Britain

GigaOM Buys paidContent (Like Peter Kafka Said)

Kara Swisher in Media on February 8 at 11:19 am PT

Guess what? Wait, we knew that.

Britain Adds More Spectrum to Deal With Olympics-Related Wireless Crunch

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 23 at 11:42 am PT

The British regulator responsible for managing wireless spectrum says it has a system in place to ensure that massive demand doesn’t overload the airwaves.

Will That Be Sir Jonathan, or Sir Jony?

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 30, 2011 at 7:49 pm PT

Apple’s design guru Jonathan Ive is to be knighted by the Queen of England.

iPhone 4S Surges in Battle of Britain

John Paczkowski in Mobile on November 28, 2011 at 3:40 pm PT

Pent-up demand for the iPhone 4S in Great Britain has carried the device straight to the top of the country’s sales charts.

Britain’s First Software Billionaire Now Reports to HP CEO Meg Whitman

Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 3, 2011 at 2:58 pm PT

Hewlett-Packard closes on its $11.7 billion deal to acquire the British software firm Autonomy. Now the question is whether it can make it pay off.

Autonomy: When All Else Fails, Blame the Bankers

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 30, 2011 at 4:52 pm PT

He still says he never shopped his company to Oracle, and Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch keeps changing his story. Wait till you read the email from his banker to Oracle President Mark Hurd.

Voices

Tabloid’s Pursuit of Missing Girl Led to Its Own Demise

Steve Stecklow and Jeanne Whalen, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 20, 2011 at 3:20 pm PT

LONDON—In April 2002, News Corp.’s News of the World tabloid scrambled at least eight reporters and photographers to an Epson ink-cartridge factory in Britain’s Midlands region, hoping to land a big scoop: Missing Milly Dowler Found Alive.

News Byte

HTC Tries British Accent in Apple Fight

John Paczkowski in News on August 1, 2011 at 2:37 pm PT

HTC has opened up a new front in its patent battle with Apple: The United Kingdom. On Friday the company filed suit against Apple in Britain, on what grounds it’s not yet clear. The complaint comes two weeks after the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that HTC’s Android-based smartphones infringe two Apple patents.

U.K. Police Say This Is the Face of LulzSec Hacker Known as Topiary

Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 1, 2011 at 5:59 am PT

The 18-year-old resident of the Shetland Islands has been granted bail and is scheduled to appear in a U.K. court on Aug. 30.

Who’s to Blame for Yahoo’s Q2 Revenue Rout? The Line Forms Around Back…

Kara Swisher in News on July 19, 2011 at 2:02 pm PT

What happened to Yahoo revenue? Display sales in the U.S. gets the blame this quarter. While coming up with a new thing to blame for Q3, Yahoo execs try to explain it all for you.