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British MP risks arrest for Segway use

British MP risks arrest for Segway useSegway UseHow can he risk arrest? Sutton Police use them.http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/1877474.sutton_police_stand_up_to_crime_in_the_12_5mph_squad_car/RE: British MP risks arrest for Segway useHave you never heard of a push bike? Just as fast as a Segway, its £4200.00 cheaper even MORE enviromentally friendly and has a range as far as...

Tags: Segway, British MP, bicycle, environmentally, more-expensive

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

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UK caves to Hollywood, orders net cut-off for 'hardcore' downloaders

In June, the U.K.'s Digital Britain report rejected the Draconian demands of Hollywood to cut off "hardcore" downloaders from the Internet. Now the British government has changed its tune: Stephen Timms, the minister for Digital Britain, said that proposals previously considered by the Government to...

Tags: Watson Co., Mandelson, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-25

Airlines on Climate: Don't blame us blame the Banks

I've posted before in these pages about how the business lobby, under pressure to respond to climate change, is starting to fracture. There was another dramatic example of this yesterday in Kuala Lumpur at the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association IATA when the CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, took an...

Tags: Bank, Carbon, Climate, Climate Group, Government, James Farrar, Management, Strategy, UK Air Passenger Duty

Blog posts 2009-06-09

UK government to collect Facebook data?

The UK government is currently proposing new measures to keep details on communications between British users on Facebook. Updated: see below. Facebook on the other hand have criticised the intelligence services, saying they were "excessive" and "overkill", according to sister-site ZDNet UK. It's not...

Tags: Facebook, U.K., Social Networking, Government, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-03-25

News to know: iTunes 8 sneaky upgrade; AMD; CTIA; Text pricing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: An inside look at Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 upgrade. Gallery Tour: Sneaky iTunes install, step by step right Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: iTunes...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod Touch, Pricing Strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple iTunes, CTIA, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-11

OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learned

OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learnedIt taught Microsoft that its days are numberedas an all powerful monopoly, and that it cannot just run roughshod wherever it likes without an equal and opposite reaction.It's taught us, the community, that maybe it's time to start lots of lobbying of our own. Perhaps lots...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OOXML, OpenDocument Format, Lessons Learned, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

EU's Mandelson: U.S. needs to change gambling laws

EU's Mandelson: U.S. needs to change gambling lawsPeter Mandelson needs to shut the hell up.He is a ex. Labour MP who had to resign TWICE because he:1) bought a home in Notting Hill in 1996 with the assistance of an interest-free loan of £373,000 from Geoffrey Robinson, a millionaire Labour...

Tags: Taxes, Internet Gambling, Hes, Peter Mandelson

Discussion threads 2007-11-21

BBC to screen Second Life documentary in-world

The Money Programme, a well respected and long running television documentary series from the BBC is to screen a special episode tomorrow, focusing on the virtual world Second Life, and it's burgeoning in-world economy. If you're in the UK, you can watch the show on television as normal, but appropriately,...

Tags: Second Life, Virtual Worlds

Blog posts 2007-05-31

UK unions organize against offshoring

UK unions organize against offshoringOffshoringOutsourcing is the fancy word for cheaplabor, once the prices rise in India, they will outsource to another country-China.Then it will move to another country, by that time the company has horrible customer service and is out of business. So Offshoring = Companies that cannot manage...

Tags: Outsourcing, Electrolux, outsource, offshoring, Greenville

Discussion threads 2004-02-09