There's going to be a battle in overcoming resistance to the government's Open Standards Principles for IT,according to an advisor to the Cabinet Office. Launched at the start of November,the standards are designed to make government IT ...
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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade will grant a $220 million credit to Fanavid SA to build a glass factory in Cuba, Hipolito Rocha announced. Rocha, general director of the Brazilian ...
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Parliament's ICT office is concluding a two-year review of whether its democratic responsibilities and technical ambitions will force it to purge Microsoft's Silverlight multimedia technology from its computer systems. As part of a root ...
Twitter has apologised after telling members their accounts had been hacked and forcing them to reset their passwords. Twitter sent out a"large number"of emails telling members to change their log-in details,but gave no indication of the ...
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EDF blamed a major upgrade of its core systems for failing to meet customer complaint handling standards, but expects to have resolved problems by the end of the year. EDF recently migrated millions of customer accounts from multiple ...
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The Selfridges London Concept Store has been transformed into a gift shop with a difference,as part of this year's store-wide festive theme,Not Your Usual Christmas.The space showcases a hand-picked selection of the most extraordinary gifts ...
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Russia has introduced a law ostensibly aimed at sites containing images of child sexual abuse and other illegal material, but it has raised fears of censorship. In July, both houses of Russia's parliament voted in favour of the law that ...
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In 2011,BBC Children in Need launched the Designer Pudsey Collection.This saw 14 designers restyle the charity's Britain's best-loved bear.Raising over£50,000,the inaugural Collection caught the attention of the press,fashion world ...
Crowdsourced funding website Kickstarter,which lists projects that are seeking financial backing,has expanded to the UK. The site,which operates on a 5%commission on each successful pledge,has raised more than$340m in the US,where it was ...
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Apple has announced the departure of two high profile executives in the firm's biggest management shakeup since co-founder Steve Jobs stepped down as chief executive. The announcement comes after embarrassing accuracy problems with ...
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Powys Council has announced cc install LED light bulbs in more than 14,000 lamp posts across the county, including 4,770 units that the authorities previously blacked out. As the BBC reports, the council angered residents of some of the ...
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Ceefax, the original "information superhighway", will cease to exist on Wednesday when the last analogue television signal in the UK is switched off. Arising out of a brainstorming session at the BBC in the early 1970s, the pioneering ...
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Computer chip maker Intel has reported falls in both sales and profits in the third quarter,saying the results"reflected a continuing,tough economic environment". The company reported a net profit of$2.97bn for the quarter ending 29 ...
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The US Court of Appeals has overturned a ban on sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone granted in June after an application by Apple in the patent dispute war between the rival companies. The court found that the district court in ...
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Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips,a member of the British royal family who won a silver medal at the recent London Olympics,has launched an equestrian clothing line for the British label Musto. The new collection offers a range of ...
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