Investment marks Abramovich's first in the telecoms market Chelsea football club (FC) owner Roman Abramovich has acquired a 23.3% stake in the UK based global mobile VoIP provider, Truphone for 70m, which values the firm at around 300m. ...
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Two years after the Prime Minister announced that the Technology Strategy Board would create a national network of government-funded technology centres, Iain Gray, chief executive of the TSB, will announce today seven centres will open this ...
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Glasgow is to receive £24m of government investment to become "a city of the future". Glasgow is to host the Technology Strategy Board’s ‘Future Cities Demonstrator’ for showing the impact technology can ...
Sony has received a record £250,000 fine from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) as punishment for the PlayStation Network (PSN) hack that took place in April 2011. The electronics firm says it "strongly disagrees" with the ...
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The National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the government has made a good start in reducing spend on IT, but that it still needs to work on delivering IT solutions that reform public services and the way they operate. Government ...
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The government has set up a £1m funding competition for robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) technology in the UK. The investment by the Technology Strategy Board is for feasibility studies to accelerate the development of RAS ...
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Twelve South is pleased to unveil PlugBug World, an all-in-one USB iPad/iPhone charger that converts any MacBook Power Adapter into a dual charger that can be used globally. The powerful PlugBug World piggybacks onto your MacBook power ...
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The National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the government has made a good start in reducing spend on IT, but that it still needs to work on delivering IT solutions that reform public services and the way they operate. Government ...
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Westminster Council has today announced a network IT contract with BT that may see it saving £30m on its HR and finance systems. BT is calling the deal a "radical redesign of corporate human resources and finance services across ...
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The Co-operative Bank could write-down up to £200m of IT investments if it finalises a proposed acquisition of 632 Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) branches. The Co-op Bank's annual profits could be impacted significantly if its ...
NHL hockey finally begins this weekend after a long lockout and GEObet.com, a tribally-owned online casino, sportsbook and poker room, is refunding all losing money line & puck line bets when a Canadian Hockey team loses in overtime. It's ...
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The Welsh government has invested 39m into faster broadband services for schools, the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones has announced. The investment comes from a new "Learning In Digital Wales Grant" that aims to help students to ...
GEObet.com, the international Tribally owned online casino, sportsbook and poker room, is giving away a free EUR500 Super Bowl spread bet this month. Players are automatically enter when they bet on NFL. GEObet.com, the international ...
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Despite the introduction of "chip-and-pin" security, payment card fraud across the European Union cost some €1.5bn (£1.2bn) in 2012, according to the latest figures from Europol. While chip-and-pin has helped to reduce card ...
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Köln/Bonn are just GBP 15.99(less than 25€)away from the UK.To visit the leaning tower of Pisa or the Rialto bridge in Venice will also cost the same.As the first low-cost airport in the UK,Coventry Airport is offering flights to ...