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Reports on digital business, internet marketing news and website companies in the West Midlands, UK and worldwide. en-gb Birmingham Post http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/02/google-launches-web-browser-chrome-65233-21654838/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/02/google-launches-web-browser-chrome-65233-21654838/ Google is releasing its own web browser in a move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/former-winners-urge-entries-to-the-ict-excellence-awards-65233-21651208/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:46:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/former-winners-urge-entries-to-the-ict-excellence-awards-65233-21651208/ Two winners from the 2007 ICT Excellence Awards – logistics firm DPS and virtual worlds agency Daden – are urging local technology companies to enter this year's competition. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/bt-lynx-lands-coventry-internet-contract-65233-21651210/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:50:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/bt-lynx-lands-coventry-internet-contract-65233-21651210/ Coventry Best for Business (B4B) has signed a three-year deal with one of the UK’s leading internet providers to power the city’s broadband service. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/phone-masts-could-bring-a-whole-load-of-trouble-65233-21650820/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:35:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/phone-masts-could-bring-a-whole-load-of-trouble-65233-21650820/ Landowners tempted to enjoy a windfall from allowing mobile phone masts on their property have been warned of the long-term disadvantages. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/10m-funding-boost-for-birmingham-and-warwick-universities-65233-21650784/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/10m-funding-boost-for-birmingham-and-warwick-universities-65233-21650784/ The Universities of Birmingham and Warwick have landed a £10 million boost to establish both universities as international competitors in advanced materials. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/bloggers-in-the-house-of-lords-65233-21651131/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:40:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/bloggers-in-the-house-of-lords-65233-21651131/ The House of Lords is not the place you’d expect to be at the cutting edge of political engagement. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/paul-evans-named-as-it-chief-at-oaklands-65233-21651130/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:33:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/paul-evans-named-as-it-chief-at-oaklands-65233-21651130/ Midlands-based Oakland International has named Paul Evans as its new IT and infrastructure manager, with primary responsibility for taking the company’s IT infrastructure to the next level. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/get-a-grip-on-your-domain-warns-website-expert-65233-21650994/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:02:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/get-a-grip-on-your-domain-warns-website-expert-65233-21650994/ UK businesses have been warned to tighten up on the legal ownership of their website addresses by specialist firm Fasthosts Internet. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/probrand-stays-strong-65233-21651211/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:52:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/09/01/probrand-stays-strong-65233-21651211/ Birmingham-based technology services firm Probrand has posted strong sales for the first half year of trading. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/31/getting-real-with-online-worlds-at-midlands-conference-65233-21644002/ Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:40:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/31/getting-real-with-online-worlds-at-midlands-conference-65233-21644002/ The Midlands is set to host a major international conference looking at how online worlds such as Second Life can be put to practical use in real world businesses. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/28/eg-solutions-reaps-the-benefit-of-cost-cutting-65233-21629636/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:41:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/28/eg-solutions-reaps-the-benefit-of-cost-cutting-65233-21629636/ EG Solutions has said it expects its first-half revenues to grow to about £2.3 million, in line with market expectations. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/28/website-allows-lawyers-to-register-wills-online-65233-21629447/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:09:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/28/website-allows-lawyers-to-register-wills-online-65233-21629447/ Twenty years of lobbying has culminated in the launch of a UK-wide online wills register run from Birmingham. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/27/west-midlands-missing-out-on-the-internet-revolution-65233-21619986/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:19:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/27/west-midlands-missing-out-on-the-internet-revolution-65233-21619986/ West Midlands families are failing to take advantage of the internet revolution, putting at risk plans to improve the region’s skill base and attract high technology industries. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/26/ryanair-takes-ticket-touts-to-task-65233-21611871/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:26:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/26/ryanair-takes-ticket-touts-to-task-65233-21611871/ Europe’s biggest budget airline Ryanair says it has provided evidence to a European Commission inquiry that ticket-touting websites are over-charging travellers. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/25/senokian-sets-sights-on-us-success-65233-21601506/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:54:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/25/senokian-sets-sights-on-us-success-65233-21601506/ A Coventry software company is hoping to succeed where Robbie Williams and Cliff Richard failed by cracking the American market after securing a place on an exclusive networking course. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/25/smes-warned-of-software-thrashing-65233-21601504/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:47:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/25/smes-warned-of-software-thrashing-65233-21601504/ Small and medium sized enterprises looking to install the latest software within their IT infrastructures are being warned to beware of a problem known as ‘thrashing’. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/25/innovation-centre-charts-blists-hill-redevelopment-65233-21601497/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:44:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/25/innovation-centre-charts-blists-hill-redevelopment-65233-21601497/ Telford’s e-Innovation Centre has helped create a new website that will allow visitors to follow the redevelopment of one of the region’s most popular museums. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/25/infosys-to-buy-out-axon-65233-21601094/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:18:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/25/infosys-to-buy-out-axon-65233-21601094/ A major business software consultant which has contracts with Birmingham and Wolverhampton city councils is to be bought in a takeover deal worth £407.1 million. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/18/lord-bhattacharyya-predicts-robot-hospital-guides-65233-21555897/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:22:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/18/lord-bhattacharyya-predicts-robot-hospital-guides-65233-21555897/ Patients could find themselves face-to-face with a robot when they first arrive in hospital, Lord Bhattacharyya has suggested. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/18/thinktank-adopts-new-york-science-career-project-65233-21555894/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:14:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/e-business/2008/08/18/thinktank-adopts-new-york-science-career-project-65233-21555894/ Birmingham’s Thinktank has been selected as the UK’s only science centre to work with the New York Hall of Science on a programme to encourage young people to adopt careers within the museums world.