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The Times investigated for hacking emails
According to the BBC, Labour MP Tom Watson says he has received confirmation from the officers from Operation Tuleta, which is the Met's investigation into computer operations. -
RIM decides it needs super heroes
The Be Bold's unfortunate name came from the fact that a family were listening to Kenneth Williams staring in Round the Horne on the BBC World Service. Characters Julian and Sandy were just extolling Kenneth Horne to "Be Bold" and wear a fetching fake fox fur. -
Microsoft's Gates thinks eradication of polio on target
But, according to world philanthropist Bill Gates, who kick started Microsoft, speaking on | BBC Radio 4 this morning, there were no cases of polio in India last year – but there are still cases in Pakistan and Nigeria, he averred. -
The internet mystifies top British digital adviser
The SNP has denounced the video as "silly" and is wondering whose Kool Aid Harris was drinking when he thought posting the video would be a good idea. -
Solar paint to brighten up homes
A joint committee of MPs slammed the cutting of subsidies which have left the industry in the UK in disarray. Tim Yeo, chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, claimed on BBC Radio 4 that while he agreed with the need to cut subsidies the government ‘botched’ a consultation into solar re -
China teetering on the brink of a bursting bubble
A report on BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme said that falls in prices in China's housing market are threatening the whole economy. -
Sony press office calls for Vita cherry blossom
This time Sony's honour has been tainted by complaints about its brand new PlayStation Vita handheld. The | BBC said that when the PlayStation Vita went on sale in Japan at the weekend users found that they suffered from unresponsive touchscreens, crashes and freezes. -
RIM execs rest on their laurels while company rots
CommentMeanwhile, a services outage earlier this year meant Blackberry handsets stopped working for a full three days as RIM maintained an unhelpful air of silence about the PR disaster. -
Woz really is a nice bloke
The BBC's otherwise bottom-licking documentary on Apple Messiah Steve Jobs, Billion Dollar Hippy, tells one story where the autocrat did not come out in a particularly nice light. -
Osborne broadband pledge a drop in the ocean
Osborne hopes the cash will boost broadband to speeds as high as 100 megabits per second. According to the BBC the current average broadband speed in the UK is just 6.8Mbps. -
Pressure mounts on government to support computer sciences
“It’s very useful to understand how a machine works, and why it works the fundamental operating principles f something allow you to use that tool better,” Hope said, speaking to BBC Radio 4 today. -
PlayBook price slash spells more doom and gloom for RIM
It hasn't been a good couple of years for RIM. The encryption drama in countries like India did little for its name in the press, as Lazaridis stormed out of a BBC interview claiming there wasn't a problem. More recently, much of the Blackberry services suffered from an outage, worldwide. -
Pornographers furious at .xxx domain
ICM repeatedly begged at ICANN's doorstep to approve the suffix. The BBC reports that ICM first applied for the .xxx domain in 2000, but at the time net regulator ICANN said there was little point. -
Facebook plays weird censorship game
CommentNow Facebook says that "there is no place on Facebook for content that is hateful, threatening, or incites violence." A spokesperson told the BBC "we take reports of questionable and offensive content very seriously -
GCHQ spy boss warns over "disturbing" cyber attacks
Both were highlighting concerns over cyber security ahead of a two-day conference starting on Tuesday which will focus on the escalating problem. Some big names such as European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes, Hilary Clinton, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, and Cisco vice presid -
Wikileaks stops publishing
According to the BBC, Wikileaks is suspending its publication of classified files and will focus on trying to raise some more cash. -
Social media saves the day for Occupy movement
CommentGiven the global nature of the day, it was with some raised eyebrows observers noticed the BBC's minimalist coverage until it had to take notice - just one paragraph on the BBC website and a short nod of the head on Radio 4. -
AMD can make Ultrabooks too
A BBC journalist then inquired about Apple. As its Macbook Air uses Intel processors, would Intel classify the Macbook Air as an Ultrabook? Despite certain glaring similarities, the answer is no: It's a "fantastic product from Apple," but "it does not qualify as an Ultrabook, because of the specific
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