience , which has been launched to promote the BME interactive museum at the O2. Face the Music invites you to name 64 ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

j2 Global to Host Q2 2010 Earnings Conference Call - msnbc.com

LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- j2 Global Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:JCOM), the provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communications services, invites the public, members of the press, the ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

B.C. gambling website, privacy commissioner probe glitch that exposed user info - Winnipeg Free Press

VANCOUVER - Dozens of gamblers on B.C.'s new casino-style website were able to place bets with other users' money, forcing the site to shut down almost as soon as it was up and running, the province's lottery corporation ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Ask Tom - your travel dilemmas answered - The Guardian

I've just visited all sorts of websites I don't normally frequent trying to find out whether Cheryl Cole was taking anti-malarial pills and other preventatives, but while my life is now richer for knowing who Derek Hough ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Privacy breach at B.C. gambling website - Metronews.ca

VANCOUVER - Dozens of gamblers on B.C.'s new casino-style website were able to place bets with other users' money, forcing the site to shut down almost as soon as it was up and running, the province's lottery corporation ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Facebook Pickup Artist Sleeps With 1,500 Women - AllFacebook

File this one under weird news: a 60 year old British man named Clive Worth claims that he has slept with 1,500 women that he met on websites, including Facebook. According to Clive Worth, over 300 of those women were ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

A hook for investors: get a David Lynch T-shirt - Special Broadcasting Service

David Lynch hasn't directed a movie since the 2006 dud Inland Empire so it's not surprising that the producers of a documentary about the maverick director are going to extreme lengths to fund the project. With Lynch ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

Online battle crucial to election - Age

LABOR is dominating the online conversation on the eve of the election campaign as the political parties limber up for a fight destined to be fought as much on Facebook and Twitter as on talkback radio and television ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

And Playing the Part of Tiger Woods at the British Open Championship is Louis ... - GolfLasVegasNow.com

July 18, 2010--So one guy just ran away from the field at the Open Championship to become the Champion Golfer of the Year. Another guy spent the week flailing away with a brand new putter before going back to his old ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

Cyberbullying, more than just "messing around" - The Vancouver Sun

If may affect as many as half of U.S. teenagers, can be as bad or worse than being beaten up in the schoolyard, and is so relentless and emotionally devastating that suicide can seem the only answer. Whether it is ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

B.C. first in North America to offer online gambling - CTV

VANCOUVER ? British Columbia is hoping to cash in on an estimated $100 million gambled by its residents on offshore websites each year by becoming the first jurisdiction in North America to offer legal, online casino ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

B.C. launches province-backed online gambling site - Financial Post

VANCOUVER ? The B.C. government on Thursday rolled out its casino games gambling website, becoming the first sanctioned online casino in North America. Housing and Social Development Minister Rich Coleman said British ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

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Monday, July 19, 2010

Obscure book by British adviser becomes cult hit after Warren Buffett tip - Daily Telegraph

An obscure book about the collapse of the German economy in the 1920s has become cult reading among leading financiers, after a tip from billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Mr Buffett, known as the Sage of Omaha because ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

Formula 1 gossip and rumours from international media - BBC Sport

BBC Sport brings you a regular round-up of the gossip in newspapers and on specialist websites around the world. Sakon Yamamoto has thanked Hispania Racing Team for a "special weekend" after finishing the British Grand ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

Drug watchdog recommends ban on mephedrone substitutes - The Guardian

Mephedrone, or 'meow meow' was legal until it was banned in April. Photograph: Rex Features Government drug advisers are expected to recommend a ban today on a new generation of legal highs that have been marketed as ...


Monday, May 31, 2010

British Airways cabin crew strikes - Rutland Herald

LONDON ? British Airways cabin crew launched a new five-day strike Sunday as a bitter dispute with management ... Heathrow airport's Web site showed about ten outgoing BA flights were disrupted Sunday morning, while a handful of BA flights arriving ...


Monday, May 31, 2010

Bill Gates Nudges Drug Makers To Share Research - Portfolio.com

Glaxo recently made the data available on public Web sites so other scientists could use the information. The British company received funding from Medicines for Malaria Venture , a Swiss partnership that has received more than $315 million from the ...


Monday, May 31, 2010

Walkout disrupts British Airways - Akron Beacon Journal

LONDON: British Airways' cabin crew launched a new five-day strike Sunday as a bitter dispute with management ... Heathrow airport's Web site showed about 10 outgoing BA flights were disrupted Sunday morning, while a handful of BA flights arriving ...


Monday, May 31, 2010

London Newspapers Challenge Web's Gratis Orthodoxy - New York Times

In it, 9 percent of British Web users said they would be prepared to pay for access to The Times and Sunday Times. That might not sound great, but 9 percent of 21 million is about 2 million. If that many users pay for the sites just one day a month ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Gilbraltar's history full of mystery - San Francisco Gate

For a British territory that's barely 2 1 2 square miles, Gibraltar and its famous rock have had more ... Tours: See the Gibraltar Tourist Board site for a comprehensive list of tours and activities. A little myth-busting: Contrary to a few thousand ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

An explosion of fairs in London - Financial Times

... antiques, collectables and works of art (all checked by a vetting committee comprising 200 experts) the fair will feature a lecture series and a loan exhibition of 15 modern British pictures ... Harry's Bar as well as an on-site Le Caprice ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

British Airways cabin crew launch new strikes - The Guardian

LONDON (AP) ? British Airways cabin crew launched a new five-day strike on Sunday, as a bitter dispute with management ... Heathrow airport's Web site showed that many outgoing flights were scheduled to fly, but a handful of BA flights arriving ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Pardon issued to two gay men in Malawi who were jailed for 14 years - Georgia Straight

The White House and the British Foreign Office have each welcomed pardons issued to two men jailed in Malawi for being gay. So far, there is no such statement on the Web sites of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada or Prime Minister ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Apple faithful clamour for 'Jesus tablet' - Technology.timesonline

Since the iPad was listed two weeks ago we have had a 600% increase in visitors to our site," said Kelly Scales, founder of bidandborrow ... Most British newspapers, including The Sunday Times, as well as the BBC, Sky and the book publishers ...


Saturday, May 29, 2010

Helium balloons take man across English Channel - San Francisco Gate

Trappe says on his Web site that he made a scouting trip in March and gained clearance from French and British aviation authorities and from customs and immigration offices on both sides. His equipment list included an aircraft transponder, oxygen ...


Saturday, May 29, 2010

Swartzentruber's 'Totem Triptych' Is The Art Of The Game - Times-Union Newspaper

Two of the most prolific commentors on the Web site have been award-winning author Marc Harshman and British author Cleveland W. Gibson. Gibson is attempting to put a book together featuring his comments on Swartzentruber's art.


Saturday, May 29, 2010

North Port mother is semi-finalist in story contest - Herald Tribune

com, a British-based Web site that publishes stories for kids. The North Port woman entered her piece after hearing how the site, created by parents in the U.K., promoted reading among children. Each of the 50 submissions selected in the contest is ...


Saturday, May 29, 2010

North Port author semifinalist in competition - Herald Tribune

Laura Aldir-Hernandez's fictional tale, "The Cobra Dance," has been named a semifinalist in the international competition by Smories.com, a British-based Web site that publishes stories for kids. The North Port woman entered her piece after ...


Saturday, May 29, 2010

No deal in talks on British Airways strike - msnbc.com

More information, including answers to frequently-asked questions , is available on British Airways' Web site. Source: British Airways, msnbc.com research "This equates to around 65,000 customers flying each day," the airline said in a statement.


Saturday, May 29, 2010

BBC launches new iPlayer with links to rival sites 

The BBC launched a new version of its popular iPlayer Web video service with prominent links to rivals' sites, as it waits to see if the new coalition government will limit its funding or powers.


Saturday, May 29, 2010

UPDATE 1-BBC launches new iPlayer with links to rival sites - Reuters India

LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) - British state broadcaster the BBC launched a new version of its popular iPlayer Web video service with prominent links to rivals' sites, as it waits to see if the new coalition government will limit its funding or powers ...


Saturday, May 29, 2010

BT integrates Ribbit technology with Onevoice

Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ...


Saturday, May 29, 2010

The Times and The Sunday Times launch new-look, pay-to-view websites

The Times and The Sunday Times revealed their new-look websites yesterday, which from next month will be available only to those willing to pay for them, igniting the debate over how quality journalism will be funded in the future.


Sunday, May 23, 2010

A need for speed - Boston Globe

... course our business benefits when people find the Web more useful,'' said Stephen Vinter, engineering director at Google's Cambridge lab. "We have a chance to make money when people do searches or browse sites ... Group, a British ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Mayne attractions - The Spokesman-Review

... brochure with an island map on the ferry, or print one from the Web ( www.mayneislandchamber.ca pdf map.pdf ). An excellent guide and map to the island's many hiking trails is available at many visitor sites ... visited of British Columbia's ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Play, stay in Olympic venues this summer - The Vancouver Sun

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have come and gone, but British Columbians -- and their guests ... put out a guidebook, called Canada Line Adventures, leading visitors to the sites, shops and eateries at each stop on the line.


