Hacking scandal damages News Corp’s bid for BSkyB – but politicians also hit July 10, 2011 VOICE OF THE CITY RUPERT Murdoch’s attempt to buy the 61 per cent of BSkyB he doesn’t already own has been badly damaged by the hacking scandal, according to the City A.M./Politics Home Voice of the City panel. Over 29 per cent said the fresh allegations against the News of the World, resulting in the [...]
Lady-friendly gadgets? A bit patronising, but on the rise July 27, 2011 TECH TALK MANUFACTURERS are feminizing their hardware more these days. There are endless variations being launched which are aimed at women. Kodak’s Easyshare Mini is a credit card sized camera with three-step sharing feature for uploading your photos on to Facebook or Google+. You can tag them using the Face Recognition feature. On the video [...]
Media in turmoil as BSkyB bid falters July 10, 2011 THESE are bad times for David Cameron, who has been engulfed by the hacking scandal and is faltering in the opinion polls – but they are even worse for the media industry, which is now undergoing what will eventually be recognised as its very own Lehman Brothers moment, courtesy of a small but despicable minority [...]
Watch out for the mobile apps that hide malware August 24, 2011 TECH TALK IT would be crass to describe smartphones as the new rock and roll – but they do make beautiful music. But like many top, none-too-reliable performers, your mobile can’t handle money, everybody wants a piece of it and it’s incredibly insecure. Which is dangerous enough in a musician but fatal for a computer [...]
Handelsbanken boosted by higher loan volumes and lending margins July 20, 2011 SWEDISH lender Handelsbanken said its financing position was strong when posting second-quarter profit that met forecasts yesterday, helped by rising loan volumes at home and improved lending margins. At a time of worries about bank exposure to the Eurozone debt crisis and rising funding costs, Handelsbanken said its funding position was sound — a liquidity [...]
Wood Group returns £665m to investors June 13, 2011 Oilfield services provider John Wood Group is to return £665m to its shareholders through a one-off return of £1.40 per share. The capital is being released through an issue of unlisted B and C shares that either pay a dividend or are bought back from shareholders, the company said. The return is part of a [...]
Wood Group returns £665m to investors June 13, 2011 Oilfield services provider John Wood Group is to return £665m to its shareholders through a one-off return of £1.40 per share. The capital is being released through an issue of unlisted B and C shares that either pay a dividend or are bought back from shareholders, the company said. The return is part of a [...]
Why Albert Einstein might have been wrong after all and why this really matters October 4, 2011 IT’S the reason the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars has to make the jump into hyperspace and the reason passengers on the Golgafrincham B Ark are in suspended animation in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Every author dealing with space travel has to work with or around Einstein’s speed limit. Nothing goes faster than [...]
News Corp’s bid for Sky to get clearance June 22, 2011 CULTURE secretary Jeremy Hunt is likely to rubber stamp News Corp’s bid for BSkyB within a fortnight. He is expected to trigger a final seven day period of consultation after receiving documents from Ofcom outlining a series of guarantees over the future financial and editorial independence of Sky News. Hunt will be unable to issue [...]
Apps that help you get money back on delays August 10, 2011 HERE’S a useful app for anyone who feels that they don’t necessarily get value for money from their Underground travel – which, let’s face it, is pretty much everyone. TubeTap is an ingenious creation that helps commuters win refunds from London Underground when the service takes too long to get there. As it happens, you [...]