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London commuters ‘face card woe’

Thousands of Londoners using the public transport system may find their Oyster card no longer works after an electronic fault.
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Firms ‘miss’ social site success

Businesses are not making the most of social networking sites, say researchers.
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Software glitch hits iPhone fans

A glitch with the registration software for the iPhone means that many people in the UK are unable to use their devices.
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Net address fix foxes web users

The fix for a serious flaw in the net’s addressing system cuts some users off the web.
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Councils ‘happy not to sell data’

Councils say they are “more than happy” not to sell voters’ details after a report condemns the practice.
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Mexico probes online ‘hitmen ads’

Police in Mexico are investigating online classified ads purporting to offer contract killings.
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Spam experiment overloads inboxes

Security firm invites 50 people from around the world to surf unprotected for a month.
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Sinclair dreams of ‘flying cars’

Personal flying machines will be a reality, says home computer and electric car pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair.
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Court fines eBay over fake goods

A French court orders eBay to pay 40 million euros in damages to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing the sale of fake goods.
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Rhapsody embraces MP3 music files

US digital music service Rhapsody is the latest company to embrace MP3 downloads without copy restrictions.
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Airbus unveils carbon fibre plane

The Airbus A400M with hi-tech carbon fibre wings is unveiled to the public.
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The US teenager spreading peace over the net

A 16-year-old from New York State harnesses the power of online social networking to try and break a world record.
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Sony predicts TV and game profits

Sony announces its strategy to make its television and video game operations profitable in the current year.
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Digital switchover is ‘a mystery’

Many are still buying analogue TV sets unaware that they will soon need extra equipment to make them work, according to a report.
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Spam fighters lay down gauntlet

Recommendations for how ISPs can fight spam are issued by a global body dedicated to looking at the issue.
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Internet overhaul wins approval

A complete overhaul of the way people navigate the internet has been given the go ahead in Paris.
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Burma blocks emergency telecoms

Two teams of emergency telecoms workers leave cyclone-hit Burma after their efforts are blocked.
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Nintendo ‘least green tech firm’

Games firm Nintendo is bottom of a Greenpeace ranking of the world’s most eco-friendly electronics firms.
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Radio digital switchover proposed

Plans to move all UK radio stations to digital broadcasts are put forward in a report by a government working group.
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Youths ‘buy violent games online’

UK youngsters can illegally buy violent video games through online auction sites, a trading standards group says.
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BBC video service put to the test

The corporation’s plans to create on-demand, regional, video news comes under scrutiny by the regulator Ofcom.
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CCTV cameras ‘taught to listen’

CCTV cameras which use artificial intelligence software are being developed so they can “hear” sounds, researchers reveal.
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Nokia to take control of Symbian

Finnish phone giant Nokia is paying

One tonne ‘Baby’ marks its birth

Computer experts and historians celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of the first modern computer, known as Baby.
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Firefox claims download success

The creators of Firefox 3.0 say the software was downloaded more than 8 million times on release day.
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Sainsbury’s website glitch fixed

Sainsbury’s fixes a technical problem with its online ordering system, but deliveries will not resume until Saturday.
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Skills shortage hits games firms

UK games industry says a lack of suitable university courses is seriously affecting skills needed for developers.
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Sweden approves wiretapping law

Sweden’s parliament passes new laws on surveillance, labelled Europe’s most far-reaching eavesdropping plan.
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Law Lords consider UK hacker case

A man fighting US extradition for allegedly carrying out a “military computer hack” takes case to House of Lords.
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Altered state

Bill Thompson asks if web is changing the way we think
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Firefox launch

The features Mozilla hopes will put the new browser on the map
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More than chips

Intel goes all out to prove how diverse a company it is
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Experts unveil ‘cloak of silence’

Scientists show off the blueprint for an “acoustic cloak”, which could make objects impervious to sound.
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MySpace ready for makeover

MySpace prepares a major redesign next week as it tries to attract more casual users and increase the amount of time its members spend online.
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Nintendo dominates May sales

US sales of video game consoles and software were up 37% in April from a year ago, a research firm says.
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UK hacker’s case before Law Lords

A man fighting US extradition for allegedly carrying out a “military computer hack” takes his case to the House of Lords.
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Yahoo-Google sign net ad pact

Yahoo agrees a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use the search engine giant’s advertising technology.
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‘Darlings’ of UK games honoured

Two of the pioneers of the UK video games industry are recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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Spain treats child phone addicts

Two children in Spain are admitted to a mental health clinic to be treated for addiction to mobile phones.
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