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Breaking News, travelers face stay-seated rule after ... - Examiner

Two foreign airlines, Air Canada and British Airways , did disclose the following steps in notices on their Web sites. The airlines said the rules had been implemented by government security agencies including the T.S.A. These two airlines have ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Britain plans to take Gov 2.0 to the next level - FCW.com

As part of a far-reaching plan announced today by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, every British citizen would get a personal Web site in the next year through which they could find out about what local services are available to them and do business with ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Alabama Lawyers Launch Multiple Oil Spill Web Sites after Filing a ... - PRWeb

Alabama Lawyers Launch Multiple Oil Spill Web Sites after Filing a Class Action Oil Spill Lawsuit against British Petroleum, Transocean and Others Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC offers free oil spill attorney consultation to Gulf Coast residents who ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

British web users spend more than 22 hours a month online - Bigmouthmedia.com

Thanks to the rise of social networking, UK web users now spend around one day out of every month online - a 65 per cent ... The UKOM study also revealed that adult sites only account for a modest proportion of internet use, with people spending more ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

British web use soaring says survey - T3.com

British web users are spending a massive 65 per cent more time ... While news views are also up, illicit visits to adult sites are also steady, taking up 2.7 per cent of our web time. That's around 40 minutes a month, you filthy bunch.


Sunday, May 23, 2010

British Petroleum needs your help - The Ledger

Not that the company is desperate or anything, but BP (British Petroleum) is soliciting suggestions from the public on how to contain ... Several Web sites have collected the more colorful proposals. One that BP has seriously entertained is creating ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Canadians teens say they can't live without going ... - The Vancouver Sun

Almost half -- 49 per cent -- of British Columbians spend from one to five hours per week on e-mail. Social networking sites are growing in popularity ... high school and her youngest, aged seven, while already Web savvy, doesn't yet have a phone.


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Morning tech tipsheet: Tuesday, May 18 ? Patent news ... - Thehill.com

White House official reprimanded for consulting with Google colleagues (Hillicon Valley) ? The White House has reprimanded one of its Web chiefs for ... WaPo) ? From Cecilia Kang: "British subscribers to social networking sites such as Facebook ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

DVD Review: Foyle's War - Set 6 - Bloggernews.net

Inspector Foyle is a police investigator in the British coastal community of Hastings ... Others Know About This Post These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. While BloggerNews.net is known to ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Man Creates Facebook Group to Find Mystery Girl, Get ... - Myfoxla.com

CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - A British man's search for love has grown into a charitable fund-raiser while captivating ... Web site feature links to other sites, some of which are operated by companies unrelated to Fox Television Stations, Inc.


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Mine Director Replaced After Rebuke From Putin - New York Times

Putin that police have "traced two British, four Ukrainian and four Moscow Web sites" bent on agitating the populace. Still, in a show of muscular populism, Mr. Putin echoed complaints that union officials have voiced in recent days, to an ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Blurred issue

Are photographs on the internet in the public domain?


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Community gardening scheme begins

Essex County Council starts a scheme to create new orchards and allotments across the county.


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Ashley Olsen - Olsens Want London Style

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's next collection will be inspired by "London street style".The 23-year-old twins - who have three clothing lines, The Row, Elizabeth...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Facebook is not your friend

If you care about your privacy and that of your real friends, unfriend Facebook now. We are its product, not its customers There is a wonderful graphic on the New York Times site showing how Facebook's privacy statement has got larger and larger to cover the growing holes in its privacy policy. The mapping isn't perfect: if it were, the declaration of Facebook's dedication to privacy would have ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Soccer-Brazil's stagnating 2014 Cup preparations cause concern

* Worries mount as Brazil cities lag on stadiums


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Al-Qaida claims attack on British diplomat - United Press International

... terrorist Web sites, said al-Qaida in a communique accused Britain of conspiring against Arabian Peninsula Muslims. Al-Qaida also blasted Britain's part in the establishment of Israel in 1948. Torlot was less than half a mile from the British ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Loans for People on Benefits: Bliss in Disguise for the Underemployed ... - PRLog (free press release)

There are many web sites on the internet which have been built up by the lending agencies for the borrowers to visit and to submit application online. The borrowers must have British citizenship and they must be 18 at least and they must have ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Research Survey Asks: "Which Web News Sites are the Most Trusted?" - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- May 11, 2010 -- When it comes to Internet news sites, which do you trust? Keirsey Research recently sampled more than 1300 people in a survey to find out which popular news sites are trusted, and which aren't. They were ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Britain plans to take Gov 2.0 to the next level - Washington Technology

As part of a far-reaching plan announced today by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, every British citizen would get a personal Web site in the next year through which they could find out about what local services are available to them and do business with ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Man Found Guilty of Sending Threatening Tweet - Top Tech News

Twitter officials make it clear on their web site that the users, not the company, are responsible for ... Along with being found guilty, Paul Chambers was fined $1,500 after a British court convicted him of sending out a threatening tweet, which ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Call for private forces to fight pirates - Terra Daily

Still, Intelligence Online, a Paris Web site that covers global security issues, reports that "several private security firms" are ... One is a British outfit called Hart, which was hired by Puntland, an independent enclave in northeastern Somalia ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Gulf Fisheries Are - Courthouse News Service

The spill began with an explosion at British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon oil rig, approximately 41 miles offshore from Louisiana ... According to its Web site, Earthjustice is representing a coalition of environmental and Native Alaskan groups in ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

A new traveler to the Old World learns lessons - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

To be honest, I did panic and almost bailed out at the 11th hour, when British Airways canceled the first leg of my return flight ... Out of curiosity, I started scouring Web sites such as Expedia and CheapOair, plus airline sites, for bargains.


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Haney resigns as Woods' swing coach - GolfWeek

Here is the statement in full from Haney's Web site: Photo by Associated Press Tiger Woods walks with Hank Haney during a practice round at Royal Liverpool before the 2006 British Open. "I would like to thank Tiger for the opportunity that I have ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Sprint scraps plans for Google's Nexus One phone 7:01 - Town Hall

Taobao and Yahoo Japan team up on e-commerce 4:20 Taobao, a Chinese shopping Web site, and Yahoo Inc ... British man convicted for Twitter bomb 'threat' 1:56 A British man who said on Twitter that he would blow up an airport if his flight was delayed ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Five-Year Swap Spread Touches Widest Since 2008: Canada ... - Bloomberg

... Canada predicts the gap will reach 30 basis points by the end of June as the beginning of a tightening cycle by the Bank of Canada and a new sales tax in Ontario and British Columbia ... data on the Bank of Canada's Web site. Housing starts ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

U.S. Open certainly can prevail without Woods' presence - Stamford Advocate

They'll have their say on that matter later this summer when it comes time to host The Open Championship (or the "British Open," as we disrespecting Yanks ... Visit the Contra Costa Times on the Web at http: www.contracostatimes.com.


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Dern Reveals All About Coming Home Nightmare That Became A Dream - The Gaea Times

singer recently spoke out to deny speculation of a split from Goss, after a British newspaper reported the couple had parted over the star's promiscuous behaviour. Supermodel Bundchen reveals on Web site that son with Patriots QB Brady is named ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

dot.Rory blog

The prime-ministerial debates have been a fascinating experiment, not just in the way that television can influence an election campaign but in a new way of combining the web and TV to make both a richer experience.


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Tarantino to head Venice film festival jury, cited as major creative ... - The Gaea Times

Hollywood stars and British directors in lineup for next month's London Film ... Organizers named the Mexican filmmaker the jury president in a statement on their official Web site. Venice Film Fest to open Sept. 2 with Tornatore's movie on his ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Orchid Cellmark Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial ... - Earthtimes (press release)

In British pounds, total U ... to the live or archived webcast via the Internet, please visit the Investor Relations section of the company's web site at www.orchidcellmark.com . Questions will be taken live via the conference call. 


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Election special: ten media moments of the 2010 ... - Brand Republic

This was a truly innovative and breakthrough moment and it suggested that the internet and the social web were to play a key role in the ... main party leaders came to Mumsnet during this campaign giving the site huge sway and publicity.


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Newsweek: Between The Week, Slate, and The Economist, Not Much Room ... - New York Times (blog)

... Week and The Economist, both owned by British ... fine Web site, but it was stapled to a huge costs of print infrastructure built up over decades. As needs and opportunities have arisen, Slate has been able to build out additional sites ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Russian Destroyer Frees Hijacked Oil Tanker - New York Times

The British-based naval force in a statement called the operation ... opened fire and tried to board the vessel using two speedboats," the Novorossiysk Shipping Company said on its Web site on Wednesday. The master of the tanker then alerted the ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

UK, Irish hopeful volcanic ash clouds dissipating - Boston Globe

DUBLIN? British and Irish authorities are hopeful of re-establishing ... west and north of England -- Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle -- to check the company's Web site and remain alert for possible closure announcements.


