But the choice of London is more important for what it means to start-ups - particularly high-tech start-ups - around Europe. To great fanfare - and also the support of chancellor Brown - the LSE's techMARK index of high-tech companies was launched...
More than a few commentators have suggested one of the obvious sources of talent is the growing number of high-tech workers in India. Do we really want to try and steal the best IT workers from a country just finding its high-tech feet?
However, it comes at a time when the Millennium Dome is being eyed up as the site for a high-tech 'cluster' for the 21st century. At the same time, a high-tech Dome may work - it certainly seems to have support, if not from BT, NTL and Sun...
After all, even a give away budget can only go so far, and few tears are being shed for those in high-tech. OK, so you get the famous red dispatch box, a nice car and a plush pad in Downing Street, but when it comes to your annual budget statement...
Small businesses are being urged to face up to the reality of high-tech crime as evidence emerges that many such companies are ignoring the threats. The BCC's Ecommerce Taskforce will work closely with the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) to...
The disparity between the two-year sentence for the web designer in Wales who infected 27,000 computers worldwide with mass-mailing worms and the 15-month term for the software pirate turning over £300,000 a year selling counterfeit Adobe...
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