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Leading internet firms have set 6 June as the World IPv6 launch day. via BBC News – World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover.

The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation in the UK fell to 4.2% in December, down from 4.8% the month before, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation – which includes mortgage interest payments – fell to 4.8% from 5.2% via BBC News – UK inflation rate falls [...]

All I can think is: we gave you the Internet. We gave you the Web. We gave you MP3 and MP4. We gave you e-commerce, micropayments, PayPal, Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, the iPad, the iPhone, the laptop, 3G, wifi–hell, you can even get online while youre on an AIRPLANE. What the hell more do you want [...]

BOTH Delta Air Lines and US Airways have expressed interest in possibly acquiring the bankrupt American Airlines, according to multiple reports this week. Hunter Keay, an analyst with Wolfe Trahan & Co, told Bloomberg he expects the odds of American being an independent company post-bankruptcy are “20 percent, at most.” So if a merger looks [...]

A spokeswoman for the BHA said: “The governments new wording is quite wide and in practice could prevent those who promote extreme religious or particular spiritual or pseudoscientific approaches from including them as part of the school curriculum as science or as evidence-based.” via Richard Dawkins celebrates a victory over creationists | Education | The [...]

Now someone by the name of Scott Morgan has launched this e-petition: “In keeping with the great lady’s legacy, Margaret Thatcher’s state funeral should be funded and managed by the private sector to offer the best value and choice for end users and other stakeholders. The undersigned believe that the legacy of the former PM [...]

The way I see it, there’s a lack of need for any legislation at all. As a publisher, I have a very deep experience here, and the fact is that piracy is not a significant problem. via Tim O’Reilly: Why I’m fighting SOPA — Tech News and Analysis.

“We are confident that Bob was not in possession of any price-sensitive information at the time the sale was approved.” via Tesco exec sold shares ahead of profit warning. Really? You expect anybody to believe that? Isn’t an executives job to manage the performance of his/her organisation. In a retail organisation you would think, that [...]

News Corp.’s The Daily, a tablet-only daily newspaper app launched on the iPad a year ago, is on its way to Android. But it’s not coming to all Android tablets right away. via ‘iPad-Only’ Newspaper The Daily Will Soon Deliver to Android | Epicenter | Wired.com. I can’t believe there are enough people paying to [...]