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Oil spill lands behemoth BP in a Gulf of mess - The Money Times

The incident has already damaged the reputation of behemoth BP, formerly known as British Petroleum. BP is wary of the fact that its name may be permanently ... com , BP's Web site avoids any linkage, calling it "the spill" or "Gulf of Mexico ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

AHOY! Cruise ships to arrive in Port Angeles on Friday - Peninsula Daily News

... stay until 11 p.m. It also is traveling from San Diego to Vancouver, British Columbia. The Statendam, which made a stop in Port Angeles in May 2009, has a 1,260-passenger capacity, according to Holland America's Web site. The ships are on ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Value of Home Contents Increase by 115% in 15 years - PRWeb

As the British public buy more and more of these items, the content value of our ... By using cutting-edge technology, it has developed a series of intelligent web-based solutions that evaluate a number of risk factors to help customers with their ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Skyfire launches flash video enabled browser for Android

Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Obama proves a hit with his comedy routine

For all the ups and downs of Barack Obama's Presidency, he has proved that he can still deliver a mean punch-line, using his second turn as comic speaker-in-chief at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner to tell topical jokes about his political opponents, his aides, and the US media and, from time to time, to poke fun at himself.


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Hollywood's Top 5 Cougar Couples - ABC News

... newest example of a younger man dating a much older woman is Aaron Johnson, 19, a Hollywood newcomer and star of the current box office hit "Kick-Ass," who is engaged to British director and ... com , a Web site dedicated to celebrities, gossip ...


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Film-style certificates coming for websites

A new internet service provider has used the British Board of Classification's film certification system to rate the suitability for different age groups of around 3bn websites Film certification-style ratings are coming to the internet, as the result of a link-up between the British Board of Film Classification and an internet service provider. The ISP, Tibboh, is using the BBFC classification ...


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

YCL leader in dig at Malema - Independent Online

Malema drives an expensive British SUV and lives in Sandton ... browser bookmarks which are available using the menus within your web browser. Use the links below to share this article on the social bookmarking site of your choice.


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Greek central banker calls for deeper deficit cuts - MENAFN

... than currently planned and achieves a deficit reduction this year of more than 5% of GDP," Provopoulos said in a speech, the text of which was published on the bank's Web site. The governor ... sector firms pressure the top British share index ...


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Sadanand Dhume: Modi's Operandi - Wall Street Journal

... family, manipulated the award of IPL broadcast and Internet rights, and violated a confidentiality clause by "tweeting" about team ownership on the social-networking Web site Twitter ... havens such as Mauritius and the British Virgin Islands ...


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

An investigative report detailing the Obama eligibility ... - Canada Free Press

It is interesting to note that when Chester Alan ARTHUR was born, his father, William ARTHUR was a British subject and not a U ... the publication of the COLB as listed on officially sanctioned web sites, and it is ultimately proven that the document ...


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Kentucky Utilities might be sold - Lexington Herald-Leader

In 2000, a British company, Powergen, bought KU and LG&E for $3.2 billion. In 2002, E.On acquired Powergen for nearly $15 billion. According to the E.On U.S. Web site, KU serves 518,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia ...


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

iPhone-leak-gate: Who are the 'journalists' nowadays ... - ZDNet (blog)

... world to see - and Gizmodo and other tech sites ... on the web, it can never be taken back, and you should still  be able to be held accountable for your actions and words. Zack Whittaker, the youngest in the ZDNet network, is a British student ...


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

'Blood diamond' sale approved by Zim court - Independent Online

... run Herald newspaper reported Tuesday that the high court has now approved the sale of diamonds belonging to British ... menus within your web browser. Use the links below to share this article on the social bookmarking site of your choice.


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

NBTY Reports Second Quarter Results; Will Web Cast A ... - Earthtimes (press release)

... number of products available via its catalog and web ... including the British pound, the Euro and the Canadian dollar; (xxiv) import-export controls on sales to foreign countries; (xxv) the inability of NBTY to secure favorable new sites for ...


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Stock Alert for International Coal Group Inc. Issued by ... - Earthtimes (press release)

ICO) is a producer of coal in Northern and Central Appalachia with a range of mid to high British thermal unit (Btu), low to medium sulfur steam and metallurgical ... com is a Web site wholly owned by BlueWave Advisors, LLC. Neither MicroStockProfit ...


Sunday, April 25, 2010

No, children: Hitler came after 1066

Over the past 18 months at least six people have told me that I am completely bonkers. It's been a new experience for me, since I can't remember anyone doubting my sanity before.


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Churchill's great-grandson visits Mo. town - Examiner

And he urged people to sign a petition at his foundation's Web site urging President Barack Obama to return a bust of Churchill to the White House. The British Embassy lent the bust to President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Ex-nurse 'entered into false suicide pact with Briton'

An American former nurse charged with encouraging a British man to commit suicide by entering into a false internet suicide pact with him was in contact with at least 50 other vulnerable people and also targeted children, the British woman responsible for tracking him down said last night.


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Ex-nurse 'entered into false suicide pact with Briton' - The Independent

An American former nurse charged with encouraging a British man to commit suicide by ... She was logged on to an academic medieval site when a new user appeared with an unusual user name. "On academic sites people use their own names," she said. "


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Three bidders vying to own Philadelphia Newspapers - Philadelphia Daily News

of Vancouver, British Columbia, was one of three bidders to make an ... owns two paper mills, a packaging firm, an apparel-maker, and a garden-products company, according to its Web site. Ronald N. Stern, founder of the company, was among a Stern ...


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Republican Governors Association embraces 'pro ... - Raw Story

A futuristic tale about a British terrorist who wages bloody vengeance against a fascist dictatorship, "V for Vendetta ... They've even launched a Web site -- remembernovember.com -- to that very effect. Such a move would have been unheard of at the ...


Sunday, April 25, 2010

The way I see it... - 7 Days UAE

... remembers Jo Moore and her infamous email to Stephen Byers, a British Labour Party politician, about getting bad news out by using the attack on the World Trade Centre as a distraction? A quick search on the BBC's web site tells us that the UK ...


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Music Magazine Tracks Is On the Right Track For Musical ... - New University Newspaper

... Jukebox Crib Sheet,' a checklist designed to allow readers to mark their interests, separated by genre, and then listen to and purchase the CDs at the magazine's Web site at TracksMusic ... which relatively lesser-known British bands Elbow ...


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Canadians teens say they can't live without going ... - Vancouver Sun

Almost half -- 49 per cent -- of British Columbians spend from one to five hours per week on e-mail. Social networking sites are growing in popularity ... high school and her youngest, aged seven, while already Web savvy, doesn't yet have a phone.


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Festival needs volunteer stewards

Jersey charity Music in Action is appealing for volunteers to help steward the Liberation festival.


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Online nerdverse has made science cool

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that web 2.0 has helped science become more connected, more open -- and more cool One of last week's G2 cover stories was a broad collection of pieces on " How science became cool ". I put down my paper copy, switched on my computer and watched the online nerdverse react. It sped quickly through the Guardian's Zeitgeist , was passed around Twitter, Facebook ...


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Reader views (27)

About time. I am checking out all the web sites for property for sale in Dagenham. CliffJ, Bromley, writes: "Diversity and equality are the two pillars of a civilized society..."


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Britain heads Google's European censorship list

The British Government made more requests for content to be removed from Google last year than any other country in Europe, according to figures released by the company today.


Monday, April 19, 2010

Monday Scramble: Can Phil surpass Tiger? - GolfWeek

... trillon-times less of a no-brainer than gathering all the people in your office to pitch in and buy this Green Jacket that has mysteriously appeared on a sports auction Web site (no joke ... Mickelson will win his only British Open, a tournament ...


Monday, April 19, 2010

Iceland volcano ash disrupts celebrities - AZCentral.com

... British synth singer Gary Numan will make it to Coachella for his Sunday slot. "The last thing I expected this morning when I woke up was to hear that volcanic ash might be preventing us from flying to America," Numan posted on his Web site. "At ...


Monday, April 19, 2010

Air travel chaos hits SA - Independent Online

British Airways cancelled flights yesterday ... your own browser bookmarks which are available using the menus within your web browser. Use the links below to share this article on the social bookmarking site of your choice.


Monday, April 19, 2010

Should We Allow Consumers To Sell Their Souls? - Tech Dirt

To prove a point about how few people actually read the "terms and conditions" when making a purchase online, British game retailer GameStation ... products to agree to the following: By placing an order via this Web site on the first day of the ...


Monday, April 19, 2010

Volcano Travel Developments - WIBW

government efforts to assist British travelers stranded abroad ... 8 a.m. (2 a.m. ET) Tuesday by order of the French Civil Aviation Authority, Air France said on its Web site late Saturday. -- France reopened airports in Toulouse, Montpellier, Pau ...


