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Comparison website's £4m to IP rival

FINANCE and travel price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com has paid a competitor almost £4 million to settle a dispute over intellectual property, it emerged yesterday, writes Victoria Thomson.

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Web firm Realises potential

REALISE, the Edinburgh-based web-design company, has secured two new contracts that it said would boost its credentials as a UK-wide web design agency.

One-stop takeaway menu site is hungry for expansion in US

AN award-winning fledgling company which allows diners to select their takeaway menus from one single website has revealed major expansion plans across the Atlantic.

PRICE comparison website Peopleschampion.com, launched earlier this month by Scots entrepreneur Jim Spowart, is to launch a £1.3 million advertising campaign featuring a host of animals discussing their financial plans.

Defra website defaced

AN ATTEMPT at online policy-forming by Westminster Environment Secretary David Miliband has ended in an embarrassing retreat.

Star of the silent screen

www.kamera.co.uk

Lumison is online to help STV with website revamp

LUMISON, the Edinburgh-based internet services firm, said it had fought off "stiff competition" to roll-out a hosting platform for STV's new website.

Amnesty acts on web censorship

A CAMPAIGN to challenge global internet repression was launched by Amnesty International to mark its 45th anniversary yesterday.

Hot Scots are hits on web

THE Hot Scots website set up by VisitScotland on St Valentine's Day has had 20,000 hits in just two months.

The official Wimbledon website

• www.wimbledon.org

Beckham on the web

David Beckham has no official online presence and what is available is not particularly inspiring. Odd, considering his rather high profile.

Harry Potter official website

• www.harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk

Everest on the web

• www.mounteverest.net

MTV's website

• mtv.co.uk

Rangers FC website

• www.rangersfc.co.uk

Clan Arthur

• www.clannarthur.com

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