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Smartphone web use abroad warning (20 March 05:49) |
| Consumers' association Which? warns of the risk of huge bills for people using smartphones abroad to connect to the internet. |
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US moots official data YouTube (20 March 05:34) |
| In a BBC interview, US technology chief Vivek Kundra calls on developers to build the "YouTube" of government data. |
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Batman takes best game at Baftas (20 March 04:18) |
| British developed Batman: Arkham Aslyum took the coveted title of best game at the 2010 Bafta video game awards. |
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Social search (19 March 09:43) |
| Google becomes more visual and personal |
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Young tech addicts who cant quit the screen offered treatment (19 March 09:13) |
| Young people who spend excessive amounts of time online can now get treatment if they are diagnosed with addiction. |
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Consortium wins big weather prize (19 March 07:39) |
| A Franco-German consortium will enter into negotiations for a 1.3bn-euro contract to build Europe's next weather satellites. |
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LHC smashes energy record again (19 March 07:03) |
| The Large Hadron Collider has smashed the record for highest-energy particle beams again in its quest to uncover new physics. |
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Switching on (19 March 05:54) |
| Despite efforts, the digital divide is getting wider |
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Palm hit by slow smartphone sales (19 March 04:20) |
| Handheld computing veteran Palm is losing ground to the iPhone and Blackberry in the battle of the smartphones.
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YouTube hits back in Viacom row (19 March 03:49) |
| YouTube accuses Viacom of secretly uploading content to the video-sharing site whilst publicly complaining about its presence. |
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Ice mission given lift-off date (19 March 02:24) |
| Europe's Cryosat spacecraft is set to launch on 8 April on a mission to map the world's ice fields. |
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China unveils homemade helicopter (19 March 10:40) |
| China's first domestically developed civilian helicopter takes off on a maiden flight in the eastern province of Jiangxi. |
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Invisibility cloak created in 3-D (19 March 12:43) |
| Scientists create the first cloaking device to render an object invisible in three dimensions. |
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Facebook rules out panic button (18 March 11:49) |
| Facebook says it will not install a "panic button" on its main pages for users to report suspected paedophiles, but will develop its existing reporting system. |
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Choice screen gives browser boost (18 March 09:08) |
| Web browser Opera says its downloads in Europe have doubled since Microsoft began offering a choice. |
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Choice screen boosts browser (18 March 09:08) |
| Web browser Opera says its downloads in Europe have doubled since Microsoft began offering a choice. |
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Facebook may get panic button (18 March 08:29) |
| Facebook executives say they have "no objection" to installing a "panic button" on the site for reporting suspected paedophiles. |
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Government to question Facebook (18 March 05:38) |
| The home secretary is set to question Facebook bosses over their decision not to install a police panic button. |
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Hacking fun for British teens (18 March 05:12) |
| Teenagers try to get into each other's online accounts despite knowing it is wrong, according to a new survey. |
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Spammers survive botnet shutdowns (18 March 04:42) |
| A series of strikes against botnets has not dented cyber criminals' appetite for sending spam, say security experts. |
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Spammers survive botnet strikes (18 March 04:42) |
| A series of strikes against botnets has not dented cyber criminals' appetite for sending spam, say security experts. |
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Web inventor calls for open data (18 March 02:17) |
| Countries should be judged on their willingness to open up public data, the inventor of the world wide web tells the BBC. |
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UK can cope with cyber attack (18 March 08:05) |
| The UK is "reasonably well placed to cope" with a large scale cyber attack, a report by a group of peers has said. |
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Net piracy takes toll on jobs (17 March 11:49) |
| The growth of illegal file-sharing could cost European countries 1.2m jobs and 240bn euros by 2015, an industry report says. |
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02 condemns file-sharing letters (17 March 09:17) |
| The mobile firm condemns a law firm for sending letters to alleged illegal downloaders, including its own customers. |
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O2 condemns file-sharing letters (17 March 09:17) |
| The mobile network condemns a law firm for sending letters to alleged illegal downloaders, including its own customers. |
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Folding plug wins design accolade (17 March 05:41) |
| An innovative folding plug for UK sockets is named as the overall winner at this year's Brit Insurance Design Awards |
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Google quizzed over China plans (17 March 03:50) |
| Firms in China that sell advertising on Google demand clarity about the internet company's plans in the region. |
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Google clients seek China plans (17 March 03:50) |
| Firms in China that sell advertising on Google demand clarity about the internet company's plans in the region. |
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Mobile application sales explode (17 March 03:48) |
| The global economy for mobile applications will explode over the next two years into a $17.5bn industry, a study finds. |
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Disconnected UK (17 March 03:45) |
| Meeting the people living behind the digital divide |
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Merged worlds (17 March 03:11) |
| Networks blur the divide between public and private |
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Broadband plan sent to Congress (17 March 02:07) |
| US regulators send a national broadband plan to Congress in a bid to lead the world in the provision of super-fast internet. |
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Supersonic cars lift flaw fixed (16 March 08:37) |
| Engineers designing the world's fastest car believe they now have a solution to stop it flying off the ground. |
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Twitter embeds itself in the web (16 March 06:00) |
| Twitter announces its @anywhere technology that will allow websites to embed its services into their web pages. |
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Facebook removing stalker apps (16 March 04:25) |
| Facebook says it is working to take down applications that claim to allow users to see who is viewing their profile. |
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Boom time for cyber crime in US (16 March 04:23) |
| Profits made by cyber criminals in the US more than doubled during 2009 to more than $500m, a report suggests. |
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Hacktivism (16 March 04:20) |
| Activists are using the tools of hacking to make their point |
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Lords pass internet piracy bill (16 March 03:46) |
| The Digital Economy Bill, which includes measures to ban persistent illegal file-sharers, has been passed by peers. |
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US plans high-speed net for all (16 March 03:06) |
| US regulators have unveiled the nation's first plan to give every American super-fast broadband by 2020. |
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Been and dotgone (15 March 09:17) |
| Remember QXL and Beenz? 10 now defunct dotcoms |
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Tories may lose broadband vote (15 March 05:29) |
| Research suggests that key Tory constituencies could suffer most from the Conservative policy on super-fast broadband. |
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Passing it on (15 March 03:50) |
| The race to get the UK online begins to gather pace |
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Dotcom marks silver anniversary (15 March 02:19) |
| The internet domain name dotcom celebrates its 25th anniversary as nearly 86 million active internet sites now use it. |
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Happy silver anniversary dotcom (15 March 11:25) |
| The internet domain name dotcom celebrates its 25th anniversary as nearly 86 million active internet sites now use it. |
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Print baron (14 March 09:44) |
| Website that lets anyone make their own newspaper |
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Apollo men decry Obama Moon plans (13 March 09:04) |
| Nasa Moon astronauts tell the BBC President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the US lunar programme is "catastrophic". |
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Top tweets (12 March 10:51) |
| How to get more out of Twitter |
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Safe and sound (12 March 10:51) |
| Hi-tech to stop gadgets being stolen |
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Chinas stern warning to Google (12 March 08:47) |
| China's top internet official warns that Google will "pay the consequences" if it does not comply with censorship laws. |
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