Monday, April 19, 2010

Epilogue: Near the end of its trail - Lincoln Journal Star

But not everyone who bought so-called "extended warranties" from a variety of auto dealers, marketing companies and online sites will get a check ... As of the last status report posted on the NWIG Web site in July, the estate had paid KMPG Cayman $5 ...


Monday, April 19, 2010

Christianity is 'still relevant' for most Europeans ... - Ecumenical News International

... are doing a good job in communicating and reaching out to young people, compared to between 74 and 80 percent of British ... produced or placed on Web sites if ENI is noted as the source and there is a link to the ENI Web site www.


Monday, April 19, 2010

Report From Europe: Markets Retreat on Various Worries - Seekingalpha.com

The average house price in England and Wales climbed 2.6% from March to 235,512 pounds, the owner of the UK's biggest property Web site said. The latest YouGov poll for ... The $5,000 Taxi Ride -- British actor John Cleese of Monty Python fame ...


Monday, April 19, 2010

Foundation's leaders have checkered past - Indianapolis Star

On its Web site, it boasts that it has provided gold bullion and other precious metals to the U ... According to documents from the Supreme Court of British Columbia, in 1992, Palm fraudulently induced a group of Polish farmers to sell $37 million ...


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Man City in 40 million pounds swoop for Joe Cole - The Gaea Times

... as determined by the sports-oriented web site FourFourTwo.com. The list is as follows: 1. Manchester City not in 47-mn pounds deal for Tevez September 12th, 2009 LONDON - No deal was struck with Manchester City to pay a British record transfer ...


Saturday, April 17, 2010

The unusual sex life of Gandhi - Independent Online

... censorious attitude to sex until he was in his 30s, while a volunteer in the ambulance corps, assisting the British ... menus within your web browser. Use the links below to share this article on the social bookmarking site of your choice.


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Flight disruptions in Europe get even worse - KPNews.com

... Saturday, British ... Web links to Kyiv Post material are allowed provided that they contain a URL hyperlink to the www.kyivpost.com material and a maximum 500-character extract of the story. Otherwise, all materials contained on this site are ...


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Academics aim to bring vampires back home - - to ... - Today's Zaman

It's amazing how many British actors have played Dracula on screen," George said in a statement on the university's Web site. "I aim to put the British vampire back on the map." George said she is particularly interested in the new teen ...


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Zipping along the Embarcadero line - San Francisco Chronicle

The zip line was brought to San Francisco by the good people from British Columbia who hope to lure tourists ... their contract battle to the streets, but they are taking it to parents with a Web site aimed at pulling heart strings. The site, www.


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Icelandic Eruptions May Disrupt Air Travel for Months ... - BusinessWeek

... extended until at least 19:00 today and that restrictions to Scottish and Manchester airspace have been re-applied until the same time," NATS said in a statement on its Web site. "Current ... head of vulcanology at the British Geological ...


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Verizon wireless to double workforce plans in Arkansas - Arkansas News Bureau

Wal-Mart to expand British footprint Wal-Mart has plans to grow its market share in the United Kingdom through new ... According to its Web site, Acticut is a leader in innovative and functional industrial solutions for metal cutting, active noise ...


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Yankees vs. Sox by proxy - Times Union

... after the dust plume from an Icelandic volcano left the British ... a new site launching Monday, Rolling Stone will become one of the most prominent magazines to decide that adding a "pay wall" is the best way to make money on the Web.


Friday, April 16, 2010

Horse Health - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

To quote British evolutionary biologist ... The weight tape When I look at the photos on this site , I see that I was not angling the weight tape as they recommend for checking the heart girth. Other web sites suggest measuring straight around the ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

Horse & Farm Management - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

To quote British evolutionary biologist Geoff A ... Islands has only 19 species of mammals, compared of 100 on the mainland, according to the National Park Service web site for San Juan Island Historical Park , due to the isolating aspect of the ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

Will Lack Of London Flights Threaten Book Fair ... - Huffington Post (blog)

... will provide all the help we can to ensure it runs as smoothly as possible," fair director Alistair Bradshaw said in a statement posted Friday on the bookseller event's Web site. "We know that many ... But British aviation authorities have ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

The Iceland volcano ash problem: European flight ... - The Guardian

To receive updated content, refresh the page (F5 for a web browser). Flightradar24.com shows live ... stable weather trends which continue to blow potentially dangerous volcanic ash across the British Isles, Scandinavia and the Northern European ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

More Seattle flights canceled; European trips postponed - Seattle Times

British Airways canceled its flight from Seattle to London-Heathrow. Delta KLM canceled its flight to Amsterdam, and Lufthansa canceled service to Frankfurt. Air France's Web site listed its Seattle-Paris flight as scheduled to fly, but passengers ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

The Complete Bidenisms Collecting the vice president's ... - Slate

Do you know the Web site number? I should have it in front of me and I don't ... joking with reporters after having handed British Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock?whose speeches Biden plagiarized during his failed 1988 presidential bid? a bound ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

London Book Fair to proceed - Variety

... will provide all the help we can to ensure it runs as smoothly as possible," fair director Alistair Bradshaw said in a statement posted Friday on the bookseller event's Web site. "We know that many ... But British aviation authorities have ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

Psst, hey, want an iPad? Apple fans hit gray market

BOSTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc's decision to delay the sale of its iPad overseas may frustrate customers in Germany, France or Japan -- but it brightened the day of at least a few crafty fans closer to home.


Thursday, April 15, 2010

10 Things the Internet Has Killed or Ruined (and Five ... - PC World

And be careful whom you poke; British researchers noted a rise in sexually transmitted diseases ... Rudeness and name-calling have devolved into forms of entertainment; entire sites are devoted just to cataloging flame wars . Artist Mike Reed has ...


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Twitter snags over 100 million users - Windsor Star

A number of private companies have created specialized applications allowing Web surfers to access Twitter. Stone's slides showed that 75 per cent of traffic for the service occurs outside of the Twitter.com site. Twitter, which allows users to send ...


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Leaders pursue talks on new Iran sanctions - Independent Online

... displeasure at the proposals affecting Iran's energy sector at a first meeting last Thursday with his US, British ... menus within your web browser. Use the links below to share this article on the social bookmarking site of your choice.


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Retailer pulls padded bikini bras for kids - KVAL

AP Photo Kirsty Wigglesworth) LONDON (AP) ? A major British clothing retailer withdrew a children ... shelves in the first place," said Justine Roberts, founder of the Mumsnet, a parenting Web site that attracts a large, vocal audience.


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Brit retailer withdraws padded bikini bras for kids - North County Times

LONDON (AP) ---- A major British clothing retailer withdrew a children's ... ever put on the shelves in the first place," said Justine Roberts, founder of the Mumsnet, a parenting Web site that attracts a large, vocal audience. She nonetheless ...


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Heritage offers players a chance to wind down - Independent Online

It's like the anti-Augusta," said reigning British Open champion Stewart ... bookmarks which are available using the menus within your web browser. Use the links below to share this article on the social bookmarking site of your choice.


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Forget The South Of France, Try Zimbabwe - NPR News

You can also join the conversation on our Web Site. That's at npr ... how - that he was a freedom fighter and that he really negotiated for the country with the British. And she talked about the British reneging on contracts they had made with them.


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Brits, R.I. to battle on the roller derby rink - Providence Journal

Perez PROVIDENCE ? The British are coming to Rhode Island, and they are in for a battle ... In her autobiography on the team's Web site, she lists her hobbies: "country music, knitting, crochet, and punching necks. "Raised by polar bears ...


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Psst, hey, want an iPad? Apple fans hit gray market 

Apple Inc's decision to delay the sale of its iPad overseas may frustrate customers in Germany, France or Japan -- but it brightened the day of at least a few crafty fans closer to home.


Thursday, April 15, 2010

New York Times and BBC lead Webby Award nominations

Top onnline awards ceremony looks set to be more star-studded than ever


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Microsoft, Yahoo slightly gain US search share, says comScore

Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ...


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Facebook announces 24-hour 'police hotline' after critics slam site for not protecting children

The website revealed new measures to 'transform social networking safety,' including a plan to allow users to report suspicious behaviour directly to child protection agencies.


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Scrabble fans can relax; rules aren't changing - Houston Chronicle

Invented in 1938, more than 100 million sets of the Scrabble have been sold in 29 different languages, according to Mattel's Web site.


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Five Applicants File To Take Over FM Frequency - Daily News-Record

JMU has recently begun operating Eastern Mennonite's station, WEMU, which provides 21 hours of news and information drawn from National Public Radio (NPR) and the British Broadcasting ... can be found by going to the FCC Web site at www.


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Net2Vu Licenses CodecSys(TM) to Deliver Video Services ... - Newsblaze.com

... the Caribbean providing customers in the Caribbean region with licensed TV channels from all over the world, Over The Top free Video services from hundreds of video web sites, Online radio ... Net2Vu is based in the British Virgin Islands with ...


