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Inbrics M1 Launches at MWC and Controls All
Android Phone Fans (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Inbrics has announced the launch of their Android based MID M1 at next week’s MWC in Barcelona. Inbrics hopes the M1 will serve as a media controller for other devices as well so that users can share photos, music, movies and more. It boasts the following: 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display Slide-out QWERTY keyboard with [...] -
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Pregnant Tory PPC “forced out” under pressure from “dodgy local party chairman”
Political Scrapbook (subscribe) | 14 hours ago | Politics
CCHQ were left scrambling to save one of their star candidates this evening amidst allegations that she was forced out by local party members. Joanne Cash, the Tories’ PPC in the key target of Westminster North, resigned at an emergency meeting of the local Conservative Association attended by party chairman Eric Pickles and Lords leader Tom Strathclyde. This [...] -
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Predictable and avoidable: Harman misses key selection meeting
Peter Kenyon (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
With less than 24 hours to go before the deadline for applications to run as the Labour Party's PPC in Leyton and Wanstead, the right wing press is freshening stories about Deputy Leader Harriet Harman's alleged absence from NEC special selections panel meetings. It is alleged that this was for reasons linked to her interest in her husband, Jack Dromey, being selected as a PPC for Labour in the forthcoming... -
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Monday Morning Marketing Quarterback: Which Superbowl Ads Scored On The Web?
TechCrunch (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
With the Super Bowl yesterday came the time-honored Super Bowl commercials, each costing $2.5 million for a 30-second spot. Even Google got in on the game with its first ever spot receiving rave reviews (although the commercial wasn't new). But which commercials went beyond TV to score on the Web? Reprise Media released a report that ranks Super Bowl advertisers based on the level of integration between... -
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Startup to launch after Secret London Facebook group amasses 180,000
TechCrunch Europe (subscribe) | 07/02/2010 | Technology
There's a certain irony that TechCrunch's in-house satarist Paul Carr is currently slaving over the sequel to his book about his failure to launch a startup. Fridaycities was to be a site which allowed anyone to swap information about London, in real time, and eventually other cities. The site failed, Paul wrote his book (and a few other things, let's admit) and the rest is history, including our... -
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Memories of John Dankworth, the great British jazz maestro
The Guardian Music blog (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | General
One of the UK's most impressive jazz exports, the versatile Sir John Dankworth, was deservedly famous – but never a snob "I've never been a purist about jazz, or about any music," Sir John Dankworth told me in an interview for The Guardian in 2007 . "It all seems too good to miss anything out." He and his wife, singer Cleo Laine, were celebrating their 80th birthdays at the time, with their usual...
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AAXA L1 laser pico projector
Coolest Gadgets (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Pico projectors haven’t really taken off in the past couple of years despite the rather early promise it has, but that’s to be expected since most places already have the facilities to accommodate a nice presentation on a large, projected display, so why go mobile? Perhaps things might change in the future, but the pico [...] -
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The Real Tim Canvas Clock shows current time
Coolest Gadgets (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Lately I’ve been thinking of replacing my wall clock and going for something completely different and with this Canvas Clock that’s exactly what I’ve found. Printed onto a pretty white canvas is nothing more than a clock. However, instead of purely being an image like it initially appears, it actually tells you the current time. [...] -
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Why don't the Conservative trust local democracy ?
