Archive for 2010

  • Audio-Technica announces final shortlist for its Alternative Christmas Tune Competition

    Santa is a Mod Audio-Technica, one of the world’s finest manufacturers of audio equipment, has announced the final six shortlist of its alternative Christmas track competition. It launched the competition in October and has received a huge wave of diverse entries from all across...

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  • British businesses failing to invest in IT innovation

    Fujitsu launches results of first bi-annual Business Certainty Index London, 10 December 2010 – The results of Fujitsu’s first bi-annual Business Certainty Index*, a pulse check of the mood of British business, has shown apathy is the main reason for the lack of investment in...

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  • Playstation 3 comes Under Siege

    Seed Studios launches one of the first RTS game to support the Playstation®Move controller LONDON, 8 December, 2010 – Portuguese games developer Seed Studios today announced the launch of Under Siege™, a real time strategy (RTS) game developed exclusively for PlayStation®3 and The Playstation®Network. The game...

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  • Gavin Henson and David Seaman break highest catch World Record to launch UK’s biggest game of Catch

    Crane towering above Wembley launches balls from 102.5m 100 purple balls with in-built GPS systems released throughout the UK Social experiment uses online networks to encourage real-life game play Pixie Lott and Scott Mills launch Twitter’s biggest game of #Catch Gavin Henson and David Seaman...

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  • Clinical trials at The Christie: Fact sheet

    Clinical trial treatments aim to discover if a drug is safe, has side effects, and works better than established treatments. They offer important opportunities for patients to access the most innovative treatments for cancer, giving them the best possible chance of survival or extended...

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  • The Economist Comes to the App Store – New apps bring the pages of The Economist to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

    LONDON, UK – November 19th 2010 – The Economist Group today announced the global launch of its flagship title, The Economist, on two new apps – The Economist for iPhone and The Economist for iPad – available now on the App Store. The free...

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  • The perfect mix – hot girls and vodka coming to a calendar near you!

    UK’s favourite vodka bar launches ‘Revolution Vodka Girls’ charity calendar Genuine Revolution female bar staff, dubbed ‘the Vodka Vixens’, posing seductively with top vodka brands. The vodka and party specialist, which has 63 bars across the UK, is launching the unique calendar to celebrate its new...

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  • Taptu Launches My Taptu – New Social News Aggregator

    Taptu, (http://www.taptu.com/) is launching My Taptu, its new social news aggregator available for the iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices. The Cambridge, UK based company is launching My Taptu as a new competitor to Flipboard on the mobile phone. My Taptu is a free app...

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  • Blackout Britain – Accident Risk Trebles As Councils Pull The Plug On Street Lighting

    - The accident risk for pedestrians is trebled when the lights are switched off - The frequency of road accidents increases four-fold when the clocks change with it taking a week for road users to adapt to the new conditions - 78% of motorists say that...

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  • East And West Unite For Mikhail Gorbachev’s 80th Birthday

    Gala concert in London to honour “the man who changed the world” London, 27th October 2010: A GALA concert to mark the 80th birthday of international elder statesman Mikhail Gorbachev and raise £5 million for children’s charities will be held at London’s Royal Albert Hall...

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