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NSA director heckled by hackers at Black Hat computer security conference
Wednesday 31 July 2013
General Keith Alexander makes public appearance in Las Vegas in wake of whistle-blower Edward Snowden's revelations
Classical review: Proms 10 and 11 - Jan Lisiecki makes his proms debut, and Ex Cathedra astonish with Stockhausen
Monday 22 July 2013
Prom 10 – Lisiecki, Santa Cecilia, Pappano (****)
Prom 11 – Ex Cathedra, Skidmore (*****)
Ministry of Defence shake-up in chaos over conflicts of interest
Sunday 21 July 2013
Firms bidding to award MoD contracts already work for the department they would take over
Album: Fuck Buttons, Slow Focus (ATP Recordings)
Saturday 20 July 2013
Fuck Buttons are the band whose name no one dare speak but whose music, thanks to Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony, everyone has now heard.
The Apprentice Final 2013: Doubts cast over Luisa Zissman's business claims
Wednesday 17 July 2013
The finalist's one company has a net worth of £200
15 murderers among 800 convicted criminals on run after breaking rules of early release
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Authorities under pressure over day release of double killer arrested over pensioner's death
Marissa Mayer puts Yahoo back on track as earnings soar by 46%
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Yahoo’s earnings rose by 46 per cent in the second quarter, the company said last night as its chief executive, Marissa Mayer, marked one year at the helm of the internet business that is trying to win back the attention of web users.
Heatwave Britain: Foreign holidays suffer meltdown
Tuesday 16 July 2013
As bathers in Margate enjoy higher temperatures than tourists in Tenerife and the Algarve, Britain’s heatwave is hitting foreign-holiday bookings as badly as the volcanic ash crisis did in 2010.
Microsoft smart watch to be built by team behind Surface tablet
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Development for the upcoming device have been moved to the Surface team responsible for Microsoft's latest tablets
Serco tagging scandal could hit sale of MoD agency contract
Sunday 14 July 2013
The Ministry of Defence is under pressure to rebuff the attempt of one of Britain's biggest companies to take over the £14bn agency that buys the armed forces' missiles and submarines in the wake of the electronic tagging scandal.
G4S and Serco face £50 million fraud inquiry
Friday 12 July 2013
Serious Fraud Office investigates G4S claim of over-charging for government contracts
Trade trumps the Snowden row
Monday 08 July 2013
The potential rewards of a transatlantic trade deal are huge
France accused of running vast data surveillance scheme to keep tabs on population
Friday 05 July 2013
The French intelligence agency allegedly houses a gigantic spy-network underneath Paris
New contact lenses offer 2.8x optical zoom
Wednesday 03 July 2013
Invention aimed at helping individuals with age-related sight degeneration
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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