ISP adware firm Phorm have been rocked today by the departure of four of its directors quitting, including recently appointed chairman Steven Heyer. Norman Lamont, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer has been named as one of the company’s replacements.
Heyer was employed just three months ago as non-executive chairman, and his leaving was swiftly followed [...]

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President-elect Barack Obama is desperately seeking a way to hold on to his beloved Blackberry when he takes over the White House on 20th January 2009.
In an interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters, Obama explained to her that he was “in the process of negotiating with the secret service, with lawyers [and] with white-house staff” to [...]

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If you enjoy a good power struggle, Nominet’s war of words has been extremely interesting to read. The UK domain name registry has member a voted board which invariably leads to people falling out with each other, and they generally bumbling from one crisis to the next.

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Apple’s latest iPhone advertisement has been ordered to be pulled from UK screens by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for giving the impression the phone could browse the web, download and install applications really fast – which everyone knows is not quite a 100 percent true every time.

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Telecoms regulator Ofcom has been researching what customers are un-happy/happy with when it comes to the communications industry in the UK, and has produced its annual report today.

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The company suspended an unconfirmed amount of staff last week, for browsing the records, but it has emerged that the workers could only see call logs, times and the numbers that he called – they had no access to text messages or any of his voicemails.

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A group of Verizon Wireless staff landed have in hot water after they were caught snooping their way through newly elected president of the United States, Barack Obama’s, phone bill to see who he was calling.

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Digital television is spreading across the UK much faster than in France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Japan and the US, according to communications regulator/watchdog, Ofcom.
Ofcom’s said that around 86 percent of UK homes have the ability to receive digital TV on their main television, while around 30 percent have digital video recorders. Ofcom also showed that [...]

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Almost a continuation from yesterdays news that Carphone Warehouse are thinking of removing TalkTalk from their business plan, CEO Charles Dunstone has release what he calls a “formal review of the groups corporate structure”, which to the outsider sounds like he could begin dismantling the company sooner than expected.

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Finnish phone manufacturers Nokia have released an update on its end-of-year sales predictions, and it doesn’t look to good. The handset giant has said it will be taking 20 million handsets off its fourth quarter forecast, and that it will be dropping all of its costly external contractors.
The company’s announcement comes before the company’s next [...]

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