Archive for August, 2008
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
August 21, 2008 – Digital TV (DTV) adoption will show strong growth in Western Europe and the US over the next two years as the analogue switch-off looms and consumers seek enhanced features and content breadth, according to a new report from Datamonitor, and by 2012 there will be an estimated 274mn homes in these regions with digital TV, compared to 158mn at the end of last year.
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri appeared in a videotape posted on the Internet on Friday, the second recording since he was reported to have been killed or wounded in Pakistan last month.
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now offering a Spanish version of its web-based training module, “ALERT: Food Defense Awareness”. The English version of this module was released in 2007, as part of the FDA’s new food defense awareness program, ALERT. ALERT identifies key points that industry and businesses can use to raise awareness of food defense issues and decrease the risk of intentional food contamination at various points from farm to table. The module can be used by FDA investigators, other federal, state and local regulatory agencies, and by industry stakeholders, from growers to retail.
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
The countdown to the launch of Reedsonline.com, the online version of legendary ‘yachtsman’s bible’, Reeds Nautical Almanac, is building momentum with the site all set to go live on the fist day of the PSP Southampton Boat Show, Friday 12th September 2008. To celebrate the unveiling of this landmark website, a number of ‘Boat Show’ only promotions will be available to visitors of the show.
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
LONDON (AP) _ Three terrorism suspects arrested in northern England earlier this month were detained in connection with an Internet threat against Prime Minister Gordon Brown, British media reported Friday.
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Last June, supermarket giant Tesco launched a service to compete against estate agents by allowing property owners to sell their home online for a flat fee of £199.
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
It’s only a day later than anticipated, but Palm has now launched the Treo Pro. Available SIM-free or from Vodafone, the new-look smartphone is somewhere between the Centro and the iPhone 3G.
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Vodafone, one of the two license holders for the latest Apple iPhone that went on sale at midnight Thursday in India, is looking at easy finance schemes to help sell the product in the country, a person familiar with the development said.
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
It feels a bit much to have an entire story devoted to this, but we know many, many of you out there have been holding off for the white/girly version of the iPhone 3G. Well, the wait is over…
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
LONDON—Three terrorism suspects arrested in northern England earlier this month were detained in connection with an Internet threat against Prime Minister Gordon Brown, British media reported Friday.
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