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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Mixed reaction to digital plans

Mixed reaction to digital plans

Official plans to prepare the UK's digital infrastructure for the future need fleshing out, say experts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7858946.stm

Firms back data protection pledge

Firms back data protection pledge

Twenty UK companies sign a pledge to do more to safeguard the personal data they hold about customers and citizens.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7860075.stm

Gates predicts four-year downturn

Gates predicts four-year downturn

Microsoft founder Bill Gates says it could be four years before the world's troubled economies return to  economic growth.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/davos/7860708.stm

Amazon profits from festive sales

Amazon profits from festive sales

Profits at online retailer Amazon rose 9% in the final three months of last year, as the company enjoyed robust holiday sales.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7859651.stm

Britain Looks to Expand Broadband and Limit Piracy

Britain Looks to Expand Broadband and Limit Piracy
     

The British government outlined plans to bring broadband to every home in Britain by 2012 and crack down on online piracy.    

     

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/technology/30digita

White House expects digital TV delay until June

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says he expects the House will vote to delay the DTV transition to June 12, 2009, and that President Obama will sign the bill into law. (MSNBC)The Obama administration said on Friday it expects the U.S. House to approve legislation that would delay until June the planned nationwide transition to digital television.

Comcast testing new free Wi-Fi service

Comcast Corp. is testing a free wireless Internet service for its cable subscribers in parts of New Jersey, following in the footsteps of a fellow cable operator.

Earth-hunter telescope prepared for launch

NASA unveiled a modest telescope on Friday with a sweeping mission — to discover if there are any Earth-type planets orbiting distant stars.

Earliest chemical warfare felled Roman fort

The body of a Persian Empire soldier was found lying alone in a mine where the Persians executed the first known gas attack on Roman Empire soldiers attempting to hold down a fort. He is still clad in his iron mail shirt, his helmet and sword near his feet. A cramped tunnel beneath a Middle Eastern fort might have produced the oldest evidence of chemical warfare, according to a CSI-style review of archival records.

‘Need for Speed’ franchise is shifting gears

simulation, action and arcade racing.Electronic Arts is steering the popular “Need for Speed” franchise in a new direction. The video game publisher announced plans Friday to spin off the 15-year-old racing series into three driving games on different platforms.