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Microsoft chip in on cybersecurity debate

In the wake of Sony's recent PSN disaster and the U.K. Government's increasing emphasis on the topic, Microsoft took the opportunity to add its two-cents on the question of cyber attacks at this year's Global Cybersecurity Summit.

President Obama hails "the rock solid foundation" of U.S and U.K's relationship at banquet

After a much mediatised first day of his state visit, Obama will today address MPs and peers in Westminster Hall giving his visit a much more political twist. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will also attend the meeting, where the state of the global economy, counter-terrorism the Nato-led operation in Libya and on-going recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa and the conflict in Afghanistan are expected to be high on the agenda.

Obama's European visit: a review of the US-EU relationship in 2009 and 2011

In 2009 Obama went on his first official visit to Europe with a planned In 2009 ObamaIa five-nation tour in which he was said to be determined to tackle almost every global problem. He came out of the G20 as victorious as he managed to broker a deal a deal at the G20 summit in London, which he has hailed as a "turning point" in the economic crisis. The negotiations were however tough as French PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to walk out from what he said were "false compromises"...

Brits try to bypass 2012 Olympic Games ticket lottery

A recent report from the BBC has confirmed that a website designed to sell tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games to oversees fans, crashed yesterday as a British buyers attempted to bypass the ticket lottery and buy directly from the site.

Ash cloud disrupts President Obama’s Ireland visit

A dense cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano was being blown toward Scotland Monday, yesterday. While airlines started to cancel their flights, U.S. President Barack Obama was forced to cut short his visit to Ireland as fears of disruptions similar to those engendered by the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull eruption in April 2010 mounted.

The Queen's speech

The Queen offered her sympathy and regret to on Wednesday to all those who had suffered from centuries of conflict between Britain and Ireland in a landmark address to the Irish nation.

Stephen Lawrence case: How has it changed the UK?

Stephen Lawrence's killing in 1993 while he waited for a bus in Eltham and the subsequent trials and events have revealed and also changed many things in British life including laws and reforms to public services like the police force.

EU is too powerful for Alex Salmond to influence

Alex Salmond, leader of the SNP and once again First Minister of Scotland, has said that he wishes his nation (by which he does not mean the United Kingdom) to have greater influence in the European Union.

O2 outage ends: no compensation offered

In the wake of a 17-plus hour network outage, that left millions of O2 customers unable to make calls, texts or use the internet, in a statement to the BBC O2 representatives confirmed they will not be offering compensation to those effected.