Neil Thompson

Farmer Focus: Neil Thompson on big brother

I have recently filed a report for the Scottish government telling it exactly how fruitful our harvest has been. Why does our government need to know this information? Is it fearful that the country's barns are empty, is it...

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Interview: The Social Contract

Buoyed by news of Xbox 360 hitting 10 million in Europe, Microsoft earlier this week released its autumn update for Live users, introducing Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm and a Zune-branded video marketplace to the service. With...

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Sky TV uptake surprises Microsoft

"We were blown away - literally - by the response we had, and we took some flak, probably fairly," Neil Thompson told GI.biz. "We didn't scale to quite the scale we should have, and I take that criticism on board and we've...

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Xbox lines up partners to own the living room

Source: Marketing Week | Published: 18 November 2009 10:00 Microsoft is in talks with leading content providers, including the BBC, Channel 4 and MySpace, to cement the Xbox as a superior home entertainment hub to its chief...

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Xbox bigwig pooh-poohs Natal's November 2010 launch

Gadget 'still in the baking' By James Sherwood • Get more from this author Project Natal won’t launch in November 2010, despite recent claims to the contrary, a UK Microsoft executive has stated. Neil Thompson, the UK head of...

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Leeds' Marques on comeback trail

Marques played for Angola in the 2006 World Cup in Germany Leeds United defender Rui Marques continued his comeback from injury on Tuesday, playing the full 90 minutes of a friendly against Middlesbrough. The 31-year-old Angola...

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LUFC Marques on the comeback trail

Leeds United defender Rui Marques completed his first ninety minutes for the club on Monday in a behind closed door friendly since damaging his Achilles at Colchester in August. Marques was partnered at the centre of defence by...

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Facebook and Twitter coming to Xbox 17 November

Microsoft's Xbox 360 is to officially open its doors to the social-networking masses this month, with Facebook and Twitter landing on the console 17 November. It's no secret that Microsoft is looking to make the Xbox 360 into a...

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UK's cyber warriors go into battle in March

The UK's new cyberwarfare unit will be ready for action on 10 March, according to the government. The Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), located at GCHQ in Cheltenham, will have an initial staff of 19, said Baroness...

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Barnsley v Blades Team News

Chris Morgan is the biggest absentee for the Blades as they travel across South Yorkshire to face Barnsley. Morgan was booked during the game with Newcastle United last week which means he's unavailable for the game at Oakwell,...

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