UK-based handSteady launched a cup to make drinking easy for disabled and elderly which was designed by inventor Chris Peacock. Chris Peacock designed handSteady after his close family member was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and was ...
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Le Mark's self-adhesive, high-gloss studio flooring was shown off at its best during this weekend's live seven-hour broadcast for Children in Need's 2012 appeal. With action-packed performances from some of the UK's biggest names ...
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Karmarama's Psychedelic Rabbit Hole Karmarama,one of the fastest-growing communications agencies in the UK,relocated to Farringdon Place in a move to unite the entire Karma Comms group of 250 staff under one roof.With successful ...
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A touchpad tablet and a smartphone have been launched by the Congolese company, VMK, and claim to be the first African designs on the market. The Way-C touchpad and Elikia smartphone, which are manufactured in China, were designed by the ...
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Finland - Let's Dance Finland is the spin-off of the highly popular British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide. Currently the format has been licensed to over 42 territories. As a result, the series ...
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Lobbying among countries and various special interests to"take control"of the internet is intensifying in advance of the International Telecommunications Union(ITU)World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai next week. ...
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Barnet council has recommended Capita as its preferred bidder for a32m euros-a-year contract to run its back-office services. The 10-year deal would see the outsourcing company operate London Borough of Barnet's new support and customer ...
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As announced earlier this year, Sheffield City Council became the first in the UK to begin a city-wide installation of LED streetlamps this week, as it aims to become one of the first areas in Europe to significantly drive down costs across ...
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Computer Weekly has announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy. ...
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A cyber security research centre focused on biometrics is to be launched at the University of Southampton. It will be one of eight UK universities awarded government funding for cyber security research. Government has prioritised ...
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Dutch food giant Vion's plans to sell its UK food businesses throwing into doubt the future of its 13,000 UK employees was"almost an inevitability,"according to leading City analysts. Julian Wild,food group director at legal firm ...
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HP is not the first to have referred Autonomy to the Serious Fraud Office,according to UK IT consultant Alan Pelz-Sharpe(pictured). HP bought Autonomy in 2011 for$11.7bn.But yesterday,HP wrote down the value of Autonomy by$8.8bn,accusing ...
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The BBC is partnering with University College London(UCL)in a four-year research and development(R&D)programme to investigate the future of digital content. Over the next four years,the partnership between the BBC and UCL will focus on a ...
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Growth in own-label food has helped Sainsbury achieve a 2.5%rise in profits to £405M in the six months to September 29. Underlying profit before tax climbed by 5.4%to reach £373M. The retailer's ceo Justin King told BBC ...
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Steven Sinofsky,the head of Microsoft's Windows division and the executive widely expected to be the next CEO,has left the company with immediate effect. No official reason was given for Steven Sinofsky's departure from Microsoft after 23 ...
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