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01/09/2010

Rival benefits from Digg revamp

A revamp of the social-news site Digg has unexpectedly backfired on its owners after members redirected traffic to a rival site.

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01/09/2010

Advertising watchdog moves online

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is extending its remit to cover the online realm.

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01/09/2010

Wikileaks rape inquiry reopened

Sweden's director of public prosecutions orders the reopening of a rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

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01/09/2010

Clicking the blue 'e'

Bill Thompson on Microsoft's game-changing browser

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01/09/2010

Motion control

The PlayStation Move controller put on test

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01/09/2010

Orange rolls out mobile HD voice

Mobile firm Orange becomes the first UK network to use a new technology that claims to offer higher quality voice calls.

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31/08/2010

Advert watchdog gets online power

The Advertising Standards Authority is given the power to regulate ads and marketing claims on websites and services like Facebook.

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31/08/2010

Phone app to monitor heartbeat

More than three million doctors have downloaded a phone application to monitor heartbeats through a phone.

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31/08/2010

Google and Skype face India ban

Following tough action against Blackberry, security forces in India turn their attention to Google and Skype.

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31/08/2010

Who are 4chan?

The internet pranksters who helped expose cat bin lady

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31/08/2010

Google to relieve e-mail overload

Google launches priority inbox to help conquer e-mail overload and rank messages in the order that they matter most.

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31/08/2010

Perfect pitch

Can technology and music happily coexist?

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30/08/2010

Intel to buy German wireless unit

US chipmaker Intel agrees to buy the wireless unit of German counterpart Infineon for $1.4bn, disappointing markets.

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30/08/2010

Blackberry looks to strike India deal

The Canadian owners of Blackberry, Research in Motion, have offered an olive branch to the Indian government in the bitter battle over e-mail secrecy.

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30/08/2010

Turning brainwaves into music

Musicians Finn Peters and Matthew Yee-King attempt to convert John Humphrys and Justin Webb's thoughts into music

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30/08/2010

Go with the flow

Swarms of marine turbines could 'tap the Gulf Stream'

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30/08/2010

Motion capture clue to human behaviour

The system of digitising actors to create characters in films like Avatar is being used to measure human behaviour in real life.

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28/08/2010

'A relentless barrage of abuse'

Groups who work with the victims of cyber-stalking say efforts to tackle the problem are being delayed because Internet Service Providers will not take action.

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27/08/2010

Billionaire sues hi-tech giants

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is suing several high-tech giants for infringing patents held by a Silicon Valley lab he founded in the 1990s.

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27/08/2010

Sony obtains ban on PS3 hack chip

Sony has won a temporary ban to prevent Australian distributors selling a hardware hack for the PlayStation 3 (PS3).

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27/08/2010

How to work anywhere in the world

How technology allows digital nomads to leave the office behind to work around the world

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27/08/2010

Art and technology push boundaries

The Creators Project is a new network celebrating technology and creativity in the clubbing scene, across media and around the world. Click paid it a visit.

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27/08/2010

Fake iTunes reviews row settled

A US trade body rules against a marketing firm whose employees posted favourable reviews of its clients' apps on iTunes.

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27/08/2010

'Missing' Metropolis film restored

Stephen Smith considers what made Fritz Lang's film, Metropolis, so hugely influential, as a newly restored version of the sci-fi epic is premiered in London.

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27/08/2010

'Anti-Facebook' Diaspora eyes launch date

An open alternative to Facebook will be launched on the 15 September, the developers of the Diaspora project say.

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27/08/2010

Electricity 'pulled from the air'

A scheme to generate renewable energy by simply pulling electric charge out of humid air sparks debate amongst scientists.

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25/08/2010

BBC Micro gets a new lease of life

How the classic PC is helping train a new generation of students in the art of programming.

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23/08/2010

The rise of the 'mummy bloggers'

Parents blogging about their children have become a global force in marketing.

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20/08/2010

Virtual reality asks tough questions

Virtual reality is allowing scientists to ask difficult questions about human behaviour.

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19/08/2010

Hacker spaces gather pace globally

Community labs are springing up for people who want to hack and test new ideas.

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18/08/2010

Paint prose

The source code MacPaint is released but who can read it?

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13/08/2010

Online gaming takes it to the next level

Faster broadband networks could spell the end of the games console, experts say.

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06/08/2010

Girl gamers still being left out

The portrayal of women in the game's industry is still lacklustre according to experts and insiders

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23/07/2010

Nothing said online is really private

Nothing said online is really private, says Bill Thompson

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16/07/2010

Step away from the iPod

Banning technology from classrooms is unlikely to solve any problems, thinks Bill Thompson.

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16/07/2010

Hi-tech help for disaster zones

How technology has ushered in a new era for aid work in disaster zones

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15/07/2010

View from the end of the world

Photographers and film-makers capture their 3-D views of the corners of virtual worlds

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14/07/2010

On a mission with the rocket men

In our series about makers and hackers, we look at the world of amateur rocket-makers.

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27/05/2010

Resurrecting Victorian technology

The release of an album on wax cylinder inspired us to try to make a phonograph to play it.

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07/05/2010

Girl Geeks: Women in tech on top

Are women happy being known as geeks?

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