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Past Masters still court glory on Champions Tour - CNN

Former British number one Tim Henman is just the latest in an illustrious band of former ... Winning is fun too though," he told the official Tour Web site. Expect Enqvist to come under challenge during the season which culminates in London and ...


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

November wedding for Prince William, Kate? - msnbc.com

... source in royal circles tells me that two days in June have been mysteriously blocked out on the palace diaries ? June 3 and 4," Brown wrote in a blog post on her Web site, The Daily ... fever to distract the savage British press," Brown ...


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

April 2008 - Weblogs.baltimoresun.com

The British pound was down to US$1.9875 from US$1.9900 in New York, while the dollar slipped to purchase ... He reported it to a consumer Web site then took it to the government regulators, who acted promptly. But even then, the test showed the pump ...


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

European Stocks Fall From 18-Month High; BHP Billiton ... - Bloomberg

... Bank of England will keep the benchmark interest rate at a record low of 0.5 percent until at least November because the economic recovery remains "vulnerable," the British Chambers ... Separately, a report by property Web site Daft.


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

European Stocks Fluctuate; BHP Declines, Nokia, Man ... - Bloomberg

... Bank of England will keep the benchmark interest rate at a record low of 0.5 percent until at least November because the economic recovery remains "vulnerable," the British Chambers ... Separately, a report by property Web site Daft.


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Golf Roundup - San Mateo Daily Journal

Only three weeks ago, a porn star who claims to have had a three-year affair with Woods released on her Web site what she said were salacious ... stressful course to play when you're in a major championship," British Open champion Stewart Cink ...


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

End nears for Bebo with AOL desperate to sell

AOL plans to sell or close social networking website Bebo nearly two years after buying it for $850 million (£557.4 million).


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Pimco Favors Aussie, Real, Yuan Forwards on Growth ... - BusinessWeek

Subpar growth and subdued inflation" will mark the months ahead, McCulley wrote on the Web site of Newport Beach, California-based Pimco ... Investors should be "underweight" the euro, British pound and Japanese yen, McCulley said.


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Apple's iPad hits U.S. store shelves 

Apple Inc's iPad hits store shelves on Saturday after months of intense buzz, giving shoppers their first chance to decide whether the tablet device is worth all the breathless publicity.


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Equality Bill power could take sites down for having poor accessibility

OPINION: Soon-to-be-passed anti-discrimination legislation contains a clause that could mean that entire websites are forced off the internet because a disabled person says they are not accessible.


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Scrubbing Up: Your comments

Media scare stories: Your comments on this weeks scrubbing up


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Try to explain the web in 7,000 words to your mum in Punjabi

The knives are out for public sector workers. Barely a day passes without some new revelation demonstrating that they're all workshy, incompetent malingerers.


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

British children spend a working week on the internet, poll finds

Half of British children spend the equivalent of a full working week browsing the internet, a survey indicates.


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

[Ads by Yahoo!] Official Haven Campsites

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Tuesday, April 06, 2010

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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Can Motown happen again? Singing praises of music tax ... - Detroit Free Press

He's working on bringing production of a new tribute album for British music legend Frankie Miller ... programming, Internet videos, sound recordings, videos, digital animation and interactive Web sites. ? What doesn't qualify: Radio programs ...


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Letters: Sanders' Socialist Party roots are showing - Burlington Free Press

there were people in this country and in the British Parliament who said, 'Don't worry ... learn more or support Rural Vermont's efforts to bring hemp back to American soil, visit their Web site www.ruralvermont.org or call the office at 223-7222.


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Rani Mukherjee Hot Videos Surface - The Gaea Times

com)- Noted Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee has become the popular topic of search in the Web after her films have been selected ... for Hulu comes with its own problemsHulu's days as a free online video site could be ending soon. Comedy Central's ...


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Schoeman makes Cycle Tour history - Independent Online

Robyn de Groot (MTN Energade) finished second with British rider Catherine ... which are available using the menus within your web browser. Use the links below to share this article on the social bookmarking site of your choice.


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Tainted Chambers top of the world - Independent Online

Only the threat of legal action from the sprinter himself saw him included on the British roster ... available using the menus within your web browser. Use the links below to share this article on the social bookmarking site of your choice.


Sunday, March 14, 2010

A Likely Story - Examiner

The knitters said on their Web site that they did not remove their own handiwork ... Don't ask me why, but for some reason this entire phenomenon has an almost ... British ... ring to it. Just a bit of whimsy, eh wot? Like something that might have ...


Sunday, March 14, 2010

New MarketSafe Training Program the First of Its Kind for Canadian Farmers' Markets (Marketwire)

PENTICTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 13, 2010) - A new food safety course, funded by the Government of Canada, will help farmers continue to deliver high quality products at food markets throughout British Colombia. Today the first graduates of the MarketSafe Food Safety Training Program at the B.C. Farmers' Markets Association Conference received their certificates of completion.


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Facebook urged to install 'panic button' (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

British officials are urging Facebook to make a "panic button" available on its web pages after the death of a teenager.


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Government panders to music industry in copyright debate (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Controversial copyright proposals put forward by the House of Lords that will see certain web sites restricted are exactly the same terms that music industry lobbyists were campaigning for, leaked documents revealed today.


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Top UK tech companies protest against piracy bill (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Leading British technology companies are lashing out against a British bill that would allow copyright holders to force Internet service providers to block Web sites offering pirated content.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Domino's trials digital tool that allows bloggers to earn money (Mad.co.uk)

Domino's Pizza is to test an online marketing tool that enables anyone with a personal web space, such as a social network page or blog, to host advertising from nominated brands and earn ad revenue.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Tenured Professors and Passionate Learning - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Andrews, in Scotland, and I have visited him there a few times, a booth ... Although my area of academic specialization is contemporary British literature, I had not done much work on Scottish authors?and in what I was reading I could see both ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Facebook Under Fire for Lack of 'Panic Button' (The Epoch Times)

Facebook has been accused of failing to protect young British users from the threat posed by pedophiles.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Liz Cheney reviving spirit of McCarthy - AZCentral.com

WASHINGTON - The word "McCarthyism" is overused, but in this case, it's mild. Liz Cheney, the former vice president's ambitious daughter, has in her hand a list of nine Justice Department lawyers whose "values" she has the gall to question. She ought ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Stolen Valor Offensive, But Is It Criminal? - NPR News

The Stolen Valor Act of 2005 makes it a federal crime to claim unearned military honors. Attorney Jonathan Turley agrees that stolen valor is offensive, but argues that it's also constitutionally protected, and cannot be criminalized. Copyright ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Fur Takes Center Stage Again - New York Times

Paris in winter has a fairy-tale quality. There are silver skies, palatial buildings and enchanted forests of shivering black trees lining the avenues. There are beauties and there are beasts ? and this season the former is wearing the latter. On ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Skater's gaffe highlights politics of China sports - San Francisco Chronicle

... competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British ... countless Web sites, where many Chinese who are normally reticent to voice their opinions speak freely because of the anonymity found online. His entry on Baidu Baike, a site


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

China sports official skewered for criticizing skater who didn't thank government after win (Los Angeles Times)

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 file photo, China's gold medal winner Zhou Yang, left, kisses her medal next to Korea's bronze medalist Park Seung-hi during the medal ceremony for the women's short track speed skating 1500-meter race at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Facebook accused over paedophile 'panic button' (Times Online)

Facebook was accused today of failing to protect its young British users from the threat posed by predatory paedophiles.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Techbits: March 7 (Ventura County Star)

Library archives defunct Web sitesLONDON ? The British Library is creating an archive of the country's defunct Web sites to preserve snapshots of the ever-changing Internet for posterity.The library is already charged with keeping a copy of every published work distributed in Britain and Ireland. In 2003 that directive was extended to electronic materials such as compact discs and online ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Trouble In Turkey (Forbes)

Why America shouldn't pass the Armenian Genocide Bill.


Friday, March 05, 2010

Georgetti Says Best Way to Eliminate Federal Deficit Is to Put 1.5 ... - Market Wire

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 4, 2010) - The federal budget has no plan to create jobs for 1.5 million unemployed Canadians and provides no road map to a prosperous economy, says Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress. "We ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

How Google became the indispensable frenemy - Sydney Morning Herald

Today it effectively owns the web through its dominance in online ... beanbags and massages, the free in-house cafeteria, "20 per cent time" to work on pet projects -- a growing number of web wonks believe Google has taken Microsoft's crown as the ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Food Fight: Blogs Talk Hot Dogs - Pew Research Center

Two other unrelated stories about the online search giant also combined to finish as the No. 1 subject on Twitter last week. The third story among blogs last week, with ... 7% On Twitter, the top three subjects were all Web and technology focused.


