BBC Future Media & Technology director Erik Huggers gave a sneak preview of the work-in-progress user interface that will power the Project Canvas open IPTV standard in all its interactive, cross-platform, content-sharing pomp at C21Media's FutureMedia ...
TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will promise greater US engagement in Asia and push for deeper trade ties with the region in a major speech in the Japanese capital on Saturday, ...
TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will promise greater US engagement in Asia and push for deeper trade ties with the region in a major speech in the Japanese capital on Saturday, ...
The Twilight Saga: Robert Pattinson plays Edward Cullen, the lover the young girl desires and fears. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images Why do teenagers eat the Twilight novels?
Chelsea's new chief executive Ron Gourlay, says two European Cups in five years is realistic. Photograph: John Walton/Empics Sport Ron Gourlay, Chelsea's new chief executive, has pledged to move the club away from its perceived "brash" image and ...
Fears over the fragility of Britain's economy were heightened yesterday as Bank of England rate-setters voted to print a further Ł25 billion to stimulate growth.
Newborn babies mimic the intonation of their native tongue when they cry, indicating that they begin to pick up the first elements of language in the womb, a study suggests.
Thousands of patients dying in hospital are not receiving the care they deserve because of poor communication between medical staff, an official report concludes.
Strikes in a row over jobs, pay and modernisation have caused disruption to postal services. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters The postal workers union has called off a third round of strikes due to start tomorrow after reaching an "interim" peace ...
Hillary Clinton and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference during Clinton's attempt to restart peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
The comedian announced he was giving up Twitter after he was accused of being boring. It's tougher than you think being a celebrity tweeter, says a fellow performer Although my passport has me down as British, anyone monitoring my computer use over the ...
"I'm here to talk, not growl," said David Miliband, as he ended his latest interview with a Russian journalist about this, the first Moscow visit by a British foreign secretary in five years.
Rules giving Labour's academy schools greater power over admissions have been branded “daft” by an official watchdog. By Graeme Paton, Education Editor Ian Craig, the Chief Schools Adjudicator, said academies should be subjected to the same policies as ...
Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank rescued by the taxpayer, is to cut 3700 jobs among its branch staff. By Philip Aldrick, Banking editor The redundancies amount to 14pc of the total 25700 workforce at its 1618 NatWest branches and 650 RBS branches, ...
Shun fruit and veg in favour of fast food and you won't just get fat - you're more likely to end up feeling blue, too. Research has found that gorging mainly on fried food, processed meats, sweets, chocolate and fatty dairy ...
Orange will launch its iPhone offering on November 10th, at a price almost indistinguishable from O2's existing one. Anyone expecting that the end of O2's monopoly would lead to some sort of price war will be ...
The BBC has launched a new political website offering access to live and on-demand coverage from the major democratic institutions in the UK and Europe.