German Gamer David Heiss Jailed for Life for UK Murder

May 12, 2009

A German computer gamer, who had become obsessed with a girl on the internet, has been sentenced to jail for life after flying to the UK to stab her boyfriend. David Heiss stabbed Matthew Pyke 86 ...

Carphone Warehouse Buys Tiscali UK for £236 million

May 11, 2009

Go to www.carphonewarehouse.com or www.tiscali.co.uk click here. Carphone Warehouse has purchased Tiscali UK for only £236 million, sending the company to the second spot in the broadband market in the United Kingdom and ending the bidding process for the UK operations ...

Centrica Clinches Deal for 20% Stake in British Energy

May 11, 2009

Go to www.centrica.co.uk or www.british-energy.co.uk click here. Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has finally clinched an agreement with EDF to purchase a 20% stake in British Energy. They have been in negotiations since September, which is when Centrica agreed ...

Envirofone Collects 40,000 Old Mobile Phones in 3 Months

May 11, 2009

Go to www.envirofone.com click here. During the last 3 months, Envirofone has collected about 40,000 old mobile phones, according to organizers. The recycling initiative has also collected 23 tons of other electronic waste. Envirofone is a collection scheme for ...

Banjo Tooie Arrives on LIVE Arcade for Xbox

May 8, 2009

Go to www.xbox.com click here. Banjo Tooie, which is a sequel to Banjo Kazooie, was first released on Nintendo's N64 back in 2000. Now with LIVE Arcade on the Xbox, where console owners can download their favorite classic video games ...

T-Mobile Advert in London Gets Surprise Appearance from Pink

May 8, 2009

Go to www.t-mobile.co.uk click here. T-Mobile has released their newest flash mobile ad, and this time they have added a celebrity to lead the way. In Trafalgar Square, thousands of people showed up to sing for the new T-Mobile advert, ...

Jacqui Smith Wants High Street and Post Offices to Take Fingerprints

May 7, 2009

The public is now going to be expected to get their fingerprints recorded at shops and pharmacies on the high street, as well as at the post office, when they sign up for a passport or ID card. Jacqui ...

Google and Apple Investigated by FTC

May 6, 2009

Go to www.google.com or www.apple.com click here. In 2006, Eric Schmidt, the chief executive officer of Google, joined the board of Apple at the authoritative command of Steve Jobs. At that time, some critics were full of speculation as to ...

Microsoft Cuts More Workers and Leaves Opening for More

May 6, 2009

Go to www.microsoft.com chick here. Yesterday, Microsoft said that they are laying off more workers, nearly completing their plan to axe 5,000 jobs by June of next year, as well as left an opening for more job cuts in the future. ...

BBC iPlayer Launches on VOD Platform from Virgin Media

May 5, 2009

Go to www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer or www.virginmedia.com click here. Virgin Media, the UK cable operator, has started to offer the recently launched HDTV version of the iPlayer catch-up television service from BBC on their VOD platform. This new service has been made ...