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Archive for April, 2008

EU diplomat’s wife linked to Aussie tax racket

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age, Thursday 1 May 2008 at 07:54:00 The wife of an EU dimplomat in Vanuatu has been linked to Aussie tax racket The Australian Federal Police (AFP) allege Kelly Fawcett-Mourgues conspired with Agius to defraud the Australian Tax Office of at least $A1m through the South Pacific tax ...

Growing number ‘tuned to digital’

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

New research shows people are switching to digital radio amid warnings over the future of the medium.

Brown tries mending fences with business

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age, Thursday 1 May 2008 at 07:48:00 Brown promised to cut corporate tax further in another attempt to mend fences with UK's multinationals Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday acknowledged the corporate anger over the latest tax increases, promising to cut corporation tax further, in a second attempt to ...

HoC launches study of offshore financial centres

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age, Thursday 1 May 2008 at 07:39:00 UK lawmakers are launching a study of offshore financial centres and money laundering measures The House of Commons Treasury Committee yesterday launched an inquiry into offshore financial centres and their impact on global business and investment, including the international fight against ...

Credit crunch plunges UK £16bn deeper in debt

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age, Thursday 1 May 2008 at 07:34:00 The impact of the credit crunch on tax revenues threatens to plunge UK's coffers £16bn deeper into the red The impact of the credit crunch on UK's tax revenues is threatening to plunge UK's coffers £16bn deeper into the red over ...

Microsoft Helps Law Enforcement Get Around Encryption

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Microsoft first released the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor to law enforcement last June and it’s now being used by about 2,000 agents around the world.

Bits: Blu-ray: The Future Has Been Delayed

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

On the heels of a report last week noting that many consumers may not see the picture quality difference between Blu-ray and standard DVDs comes the latest Blu-ray sales figures.

Why Samsung and LG Scare Motorola

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

With a slew of multimedia cell phone models, the Koreans are grabbing market share in both the U.S. and emerging markets

Microsoft’s Board Meets on Yahoo Bid

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Microsoft’s chief executive, Steven A. Ballmer, is said to be considering boosting his company’s bid to $32 a share, but some at Yahoo want more.

Studio films going day-and-date at iTunes Store

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Apple is expected to announce Thursday that it has struck a deal with a wide array of movie studios to sell new releases at its iTunes Store.

Ex-Executive of Jobs Site Is Indicted

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

James J. Treacy, the former chief operating officer at Monster Worldwide, was indicted on charges that he conspired to backdate millions of dollars in employee stock option grants.

Puzzling Adventures: How to Make Buses More Attractive Than Cars? [Puzzling Adventures]

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Like many cities of the North American Sunbelt, Las Gridas is a big grid of two-way roads (three lanes for each direction), some going east-west and some north-south. Most people get around by driving their cars. But gridlock and energy costs have finally driven the normally car-loving culture to reconsider ...

eBay releases complaint against Craigslist

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

The mystery ...

Thrice the fun? A review of the triple-core AMD Phenom X3

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

AMD has been talking a triple-core game for months, but the performance results weren't available until last week, when the chipmaker took the wraps off its Phenom X3 "Toliman" CPUs. Ars reviews AMD's triple-core; is it a threat to Intel?Read More... ...

Adobe plans to give away Flash for mobile devices

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc. says it will license its video-enabling Flash software for free for mobile devices to help developers make mobile Internet experiences more closely resemble the experience on computers....