Topic - uk

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Internet and Media, Investments, International, Media, Internet

UK to Inject $1.5 Billion into Tech Startups

Government intervention: The Brits approve plans to launch an emergency venture capital fund for cash starved tech companies.
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Gadgets

Very Cool: The iCEphone Cometh

Forget the Nokia N97, Prada LG or the iPhone 3G here comes the '007' version of the smartphone.
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Internet and Media, International, Internet

Microsoft's Head is in the 'Cloud'

Third-party applications service and Red Herring 100 Europe finalist and launch into Azure's great blue yonder.
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Internet and Media, Investments, International, Misc, Media, Internet

Britons Aiming for 1,000 mph Land Speed Record

Current world record holder Andy Green and team leader Richard Noble plan to smash their own record with the "Bloodhound."
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Internet and Media, International, Internet

UK to Use Mobile Phones to Fight Taleban

UK forces in Afghanistan plan to distribute mobile phones to break the Taleban's anti-western propaganda machine.
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Internet and Media, Hardware, International, Internet

Nokia Launches Into 'Free' Mobile Music

Finnish mobile phone maker has aggresively thrown down the gauntlet to Apple's iPhone and iTunes music monopoly.
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Internet and Media, International, Internet

Oasis to Release New Album on MySpace

British band to utilize the MySpace social networking site to launch of 'Dig Out Your Soul.'
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Capital

British Bank Bradford & Bingley Gets Split Up

Financial institutions around the world continue to feel the fall-out from the mortgage meltdown.
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Internet and Media, International, Internet

UK TV Exec Calls YouTube a 'Parasite'

ITV's executive chairman, Michale Grade, calls the video-sharing site owned by Google as a threat to television broadcasting.
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Barclays to Snap up Lehman's Remains

London's Barclays Bank forks over $1.45 billion and is looking to cherry-pick assets from Lehman Brothers meltdown.
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YouTube Gets Tough on Violent Videos

Video-sharing site is banning video submissions that cross the line.
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Clean Tech, Cleantech

Solar Powered Desalination Farm to Bring Life to the Sahara

A growing solution: Solar panel farms would evaporate seawater providing cool air and water for greenhouse crop cultivation.
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Clean Tech

Full Steam Ahead: Steam Power Makes a Comeback

A British company uses new technology and applies it to an old one to create a hot, steamy hybrid.
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Internet and Media, International, Internet

Twitter Goes Quiet in UK

The popular free micro-blogging network Twitter has dropped SMS support in the UK, leaving British users stranded without full service.
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Cleantech

Unveiling Home-Brewed Hydrogen

IMT Power demo home-based hydrogen fuel unit that could be the catalyst to allow hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles to really take off.
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Hardware, International, Internet

Apple's iPhone 2.0 Apps Hit the Right Note

Incentives for third party apps make the biggest hit at WWDC. One UK designer turning the new iPhone into a bass guitar!
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Hardware, International, Gaming

Wii Fit Messed Up

Nintendo's new Wii Fit exergame makes faux pas and labels kids Wii fat.
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International, Media

Free Satellite TV

A new British service offers satellite TV without the subscription charge.
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International

Stinking up the Joint With Diaper Recycling?

Whats's the Poop? The U.K. gets on board the 'Green' program as increases in landfill costs force change.
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Internet and Media, International, Internet

Increase In Younger Kids On Social Networking Sites

More than a 25 percent of 8-11 year olds in the U.K. have a profile on Either Bebo, Facebook or MySpace.
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