The boss of the world’s biggest food company Nestlé, Paul Bulcke has blamed the horsemeat scandal on a criminal minority, who threatened to undermine trust between consumers and the food industry. Nestlé boss Paul ...
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The BBC is currently looking to upgrade its entire Enterprise Resource Planning estate – a major project sure to take several years to complete at a likely multi-million pound cost. Analysis: SAP stares down its licensing critics ...
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Big data is important to the BBC in helping to understand audience behaviour and sentiment, BBC CTO John Linwood recently told Computing. "There's a piece of work going on now in understanding the relationship of a member of the audience ...
UK - After a live try-out of DPA's d:facto vocal microphone at London's Royal Festival Hall, sound production and rental company RNSS was so impressed with their performance that it has placed an order for six of the new d:facto II vocal ...
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BBC CTO John Linwood has stated that the BBC feeds into Apple on its products and services – including the iPhone and iPad – though he admitted that he is unsure as to how much weight the organisation places on his views. In ...
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BBC reported, the European Union member states approved the China PV products registration plan, preparing for the taxation of import market worth 21 billon Euros. Some governors warmed that the trade war may occur between Europe Union and ...
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Consumers have been warned that they face the prospect of further rising energy prices in the near future, as the UK becomes more reliant on importing its energy reserves. Ofgem chief executive Alistair Buchanan stated that the fall in ...
Three men have been arrested in the UK on suspicion of offences under the Fraud Act by police investigating allegations horsemeat was mislabelled as beef. Dyfed-Powys Police in Wales yesterday (14 February) made arrests at two plants that ...
Romania this afternoon (11 February) insisted the two slaughterhouses in the country under scrutiny over horse meat contamination have not broken EU food rules. Victor Ponta, the Romanian Prime Minister, said the slaughterhouses under ...
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The UK government is to meet industry officials to determine whether the supply chain needs to be placed under greater scrutiny to ensure food security in the country. A spokesperson for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural ...
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Twitter lit up with activity during last night's State of the Union address as users, including journalists and politicians, turned to the social network. President Obama, in his fifth State of the Union address, touched on hot topics ...
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Game-like computer programmes dumb down the usefulness of interactive IT-based education, according to veteran television presenter Johnny Ball. Speaking to Computing at last week's BETT show in London, Ball said the use of gaming ...
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Intel is set to launch a web-based video streaming service this year, as the chipmaker attempts to find new means of making profit in the face of declining PC sales. The world's largest computer chip manufacturer has felt the force of a ...
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Footage of a helicopter crashing during a Top Gear stunt has been released by the BBC franchise. Caught on video while filming a race between a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and a Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter for Top Gear Korea, the footage shows ...
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The BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is selling well and supplies are barely meeting demand in some areas, according to its Canadian manufacturer. Last week's launch of the Z10 and BB10 operating system saw Research in Motion change its name to ...
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