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Smartphone keys get quantum trick
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:04:36 GMT
A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.
China shuts down hacking website
Publish Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:12:16 GMT
Three people are arrested as China's largest training website for hackers is shut down, state media reports.
Pirate bill could 'breach rights'
Publish Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:49:45 GMT
An influential group of MPs and peers says the government's plans on illegal file-sharing could breach the rights of net users.
Shuttle makes final night flight
Publish Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:17:24 GMT
The US space agency (Nasa) has launched its shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Microsoft tackles 17-year-old bug
Publish Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:36:02 GMT
A 17-year-old vulnerability that dates from the days of DOS is being patched in Microsoft's February security update.
IT glitch causes more tax errors
Publish Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:50:32 GMT
Revenue staff tip off Radio 4's Money Box that there are more tax code problems than their bosses are admitting to.
US objects to Google books plan
Publish Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:54:03 GMT
The US Department of Justice says that it is still not satisfied with a deal that would allow Google to build a digital library.
Facebook dominates UK mobile use
Publish Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:12:07 GMT
Facebook accounts for nearly half of all the time people in the UK spend going online using their phones, according to figures.
Site 'crowdsources' climate data
Publish Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:02:29 GMT
The European Environment Agency launches a web tool to encourage citizens to log air and water quality in their area.
Bid for a Dalek - Doctor Who props up for auction
Publish Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:06:54 GMT
A selection of props and costumes from BBC One's Doctor Who are to go under the hammer in London later this month.
dot.Rory
Publish Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:41:27 GMT
Who else will use BT's broadband network?
Robo-soldiers
Publish Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:36:36 GMT
Can 'well-behaved' robots make the battlefield safer?
Computing Ace
Publish Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:15:39 GMT
The computer that laid the foundations of the internet
Spaceman
Publish Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:03:02 GMT
America ponders the options for a big rocket
Personal politics
Publish Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:45:55 GMT
How the web has become a powerful tool of protest
Brick dreams
Publish Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:17:36 GMT
Lego is no longer just a pursuit for children
Symbian switches to open source
Publish Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:02:59 GMT
The group behind the popular smartphone operating system - Symbian - is giving away "billions of dollars" of code for free.
Cambridge to study video games
Publish Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:10:28 GMT
Academics are to study computer games and comics alongside the classics of children's literature.
Artificial pancreas diabetes hope
Publish Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:06:26 GMT
Scientists in Cambridge show that an "artificial pancreas" can be used to regulate blood sugar in children with Type 1 diabetes.
Phishing scam hits carbon permits
Publish Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:22:46 GMT
Online criminals have created fake carbon registries and managed to steal permits worth 3 million euros.
US teenagers 'tire of blogging'
Publish Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:51:58 GMT
A US study finds younger internet users lose interest in blogging and switch to shorter and more mobile forms of communication.
Libya 'must halt web crackdown'
Publish Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:34:53 GMT
Libya must stop cracking down on opposition websites and other site like YouTube, Human Rights Watch says.
ISP cleared of copyright charge
Publish Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:53:01 GMT
An Australian judge has ruled that ISP iiNet is not responsible for the illegal downloads of its customers.
Nokia maps reaches 1m users
Publish Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:19:57 GMT
Mobile company Nokia says that one person per second is downloading its free navigation software.
Mussolini iPhone app taken down
Publish Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:20:48 GMT
A controversial iphone application that allows users to download speeches by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is withdrawn.
Open society and open systems
Publish Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:06:49 GMT
Openness must be defended, says Bill Thompson.
The past is the future for tech
Publish Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:00:50 GMT
Bill Thompson keeps an eye on the future
The media and the message
Publish Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:51:06 GMT
Innovation is the key for papers says Bill Thompson
Keep cyberspace a public space
Publish Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:31:37 GMT
The online commons should be preserved for all, says regular commentator Bill Thompson.
Malaysian PM woos voters online
Publish Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:29:30 GMT
Malaysian politics moves on to the web
Montenegro's .me name gain
Publish Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:56:28 GMT
Montenegro's top level domain name .me has proved extremely popular with web users as it is snapped up in record numbers.
Will tablet PCs take off?
Publish Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:51:46 GMT
Tablets were shown off at the CES tech show but some are questioning their actual purpose.
Net scams profit from jobseekers
Publish Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:52:31 GMT
How scammers are targeting job seekers
Digital Revolution
Publish Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:23:55 GMT
Internet Blog
Publish Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:26:10 GMT