Norfolk Blogger (subscribe) | 07/02/2010 | Sciences
According to reports today , the Conservatives, if elected to power this year, would stop local councils having the right to make planning decisions about new schools, with this power being taken by central government and a minister in London making decisions instead of locally elected councillors. This harks back to the days of Thatcher when powers were routinely taken from councils and centralised... -
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Is it all about to go bang? - Ambrose's head about to blow off
AngloAustria (subscribe) | yesterday | Business
I sometimes worry about the health and safety of Evans Ambrosia-Pritchard. With his latest posts on The Labourgraph , my concerns are beginning to reach danger point, although his analysis is still pretty good, even though his proto-Keynesian 'solutions' are usually woeful: Greece rattled by 'hidden debt' controversy Fears of 'Lehman-style' tsunami as crisis hits Spain and Portugal Greek Ouzo crisis... -
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John Murtha Dead at 77
Outside the Beltway (subscribe) | yesterday | General
Jack Murtha, the controversial Congressman and retired Marine colonel, has died. Representative John P. Murtha, the longtime Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania, has died at age 77.His aides released a statement saying that he died shortly after 1 p.m. today at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Mr. Murtha had been placed in [...] -
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Operation Moshtarak Internation Defensive: Overwhelming Forces Descend on Taliban
Maggie's Notebook (subscribe) | 07/02/2010 | International
An large defensive of international forces will soon be launched against the Taliban. A British military spokesman says there has been a "conscious decision" to reveal the plan before the "push" begins. USAF Afghanistan Air Drop The call for Taliban to turn in their weapons and 'join community society' has been going out to insurgent forces for weeks now, but the most brutal of Taliban members will... - see all discussions
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Former Merrill Lynch top boss to head CIT Group
New Statesman (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Economy
Former Merrill Lynch chief executive John Thain has been appointed the chief executive of US commercial lender CIT Group with an annual package reported to be worth $6m (£3.8m). -
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Wenger accuses media of Stamford Bridge spin
Belfast Telegraph (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sport
Arsene Wenger has moved to put the record straight after Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack told the Arsenal manager to stop looking for excuses in the wake of defeat at Stamford Bridge. -
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UK & World News: Toyota to recall more than 8000 Prius cars in UK over brakes problem
The Daily Record (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Lifestyle
MORE than 8000 Toyota Prius cars are to be recalled in the UK because of a problem with the brakes, it has been confirmed. -
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Afghan tunnel avalanches kill 28
BBC News (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | International
Avalanches around a mountain tunnel in Afghanistan kill at least 28 people and leave hundreds more stranded, officials say. -
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Grit Pledge As Britain Braces For Icy Blast
Sky News (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | International
Council bosses have promised to pool grit supplies to keep roads moving as a fresh blast of wintry weather sweeps across Britain. -
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Afghan death toll 'exceeds Falklands War'
Belfast Telegraph (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | International
Three soldiers killed in Afghanistan have pushed Britain's death toll past that of the Falklands War.
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"Unrecognised" ice fault caused BA airport crash
Reuters UK (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | UK
LONDON (Reuters) - An ice-related technical fault which caused a Boeing 777 to crash-land on the perimeter of Heathrow Airport two years ago was "unrecognised" by aircraft safety procedures at the time, an accident report said on Tuesday. -
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SAP chief resigns unexpectedly
New Statesman (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | High-Tech
SAP chief executive Leo Apotheker has abruptly resigned from the company after his contract was not renewed by the board in a management reshuffle. -
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Guardian Media Group MEN sale to Trinity shows how mighty regionals have fallen
Jon Slattery (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Entertainment
The deal by Guardian Media Group to sell the Manchester Evening News and 31 other regional titles to Trinity Mirror in a deal worth £44.8 million shows how far the value of regional newspapers have fallen. According to Media Guardian , the deal is worth £44.8m to Guardian Media Group, with £7.4m in cash and Trinity Mirror releasing GMG from a £37.4m print contract. GMG Regional Media publishes 32 newspapers,... -
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Blackburn pay respects to supporter
Belfast Telegraph (subscribe) | 26 minutes ago | Sport
Blackburn will mark the death of a supporter on Wednesday night when they face Hull in the Barclays Premier League at Ewood Park. -
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Haiti charity single makes history
Belfast Telegraph (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Entertainment
The star-studded cover of Everybody Hurts has become the fastest-selling charity single this century. -
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Lil Wayne sentence due in gun case
Belfast Telegraph (subscribe) | 26 minutes ago | Entertainment
Lil Wayne is due to be sentenced after pleading guilty in a gun possession case. - see all breaking news
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