Up to date Internet News headlines from www.tmesolutions.co.uk http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk A day after the Minority in Parliament raised issues over government's negotiations with Vodafone Plc UK, over the sale of 70% shares in Ghana Telecom (GT), government has announced that it had reached an agreement with the company, in a partnership deal http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/Ghana%3A+Vodafone%2C+Ghana+Telecom+Reach+Agreement/150940582 This proliferation of digital content will continue to fuel hard drive demand into the future John Spangler Seagate Hard drive maker Seagate is to pump £120m into its Londonderry plant in Northern Ireland over the next two years. 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The money will go towards new equipment, research and development, infrastructure and IT systems http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/Seagate+invests+120m+in+Northern+Ireland+plant/3801101502 Britain's business efficiency is being threatened by relatively slow broadband speeds, according to a report by the Communications Management Association. The Communications Management Association's (CMA's) Next Generation Access report, issued on http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/Comms+managers%3A+UK+businesses+need+fibre/3211287033 Presecutors accept auction was a joke 1 minute ago | Tell us what you think [ 0 comments ] eBaby? <> The baby that was removed from its parents' custody after being placed up for auction on eBay for ?1 has been returned. German police had http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/1+Euro+eBay+baby+returned+to+parents/3813468211 Counterfeit goods ultimately cost the UK economy millions of pounds in lost income Simon Levine DLA Piper Around £800m worth of counterfeit goods pass through online shopping and auction sites in the UK each year, new research has claimed. Figures http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/UK+online+fake+goods+market+worth+800m/3289893111 LONDON (AFP) - Britain's top intelligence adviser is seriously ill in hospital, the government and police said Friday, but dismissed reports of foul play. 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Although IPS recruited http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/IPS+finds+no+nuggets+in+ID+checking+goldmine/4158149776 NEWS BRIEF: UK IPTV platform Tiscali TV has launched Tiscali Recommends, a channel designed to help guide viewers through its selection of on-demand and linear programming with an editorial voice. At the core of the service is Showcase, a six-screen http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/Tiscali+Recommends+editorial+channel/375384662 British professors have secured government research funding for their plans to generate energy using gigantic black rubber snake-like devices moored off the UK coasts. The 'Anaconda' is intended to harvest power using patented 'Bulge' wave technology. A http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/%27Anaconda%27+200m+rubber+snake+generator+scheme+gets+funding/3735455155 Rumor has it that Apple isn't very fond of Britain, as far as shipping its new iPhone there is concerned. Few next-gen devices are to make their way into the UK, as a result of Briton's unlocking habits. This Electricpig report claims O2 UK saw less http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/UK+to+Get+a+%27Limited%27+Stock+of+iPhone+3G+Units/4139875434 Berlin: A blonde hair extension that British supermodel Kate Moss lost in Berlin has been auctioned on Bay for 805 euros (USD 1,264), Bild newspaper said on Friday. Moss, 34, shed the hairpiece while trying to duck paparazzi as she returned to the http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/Kate+Moss+hair+extension+sells+for+805+Euros+in+eBay/2806193583 Search Search Go Independent.co.uk Web Bookmark & Share Alex Allan was appointed head of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) last November. At the time, he was permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice. He has spent most of his professional http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/Deadhead+who+took+top+intelligence+job/3565751655 The Government's top intelligence adviser is seriously ill in hospital, the Cabinet Office said today. Alex Allan, who heads the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), fell ill on Monday. Whitehall sources said it was unclear why he collapsed but they did http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/UK%27s+top+spy+%27in+coma%27/4286562872 New fibre-optic broadband connections have exceeded those of cable for the first time, according to research from Point Topic. Over 4.2 million fibre-optic broadband subscribers were added worldwide in the first three months of 2008, compared to 2.5 http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/New+fibre-optic+connections+overtake+cable/2219506909 Apple's 3G iPhone is poised to take the UK business world by storm, according to O2, which said corporate customers involved in beta testing are very interested in deploying iPhone 2.0. The mobile operator, which is Apple's iPhone partner in the UK, http://www.tmesolutions.co.uk/web_design_kent/Internet+News/2008-07-04/3G+iPhone+to+storm+enterprise+world%2C+says+O2/735951168