Web pioneers win inaugural $1.5M engineering prize
Five engineers who helped create the Internet were on Monday awarded a $1.5 million prize which British organizers hope will come to be seen as equivalent to a Nobel prize for engineering.
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Online museum project unearths Van Dyck masterpiece
A filthy oil painting locked away in a museum in the northeast of England was on Saturday revealed to be an original masterpiece by Van Dyck.
Young UK feminists armed with tweets and jokes
A new wave of feminism has taken hold in Britain this year: young, irreverent, and fuelled by social media.
Cambridge to study technology’s risk to humans
Could computers become cleverer than humans and take over the world? Or is that just the stuff of science fiction?
Online museum showcases Britain’s hidden art
Britain has some of the best galleries in the world, but the vast majority of the oil paintings in public ownership have for decades been hidden away in private offices or storage. Until now.
Motorola unveils new smartphone in London
Motorola Mobility unveiled Tuesday its new Intel-powered RAZR i mobile phone, which it hopes will compete against Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S III in the competitive smartphone market.
Internet has no ‘off switch’, says web inventor
Tim Berners-Lee, the British inventor of the World Wide Web, on Wednesday warned governments that attempts to block the Internet were doomed to failure due to its scattered structure.
Facebook users salute nude Prince Harry
Whatever the royal family may think of his exploits in Las Vegas, many Britons can barely hide their support for Prince Harry, posting naked pictures of themselves online in tribute.
Britain planning new Internet snooping laws
The British government wants to expand its powers to monitor email exchanges and website visits, The Sunday Times newspaper reported.
Mixed advice in Europe over faulty breast implants
European health authorities issued widely different recommendations Friday in dealing with potentially faulty French-made breast implants, with Germany and the Czech Republic following France in recommending their removal, while Britain insisted there isn’t enough evidence to suggest they should be taken out in all cases.
Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter
He first built his empire on newspapers, but octogenarian Rupert Murdoch has now made a surprise bid to become a more modern media baron by joining Twitter.
British warship’s Christmas video a smash hit
The crew of a British warship have created a viral smash hit by miming to the words of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”.
Smartphone addicts starting to feel the pain
Users of smartphones and tablet computers are starting to get high-tech blues, as increasing numbers of the tech savvy are coming down with ailments from “text neck” to “text thumb injury”.
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