Friday, March 05, 2010

British Online Copyright Laws Draw Debates - New York Times Blogs

... service providers and Web sites ... site would have to also monitor every bit of its content. Monitoring this content is financially, and probably physically, impossible. Some also argue that strict legal cases, including the latest British


Friday, March 05, 2010

Miami Man Builds Tent City In Haiti - Huffingtonpost.com

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ? The Miami property developer, volunteering after Haiti's earthquake, was horrified to see children sleeping in the dirt under makeshift tents of bed sheets propped up on sticks. A global, billion-dollar aid effort should be ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

How Roger Ebert found his new voice (Q&A) - CNET News

Roger Ebert's search to recapture his lost voice uncovered a company with a unique technology. When the famed film critic needed to find a way to communicate after losing his voice to cancer surgery, he turned to text-to-speech (TTS) software that ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

UK police crime maps gets an API - but how useful is it really? - The Guardian

Crime mapping - overlaying the sites and times of crimes onto maps - turned out ... events; Crime levels & statistics; Nearest police stations" The API is implemented as a standard XML REST web service using HTTP GET POST requests - which means that ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Challenge: Help pupils spot cyber-bunk (The Journal News)

When his students at New Rochelle High School begin doing research on the Web, social studies teacher Steven Goldberg shares a cautionary tale about how his teenage son became an instant "expert" on the author John Updike.


Friday, March 05, 2010

Ashcroft Donations to Conservatives Ruled to Be Legal (Update1) - BusinessWeek

They then passed through British-based companies Astraporta UK and Bearwood ... party must be generated from its own trading," the commission said in a case summary posted on its Web Site. The commission, which has no powers to compel witnesses to ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

UBS, Galleon, Deutsche Bank, Cazenove in Court News (Update1) - BusinessWeek

March 4 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG and Ernst & Young LLP won a Luxembourg court ruling potentially nullifying hundreds of claims by investors who lost money in funds tied to Bernard Madoff's fraud. Luxembourg's commercial court said in a ruling today ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Brits spend 2.5 days a year waiting for retail sites to load (BizReport)

British drivers spend almost a week behind the wheel on the road, which isn't surprising considering the amount of traffic. But did you know that they also spend a couple of days out of each year waiting on another superhighway?


Friday, March 05, 2010

British Library announces plan to archive the country's defunct Web sites (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

LONDON - The British Library says it's creating an archive of the country's defunct Web sites to preserve snapshots of the ever-changing Internet for posterity.


Friday, March 05, 2010

British Library unveils UK Web Archive (vnunet.com)

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Thursday 25 February 2010 at 16:20:00 Project hopes to preserve snapshots of UK internet history The British Library has launched its UK Web Archive to capture and record thousands of UK web sites, but has warned that the future of the project is at risk owing to copyright legislation. The project has been in development since 2004, and contains sites that would otherwise ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

British Library unveils UK Web Archive (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

The British Library has launched its UK Web Archive to capture and record thousands of UK web sites, but has warned that the future of the project is at risk owing to copyright legislation.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Jack Straw at the Iraq war inquiry - as it happened - The Guardian

To receive updated content, refresh the page (F5 for a web browser). Jack Straw giving evidence to the Chilcot Iraq war inquiry last month. Photograph: EPA 1.33pm: Jack Straw, the justice secretary, has already given evidence to the Iraq inquiry ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

E.U. Slow to React to Toyota Safety Problems - New York Times

BRUSSELS ? The first problems with sticking accelerators in some Toyota models surfaced more than a year ago in Britain and Ireland. But it was only Friday ? long after a global recall began ? that the European Commission issued its first alert ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Doctors brace for a new wave of vaccine hysteria - canada.com

Concern over the safety of childhood vaccines grew to a crescendo in the years following a study in the late 90s that claimed a link between autism and certain needles. Subsequent studies proved those fears largely unfounded, and medical ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Toyota, VOSA Going On? - Times Online

Among all the claims, counter claims, rumours and scare stories about Toyota, one voice has been astonishingly absent. Where is the UK Watchdog for car safety? Where is the government body telling us the facts and ensuring that our cars are safe? You ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

FBI Braces for Haiti-Relief Scam Onslaught (Enterprise Security Today)

The FBI and at least five state attorneys general have issued alerts on Haiti relief scams, warning Americans eager to support earthquake relief to avoid in-person scams, where door-to-door solicitors ask for money; e-mail and texting scams, which aim to steal money and personal data; and social-networking scams that represent bogus charities.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

OUT OF OUR PAST: First settlers arrrive - Palladium-Item

George Holman and Richard Rhue were strong men of hard adventure who had taken part in the Revolutionary War and the Indian Campaigns with George Rogers Clark in the Kentucky Militia. They had suffered desperate privation fighting with the British ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Krone, Rand Lead Commodity-Producer Gains as Oil Slump Ends - Bloomberg

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Norway's krone and the South African rand advanced versus the dollar as oil rose for the first time in four days, bolstering demand for the currencies of commodity producers. The krone gained against almost all of the 16 most ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Boy Scouts Turn 100 - Patriot Post

The Scout Motto: Be Prepared. The Scout Slogan: Do a Good Turn daily. For more information on celebrations and events, visit the Boy Scouts Web site . See the Patriot Shop for great gifts for Scouts.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Climate row scientist says he considered suicide (CNN)

The UK scientist at the center of a controversy surrounding e-mails leaked from a leading UK climate research unit has admitted the strain of the affair led him to consider suicide.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Many behind bars still accessing Facebook (Toronto Sun)

Criminals once knew how to keep a low profile.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Racy website 'sexualises' tweens (Stuff)

Kasma Booty enters the cocktail bar, her breasts partly concealed by burlesque nipple pasties and a red leather jacket.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

IntelliResponse Challenges Old School Thinking on Self-Service (Marketwire)

IntelliResponse Hosts Webinar on How Enterprises can Leverage Self-Service via new Customer Service Channels such as Mobile, Social Media and Web


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

IntelliResponse Challenges Old School Thinking on Self-Service (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 02 08 10) - IntelliResponse Systems Inc. , provider of the patented IntelliResponse Answer Suite that delivers "One Right Answer" across a variety of customer interaction channels, announced today that it will host a webinar entitled "Why Old School Self-Service is Hurting Your Customers and what you can do about it (via Web, Mobile and Social Media)." The webinar ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Free vs. Paid, Murdoch vs. Rusbridger (New York Times)

The head of News Corp. and the editor of The Guardian are facing off over whether newspapers should charge for content on the Web.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

UK Government Enlists Public to Spot Terror Web Sites (PC World)

Members of the U.K. public can report terror-related Web sites to authorities for removal from the Internet under a new program.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

PA warns EU against legitimizing Hamas - Jerusalem Post

A senior PA official in Ramallah condemned initiatives by some EU citizens and officials to talk to Hamas, accusing them of "ignoring the fact that Hamas had staged a coup in the Gaza Strip." The official warned that meetings between Hamas and ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Nuke plans see national resurgence - Raleigh News & Observer

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration soon may guarantee as much as $18.5 billion in loans to build new nuclear reactors to generate electricity, and Congress is considering whether to add billions more to support an expansion of nuclear power ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

ONLINE GUY: Yo, bud: There's a way to stay tuned in during workouts - Las Vegas Review Journal

I've updated the list of places to safely make contributions to include more than 65 Web sites and more than 20 SMS short codes for text donations. Relief agencies continue to ask for monetary donations rather than donations of goods that must be ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Comm100 Releases Comm100 Live Chat - Hosted Customer Support Solution - Newswiretoday.com

NewswireToday - newswire - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 01 24 2010 - New open source business provides hosted online chat software to increase instantaneous communication for businesses . Comm100 Network Corporation, the provider of open ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Vancouver ready to shine at Olympics (The Tuscaloosa News)

By Jeremy Hainsworth The Associated Press As snow falls on the craggy peaks providing the stunning backdrop to this glimmering city on the Pacific, Vancouver prepares to welcome thousands of athletes and visitors from around the world for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Home Jewish World Jewish Society The Real Threat to Europe's Jews - Aish

The Jews of Europe are once again in grave danger, but the real threat to their future is not quite what you might think. While the wave of anti-Semitism sweeping the continent is indeed disturbing, there is a far more destructive force at work these ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Bin Laden takes credit for Christmas Day attempt - Tacoma News Tribune

A Spanish lawmaker was horrified to learn that the FBI used an online photograph of him to create an image showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today. The image using Gaspar Llamazares' photo appeared on a wanted poster updating the U.S ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Excerpts from 'Fatal System Error' book (San Francisco Chronicle)

During 2004 and 2005, Tahoe-area computer whiz Barrett Lyon got progressively more famous. In his 20s, as founder of a small cyber-security firm that moved to Florida and took the name Prolexic, Lyon had fended off Russian extortionists. The overseas...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Nuke plans see national resurgence (The News & Observer)

The Obama administration soon may guarantee as much as $18.5 billion in loans to build new nuclear reactors to generate electricity, and Congress is considering whether to add billions more to support an expansion of nuclear power.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Vancouver B.C. museums offer world-class riches (Seattle Times)

Vancouver's museums offer artistic, anthropological and taxidermical riches: Vancouver Art Gallery, Bill Reid Gallery, Museum of Anthropology and more.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Use caution posting kids' pictures online (The Facts)

With more than 200 million users on Facebook and more than 100 million on MySpace, social networking sites are a popular place to find old friends and look up long-lost relatives, but they also can be enticing for those with less noble intentions.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Facebook is Cited in One of Five English Divorces (Pravda)

But is it really the culprit? Experts discuss the issue A British survey revealed that Facebook is responsible for 20% of divorces in the country. The survey took into account five thousand petitions for separation and found 989 instances that cited the network of relationships.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

News to use: Street hockey, Mardi Gras (Chicago Tribune)

Here are some of the more interesting deals, Web sites and other travel tidbits that came across our desk recently:


Sunday, January 24, 2010

VSI Selected to Secure Up to 90 Sites (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

BURNABY, British Columbia----Viscount Systems announced today that the company's MESH technology platform has been selected to secure up to 90 sites for one of Canada's largest cities.


