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Forensics firm warns of 'the inside job'
News The simplest thing to do is to get a job there," says David Litchfield, senior security analyst at Arca Systems Inc, a British computer forensics firm called in by businesses to gather evidence of computer crime from hacking and data theft, to...
[July 20, 1999, 10:51]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback I am tired of telling them that they cannot be called Mike Smith etc.as that is a white British name and not Indian. Their scriptwriters must be American to think that the British are stupid enough to do business with somebody just because he / she...
[September 7, 2006, 16:47]
Employees value home PCs over gym membership
News One third of these -- including ten million British workers -- say that access to a home PC should not be limited to those who can afford one. One third of British workers are prepared to contribute to the cost of a company subsidised PC with...
[May 11, 2001, 15:36]
Don't monkey around with new ideas
Talkback New British music champions Radio 1, 6 Music and Xfm have been playing the record for months - the latter first played IBTYLGOTDF in April 2005 - a full 6 months before the single's release. Free MP3s didn't get them to number one and deliver them...
[January 31, 2006, 9:35]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback The quicker the Government makes it illegal for British companies to use foreign call centre staff and requires all staff to be British, the better. Dell are not alone in providing crap service via an Indian call centre.
[June 28, 2006, 1:10]
Sick Sigma
Blog What started off as a way for manufacturers to actual work out how to build something that didn’t disintegrate/explode/maim unexpectedly as soon as the punter got the product home (or in the case of British Leyland before you got home), has turned...
[May 12, 2009, 18:03]
Half UK Net households are regular users, says report
News Nearly a quarter of British households -- seven million -- have Internet access, Media Metrix found. Nevertheless as Internet use matures traditional British companies such as the BBC, Virgin and BT are using the web to strengthen their overall...
[August 16, 2000, 9:41]
Virgin kicks off £50m cyber commerce plan
News According to Virgin's boss Branson, more than 95 percent of British consumers said they were aware of the Virgin brand, putting the company in a "unique position of trust and strength. Branson explained the decision to put Virgin Group online: "We...
[February 17, 1999, 16:06]
The arrival of MP3 - Retailers told to adapt or die
News Jollyon Benn, operations executive for piracy issues at the British Phonographic Industry reckons the opportunity Wirt is promising has to be recognised and recognised soon. Bob Lewis, director general of the British Association of Record Dealers...
[September 15, 1998, 16:02]
Mobile tech to keep police on the beat
News Mobile data devices are currently being trialled by several police forces in the UK, including Cheshire Police, while the British Transport Police completed a rollout of handheld data devices back in March.
[September 27, 2007, 8:42]
E-minister warns UK business of hacker threat
News The report made the astonishing discovery that as many as 3 in 5 British companies have had a computer security breach in the past two years. In a letter leaked to the British press last week, head of the House of Commons Margaret Beckett warned...
[April 12, 2000, 9:15]
Sage's growth outstrips forecasts
News Sage is the top success story of British software. In the US, the burial ground of so many other British software companies, it trades under the Best Software label and has made 15 acquisitions in the past six years totalling about $1.4bn.
[April 16, 2004, 8:55]
The Somerset Maugham Collection
Downloads It includes "Liza of Lambeth," a tragic tale of working-class adultery, "The Magician", based on the life of occultist Aleister Crowley, Maugham's semi-autobiographical "Of Human Bondage," about a tortured, club-footed doctor, and "The Moon...
[December 27, 2006, 7:00]
The Somerset Maugham Collection
Downloads It includes "Liza of Lambeth," a tragic tale of working-class adultery, "The Magician", based on the life of occultist Aleister Crowley, Maugham's semi-autobiographical "Of Human Bondage," about a tortured, club-footed doctor, and "The Moon...
[December 27, 2006, 7:00]
Cannon Ball Catapult
Downloads If you're a fan of shotguns, machine guns, and grenades, add a 19th century huge british empire cannon to your war stockpile and next time you're at battle with your best friend, pull out the ultimate weapon and fire huge cannon balls at them!
[December 21, 2009, 23:40]
A Ship's Tale by N. Jay Young
Downloads He is lured into conspiring with a Scottish sea captain (Bowman), his British first mate (Harris) who is the inside connection to parts from the scrap yards, an Irish navigator (Edward), and a Russian master rigger (Boris).
[December 19, 2009, 17:45]
The Somerset Maugham Collection
Downloads It includes "Liza of Lambeth," a tragic tale of working-class adultery, "The Magician", based on the life of occultist Aleister Crowley, Maugham's semi-autobiographical "Of Human Bondage," about a tortured, club-footed doctor, and "The Moon...
[December 27, 2006, 7:00]
Government to boost power of digital TV signals
News It also outlines a future target for 84 percent of British homes to have access to digital channels from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. One in three British households already have access to digital TV. The Department of Trade and Industry is to...
[October 15, 2001, 17:49]
Net stock depression threatens UK flotations
News And, yesterday, it agreed to buy two British consumer Net auction sites eSwap and Humpty Dumpty to consolidate its foothold in the consumer arena. Internet stock, was supposed to give an indication of British Net value, and kick off a series of...
[August 11, 1999, 16:11]
London blasts leave mobile networks struggling
Talkback After 911, and again yesterday, some of my American and European friends are flabbergasted at the British general public's attitude to the bombings. I think for many it was the first time they have seen the British "stiff upper lip" in action.
[July 8, 2005, 9:59]
