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RSS cash in newsTurquoise trading platform begins to settle
News The cash equity trading platform aims to offer cheaper trading for banks and brokerages than incumbent exchanges. Investment-bank-owned share trading platform Turquoise, which went live last week, is expected to complete the first clearing and... [19 Aug 2008]
HP dishes out research grants to academic institutions
News HP has announced a slew of grants to academic institutions across the globe for research into the next wave of technology, from cloud computing to greener IT. Thirty-four institutions received 41 awards, whittled down from more than 450 proposals... [18 Aug 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News These are then used to create fake magnetic stripe cards containing the stolen card details, which can be used to withdraw money from cash machines or pay for goods in shops in countries that have yet to roll out chip and PIN technology. [14 Aug 2008]
Europe's art needs cash to land at digital fingertips
News European Commission plans to put Europe's works of art at the fingertips of web users could be up and running by the end of the year - if EU member states are willing to commit more funding. Europe's online cultural library - a digital repository... [12 Aug 2008]
BT's Ribbit buy to take on Android?
News In the deal, announced on Tuesday, BT has agreed to pay $105m in cash for Ribbit, which bills itself as 'Silicon Valley's first phone company'. BT has bought internet-telephony company Ribbit, in a move that will bring the communications giant up... [30 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! claims 'strong' Q2
News Revenue was $1.8bn, and "operating cash flow on a normalized basis [was] $449m". Yahoo! s earnings for its second quarter came in one cent lower than expectations, with net income declining 19 per cent, but the company called the quarter "strong". [23 Jul 2008]
Police to get thousands more mobiles
News The new funding will pay for an additional 15,000 handheld computers by March 2010, bringing the total number to around 30,000 by 2010, according to policing support organisation the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), which will manage... [22 Jul 2008]
Number of free ATMs to increase by a third
News A government initiative that has rolled out 419 non-charging cash machines to low income areas is set to increase deployment by a third by the end of the year. These new cash machines will help individuals on low incomes to access financial... [18 Jul 2008]
NFC payments to reach tipping point in three years?
News Wilcox added: "Whilst trial results so far have been encouraging, the industry as a whole will need to convince both consumers and merchants of the merits of yet another payment mechanism on top of cash, cheques, credit and debit cards, and to... [18 Jul 2008]
London travellers hit by Oyster outage
News Travellers who were unable to use their cards had to pay the full cash fare for their journeys rather than the discounted Oyster fare but will be automatically refunded from Tuesday. Travellers in London were forced to pay full price fares on... [14 Jul 2008]
Only one in 10 Brits recycles old mobiles
News Yet a simple Google search reveals a plethora of options for recycling old mobiles - including websites offering cash back and environmental charities that will take your old phones. Just one in 10 people in the UK recycle their old mobile phones. [09 Jul 2008]
UK worst in Europe for green IT
News UK businesses are the worst in Europe for embracing green IT say tech directors. The majority of IT leaders in the UK, 60 per cent, gave the thumbs down to their firm's environmental credentials, according to a survey of 8,000 executives by data... [08 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News The rapid take-up of mobile broadband could help spur the arrival of super-fast fibre broadband networks in the UK, says telecoms regulator Ofcom, which has set out plans for a pro-investment regulatory framework that will guarantee operators who... [04 Jul 2008]
‚¬100bn of consumer cash wasted on mobile termination fees
News The European telecoms regulatory lobby group ECTA (European Competitive Telecommunications Association) has urged the European Commission information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding to force mobile operators to cut mobile termination... [26 Jun 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! talks break down
News said it had agreed to let Google put search ads - advertisements placed next to search results - on its site in what it called an $800m annual revenue opportunity that would boost cash flow by $250m to $450m in the first 12 months. [13 Jun 2008]
