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NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BBC Worldwide today announced the launch of BBC Future, the latest BBC.com section. Informative and entertaining, BBC Future presents readers with an inspiring, forward-thinking and global array of content - going beyond reporting to delve deep into the personal and societal implications of topical developments in science, technology, health and environment. Launching with a lineup of regular columns, feature reports, infographics...
New groundbreaking research has revealed that Global Positioning System (GPS) jammers in use on British roads are potentially a major threat to tracking systems and mobile networks. The evidence was presented at the GNSS Vulnerability 2012: Present Danger, Future Threats conference today along with predictions of a major incident involving ships in the English Channel over the next decade caused by disruption to navigation signals. The conference was organized by the ICT Knowledge Transfer...
LONDON, February 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Public Invited to Tag Paintings to Help Build a National Online Catalogue The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF), in partnership with the BBC, today announced that all oil paintings in National Museums Liverpool have been added to the Your Paintings website for the nation to enjoy. Your Paintings is a project to create a complete online catalogue of every oil painting in the national collection, whether on display or in store,...
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rutberg & Company today announced speakers for Rutberg Summit: London 2012, taking place April 23-25 at Claridge's in London, England. Selected speakers include: Graham Baxter, COO, 3 UK Robin Bew, Editorial Director and Chief Economist, Economist Intelligence Unit Stuart Birrell, CIO, McLaren Group Oscar Cicchetti, Head of Domestic Market Operations, Telecom Italia Eduardo Conrado, SVP and CMO, Motorola Solutions Rupert...
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Some iPad and iPhone models were temporarily unable for sale in Germany on Thursday, as Apple was handed a pair of setbacks in its legal battle against rival Motorola in that country. According to CNET reporter Roger Chang and the Associated Press (AP), older model iPhones were removed from Apple's online store in Germany after Motorola opted to enforce a ruling previously won in a Mannheim courtroom. That verdict, handed down last December, had ruled that Apple could not use mobile...
A team of researchers from the University of California, Riverside (UCR) say they are close to determining whether or not anti-matter exerts a sort of "anti-gravity" in much the same what that ordinary matter exerts regular gravity. In an article published Friday, BBC News reports that, while it is well known that normal matter attracts all other matter in the universe, scientists currently do not know if anti-matter would attract other matter, or repel it. A trio of UCR experts may...
Dog breeds across the UK are at risk of becoming extinct as owners want to emulate Hollywood fashionistas such as Paris Hilton. Paris Hilton owns a Chihuahua named Tinkerbell, considered exotic in the UK, which more people are choosing as the more traditional dog breeds fall out of favor with the public, reports BBC News. One of the oldest breeds that risks extinction, according to the Huffington Post UK, is the English Setter. Registration with the Kennel Club dropped 33 percent to only...
A trial version of a machine that can generate electricity from seawater could be in place in one UK city before the end of the year, BBC News reported on Monday. The device in question is the Searaser machine, which Damian Carrington of The Guardian referred to as a sort of "aquatic 'bicycle pump'." It was invented by a Devon man named Alvin Smith and has been purchased by Ecotricity, a green energy company headquartered in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. Searaser does not generate...
Researchers from Sweden suggest that there is a strong link between processed meats, such as sausage and bacon, and pancreatic cancer. Eating 50 grams of processed meats every day -- the equivalent of one sausage or two pieces of bacon -- can increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by 19 percent, compared to those who do not eat processed meats of any kind. For those who consume double the amount of processed meats, 100g per day, the increased risk also doubles to 38 percent. But while...
