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RSS beckhamBehind the scenes at England's World Cup HQ
Comment And we're not talking Sven or David Beckham. With the England football team gearing up for its crucial second group match against Trinidad & Tobago - following the solid, if unspectacular, three points from the opener... [15 Jun 2006]
CIO Jury: IT defences prepared for World Cup
News Other CIOs on the Jury this week largely disagreed, however, with most predicting David Beckham and co will bring the World Cup back to England. IT bosses say their defences are well-prepared to cope with any extra... [07 Jun 2006]
Beauty giant gives IT systems multimillion makeover
Case Study Last July, the company, which owns cosmetics brands including David and Victoria Beckham, Sarah Jessica Parker and Rimmel, bought Unilever Cosmetics International for $800m, adding perfume licenses for brands including... [26 Apr 2006]
Leader: Smaller firms need bigger role in government IT
Leader On top of this, the government changes its policies quicker than David Beckham changes his haircuts, so firms are often forced to change the specifications of systems after they've started. It's perhaps surprising that... [27 Oct 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.03.05
Round-Up Having apologised for the fact the Beeb couldn't swing a win for Beckham and co the recipient from the BBC sport team expressed his hopes for a better showing at the World Cup "in two years time". The site enabled users... [04 Mar 2005]
Exclusive: The headlines you WON'T see in 2005
News The shipping date has already changed more times than David Beckham's hairstyle - expect at least one more false dawn and heightened speculation throughout 2005. Here we predict the stories which won't - or really... [22 Dec 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Should we lock up virus writers?
Comment David Beckham merely reflected broader trends when he calculated that a deliberate foul was justified if negative consequences could be evaded. Sending virus writers to jail is unlikely to stop their behaviour, says... [02 Nov 2004]
Trojan hides behind 'Michael Jackson home video'
News Earlier this week, hackers tried a similar trick with a photo of David Beckham, which downloaded the same Trojan, distributed by the Hackarmy. Hackers are pointing users to a phoney video of Michael Jackson to coax them... [18 Oct 2004]
Beckham Trojan recruits zombie army
News The message claims to contain pictures of English footballer David Beckham caught in a compromising position with "a Spanish hooker", but when the file is opened it instead installs the Hackarmy Trojan horse. [13 Oct 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.09.04
Round-Up I am pleased to be continuing my partnership with Vodafone," said Beckham in a press release put out by the mobile operator. Have the team at Newbury ever heard Beckham speak? While we're on the subject... [03 Sep 2004]
Euro 2004: Watch footie on your desktop
News So if you can't wait until the official DVD to come out to relive a David Beckham thirty-yarder or a Michael Owen hat-trick against France (we can hope) then you can log on to your PC and relive the glory - all while... [01 Jun 2004]
5 years ago... eBay accused of online fraud
News After all, all a fraudulent user need to do is go down to the shops, buy an England shirt, get it printed with 'Beckham', number '7', sign it as Beckham would and all of a sudden your £40 shirt is worth... [26 Jan 2004]
Beckham gets virus-free with Real deal
News Spanish football giants Real Madrid have taken extra measures to protect David Beckham and the rest of its all-star band of 'galacticos' by boosting the club's antivirus and anti-spam capability. The club has installed... [23 Jan 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.01.04
Round-Up If you thought Brooklyn Beckham was unusual, wait until you meet Motorola Masterson and Bluetooth Ramsbottom. Other popular searches during 2003 included Paris Hilton (apparently not the hotel, but the socialite queen of... [09 Jan 2004]
"Centrino, Nokia, come here this instant your dinner's ready"
Comment And while we're probably comfortable with a Brooklyn Beckham and yawn at the next Chelsea we meet, going the whole hog and using a tech brand isn't unthinkable. Today we published a story about the very real possibility... [05 Jan 2004]
