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Playcom hit by ordering glitch (06 November 11:02) |
| Customers of online shop Play.com contact the BBC to report problems with its ordering system. |
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Gadget problems divide the sexes (06 November 06:44) |
| A technology helpline claims that there are significant differences between the types of calls it receives from men and women. |
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Grand tour (06 November 05:36) |
| How to make a virtual video tour |
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China plans for humanoid Olympics (06 November 04:20) |
| Robots sports stars are being sought for an international robot Olympics to be held in China in 2010. |
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Early origins for uncanny valley (06 November 02:25) |
| Human suspicion of realistic robots and avatars may have earlier origins than previously thought. |
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F1 designer unveils electric car (05 November 08:34) |
| A new sustainable electric car designed for city or town use is the result of a £9m investment programme. |
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EU offers hope to file-sharers (05 November 04:45) |
| The European Parliament has put together a reform package that would offer more protection to those accused of illegal file-sharing. |
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China to ban beating web addicts (05 November 04:19) |
| China's internet boot camps should not use physical punishment to treat web addicts, the ministry of health says. |
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Smart spectacles aid translation (05 November 03:57) |
| Glasses that can provide near real-time subtitles to translate foreign languages are being developed by Japan's NEC. |
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All together now (05 November 02:18) |
| Scientists use social networking to collaborate |
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BBC iPlayer to launch on Freesat (05 November 01:43) |
| The BBC's catch-up service iPlayer will have a test launch on Freesat later on this month. |
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Intel in threats and bribery suit (04 November 10:37) |
| New York's attorney general files an anti-competition lawsuit against Intel, accusing it of using "illegal threats" to dominate microchip sales. |
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Rocket it and roll (04 November 09:39) |
| Land speed team sees its plans come together |
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EMI sues Beatles download website (04 November 09:22) |
| Record company EMI is suing a US website which it says is offering unauthorised downloads of The Beatles' albums for sale. |
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Action promised on council spying (04 November 09:01) |
| Council officers keen to use covert surveillance will have to get permission from senior executives, under new plans. |
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Orange gives cash for old mobiles (04 November 07:46) |
| Mobile operator Orange is offering a recycling scheme for mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices. |
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GPS used to preserve ants nests (04 November 06:33) |
| GPS satellite technology is used to record the locations of rare ants' nests ahead of work to fell thousands of trees. |
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Microsoft reveals new-look MSN (04 November 05:20) |
| Microsoft has announced a major redesign of its MSN.com web portal, designed to drive traffic to search engine Bing. |
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Web access (04 November 04:24) |
| Pupils in Denmark are allowed to use the net in exams |
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X-rays top scientific invention (04 November 02:40) |
| The public votes the x-ray machine as the best invention over the Apollo 10 space capsule and Stephenson's rocket. |
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Ordnance Survey opens up data (03 November 05:15) |
| Ordnance Survey has its first commercial client for its open source data library OS OpenSpace. |
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Global caring portal to launch (03 November 05:03) |
| President Obama and Bill Gates are behind a major new website aimed at promoting social good. |
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Doing the rounds (03 November 04:49) |
| Why US doctors are ditching pagers for smartphones |
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SonyEricsson debuts Android phone (03 November 04:46) |
| The first Android mobile phone from SonyEricsson is due to go on sale in early 2010, says the handset maker. |
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Android phone for SonyEricsson (03 November 04:46) |
| The first Android mobile phone from SonyEricsson is due to go on sale in early 2010, says the handset maker. |
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Nokia abandons N-Gage gaming (02 November 09:17) |
| Mobile operator says there will be no more games published and the N-Gage service will shut down by the end of 2010. |
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Video gamers face malware deluge (02 November 08:02) |
| Players of online games such as World of Warcraft are becoming popular targets for virus writers, reveals research. |
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File-sharers are big spenders too (02 November 06:33) |
| A survey finds that people who download music illegally also spend more buying tunes legitimately. |
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Brussels criticises UK on privacy (02 November 05:56) |
| The e-mail and web browsing habits of British citizens are not adequately protected, says the European Commission. |
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Orange reveals UK date for iPhone (02 November 04:03) |
| Pre-pay, business and contract customers at Orange will be able to get the iPhone from 10 November. |
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Fry ends row with Twitter critic (01 November 03:25) |
| Actor and presenter Stephen Fry and another user of website Twitter apologise to each other after an online row broke out. |
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Fry ponders leaving Twitter site (31 October 11:40) |
| Actor and presenter Stephen Fry says he is considering giving up on the micro-blogging website Twitter. |
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English wine gets a helping hand from Space (31 October 05:43) |
| English vineyards have signed up to use a harvest optimisation scheme based on data gathered from satellites. |
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Language lab (30 October 10:47) |
| A multi-lingual net is a good thing, says Bill Thompson |
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Fallout 3 crowned game of year (30 October 10:09) |
| Fallout 3 scoops ultimate game of the year at the Golden Joysticks, with Call of Duty also taking home a trio of awards. |
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How much will you give us Thieves take 1km of phone wire (30 October 08:32) |
| Hundreds of people are left without their landline phone service for nearly 48 hours after thieves steal 1km (0.6 mile) of copper cabling. |
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Newsbeat on which games are in line for a Golden Joystick (30 October 06:04) |
| The gaming world's top awards, the Golden Joysticks, are handed out later with the latest Call Of Duty, Grand Theft Auto and World Of Warcraft games among the favourites to win. |
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Water world (30 October 05:58) |
| Satellite that will map the Earth's water cycle |
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Man denies Trojan webcam virus (30 October 05:55) |
| An IT expert has denied sending out a computer virus which allowed him to spy on strangers using their webcams. |
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Handset hacking (30 October 05:25) |
| How to make new programs for mobile phones overnight |
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Could tiny print runs of local and personal papers save newspapers (30 October 05:05) |
| A company that offers people the opportunity to design and print their own newspapers believes that print is still a healthy trade. |
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Video gamers to play for real (30 October 03:37) |
| Sports fans could soon be competing alongside their racing heroes as circuits are mapped in high-definition video. |
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Speed of sound (30 October 01:57) |
| How free, infinite music has changed fans forever |
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Internet addresses set for change (30 October 09:25) |
| The internet is set to be transformed with the approval of plans to allow web addresses using non-Latin characters. |
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Blog sparks mass council walkout (29 October 11:09) |
| Councillors in a rural town stage a mass walkout after becoming fed up with criticism from a blogger. |
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Nintendo profit hit by Wii sales (29 October 09:15) |
| Nintendo blames a wane in demand for its Wii games console for a 52% fall in profit. |
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Free Google sat-nav shakes market (29 October 06:34) |
| Shares in sat-nav device companies continue to fall after Google unveils a free live sat-nav service for mobiles. |
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Mobile manners Egypt launches conduct code for phone users (29 October 05:49) |
| Egypt's official telecoms regulatory body has published a code of ethics for mobile phone users. |
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Egypt seeks ethical mobile users (29 October 05:49) |
| Egypt's official telecoms regulatory body has published a code of ethics for mobile phone users. |
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Google opens OneBox music service (29 October 03:06) |
| Search giant Google enters the online music market with a new service for finding and buying music online. |
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