British forces destroy second Chinook helicopter to prevent Taliban accessAugust 31st, 2009 LONDON - The British special forces in Afghanistan have destroyed their second Chinook helicopter, after it crash-landed with 19 people on board, to prevent it from being accessed by the Taliban. The Chinook, with a crew of four, was ferrying soldiers from the 2nd Battalion when it landed heavily, east of Sangin in northern Helmand, suffering severe damage to the undercarriage, nose and front rotor, The Times reported.
UK govt says Internet users who download illegally may have Internet accounts cut offAugust 25th, 2009 Illegal downloaders in Britain may lose Web accessLONDON — The British government says people who illegally download music and films could have their Internet connections cut off. Treasury Minister Stephen Timms says the move would allow "swifter and more flexible measures" to clamp down on piracy.
Prisoner rights group: Britain must reveal IDs of 2 men shipped to US prison in AfghanistanAugust 17th, 2009 Charity asks Britain for IDs of 2 Afghan detaineesLONDON — A prisoner rights group said Monday it has begun legal action to force the British government to reveal the identities of two men detained by British troops in Iraq and transferred to U.S. custody in Afghanistan.
Now, a bicycle that takes around 20 seconds to fold downAugust 4th, 2009 LONDON - A British student has designed a bicycle that can be folded completely into the space of the wheel's 26-inch circumference within 20 seconds. According to a report by Sky News, Dominic Hargreaves' bicycle, named 'The Contortionist', takes around 20 seconds to fold down, and has been shortlisted for this year's James Dyson Award for innovation.
Mobile firm asks people to apply for top job by textJuly 6th, 2009 LONDON - A mobile firm has come up with a novel way of finding an employee, it asks people to apply for a top job by text. All those applying for the job need to express themselves in only 40 words, to show they are right for the marketing post at content provider Teimlo.
On the road with your notebookJuly 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Notebooks are made to hit the road. But many people don't actually travel very often with them - until vacation time, that is.
Gordon Brown's security advisor warns smartphones pose security riskJune 26th, 2009 LONDON - Lord West, a Security Advisor to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has warned that people owning high-tech mobile phones may be at risk of having their personal information hacked. He said that he himself used a "Stone Age" Nokia handset to avoid any security risks.
Tata Communications ties up with BT, TelxJune 25th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian telephony and internet services provider Tata Communications Thursday forged two separate deals with Britain-based BT Group and American network services major Telx. The $1-billion deal with BT will see the British company outsourcing its entire voice traffic to Tata Communications, while the latter will utilise BT's infrastructure for its calls to Britain.
Global slump prompts IT staff to snoop on colleaguesJune 12th, 2009 LONDON - A new survey has revealed that the ongoing global economic slump has prompted IT staff to snoop on colleagues. The research conducted on IT workers by Cyber-Ark found that 35 percent of those questioned had access to confidential information, such as salaries and redundancy lists.
All Gujarat police stations to be networked by year-endMay 25th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - Senior police officers posted in various district headquarters in Gujarat would soon have access to all the crime data online without moving out of their offices or needing physical delivery of files from the police stations under their jurisdiction, officials said Monday. The Gujarat government is in the process of developing a fully computerised "Integrated Total Solution Network" for the senior police officers which would be connected to all the police stations in the state.
We went too far with JLR: Ratan TataMay 10th, 2009 LONDON - Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata says he may have overstretched himself in paying 1.15 billion pounds for Jaguar Land Rover just as a recession loomed. 'If one had known there was going to be a meltdown, then yes [Tata went too far] but nobody knew,' he told the Sunday Times newspaper in an interview.
15, 000 pound British Open club found in garageApril 18th, 2009 LONDON - A wooden putter which was used to take the final winning shot in the 1939 British Open has been discovered dumped in a garage, reports The Telegraph. Golfer Garry Bingham, 50, had stashed the club amid his clutter 20 years ago not realising its value.
One migrant family setting-up home in UK every six minutesMarch 14th, 2009 LONDON - Data compiled by the British Government has revealed that a migrant family is setting up home in the country every six minutes. The data further reveals that the process will continue for the next 25 years.
'Wiretapping' threatening Internet, says web inventor Tim Berners-LeeMarch 12th, 2009 LONDON - Inventor of the web Tim Berners-Lee, alongwith other online security specialists at the Houses of Parliament in London, have warned that the ever-increasing power of computers is threatening the future of the Internet. The experts are mainly concerned about deep packet inspection (DPI), a technique that makes it possible to peer inside packets of data transmitted across the Internet.
MI5 refuses historian Hobsbawm access to his fileMarch 3rd, 2009 LONDON - The British government has been challenged to explain why Britain's most eminent historian has been barred from seeing a file kept on him by the domestic spy agency, MI5. Eric Hobsbawm, one of the world's best-known historians, has been told by the MI5 he is not entitled to see the file, for which he applied under the Data Protection Act, the Guardian reported Monday.
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