What a Conservative government would mean for everything from ID cards to the National Programme for IT With opinion polls showing the Conservatives as favourites to win the next general election, silicon.com takes a look at which Labour IT projects could survive under a Tory government. From the controversial £5.4bn ID cards project to the …
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FIFA World Cup 2010 Q&A With Simon Humber
With the 2010 World Cup in South Africa just a few months from now, an official World Cup game from EA Sports was a virtual certainty. After all, the publisher behind the tremendously popular FIFA series has produced the last three licensed World Cup games, beginning with World Cup 98 on the original PlayStation, the …
Mock Draft 1.0: What the other 30 teams are thinking
Doing a mock draft prior to the NFL Combine, before the interview process, before the NFL free-agency period and before the 20 or so NFL Pro Days on the docket seems kinda silly. Let’s face it. Between now and April 22, a handful of prospects are going to have run-ins with the law, a few …
Serena Williams to face Justine Henin; Andy Murray advances to Australian Open final
MELBOURNE, Australia – Andy Murray is only one victory away from doing what no British man has done in more than 70 years – win a Grand Slam singles title. Murray beat Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 Thursday night advance to Sunday’s Australian Open final. He’ll take on the winner of Friday night’s semifinal …
FIFA World Cup 2010 confirmed for April – first shots
EA’s formally revealed FIFA World Cup 2010 for an April release.It comes after it got announced last night.It’ll release on April 27 in America, and in Europe on April 30.The company also confirmed it’ll release on PS3, 360, Wii and PSP only, so no DS, PS2 or PC like FIFA 10.Get the shots below.EA CELEBRATES …
Lowly Leeds chases FA Cup upset at Man United
With 9,000 Leeds fans headed for Old Trafford, Sunday’s FA Cupthird round game against record 11-time winner Manchester Unitedwill be a throwback to some of the great showdowns between the twoteams.These days, however, Leeds is 43 places behind United down inthe third tier of English football’s pyramid and a victory will beconsidered a major upset.Back …
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online: Hands-On With the Open Beta
Fire up your browsers, golf fans, because EA Sports has announced that the open beta of its upcoming online-only golf game, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online, has entered its open beta phase as of today. Earlier today I attended a media presentation on the game hosted by the game’s producers. Much of the information they …
Keep an eye on Williams, Belgians, Federer, Nadal
Remember this? Serena Williams, yelling and cursing and shakinga racket at a line judge.Or this? Roger Federer, losing a Grand Slam final to someoneother than Rafael Nadal.Or this? Maria Sharapova, exiting in the third round againstMelanie Oudin, a teenager from Marietta, Ga., with “BELIEVE”stamped on her sneakers.Or this? Kim Clijsters, about a month into her …
Veron turns down Man City
Midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron has turned down a 7-million-pound($11.2 million) offer to move from Argentine club Estudiantes tothe English Premier League’s Manchester City. Veron’s representative said the Argentina playmaker turneddown the overture from City manager Roberto Mancini. The two playedtogether at Italian clubs Lazio and Sampdoria and Mancini latercoached Veron at Inter Milan. Veron’s representative …
Ancelotti vs. Mancini again in transfer window
Old foes in Serie A, Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto Mancini will gohead-to-head again in the Premier League when the transfer windowopens Friday as potentially the two biggest spenders in anunpredictable market. With Chelsea’s transfer ban temporarily lifted, Ancelotti canuse the spending power of Roman Abramovich. While Mancini will lookto billionaire Manchester City owner Sheik Mansour …