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Ask.com raises questions over Google's power (06 October 04:31) |
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The fight to take on the might of Google’s search engine is hotting up.
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Driving games get serious (05 October 04:30) |
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Car manufacturers have long seen driving video games as little more than a
source of revenue. While they beg Hollywood to use their vehicles in
blockbuster films - and in some cases pay ... |
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PayPal to refund shoppers defrauded on eBay (04 October 04:30) |
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PayPal, the payment service used by 20 million online shoppers in Britain, has
given in to consumer demands to offer full refunds to buyers defrauded on
eBay.
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Google enlists public to map fast-changing world (04 October 04:30) |
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An army of amateur online cartographers is embarking on what could prove the
most concerted effort to map India since the British Empire tackled the
task.
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The Grid powers up to save lives and seek the God particle (03 October 10:41) |
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“The Grid,” the network of 100,000 computers designed to help the Large Hadron
Collider unlock the mysteries of the universe, was declared ready for action
yesterday.
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Nokia offers unlimited music for one-off fee of £130 (03 October 10:09) |
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Video:
the new Nokia
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Skype spies give pause for thought in China (03 October 04:38) |
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Most Chinese who use Skype – or at least its Chinese version TOM-Skype – were
thrilled to find a way to make free phone calls. There were also a few who
were delighted to find a way ... |
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Google unveils ‘trillion-dollar’ clean energy programme (03 October 04:30) |
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Google will use its clout as the world’s biggest internet company to lobby for
policy change on alternative energy.
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First review: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (02 October 09:38) |
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Mousetrap blog: LG
KP500: a new day, a new smartphone
Touchscreen mobile phones are the big thing at the moment, mainly thanks to
the iPhone.
Now, at last, Nokia has joined the fray an... |
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Nintendo launches new DSi - but not for the US or Europe yet (02 October 08:06) |
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Nintendo, the Japanese group whose cartoony offerings dominate the global
casual video games market, catering for the mass consumer, has launched a
new version of its handheld DS console... |
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Palmtop computer stolen from open window in M15 hideout (02 October 08:06) |
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A handheld computer containing secret intelligence documents about terrorism
has been stolen through the open window of an MI5 hideout, in a fresh data
embarrassment.
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Soldier posted to Siberia for online whinge (02 October 05:32) |
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If Russian soldiers have anything to sing about they usually do it in
foot-stomping Cossack choirs belting out the words to Kalinka.
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Oasis find space to give fans free music (02 October 04:30) |
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Oasis joined the growing number of bands embracing a “free music” culture
yesterday, letting fans hear their new album online before its release next
week.
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Apple threatens to shut down iTunes over royalty hike (01 October 04:20) |
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Apple could shut down iTunes, the world's biggest online music store, if a
ruling expected tomorrow forces the company to pay more to music makers for
each downloaded track.
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Sexy maths: Primes of passion (01 October 04:30) |
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Mathematics is the language of Nature. It helps us to predict climate change,
chart the night sky and navigate the inner workings of the atom. The
technology we take for granted - mobile... |
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ITV plots future in which there is no escape from ads (01 October 04:30) |
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Television viewers who like to fast-forward through advertising breaks may
want to look away now. ITV is developing a new form of unavoidable
advertisement that can be embedded in televi... |
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Nokia pitches Tube into touchscreen tussle (01 October 04:30) |
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Nokia will join the most hotly contested consumer electronics battle this week
when it introduces its first touchscreen phone.
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Norway starts legal strike against iTunes (29 September 11:03) |
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The might of Apple’s iTunes music store business is under threat - from
Norweigan legislators.
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BT rolls out Phorm web tracking (29 September 08:12) |
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Thousands of BT broadband customers are to have their internet usage tracked
so they can be sent targeted online advertising in a final trial before the
service is launched network-wide.... |
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Grid of 100,000 computers heralds new internet dawn (29 September 04:30) |
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The dawn of a new internet age has begun. A network of supercomputers, known
as the Grid, is to revolutionise the speed at which information is
downloaded to personal computers.
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‘One-stop shop’ to keep children safe on internet (29 September 04:30) |
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Help is at hand for parents who fear for their children’s safety while using
the internet with the launch today of a government scheme aimed at keeping
children safe in cyberspace.
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Attack of the androids: Google's new phone (28 September 04:30) |
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The G1 phone, the first mobile handset running the new Google-backed Android
software, promises to change your life. You’ll be able to locate where your
friends are without having to c... |
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Thou shalt not upload: religious leaders draw up Ten Blogging Commandments (26 September 10:20) |
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Ruth Gledhill's Articles of
Faith (never knowingly updated on the Sabbath)
Mousetrap
blog: suggest your own web commandments
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Jetman Yves Rossy makes history with successful Channel crossing (26 September 05:59) |
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Graphic: Flying
with Fusionman | Bremner:
my day with Rossy
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Clouds clear for Jetman Yves Rossy to retry Channel crossing (26 September 04:00) |
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Graphic: Flying
with Fusionman | Bremner:
my day with Rossy
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Gamer arrested over computer link to knife murder of Matthew Pyke (26 September 04:30) |
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Mousetrap weblog: Don't
blame the internet for murder
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Human airbag will cushion fall of OAPs (25 September 08:26) |
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Japan’s ageing crisis has left the country with a unique catalogue of
problems, among them a spiralling pensions shortfall and a surprising rise
in crimes committed by the elderly.
