Buuteeq has reeled in an addition $2 million in capital from a long list of angel investors in Seattle and Silicon Valley, money that the fast-growing Seattle company will use as a cushion as it strives to become cash flow positive this year. Buuteeq now powers the Web sites for [...]

European nations must do more to provide their own security as the US shifts its attention towards China and the Pacific, Labour has warned.

LONDON (AP) — Somalia’s fragile leadership, its neighbors and international allies are meeting in London in the hope of speeding the troubled east African nation’s progress toward a stable government and containing the threat from Islamic militants who some fear could export terrorism to Europe and [...]

In an article for the Washington Post entitled “Europe’s shortsighted response to a worsening fiscal reality“, Gordon Brown has hit out at German-led austerity in Europe, lambasting:
“policies that the whole world can see have already failed.”
In fact, Brown goes further still in tackling head on the central argument around austerity [...]

The European Commission, facing steep opposition, has suspended efforts to ratify a new international anti-counterfeiting agreement — instead referring it to Europe’s highest court to see whether it violates any fundamental EU rights.

Microsoft has filed a formal competition complaint against Motorola Mobility in Europe, saying that Motorola is seeking unreasonable royalties for patents needed to implement WiFi and web video standards in Windows PCs, Xbox 360 consoles and other products.
The Redmond company is also taking aim at Motorola’s soon-to-be parent, Google, for [...]

It isn’t an autopilot, and the driverless car is still miles off the garage forecourt. But it could save you a packet on petrol
As I turned the wheel to steer the car through the roundabout, there was a shriek and the flash of warning lights. Beside me, Wayne Gilbert [...]

The European Union says it will refer the controversial ACTA anti-piracy trade agreement to the institution’s highest court, the European Court of Justice, to check whether it complies with the EU’s fundamental rights.
EU trade chief Karel De Gucht is leading the process. He said: “We are planning to ask Europe’s [...]

Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland sent a letter to his
fellow leaders in the EU Friday urging them to reject Acta,
reversing Poland’s course with the controversial
intellectual-property treaty, and possibly taking Europe with
them.
“I was wrong,” Tusk explained to a news conference, confessing
his government had acted recklessly with a legal regime that wasn’t
right for [...]

When expats chat about taking a weekend break in the UK, London is usually the city on their itinerary. Now Malev Hungarian Airlines is no more the number of flights to the English capital has decreased, prompting more travelers to consider exploring the ’second city of the UK’: Manchester. At [...]