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Wind and water to power UK canals' green revolution

James Murray, The government agency responsible for the UK's network of canals and rivers yesterday unveiled ambitious plans to generate enough renewable energy to power 45,000 homes through the installation of 50...Read more

Environmental groups furious as Hoon gives Stansted expansion go-ahead

James Murray, He may be less than a week into his new job, but Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has already attracted the ire of environmentalists after today giving the green light to...Read more

Mandelson sets out IT responsibilities

Parliamentary reporter, Newly-appointed business secretary Peter Mandelson has split the responsibility for IT issues among three ministers in the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform that he inherited in Gordon Brown's...Read more

UK leads world in corporate carbon disclosure

James Murray, The UK's largest firms are generally out-performing their global counterparts in their adoption of climate change strategies and willingness to report on their carbon emissions, according to figures released today...Read more

Distributed collaboration tools add to risk burden

Phil Muncaster at ISSE 2008 in Madrid, Technology leaders were urged today to work closely with business and legal teams to mitigate the security risks posed by the growing number of distributed collaboration tools taking root in...Read more

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Review: Tesco Talk Wifi service

xxx Tesco has, for some time, been bundling home handsets with an O2-partnered VoIP service, charging nothing for calls between subscribers, 2p a minute to landlines in the UK and other major countries, and 10p a minute to UK mobiles. Its new Talk WifRead more

Review: OpenOffice.org 3.0

A significantly updated competitor to Microsoft Office Version 3.0 of OpenOffice.org's free office productivity suite was launched in mid-October and, while not a ground-breaking release, it builds on an already mature software package to provide even Read more

Review: Nero 9 CD burning software

Some new tools, but not a vital upgrade There was a time when merely burning a DVD required extra software, and Nero’s Burning ROM was one of the best tools available for that job. These days, with Windows Vista quite happy to burn DVD discs on its oRead more