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Weather forces Yves Rossy to delay human jet crossing of Channel (25 September 05:18) |
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Graphic: Flying
with Fusionman
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Yves Rossy attempts to become first human jet to cross the Channel (25 September 04:31) |
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Graphic: Flying
with Fusionman
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MySpace changes tune on streaming as music groups back its challenge to Apple (25 September 04:30) |
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Mousetrap
weblog: Sony Ericsson's unlimited music offering
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Father of the internet: 'web is running out of addresses' (24 September 09:25) |
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The world is about to run out of the internet addresses that allow computers
to identify each other and communicate, the man who invented the system has
told The Times.
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Ryanair to offer in-flight mobile calls within days (24 September 04:07) |
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Ryanair passengers will be using mobile phones in-flight within two weeks.
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EU sends tough message on cost of texting abroad (24 September 04:30) |
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European regulators are set for another bruising battle against mobile phone
operators after announcing a campaign yesterday to slash the cost of sending
a text message or down-loading d... |
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Google phone offers 'web in the palm of your hand' (23 September 10:14) |
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Mousetrap blog: A
$250,000 snub for the Google phone
The first mobile phone powered by Google was launched today, ready to do
battle with Apple$’s iPhone for the top spot on tech addi... |
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Google phone - the first review (23 September 08:08) |
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Mousetrap blog: A
$250,000 snub for the Google phone$
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YouTube treads fine line over Finnish gunman video (23 September 06:56) |
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Within a couple of hours of the shootings in Kaujahoki, several videos posted
by the YouTube user Wumpscut86 had been taken down by the site.
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Blow for CDs as Sandisk launches 'slotMusic' (23 September 12:15) |
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Blog: Mousetrap Technology
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Google prepares to launch HTC Android phone (22 September 04:35) |
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The new phone powered by Google is set to launch tomorrow, ready to face off
against Apple’s iPhone in the run up to Christmas.
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Japan hopes to turn sci-fi into reality with elevator to the stars (22 September 04:31) |
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From cyborg housemaids and waterpowered cars to dog translators and rocket
boots, Japanese boffins have racked up plenty of near-misses in the quest to
turn science fiction into reality.... |
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Dissident websites crippled by Burma on anniversary of revolt (22 September 04:30) |
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A year after e-mailed images of its brutal crackdown against democracy
demonstrations were transmitted across the world, Burma has launched a
ferocious “cyber-war” against dissidents... |
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Apple’s straitjacket: music you can wear (21 September 04:30) |
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Last week British music lovers were celebrating finally being able to buy
tracks from major record labels without them being crippled by draconian
antipiracy usage restrictions, writes A... |
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Hacker who broke into Sarah Palin's e-mail says it was easy (19 September 04:26) |
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A person claiming to be the hacker who accessed Sarah Palin’s private e-mail
account has posted online a supposedly first-person account of the easy
steps they took to impersonate the ... |
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Google co-founder is pre-disposed to Parkinson's (19 September 03:10) |
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Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google, has revealed that he has a
genetic mutation which increases his chances of contracting Parkinson’s
disease.
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin is pre-disposed to Parkinson's (19 September 03:10) |
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Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google, has revealed that he has a
genetic mutation which increases his chances of contracting Parkinson’s
disease.
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin is predisposed to Parkinson's (19 September 03:10) |
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Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google, has revealed that he has a
genetic mutation which increases his chances of contracting Parkinson’s
disease.
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Cambridge reveals the time-eater, Chronophage, devourer of hours (19 September 04:30) |
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They call it the time-eater. Tonight, a monster will begin measuring the
passage of time using new and decidedly sinister technology outside one of
Britain’s most prestigious colleges.... |
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Microsoft drop Seinfeld in new ad campaign (18 September 04:47) |
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“Hello, I’m a PC and I’ve been made into a stereotype.”
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Microsoft drops Seinfeld in new ad campaign (18 September 04:47) |
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Watch
the new Microsoft ads here
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‘Big bang machine’ is back on collision course after its glitches are fixed (18 September 04:30) |
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The Large Hadron Collider is ready to start smashing its first particles
together early next week, after glitches with the £3.6 billion “big bang
machine” were fixed by engineers.
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YouTube pulls the plug on homages to gang violence (18 September 04:30) |
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YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing website, this week removed over two
dozen videos glorifying gangs and gang violence which had been on its
website in some cases for over 18 m... |
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