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British Telecom (BT) has forked out an undisclosed amount to buy a pair of German IT companies. The two, Stemmer and SND, together form the enterprise IT wing of net AG, the software distribution company, and has combined assets worth over $15 million. Together they offer a range of services, from IP telephony to video surveillance. François Barrault, chief executive of BT Global Services, said: "This transaction will… Read More

There was a time, long ago, when British Telecom (BT) had a monopoly on British phone services. When deregulation began a couple of decades ago, all that changed, andsuddenly there was competition.   These days BT is a diversified company, and is now poised to expand even further with its $140 million takeover of Frontline, a Singapore IT firm. That’s BT’s second purchase in a week – just last Monday it bought the IT… Read More

In what has us even more pumped for the new Halo movie is today’s announcement that Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will serve as the executive producers of the new Halo film based on the popularvideo game for the Microsoft Xbox. Peter Jackson is known for his Lord of the Rings trilogy and the upcoming King Kong movies. Jackson’s award-winning companies Weta Digital Ltd.and Weta Workshop Ltd. will provide creatures, miniatures and… Read More