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RSS aol ukAOL snaps up Bebo for $850m
News AOL said buying Bebo is a move geared toward international growth, as the youth-oriented social network is wildly popular in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. In an unexpected move, AOL... [13 Mar 2008]
Tiscali CEO: Bandwidth is key to fat pipe nation
Comment Her background is in retail and Turner originally trained as an accountant, but she has more than a decade's experience in the technology industry, becoming general manager UK and VP marketing Europe for... [21 Feb 2008]
Top five takeovers that shook the tech world
News AOL Time Warner, $164bn, 2000: Web giant AOL and entertainment company Time Warner joined forces in 2000 in a massive deal worth $164bn. In the process, Worldcom had to pay BT almost $7bn to buy out the... [04 Feb 2008]
BT lags in broadband satisfaction stakes
News Behind Tiscali comes Virgin Media with a score of 660, then Sky (657), AOL (646), Orange (636), Pipex (634), TalkTalk (630) and then BT. BT has come bottom of the eight major UK broadband providers in a... [06 Dec 2007]
DoS attack could shut down the net
News Tim Pickett, a former technical security analyst at AOL, said ISPs should monitor their networks to mitigate DoS attacks, adding: "More should be done to tackle the problem on the ISP side. Many public sector... [26 Sep 2007]
Editor's Blog: Ranking everything
Comment Past number ones include Ray Ozzie (now at Microsoft), Ashley Highfield (BBC), Eric Schmidt (Google), Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch, Chris Gent (Vodafone) and former AOL top dog Steve Case - remember him? [13 Sep 2007]
Women vs men: Who's more web-savvy?
News Top 20 UK websites by time spent online, April 2007 (million hours)* ebay.co.uk (19.3) bebo.com (9.1) bbc.co.uk (8.2) google.co.uk (8.2) myspace.com (8.1) msn.com... [23 Aug 2007]
Tech sparks rapid rise in electricity bills
News Steve Clarke, head of internal computing at AOL UK, said: "Right now, my team are investigating data centre costs. Steve Clarke, head of internal computing, AOL UK... [15 Aug 2007]
CIO Essentials: Digital bubbles, IM security and tech skills crisis
News This week we hear from Steve Clarke, head of internal computing at AOL UK. AOL have used IM for years. Before arriving at AOL, I'd never used IM in a business context... [03 Jul 2007]
Orange and TalkTalk the pits of customer service
News Plusnet topped the broadband rankings, with more than three-quarters (78 per cent) of customers satisfied with its services, followed by AOL, Sky and Virgin Media with 76 per cent customer satisfaction rates apiece. [03 Jul 2007]
How to stop your best tech staff from being poached
News Steve Clarke, head of internal computing at AOL UK, agreed: "Most often my good staff are the ones who will continually look to better themselves and be challenged. Steve Clarke, head of internal... [28 Jun 2007]
Photos: The Millennium Dome goes high-tech
Photo O2 said it is also in talks with AOL about screening live concerts to mobile phones. AEG's Michelle Wahlgren said the venue has the most sophisticated broadcast network in the UK with a direct link to BT... [22 Jun 2007]
Drinks giant Diageo taps into Second Life
News AOL Robin Dargue, Diageo's CIO and business process director - recently voted one of the UK's top 50 CIOs - said the company now has a presence in Second Life to market the company's brands, which... [11 Jun 2007]
Vodafone partners with web elite in mobile net push
News The mobile operator, the world's largest by revenues, has inked deals with a long list of big hitters including AOL, eBay, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! Vodafone has teamed up with leading web brands to bring services... [06 Jun 2007]
Beeb to show off in Second Life
News AOL Emma Boyes writes for GameSpot UK The programme, scheduled for TV broadcast tomorrow, will be screened simultaneously inside Second Life - at the Rivers Run Red Cinema. It will also be aired at two... [31 May 2007]
