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Deutsche Telekom AG and France Telecom SA's U.K. mobile-phone venture may get a head start in high-speed mobile-phone services as the watchdog revised its design of a 2.6 billion-pound ($4 billion) frequency auction.

Everything Everywhere, which has applied to regulators to run faster services on its existing airwaves, has “an early route” to high-speed mobile Internet with its current holding, regulator Ofcom said yesterday as it announced proposals for an upcoming spectrum auction.

British carriers are seeking access to more frequencies to offer faster services and cope with surging data demand as users watch films and surf the web 3D Design on smartphones including Apple Inc.'s iPhone and handsets using Google Inc.'s Android system. Rolling out faster services early may help Everything Everywhere to stem a decline in customers and steal a march on rivals Vodafone Group Plc and Telefonica SA.

“This is the most significant spectrum release in the U.K. for many years,” Ofcom Chief Executive Ed Richards said. “The U.K. benefits from being one of the most competitive mobile phone markets in Europe.”

All the companies have been seeking access to the valuable 800 megahertz band of low-frequency spectrum that can travel long distances with fewer expensive base stations. Vodafone, based in Newbury, England, and Spain's Telefonica are the only operators in the U.K. to hold low-frequency airwaves.

Judy Johansen means it when she says she is Always "Hair" For You.

Johansen operates her home-based wig and hairpiece business in Blackfalds 365 days a year with her husband, Karl.

Johansen takes weekend and evening appointments, even if they fall on a holiday, to cater to her client's needs. Her husband does all the bookkeeping, taxes and Web design for the business.

Johansen opened her business, Always Hair For You, in spring 2010 after she experienced the loss of her own hair and was frustrated with the lack of quality wigs available for good prices.

"I've seen a huge need for people to have a choice at a good price," she said.

A government initiative to attract more global start-up businesses to Tech City in east London could create new IT jobs in the capital.

David Cameron is set to invite up to 300 new companies from around the world to an event known as the StartUp Games, which will see them compete for recognition against the backdrop of this summer's Paralympics.

According to the Telegraph, it is hoped the project will encourage the permanent relocation of dynamic start-up firms to the Tech City cluster, which lies between the Olympic Park in Stratford and the City.

The prime minister has said the Olympics and Paralympics will "put the eyes of the world on Britain as we host not just an unparalleled sporting spectacle, but also a chance for companies from across the globe to interact and do business here".

In November last year, a number of leading technology executives from the US visited Tech City as part of the annual Silicon Valley Comes to the UK programme.

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) said today that it will release its fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 financial results on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Following the release, Unisys will host a conference call with the financial community from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results.

The company will offer a live, listen-only Webcast of the conference call via a link on the Unisys Investor Web site at www.unisys.com/investor. A replay of the Webcast will be available on the Unisys Investor Web site shortly following the conference call.

About Unisys

Unisys is a worldwide information technology company. We provide a portfolio of IT services, Software outsourcing, and technology that solves critical problems for clients. We specialize in helping clients secure their operations, increase the efficiency and utilization of their data centers, enhance support to their end users and constituents, and modernize their enterprise applications. To provide these services and solutions, we bring together offerings and capabilities in outsourcing services, systems integration and consulting services, infrastructure services, maintenance services, and high-end server technology. With approximately 23,000 employees, Unisys serves commercial organizations and government agencies throughout the world.

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Ever wondered whether your targeted audience is really finding your website useful? Is the high bounce rates from any of your pages a matter of concern for you? Well, you’re in luck… Google is giving out some simple and handy tips on its latest Webmaster Central Blog that will help you understand and analyze the usage of your website from a visitor’s perspective.

For example, did you know that on average users scroll down 5.9 times as often as they scroll up, meaning that often once a page content is scrolled past, it is “lost” .

If you have never though of these things before or did not succeed in finding an answer to these questions before, this is a good opportunity to find an answer to these questions.

I have outlined Google’s advice for you below:

First, think about your user

Just the Facts:
India's pre-eminent auto Web design designer plans to unveil a midengine sports car this week at the biennial Auto Expo show.
Dilip Chhabria's DC Design has posted a teaser image on its Web site.
The company is considering low-volume production, beginning in late 2013, with prices starting from around $56,000.

NEW DELHI — Dilip Chhabria, India's pre-eminent auto designer, will unveil a midengine sports car this week at the biennial Auto Expo show here.

A round-up of this year's must-have resources for entrepreneurs, as curated by members of our Globe and Mail Small Business LinkedIn community. To join the group, click here. Read more from The Globe's look back at 2011.

1. Basecamp from 37Signals: One of the biggest challenges you are facing as a start-up is a need to manage hundreds of tasks: discuss and test ideas with customers, develop product, draft designs, create content, reach out to media, etc. So you want to have a simple but at the same time powerful tool to help with project management. It’s very easy and fast to use! It offers all the key tools to plan and manage tasks between team members and easily integrate suppliers / partners. Since our InsurEye team is located in Canada, US, and Europe, the ease with which Basecamp helps us coordinate our work makes it our favorite tool to use! (Submitted by Alex Saltykov, co-Founder and executive director at Insureye Inc.)

2. Open Site Explorer: the new Search Engine for Links from SEOmoz. Perform competitive website research. Explore backlinks, anchor text and more for free.}

3. GoToMeeting: web conferencing and online meetings. Work with anyone, anywhere.

4. Google Analytics: lets you measure your advertising ROI as well as track your flash design, video, and social networking sites and applications.

