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University team aims to solve food-fuel conflict

THE future of the region’s burgeoning green energy sector could lie in refuse and sewage, if a team of North East scientists achieves its potential.Read

£1m investment to go global

DIGITAL agency Th_nk has received £1m in investment from an international venture capital fund to fuel its expansion plans.Read

Region set to challenge Soho as creative capital

PLANS for a digital superhighway linking the region’s best creative brains with those in the rest of the North of England have been revealed in a bid to challenge Soho’s status as the creative capital of the UK.Read

Pair can help when words don’t come easy

FOREIGN language students at home and abroad will be able to fine-tune their English skills thanks to online software developed by two former teachers.Read

International Space Station

Sky's no limit as tech firm heads into space

NEXT year a North East technology firm will see its specialist equipment blasted into space as part of a major science experiment.Read

Newcastle firm set to help spot terror attempts

INTELLIGENT technology developed by a North East firm has been chosen by the Government to help it fight terrorists.Read

New app is faster way to sort your digital photos

SEARCHING through our old photos could soon be a lot easier thanks to a Newcastle firm which is releasing a new application for the iPhone.Read

Website will help those with learning disability

A NEW website designed for people with learning disabilities by people with learning disabilities has been launched in the region.Read

Google agrees to limit free access to online news

GOOGLE has bowed to pressure from newspaper publishers and agreed to let them limit the number of free news pages users can read per day.Read

Making a diagnosis over the internet

SOFTWARE developed in the region to give patients in remote areas instant help from medical experts is to be piloted in China.Read

Search for the big idea could make a difference

DIGITAL start-up businesses from across Europe could be heading to the North East following the launch of a major new programme.Read

How Daniel is expanding his online empire

A NORTH East entrepreneur who began by selling watches over the internet two years ago is now counting down to his first million after adding another string to his online bow.Read

Selling is a sophisticated business

THE old way of selling was to pitch your product to the person opposite you, bombarding them with information, facts and figures about how great it is in the hope some of it would stick. Those days have gone.Read

Untapped potential of solar energy

WITH the world's politicians heading off to Copenhagen for the climate summit next week, it is likely that high on the agenda will be the challenge of producing enough energy to power the needs of the world’s population.Read

Kishor Mistry of FScan

Funding boost for FScan

SCIENTISTS in the region who are pioneering a new test for prostate cancer expect to bring the technology to the market within 18 months after winning their latest funding boost and attracting interest from North America.Read

Region is urged to apply for share of IT hand-out

TECHNOLOGY giant Microsoft is heading to the North East to urge local authorities to bid for a share of an £18m funding pot to improve IT skills and curb unemployment.Read

IT support client list boosts fledgling firm

A FLEDGLING IT firm has boosted its client base with the acquisition of a portion of a North East rival, as it looks to take its annual turnover past the £500,000 mark.Read

Dotcom post firm says no address is no problem

AN American millionaire has assembled an elite team of young entrepreneurs as he plots to transform the postal system forever.Read

US sales softwear firm forges links to region

AN American software giant that has helped boost sales at the likes of Microsoft, HP and Xerox, has enlisted a North East firm to bring its latest product to these shores.Read

North universities praised in funding report

TWO North East universities have been named among 16 UK institutions as world-class research centres, in a new report published today.Read