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 |
Back into time
Newly-released documents reveal Dr Who's originsRead more
Of digital dice
How Dungeons and Dragons is breaking out onlineRead more
Microsoft to offer free security
Microsoft has announced it will offer a free anti-virus and security software suite and will discontinue its OneCare service.Read more
MP loses cash over 'rude' blog
Labour MP Paul Flynn has been stripped of a Parliamentary allowance for making fun of other MPs on his blog.Read more
Norway encourages use of open source software (AP)
AP - Norway pledged funds Monday to stimulate public sector use of the free open source software OpenOffice to reduce its dependency on Microsoft Corp. and other major software producers. Read more
National Geographic enters the sea of video games (Reuters)
Reuters - National Geographic is getting into the video game business. Through its for-profit unit National Geographic Ventures, the nonprofit National Geographic Society is set to announce Tuesday that it has created National Geographic Games. Read more
Game news: Xbox 360's new look (AP)
AP - Real news from the virtual world: Read more
Video-Game Consoles Weather Economic Storm (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The economy may be slowing, but the video-game industry seems to be wearing its bulletproof vest -- with the notable exception of Sony. Read more
Appeal threatens Telenor's Russian stake (AP)
AP - A Siberian appeal court is scheduled Tuesday to consider a ruling that could lead to the temporary seizure of Norwegian Telenor's ownership in Vimpelcom, Russia's second largest mobile phone company. 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 |