New cancer drug fund approved by government

The government has approved the next stage of a cancer drug fund – to pay for cancer drug treatments not available on the NHS – with £200 million earmarked from April.. more

Apple iPad engraving available for Christmas

Apple is to offer customers the option of having their iPad gifts engraved this Christmas. Rumours that this would be the case started back in July, and it seemed a likely.. more

Google Nexus Two before end of 2010?

File this one in the rumour cabinet, but it seems that Google may be planning on wheeling the successor to the Nexus One smartphone out before Christmas. Which is news to.. more

BT set to double number of apprenticeships

BT is going to double the number of its apprenticeships this year, with the extra manpower needed to help with the company’s fibre roll out. According to a report in the Telegraph, last year BT received around 9,000 applications to become an apprentice with the.. more

Mobile Interactive Group tops Deloitte Technology Fast 50

Mobile Interactive Group, the mobile and digital communications business, has been named the fastest growing tech company in the UK. The so-called Fast 50 league is compiled by Deloitte, and shows the 50 fastest growing tech businesses along with the percentage figures for their expansion.. more

Virgin Media 100Mbps broadband roll out launched

Virgin Media has announced the timetable for its 100Mbps ultra-fast broadband roll out, as expected. PM David Cameron had previously commented at the CBI conference that it would happen this week, and indeed Virgin has just launched a new ad campaign spearheaded by cartoon character.. more

Tuesday NewsBytes: VLC Media Player now on iPhone; Android and WP7 hit app milestones; Tesco iPhone app gets barcode scanning

The latest version of the VLC Media Player app is now compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as the iPad. The open source media player is a clever little app that lets you play almost any video file with no conversion necessary... more

IBM launches cloud computing lab in the UK

IBM has opened what it calls a first-of-its-kind cloud computing lab in the UK, to help its business partners prepare for the coming cloud revolution. The lab is designed to help business partners gain the necessary sales and marketing nouse to most benefit from the.. more

Windows Phone 7 marketplace already has 1,000 apps

It’s a day for app store milestones, by all accounts, because not only has the Android Market hit 100,000 apps, but the Windows Phone 7 marketplace has accelerated to… well, just 1,000 apps. But as WMPoweruser reports, Microsoft has managed this feat in just a.. more

Dell Venue Pro to start at £35 per month on contract?

The mobile grapevine is insisting that the Dell Venue Pro smartphone, which has been much in the news today, will be available free from £35 per month on a contract deal. So an anonymous source from a “well known online mobile retailer” told IT Pro.. more