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HTC Desire mobile phone review

(POCKET LINT) - It would be fair to say the HTC Desire is the most anticipated phone of 2010. Perhaps an indication of this phone’s significance, following the launch by HTC, a slew of announcements came from mobile phone operators saying they’d be stocking it. The Legend, by contrast, received no [...]

Sony Zaps PlayStation 3 ‘Install Other OS’ Feature

(PC WORLD) - Sony giveth and Sony taketh away: When the company’s newest PlayStation 3 firmware update drops on April 1, it’ll remove a beloved feature once trumpeted as a system sale-maker. That’s right Linux wonks, it’s time to kiss the PS3’s “Install Other OS” option goodbye.
Unlike [...]

Virgin to mark decade of UK broadband

(DIGITAL SPY) - Virgin Media has commissioned a new art installation in London to celebrate the tenth anniversary of broadband in the UK.
On March 31 2000, NTL - which later became Virgin Media - connected Britain’s first ever broadband customer when it trialled the service in Gillingham, Kent.
To mark the occasion, [...]

Next Alternative (TYN.F) Reports Great Success With European Roadshow

Next Alternative, Inc., is pleased to relay that the firm was extremely well received during a recent three-week European trip, focused on promoting its green technologies and garnering investment interest.
Ottawa, Ontario (PRWeb UK) March 25, 2010 — Robert Ireland, CEO of Next Alternative, Inc (TYN.F)., is pleased to relay that the firm was extremely well [...]

UK Sex Stats by County: Devon Top of the Cheats

A OnePoll survey, commissioned by IllicitEncounters.com, has found that Devon is Britain’s most adulterous county, with 44% of spouses currently cheating on their partners.
(PRWeb UK) March 25, 2010 — Britain’s largest survey of sex and marriage has revealed that Devon is the UK’s most unfaithful county, with 44% of spouses currently playing away.
The independent survey, [...]

Hello! Messenger Application for iPhone Launches, Company Founders Have Yet To Meet Face to Face

Despite never meeting with his investors, his programmers or the graphic designer, Andrew Hanhauser has a founded mobile application start-up and released the first version of Hello! Messenger on Apple’s iTunes store with immediate success. 1000’s of users are signing up for free instant messaging every day.
Charleston, SC (PRWEB) 18 March 2010 — Standard IM [...]

iGRC Consortium Wins Technology Strategy Board and SEEDA funding for £1.7m Information Infrastructure Protection R&D Project

The Government-funded Technology Strategy Board and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) are backing a £1.7m R&D project to develop an innovative model for integrated Governance, Risk and Compliance (iGRC) submitted in response to the Technology Strategy Board’s 2009 Information Infrastructure Protection funding competition.
(PRWeb UK) — The Government-funded Technology Strategy Board and the [...]

Service Catalog – Defining and Designing Your Services

Axios Systems Continues its Service Catalog Webcast Series with a Focus on Scoping Service Offerings
United Kingdom (PRWeb UK) March 22, 2010 — Axios Systems, the world’s leading provider of IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions, including the assyst software, announces its second webcast of a series aimed at educating organizations on successful Service Catalog implementations.

The series [...]

Made.com Raises £2.5m to Launch Designer Furniture Business that Uses the Internet to Cut Out the Middle Man

Made.com today announces it has raised £2.5million from investors to launch a new designer furniture company that cuts out the middle man using the internet to connect buyers directly with manufacturers. Backing comes from Brent Hoberman of mydeco.com, PROfounders Capital (whose investors include Michael Birch of Bebo), Marc Simoncini through his investment vehicle, Jaïna Capital, [...]

Senior Google Member Joins atom42

Top Google employee Simon Douglass has left the search engine to join upcoming online marketing agency atom42
(PRWEB) March 23, 2010 — A senior member of Google is the latest addition to the growing team at London-based online marketing agency atom42.
Simon Douglass, former Senior Account Manager at Google UK, joined atom42 as head of PPC this [...]