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Planned Anti-War March Stirs Anger In Britain - 89.3 KPCC

A Muslim group in Britain says it wants to hold a march in the English town of Wootton Bassett to commemorate civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan. The town is best known for its ceremonies honoring British troops killed in Afghanistan ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Egyptian Border Guard Killed in Gaza Clash - My Fox Boston

Egyptian security forces and Palestinians clashed at the Gaza border on Wednesday over the delay of an international aid convoy, killing one Egyptian border guard and wounding 10 Palestinians. The Egyptian state news agency said Palestinians shot and ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Bride steals R5,5m for wedding - Independent Online

A British bride who stole nearly half a million pounds to fund her dream wedding has been jailed for two years. Joanne Kent, 26, hired every room in a cliff-top hotel, laid on a fireworks display, splashed on flowers and even bought Armani bracelets ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Snow slams Britain as European cold snap lingers - Star-Tribune

Heathrow's Web site reported more than 150 cancellations and all services out of London's Gatwick Airport were grounded. Eurostar _ which caused travel chaos before Christmas when its trains broke down in a previous wintry spell _ cut services from ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Dorothy Sutton: Backing into mountains - Richmond Register

Dorothy Sutton of Richmond has been writing poetry ever since about the age of 8, when her first piece, written while living on her daddy's farm in western Kentucky, was published in a Baptist Sunday school magazine in Nashville. She's come a ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

15 Chihuahuas to fly from SF to NY to find homes - The Sun News

The 31-year-old native of British Columbia had reportedly been seeking at least a five-year deal and was also being courted by the Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. NFL notes: Funeral for Henry set for Tuesday ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Army rescues U.K. drivers as snow blankets Britain (Kitchener - Waterloo Record)

The Army was called in to rescue drivers trapped on roads in southern England as snow blanketed much of the nation Wednesday, hobbling transport and closing schools during Britain's longest cold snap in almost three decades.


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Protest today to demand help in delivering aid to Gaza - MPNow

Protesters in Rochester are calling on the U.S. government to help an envoy, which includes a local college student, deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. A rally is scheduled to take place at 4:30 p.m today in front of the Federal Building in ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Astronomers unveil images of 12-billion-year-old space nursery (PhysOrg)

A University of British Columbia astronomer has produced the most detailed images of deep space from 12 billion years ago, using data from the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory.


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

U.K. Natural Gas Drops as Supplies From Belgium, Norway Rise - Bloomberg

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. natural gas prices fell as imports from Belgium and Norway increased and freezing conditions kept heating demand at near-record levels. Gas for delivery today declined 1.25 pence, or 2.7 percent, to 44.5 pence a therm. That ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Egypt police scuffle with pro-Gaza activists - Napa Valley Register

International pro-Gaza activists and Egyptian security clashed at this Mediterranean port when Egypt refused to allow part of an aid convoy to pass through its land to the Hamas-ruled seaside territory, witnesses said Wednesday. The intermittent ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Nexus One web address used to punt smoky jazz (The Register)

Google forgets to Google name of new phone More problems with the branding of Google's "Nexus One" handset were claimed today, as it was highlighted that Mountain View has not secured the relevant web addresses.... The power of collaboration within unified communications


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

London breeding Islamic terrorists (CNN)

In assessing blame for the Christmas Day terror scare, we point fingers at Yemen, at the Amsterdam airport, even at corruption in African airports. But no one mentions where the would-be suicide bomber was radicalized: London, the capital of the ally we take for granted.


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

University of Aberdeen counts on ITIL (Computer Business Review)

Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Odds & Ends: Cher, Ashanti, Boy George - POLLSTAR

Concierge Auctions has pegged the home's value at a pre-sale estimate of about $8 million ... s dream of starring on the British reality show "Celebrity Big Brother" won't be coming true. After initially being banned from the Channel 4 show ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Documentary on Jackson doctor planned - Herald-Dispatch

Details of the project were first reported by celebrity Web site TMZ.


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Documentary on Jackson doctor Conrad Murray planned - AZCentral.com

Murray remains under investigation for his role in Jackson's June 25 death. No charges have been filed, but investigators are ... Details of the project were first reported by celebrity Web site TMZ.


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Documentary Project Planned On Michael Jackson's Former Personal ... - NBC Philadelphia

When Michael Jackson's embattled personal physician returned to work last month, cameras were rolling. Miranda Sevcik, a spokeswoman for Dr. Conrad Murray, confirms that a British documentary crew chronicled his first day back at a Houston clinic for ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Fortress's Intrawest Said to Be Near Missing Payment (Update2) - Bloomberg

Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Intrawest ULC, a Vancouver-based ski-resort operator owned by private-equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC , may miss a debt payment due today on a $1.4 billion loan, according to two people with direct knowledge of the ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

College football - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Schenter, 47, has a marketing background and a company he owned registered the Web site 4joemcknight.com, the L ... to give Gerhart the press he deserves after plowing through the entire Pac-10 all season. KCSP-AM, WHB-AM and KMBC-TV in Kansas City ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Powerful singers, powerful music in Metropolitan Opera production of ... - Danbury News-Times

Fans of Richard Strauss ' operas do not suffer weak singers gladly, which is why productions of his "Salome" and "Elektra" are not as frequently seen as works with less demanding roles. To be heard over this composer's enormously powerful music is a ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Brother: Simon Cowell to leave 'Idol' next year - Minyanville

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Simon Cowell's brother says the next season of "American Idol" will be the judge's last. Tony Cowell said in his weekly podcast, "The Cowell Factor," that a statement was being prepared that would certify that the acerbic British ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Coroner looking into leak of Brittany Murphy info - 9News

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Coroner's officials are looking into how the celebrity Web site TMZ obtained details on prescription drugs contained in an investigator's report on the death of Brittany Murphy. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said Tuesday he ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

'Homeless' Prince William spends night on street - CNN

London, England (CNN) -- A cold icy sidewalk isn't where you would normally expect to find a sleeping British royal, but it is where Prince William spent the night to highlight the plight of the homeless. William, second in line to the British throne ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

European Travel Disruptions Ease as Temperatures Rise (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Travel disruptions were easing across the U.K. and Europe today as temperatures rose above freezing in most places, allowing airports and trains to resume services that had been disrupted in the morning.


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Montazeri service becomes protest rally (UPI)

ISFAHAN, Iran, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Iranian police and anti-government protesters clashed at a memorial service for cleric-turned-critic Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, witnesses said.


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Science in news (BBC News)

Smash-ups in space to Copenhagen flop - 2009 review


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

U.K., European Travel Disruptions to Ease as Temperatures Rise (Bloomberg)

Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Travel disruptions may ease in many areas of the U.K. and Europe today as temperatures rise above freezing in most places. More snow is forecast in northern England, Scotland and eastern Germany.


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Atos Origin wins £40m IT contract from Scottish agencies (Computer Business Review)

Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Vancouver organizers launch ticket resale Web site with primary goal of avoiding empty seats (Los Angeles Times)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ? Vancouver Olympic organizers have launched a Web site that allows Canadians to resell their tickets unhindered by a price cap.


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Vancouver organizers launch ticket resale site (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Vancouver Olympic organizers have launched a Web site that allows Canadians to resell their tickets unhindered by a price cap. Organizers say the Web site will help avoid empty seats at the Olympic events and also give those who can no longer use their tickets an opportunity to legitimately sell them.


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Iran Police, Mourners Clash at Cleric's Burial, Opposition Says (Bloomberg)

Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian police clashed with mourners after hundreds of thousands of people attended the funeral of dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, opposition Web sites said.


Friday, December 18, 2009

Pub crawl unites revelers for a good cause - Santa Monica Daily Press

It's a very English thing to do a pub crawl," said Dolan, who manages the popular establishment that calls itself "an Ambassador to all things British." When asked ... reviewed by our staff before appearing on the Web site.


