Disney has announced the sale of Miramax studios for around $660 million to private investors including Ron Tutor and Colony Capital. Negotiations have been ongoing for the last few months with various potential buyers, including the original founders of the company, Harvey and Bob Weinstein. The move to sell the studio follows the announcement earlier [...]
David Beckham’s spokesman has said that the footballer has no interest in signing for West Ham and is happy at LA Galaxy. West Ham co-owner David Gold had claimed he’d held talks with Beckham’s agent over a possible move to Upton Park, but the England midfielder’s spokesman denied the claims. “Whilst it’s flattering, there has [...]
British troops have begun using a special application for the iPad to learn how to deploy artillery. The fire missions – used to attack troops from several miles away – have been simulated on Apple‘s iPad in trials at the Royal School of Artillery. Troops are said to have learned drills and procedures quicker than [...]
The UK’s information Commissioner Office says Google did not collect “significant” personal information when it’s StreetView software accessed unsecured Wi-Fi networks. The claim follows a review of some of the data collected by Google, who said the information was collected “mistakenly” due to a piece of “rogue code”. Revelation that Google had collected data from [...]
The man responsible for the publication of of personal details from over 100 million Facebook users has spoken out to explain his actions. Ron Bowes scanned Facebook profiles using a piece of code and collected data that was made public by each user. The list has been compiled into one downloadable file and uploaded to [...]
Sir Alex Ferguson has backed the controversial owners of Manchester United and insisted he’s had no problems since their takeover in 2005. The American family have laden the club with huge debts, which have led to fan protests, season ticket boycotts and talk of a takeover by a group of wealthy businessmen called “The Red [...]
The US government has made it legal to “jailbreak” an iPhone for “educational purposes”. The rule was one of many exemptions from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act also known as DMCA. The Act is reviewed every three years and the government has now ruled that iPhone users can “jailbreak” their devices. A statement by the [...]
The Indian government has unveiled an early prototype of a touch screen laptop, similar to Apple‘s popular iPad, but without the expensive price tag. The tablet is able to browse the web and allows users to hold video conferences at a cost of just £23. India’s top IT colleges have developed the concept and are [...]
Light opera group, Mucho Gusto, received rave reviews from guests who attended their second performance at the Hey Green Hotel in Marsden on Friday 23 July. Mucho Gusto, the creation of Stalybridge-based IT director, Chris Robinson, is a group of wandering minstrels, playing and singing arias, operatic recitals and songs from the shows. They have performed [...]
Google is under pressure to name the engineers responsible for the “rogue” piece of code that downloaded personal information from unsecured wireless networks. The data was collected by Google‘s Street View cars, which were meant to just take photographs and record the location of wireless networks. 38 US states have formed a coalition, headed by [...]
