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Experts question BT’s fibre trial

Analysts question the effectiveness of BT’s fibre trial, which offers speeds of up to only 10 Mbps.
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Jail sentence for botnet creator

A malicious hacker who hijacked hundreds of PCs will serve almost four years in jail for his crimes.
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Hands off

Musicians could one day play using the power of the mind
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Green into gold

IT companies flex their green credentials - but how are they doing?
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Conmen abuse web checks

Weaknesses in the way addresses are checked online help fraudsters cash in, says a security firm.
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‘Lower prices’ boost mobile data

Europeans are using mobile data more than ever before thanks to lower prices, says an industry survey.
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IT giant founds carers’ network

Intel is launching an online community to connect UK’s unpaid carers
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Card details stolen in web hack

Card details of up to 38,000 customers are stolen after the Cotton Trader website is hacked, the BBC learns.
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US firms to block child sex sites

Three of the biggest US ISPs agree to block child sex abuse groups and remove the material from servers.
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BT offers to ’speed up broadband’

BT says it can boost consumers’ home broadband speeds for a

Microsoft’s standards bid stalled

Four nations appeal against a decision to ratify Microsoft’s document format as an open standard.
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Pole position

Fancy racing Lewis Hamilton from the comfort of your sofa?
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Road ahead

What does the future hold for Yahoo post-Microsoft?
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Conmen abuse web address checks

Weaknesses in the way addresses are checked online help fraudsters cash in, says a security firm.
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iPhone fever

A look at what the future holds for Apple’s iPhone
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Web users ‘fear media intrusion’

Most users of social networking websites are concerned about media intrusion, a survey suggests.
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BT Vision charges for BBC content

BT starts charging users of its TV service for on-demand BBC content, which is available for free on the iPlayer.
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Google accused over privacy law

Search engine giant Google is urged to comply with California law and provide a homepage privacy policy link.
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Call to prosecute BT for ad trial

BT should face prosecution for “illegal” trials of a controversial ad system, says a leading computer expert.
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Voluntary code for internet speed

The way broadband speeds are advertised is to be regulated under a voluntary code published by Ofcom.
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People Power

Bill Thompson on why video searching needs human help
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Yahoo ’sabotaged’ Microsoft deal

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn claims the Yahoo board deliberately “sabotaged” Microsoft’s bid.
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Google to get space age home

Google announces plans to build a massive new high-tech campus on unused land owned by Nasa.
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Yahoo ‘listening’ to Microsoft

Yahoo’s boss says Microsoft is no longer interested in buying it but the two firms are still talking to each other.
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Call for controls on BBC website

There should be tighter controls on the BBC website to prevent it stifling commercial rivals, the BBC Trust says.
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EU calls for net address upgrade

Time is running out for Europe to embrace the net’s new addressing system, Brussels warns.
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PC generated abuse ‘banned’

Computer-generated images and drawings of child sex abuse would be made illegal under new proposals.
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Dell joins cut-down laptop market

Computer giant Dell is the latest firm to offer a cut-down laptop aimed at the developing world.
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Microsoft demos ‘touch Windows’

Software giant Microsoft gives a sneak peek of its next operating system, Windows 7, at a conference.
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Colombia signs up for XO laptop

The Caldas region of Colombia is buying 65,000 XO laptops for schoolchildren throughout the state.
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Mapping the future

Google pinpoints future of web developments
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Sceptics question Microsoft move

Open source advocates question Microsoft’s pledge to using open document standards in the future.
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Web worlds ‘useful’ for children

Virtual worlds can be good places for children to learn many useful social skills, reveals research.
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Key masters

How maths could make encrypting data less of a chore
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Microsoft offers cashback search

Microsoft is offering shoppers cash rebates to use its new service in a bid to close the gap on market leader Google.
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Rural homes ‘lead broadband UK’

Rural households are now more likely to have a broadband connection than towns, says an Ofcom report.
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Net downloads to get age ratings

Games and videos downloaded from the web are to be policed by a voluntary age rating scheme.
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Nokia responds to gamers’ anger

Mobile giant Nokia says it will allow people to transfer games between its handsets following protests.
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Design revamp for ‘$100 laptop’

Future versions of the OLPC laptop will be a dual-screen, e-book device that will cost just $75.
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Fight for Yahoo board postponed

Yahoo postpones its annual meeting after investor Carl Icahn threatened to launch a battle to oust the board.
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