Friday, December 18, 2009

Catching Tiger by his tale - Santa Monica Daily Press

For predicaments like Tiger's there ought to be a Web site where, in the privacy of your home, you could type the details of your peccadillo ... Open, but back for British Open. D. Grows dreadlocks and moves to the Bunny Ranch in Las Vegas. (


Friday, December 18, 2009

The great online travel revolution (Guardian Unlimited)

The noughties heralded the rise of self-service travel websites, bringing with them a boom in cheap flights and last-minute budget breaks. Bobbie Johnson looks back Over the last 10 years the way we travel has been revolutionised by the web. Many of us waved goodbye to high-street travel agents, newspaper classifieds and hours spent staring at endless Teletext pages, and logged on to new hi-tech ...


Friday, December 18, 2009

CATSA Presents Its Winter Games Team and Reminds Travellers to Pack Smart (Marketwire)

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - Dec. 17, 2009) - Today, at the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, CATSA presented its Winter Games team made up of Screening Officers going to British Columbia and those remaining vigilant at home. CATSA also reminded travellers that they need to pack smart to avoid delays at pre-board screening during the busy winter travel season ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Outrage as BBC Asks: Should Gays Be Executed? - FOX News

British ministers are criticizing the BBC for hosting an online debate asking whether ... Last night it was listed as the most popular forum on the BBC's Web site. The corporation changed the headline to "Should Uganda debate gay execution?"


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tiger named decade's top athlete - Cincinnati.com

As sports go, it wasn't close: Tiger Woods was famous for his golf long before he became infamous for his personal life. For 10 incomparable years, no one ruled a sport like Woods. He won 64 tournaments, including 12 major championships. He hoisted ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tiger Woods wins award for decade's top athlete - Jackson Sun

Even after a shocking sex scandal that tarnished Tiger Woods, it was tough to ignore what he achieved on the golf course. He won 64 times around the world, including 12 majors, and hoisted a trophy on every continent golf is played. He lost only one ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Sports and Scores - WEEI

(AP) -- As sports go, it wasn't close: Tiger Woods was famous for his golf long before he became infamous for his personal life. For 10 incomparable years, no one ruled a sport like Woods. He won 64 tournaments, including 12 major championships. He ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Airline security won't allow lots of goodies in your carry-on bags - Seattle Times

TSA limits carry-on liquids and gels to containers no bigger than 3.4 ounces (100ml) that fit into one quart-sized plastic bag per passenger. The following food items are considered liquids and gels and are forbidden in carry-on luggage (unless in ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tiger Woods voted top athlete of the decade - Tulsa World

Tiger Woods was selected Wednesday as Athlete of the Decade by U.S. sports editors, a result that reflects 10 years of greatness on the golf course rather than three weeks of headlines about a shocking sex scandal. Woods received 56 of the 142 votes ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Congress Travels More, Public Pays - Wall Street Journal

Such gatherings also allow legislators to meet "members of parliaments who play important roles in their own countries in shaping the security agenda that their governments ... com, a Web site that tracks it. Members of Congress who went to Scotland ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tiger Woods voted AP's top athlete of the decade - Miami Herald

To appreciate how fast and how far Tiger Woods has fallen is to understand what put him on such a pinnacle in sports. Woods put his name on every page of the PGA Tour record book with 10 incomparable years in golf. He won more major championships ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

As Olympic Games near, so do rental and ticket scams (KTUU Anchorage)

As the Olympic Games are approaching, and many Alaskans are taking the trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, the Better Business Bureau has issued a warning for rental and ticket scams surrounding the games.


Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Times and Bit.ly Roll Out 'nyti.ms' Short Links (New York Times)

Eagle-eyed fans of Twitter and The New York Times may have noticed a change in the Web addresses used to share some articles from The Times's Web site on Twitter. Beginning Wednesday, the links are compressed into a custom New York Times URL that begins with "nyti.ms."


Thursday, December 17, 2009

NewsNow pulls some newspaper links (Guardian Unlimited)

As the news aggregator refuses to sign agreement with Newspaper Licensing Agency it drops newspaper links in subscription service The British content aggregator NewsNow is to pull links to most national newspaper content after a dispute with the Newspaper Licensing Agency. The links will remain available on NewsNow's aggregation website , but won't be included any more in their paid-for ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Web auctions: gamblers 'may get high' (Brisbane Times)

Australians warned they could become addicted to global reverse auction website.


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Gamblers 'may get a high' from web auctions (Brisbane Times)

Australians warned they could become addicted to new global reverse auction website.


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Sites Authorized to Cover Prince William's Official Trip (Pravda)

Facebook and Bebo enables the fans of the royal family to follow Prince William's first official overseas visit on behalf of the Queen. The New Zealand government has set up pages on the social networking sites where it will list pictures and information about January's three-day trip.


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Exercising to a new beat - The Spokesman-Review

Consider instead: A recent study by two British sports scientists measured the heart rate ... interplay between aerobic and anaerobic energy systems," Smith wrote on the researchers' Web site, www.clemburkedrummingproject.com . Smith recently ...


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

2.1 Million Cribs Recalled, May Pose Safety Risk - KAUZ

The agency is announcing the largest crib recall in United States history for a specific kind of crib made by Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. of British Columbia, Canada. The cribs are equipped with a side that drops down to allow easier access.


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Autopsy today for boxer who died after bout - Philadelphia Inquirer

It could be caused by a single injury, which is what happened to Natasha Richardson," the British actress who died after what ... scheduled 12-round fight in his story, which appeared on the boxing Web site Pound4Pound. "In the ninth round . . .


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Direct Energy to offer residential plans to compete with PPL - Central Penn Business Journal

Direct Energy is expanding its residential electricity service into territory covered by PPL Corp. when electricity rate caps expire at the end of the year, the company announced today. Allentown-based PPL Corp. offers electricity service in the ...


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Key scientist says politics behind stolen e-mails - YAHOO!

BOULDER, Colo. -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming . Kevin Trenberth, head of the climate analysis section of the ...


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Scientist: Politics behind stolen e-mails - Durango Herald

BOULDER - A leading climate-change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming. Kevin Trenberth, head of the climate analysis section of the U.S ...


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Scientists: Research stolen to manipulate message on climate change - Argus Leader

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming. Kevin Trenberth, head of the climate analysis section ...


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Scientist: Climate meet sabotaged by hackers - Pueblo Chieftain

LONDON (AP) - A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online says the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate summit in ...


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The forgotten bird of paradise - Socialist Worker Online

The Indonesians were having none of it; neither were the Americans, the British and the Australians, who invented a Cold War tale that the Russians were ... hymns of thanksgiving, and raising West Papua's Morning Star flag. For this, 150 of them were ...


Sunday, November 22, 2009

Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate - Times-Argus

LONDON ? Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online ? stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case ...


Sunday, November 22, 2009

Hackers post climate center's data - Philadelphia Inquirer

LONDON - Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate-change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for ...


Sunday, November 22, 2009

Hackers leak e-mails, add to debate on climate data - Arizona Daily Star

scientists is included in about 1,000 e-mails and 3,000 documents posted on Web sites following the security breach last week ... In one leaked e-mail, the research center's director, Phil Jones, writes to colleagues about graphs showing climate ...


Sunday, November 22, 2009

Couple fears pirates will kill them - New Haven Register

LONDON (AP) ? A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid. Paul and Rachel ...


Sunday, November 22, 2009

'Twilight' hunks part of film's heartthrob history - Times & Democrat

LOS ANGELES -- Fifteen-year-old Chloe Bates is in love. A 10th-grader at an all-girls Catholic school, she lights up when she talks about her handsome 17-year-old honey. Chloe doesn't know too many boys, so she still gets a nervous, buzzy feeling ...


Sunday, November 22, 2009

Furor rages over global warming after release of stolen climate data - Dallas Morning News

LONDON -- Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online -- stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case ...


Sunday, November 22, 2009

Dickens found joy in 'A Christmas Carol' - Eagle-Tribune

After years of writing feverishly, Charles Dickens desperately needed a break from his demanding schedule and money to finance a year abroad. England's best-known author hoped "A Christmas Carol," a tale about ghosts haunting the miserly Ebenezer ...


Friday, November 20, 2009

Tattle: Kate Moss in hot water over dietary comment - Philadelphia Daily News

K ATE MOSS IS on the hot seat again, but to her mind, at least it's a small seat. Eating-disorder experts criticized the waifish Moss yesterday after the superdupermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on Web sites that encourage girls to avoid ...


Friday, November 20, 2009

Entertainment Briefs - Arizona Daily Star

LOS ANGELES ? Chris Brown has received an "extremely favorable" report from probation officials overseeing his felony assault case, a judge said Thursday. Brown appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom to offer a judge his first progress report since ...


Saturday, November 14, 2009