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Londoners hit Tube Panic Button

September 7, 2010
By calhoun
Londoners hit Tube Panic Button

Its the largest city in the UK, it has several airports, many trainstations, car rental schemes, buses and belive it or not even taxi systems. Yet, whenever the strikes hit London’s Underground, London grinds to a halt and the panic sets in. What is it about Londoners that prevent them from using the boats,...
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The TaxMan Wants More!

September 7, 2010
By calhoun
The TaxMan Wants More!

Due to a failure by HMRC, millions of Britons could soon be opening a letter worded something along the lines of : “You owe Us Thousands” People whom have seen a financial change in the last two years may have been paying less tax than they were supposed to. Now HMRC is trying to...
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Coalition agrees AV reading with gritted teeth

September 7, 2010
By calhoun
Coalition agrees AV reading with gritted teeth

The first reading of the bill on a referendum over the Alternative Vote system has been successful with a majority of 59. There are a number of additional steps to take before it will have actually been past and the process of preparing for next years May 5 referendum can begin. However the reading...
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Orange & TMobile Supernetwork

September 7, 2010
By calhoun
Orange & TMobile Supernetwork

Something tells me I missed an article or two, either that or Orange and T-Mobile opted to keep their merger quiet. A few people whom I talk to who usually are up to speed on the mobile phone industry even seem to have not caught on. The merger in May created a new company...
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Sky TV Monopoly allowed?

September 7, 2010
By calhoun
Sky TV Monopoly allowed?

Sky has made a purchase from Virgin Media worth £160Million to get the Virgin TV services. How this has not lead to an OFT investigation of breach of competition rules I do not know. With the sale complete, Sky has managed to secure itself a major monopoly on pay for TV service. Sky have...
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Gordon Brown to become a Saint

September 2, 2010
By calhoun
Gordon Brown to become a Saint

Gordon Brown freshly out of screwing up the economy and Labour party wants to become a Saint now. It is quite a promotion I’d say. Freshly criticized by Tony Blair in his memoirs, he is attempting to put away the image of being the evil man that no one wanted and no one could...
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Quantum Security Breach

September 2, 2010
By calhoun
Quantum Security Breach

The world of quantum physics has been involved in the world of security. However a security breach is possible. Researchers have spent probably a huge portion of their time experimenting on techniques to be able to publish a paper indicating a vulnerability in a Quantum Cryptographic system. They in essence have shown it is...
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Skeletal Scaner security ID

September 1, 2010
By calhoun
Skeletal Scaner security ID

X-Ray scanners at airports could soon be a thing of the past. The new system would look at the skeleton and be able to accurately identify people based on that. At as much as 50 meters away from the scanner also. In an ideal world, this  could make getting through airport security much quicker....
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Blair: It was Gordon Browns Fault

September 1, 2010
By calhoun
Blair: It was Gordon Browns Fault

With a slight hint of blame, former prime minister Tony Blair has pointed at Gordon Brown as the reason Labour was defeated in the General Election. I cant say i disagree however, Gordon Browns leadership was perhaps the worst time as prime minister in the history of UK politics. Particularly blaming Gordon Brown’s failure...
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AutoDesk FREE on iPad and iPhone.

August 31, 2010
By calhoun
AutoDesk FREE on iPad and iPhone.

AutoDesk has made a decision to return to supporting multiple platforms. In 1994 they dropped support for non Windows machines leaving many designers unable to get a hold of the industry leading software. However that has changed. The company has plans to release new versions for Apple based equipment. Apple Desktop and Laptop users...
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