Search results for ‘Microsoft’
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Is sky the limit for Apple’s new iCloud?
Apple’s new iCloud service, launched amid the razzmatazz that traditionally accompanies new Apple products, aims to be another game-changer for what is now the world’s biggest tech company.
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Dead dogs mystery could be ‘deliberate’ poisoning
A spate of dog deaths linked to a footpath in a North Yorkshire village have caused the animals to “suffer horrendously” as the RSPCA tells Channel 4 News deliberate poisoning is not being ruled out.
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Two men to stand trial for 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence
The murder of Stephen Lawrence 18 years ago is one of Britain’s most notorious unsolved crimes. It can now be revealed that two men will go on trial over the killing after new evidence came to light.
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Bill Gates: capitalist to philanthropist
Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates turned from cut-throat capitalist to philanthropist when he decided to devote himself to his charitable foundation.
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Dissident Republicans make London bomb threat
Scotland Yard sources say Irish Republican dissidents have issued a credible bomb threat for central London using a recognised code word, a security source tells Channel 4 News.
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Saving face at Facebook
Facebook relies on our trust – to look after our data and not abuse it, but also to behave in a way that we are happy to be associated with. We may not be shareholders in Facebook, but we are stakeholders – after the privacy controls controversy that trust was initially shaken but largely recovered. The Social Network has some more work to do now. And Google will have to demonstrate that Facebook’s fears about their new service are unfounded. Otherwise we will have to reassess our relationship with these huge organisations who look different and sound different, but aren’t always as open as they’d like us to think.
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Facebook behind smear campaign against Google
The social networking giant Facebook has admitted it hired a PR firm to plant stories critical of its rival Google.
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Sony chief Stringer says sorry for online hacks
Sony Chief Executive Sir Howard Stringer apologises to users of the company’s PlayStation and PC games networks for recent data breaches affecting more than 100 million users.
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Walmart facing sex discrimination class action
It began with six women, 10 years ago – and now the world’s biggest retailer Walmart could face a potential class action involving more than a million female employees, as Felicity Spector writes.
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Father guilty of murdering 5-year-old daughter in river
A man who drove his children into the River Avon in Worcestershire has been found guilty of murdering his five-year-old daughter and attempting to murder his six-year-old son.
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The world’s billionaires (Slim pickings for the UK)
Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the richest person in the world for the second year in a row, with Russia and China boosting the ranks of the super-wealthy. Channel 4 News maps the billionaire boom.
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Bill and Melinda Gates interview
Jon Snow interviews Bill and Melinda Gates about their work across the world, follow the interview here.
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PM sympathises with mum denied more help for disabled child
David Cameron says he has “every sympathy” with the mother of a disabled girl refused extra support, who asked social services to put her into care. But he denies that government cuts are to blame.
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Afghanistan: providing for those caught in the crossfire
As war rages in Afghanistan Captain Doug Beattie writes from the frontline for Channel 4 News on how efforts to provide basic necessities for the local population affect the success of the insurgency.
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Snow and ice expected in the UK until Boxing Day
Forecasters say freezing weather conditions are likely to remain until after Christmas, as a passenger tells Channel 4 News there is “solidarity” in the airport queues.
