The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state that lies to the northwest of Continental Europe with Ireland to the west. It occupies the majority of the British Isles and its territory and population are primarily situated on the island of Great Britain and in Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland. The United Kingdom is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, and its ancillary bodies of water, including the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, and the Irish Sea. The mainland is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel, with Northern Ireland sharing a land border with the Republic of Ireland.

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Best Buy UK Stores Close Shop as Carphone Warehouse sells US Interests

No love for Best Buy in the UK Read more Nov 7 2011, 3:00pm CST

 

iCloud iTunes Service to launch earliest in 2012 in UK

UK and presumably the rest of the world will have to wait until next year for iTunes in the Cloud. Read more Jun 10 2011, 3:44am CDT

 

Ofcom Slams Carriers for Misleading "Unlimited" Plans on Text, Broadband, and Calls

Wants carriers to call plans what they really are Read more Mar 21 2011, 10:33am CDT

 

Project Beats The Daily As iPad-Exclusive Magazine

Virgin becomes the first Read more Dec 1 2010, 3:34pm CST

 

Call of Duty: Black Ops has set a new Opening Day Sales Record beating Modern Warefare 2

This week Call of Duty: Black Ops launched and it was anticipated that it would beat the launch of Modern Warefare 2 in... Read more Nov 11 2010, 9:02am CST

 

Hail the Robots, BP's Undersea Robots succeed to cut Pipe at Gulf Oil Leak

BP has finally a minor success to report in their ongoing attempt to seal the disastrous oil leak in the gulf. The... Read more Jun 3 2010, 12:38pm CDT

 

BP's Top Kill Procedure failed to seal Gulf Oil Leak

BP was right to not call the Top Kill procedure a success yet yesterday. As reported the oil stopped leaking for a... Read more May 28 2010, 1:39am CDT

 

BP has Success with Top Kill to seal Gulf Oil Leak

The Top Kill procedure is apparently working. If you now watch the live video stream of the oil leak you see almost... Read more May 27 2010, 10:00am CDT

 

E3 2010: What Crazy Stunt Will Richard Branson Do?

Next month's E3 expo suddenly got a lot more interesting, as Virgin CEO and world-famous stunt man Richard Branson will... Read more May 20 2010, 1:57pm CDT

 

Sky Offers UK Customers Free 20Mbps Broadband

The broadband speeds that are available in the UK make lots of folks in other countries jealous. Sky has announced a... Read more Apr 26 2010, 6:15am CDT

 

Flood Knocks Out BT Internet and Phone Service for Some

If you are a BT customer that woke up today to find that you couldn’t get online and then found that your phone was out... Read more Apr 1 2010, 6:00am CDT

 

Vodafone Cuts Staff in UK

The economy may be looking better around the world, but it's not all back yet. Vodafone has announced that it will be... Read more Mar 9 2010, 5:52am CST

 

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