ZD Net reported that Delaware-registered adware company Phorm (THUS passim) has lost its UK CEO, Hugo Drayton, who leaves the company ‘by mutual agreement’ at the end of December. Lyn Millar, Finance Director has also resigned. They have been replaced by London-based deputy chief executive officer Nan Richards, and UK managing director Nick Barnett. Richards [...]
Tag Archives: Law and order
Loss of Phorm at adware company – and we can't wait for those ID cards, allegedly
December 19, 2008 – 7:27 pm
It's Sunday, so it must be Islamabad
December 14, 2008 – 4:37 pm
UPDATE: They seek him here, they seek him there. Gordon Brown has moved on to Pakistan, wearing the same suit and tie, where he has applied pressure to allow the Metropolitan Police to ‘interview’ one or more of the Mumbai bombing suspects. The strategy is simple. Render them to London, buy them an Oyster Card and invite [...]
Cruel parenting is not a class issue
December 8, 2008 – 3:50 pm
By Julia Margo, Demos I expect that my fascination with Karen Matthews is predictably middle class. Her crime may be heinous, but she has captured our imagination in her role as working class anti-hero: a reminder of how some people (the ‘other half’) live in today’s Britain. The weekend coverage of sink estates – the [...]
Another wrong move in the war against teenage binge drinking
December 4, 2008 – 2:35 pm
In political circles we talk about the Problem of our Binge Drinking Culture as if it is something that can be solved with the right intervention or piece of legislation. By Julia Margo, Demos Much recent research has explored the causes of youth binge drinking. Work at Sheffield University has suggested that “cheap alcohol is [...]
Set tasers to stun, Jacqui
November 24, 2008 – 10:53 pm
My earlier advice about recruiting Pikey police has clearly fallen on deaf ears. The nation was stunned – not literally, yet – by today’s news from our own Sarah Palin, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, that 10,000 tasers would be issued and 30,000 police trained in their use. Amnesty International report that 300 people have died [...]
It does not have to be that way
November 4, 2008 – 10:49 am
THUS aims to consolidate fresh thinking about life-changing issues, bridge the truth gap left by today’s political and business coverage and add fact-based appraisal of the best forward thinking from a host of informed sources. It will do so with good humour, optimism and empathy. You should not need a PhD to understand or enjoy [...]