This time last year, the future of dedicated portables seemed in jeopardy as smartphone gaming gained mindshare. Some even went so far as to declare upcoming consoles like 3DS and PS Vita would be dead on arrival.
Most would have agreed with those doomsayers by the time summer rolled around, as 3DS sales slumped, system-selling games for Nintendo's new hardware were nowhere to be found, and the DS' well of exciting titles began to dry up.
The past few months are a different story, however, as must-have titles like Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Design Land, paired with a deep price cut, have reversed the 3DS's fortunes (Monster Hunter 3G's release in Japan didn't hurt either).
Iterative firmware updates, recent fantastic eShop releases (Freakyforms, Swapnote), free NES and Game Boy Advance Virtual Console titles for early adopters, and quality mid-tier games (Nano Assault, Cave Story 3D) also helped turned the tide for 3DS.
The PSP, though much quieter this year as many listened for news on PS Vita, enjoyed its share of compelling releases, too, like Corpse Party, Patapon 3, Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy, and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky.

Akken, the leading business software company for staffing and recruiting firms today announced the release of its latest version of the Akken Staffing(TM) platform, a powerful, yet affordable and easy-to-use cloud-based business software platform. The new platform enhancements strengthen Akken's position as the all-in-one "fill to bill" system provider for staffing and recruiting firms. The back office personnel at staffing companies no longer have to re-key in 'pay and bill rates.' The Akken Staffing platform helps to eliminate errors, save countless hours each week and boost staffing and recruiting companies' bottom line, connecting assignment information with online timesheets, payroll and billing.

Akken's latest release incorporates feedback from its users. "We continually solicit suggestions from our customers, prioritize them, and build them as quickly as possible," says David Priddle, Director of the Customer4Life(TM) Group at Akken. "We want to ensure that our customers' voices are heard and that they are a part of our development team."

This new release encompasses a series of software enhancements made throughout this year. Specifically, the link between the back office and front office at the assignment level is the backbone of the staffing and recruiting company business process. Akken Staffing also now includes the capability to merge records, thereby retaining all information stored in multiple places. In addition, the software now searches all notes made to candidate profiles and provides links to payroll providers.

"We are very pleased with this latest batch of enhancements," said Valerie Kinnard from Career Connections, a full-service staffing agency in Athens, OH. "The Akken Staffing platform provides many benefits to our organization and helps us to be more productive while reducing costs."

Akken made significant investments in its data center infrastructure and several improvements to its systems architecture this year. "These improvements help our application perform faster than any other solution in the industry," says Giridhar Akkineni, Founder of Akken. "These investments show our commitment to always providing customers with the latest technology, allowing them to focus on their business."

York, PA - The two white figures awkwardly bumped their way down the sidewalk on a rolling cart, one with a backpack and one with a basket of fruit. The white plaster figures were pushed by a group of Central York High School students who installed the art piece in Central Market, the culmination of a months-long project that highlighted the link between community and education.

Students from media literacy, sculpture and graphic 3D Design classes worked together on the project, called "Synergy." On Wednesday they delivered the final pieces to the York Revolution Stadium, Olivia's House, children's grief and loss center, and DreamWrights Youth and Family Theatre.

"It was really to bring students into

“The purpose of a small business website is to enhance brand reputation and increase both traffic and sales,” says Peter Crisafi, Vice President of dzine it, Inc., a leading New York Web design and website development firm with clients from around the world. “Unfortunately, many websites are constructed poorly and cut corners, resulting in a loss of traffic and a poor user experience.”
According to Crisafi, there are five mistakes that small businesses must avoid if they want their website to be successful and continue to grow.
1. Slow load times. On the web, speed is everything and the speed by which a website’s pages load is incredibly important.
“Just a matter of seconds can make a difference,” says Crisafi. “Slow loading pages drive people away more than anything else.”
2. Information overload. Giving visitors too much information right from the start, is like walking into a room and being introduced to everyone at once.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is my one of my favorite games released in 2011. Here's why I hate it.

. . . oh, man! Usually it's not until some point buried deep within the labyrinth of one of these articles that I admit I'm being a jerk on purpose and just trying to get a rise out of people. Here's me, in paragraph number two, admitting that I don't really hate the game. I'm just having some fun! There. So anyone commenting under the impression that I am a jerk on accident clearly didn't read beyond the first paragraph. And anyone commenting that they love the game as much as I do didn't read beyond the first sentence.

If you're still with me: hi! I played The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword all week, and had me a good old time doing so. Zelda games are a bit of a weird one for me, because I can't stop bleating out obsessive groans about the user interface for darn near the first third of the experience. Then, at some point, there I am, shutting up and enjoying myself—mostly enjoying the sparkling, intelligent parts of the level design.

The Legend of Zelda games, you see, start out as grandma's way of tricking you into taking out the trash. If you stick with them long enough, they become like that house guest who asks you inappropriate questions while you're working ("Hey, do you think my ex-girlfriend from high school has boobs now that she's married and has a kid?" (one from my actual experience of suffering houseguests)) and snores or mouth-breathes deep into the night. Then, when you're at work during the day, he vacuums your carpet or washes your dishes. Sometimes they're dishes he got dirty, and sometimes they're not. Either way, the point is that this person is Just Trying To Be Helpful and really Has Nowhere Else To Go. That's how I feel about the user interface hiccups in The Legend of Zelda: they're weird and I don't like them, though they don't stop me from living an active life.

When I look at the notes I took while playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, I notice that the notes cease to exist around the discovery of the second dungeon. This is interesting, because I am usually thorough in my critical note-taking while playing a video game. Did I stop finding things to criticize? Yes and no. Yes in that the game did get better; no in that The Same Old Things kept driving me nuts (luckily for me, I am already nuts).