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The online news app Flipboard is named best in show at the first Appys – an awards ceremony for mobile device software.

The online news app Flipboard is named best in show at the first Appys – an awards ceremony for mobile device software.

Sona Jobarteh is the first female kora virtuoso in a family renown for its mastery of the traditional West African instrument.

Glamorous images of late screen siren Jane Russell

Thousands of Londoners using the public transport system may find their Oyster card no longer works after an electronic fault.
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Businesses are not making the most of social networking sites, say researchers.
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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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The fix for a serious flaw in the net’s addressing system cuts some users off the web.
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Councils say they are ”more than happy” not to sell voters’ details after a report condemns the practice.
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Police in Mexico are investigating online classified ads purporting to offer contract killings.
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Security firm invites 50 people from around the world to surf unprotected for a month.
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Personal flying machines will be a reality, says home computer and electric car pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair.
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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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US digital music service Rhapsody is the latest company to embrace MP3 downloads without copy restrictions.
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The Airbus A400M with hi-tech carbon fibre wings is unveiled to the public.
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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 announces its strategy to make its television and video game operations profitable in the current year.
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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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Recommendations for how ISPs can fight spam are issued by a global body dedicated to looking at the issue.
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A complete overhaul of the way people navigate the internet has been given the go ahead in Paris.
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Two teams of emergency telecoms workers leave cyclone-hit Burma after their efforts are blocked.
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Games firm Nintendo is bottom of a Greenpeace ranking of the world’s most eco-friendly electronics firms.
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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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UK youngsters can illegally buy violent video games through online auction sites, a trading standards group says.
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The corporation’s plans to create on-demand, regional, video news comes under scrutiny by the regulator Ofcom.
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CCTV cameras which use artificial intelligence software are being developed so they can ”hear” sounds, researchers reveal.
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Finnish phone giant Nokia is paying

Computer experts and historians celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of the first modern computer, known as Baby.
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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 fixes a technical problem with its online ordering system, but deliveries will not resume until Saturday.
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UK games industry says a lack of suitable university courses is seriously affecting skills needed for developers.
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Sweden’s parliament passes new laws on surveillance, labelled Europe’s most far-reaching eavesdropping plan.
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A man fighting US extradition for allegedly carrying out a ”military computer hack” takes case to House of Lords.
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Bill Thompson asks if web is changing the way we think
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The features Mozilla hopes will put the new browser on the map
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Intel goes all out to prove how diverse a company it is
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Scientists show off the blueprint for an ”acoustic cloak”, which could make objects impervious to sound.
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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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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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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 agrees a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use the search engine giant’s advertising technology.
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Two of the pioneers of the UK video games industry are recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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Two children in Spain are admitted to a mental health clinic to be treated for addiction to mobile phones.
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Analysts question the effectiveness of BT’s fibre trial, which offers speeds of up to only 10 Mbps.
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A malicious hacker who hijacked hundreds of PCs will serve almost four years in jail for his crimes.
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Musicians could one day play using the power of the mind
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IT companies flex their green credentials – but how are they doing?
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Weaknesses in the way addresses are checked online help fraudsters cash in, says a security firm.
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Europeans are using mobile data more than ever before thanks to lower prices, says an industry survey.
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Intel is launching an online community to connect UK’s unpaid carers
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Card details of up to 38,000 customers are stolen after the Cotton Trader website is hacked, the BBC learns.
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Three of the biggest US ISPs agree to block child sex abuse groups and remove the material from servers.
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BT says it can boost consumers’ home broadband speeds for a

Four nations appeal against a decision to ratify Microsoft’s document format as an open standard.
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Fancy racing Lewis Hamilton from the comfort of your sofa?
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What does the future hold for Yahoo post-Microsoft?
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Weaknesses in the way addresses are checked online help fraudsters cash in, says a security firm.
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A look at what the future holds for Apple’s iPhone
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Most users of social networking websites are concerned about media intrusion, a survey suggests.
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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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Search engine giant Google is urged to comply with California law and provide a homepage privacy policy link.
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BT should face prosecution for ”illegal” trials of a controversial ad system, says a leading computer expert.
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The way broadband speeds are advertised is to be regulated under a voluntary code published by Ofcom.
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Bill Thompson on why video searching needs human help
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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn claims the Yahoo board deliberately ”sabotaged” Microsoft’s bid.
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Google announces plans to build a massive new high-tech campus on unused land owned by Nasa.
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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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There should be tighter controls on the BBC website to prevent it stifling commercial rivals, the BBC Trust says.
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Time is running out for Europe to embrace the net’s new addressing system, Brussels warns.
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Computer-generated images and drawings of child sex abuse would be made illegal under new proposals.
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Computer giant Dell is the latest firm to offer a cut-down laptop aimed at the developing world.
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Software giant Microsoft gives a sneak peek of its next operating system, Windows 7, at a conference.
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The Caldas region of Colombia is buying 65,000 XO laptops for schoolchildren throughout the state.
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Google pinpoints future of web developments
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Open source advocates question Microsoft’s pledge to using open document standards in the future.
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Virtual worlds can be good places for children to learn many useful social skills, reveals research.
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How maths could make encrypting data less of a chore
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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 households are now more likely to have a broadband connection than towns, says an Ofcom report.
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Games and videos downloaded from the web are to be policed by a voluntary age rating scheme.
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Mobile giant Nokia says it will allow people to transfer games between its handsets following protests.
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Future versions of the OLPC laptop will be a dual-screen, e-book device that will cost just $75.
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Yahoo postpones its annual meeting after investor Carl Icahn threatened to launch a battle to oust the board.
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Inside the company that helps secure the internet
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Napster launches the world’s largest online music store without digital rights management.
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Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are not producing ‘green’ enough consoles, says Greenpeace.
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Plans for a centralised database of all e-mail and phone calls in the UK are criticised by the IT industry.
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Age of Conan is a real competitor to World of Warcraft
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Why fully-automatic cars could mean the end of traffic jams
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Ministers are to consider plans for a database of every phone call made in the UK, as well as every e-mail sent, it emerges.
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Google says it is considering its response to Microsoft’s fresh attempts at doing a deal with Yahoo.
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An independent effort to develop the software originally designed for the $100 laptop is launched.
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Delays in implementing the net’s new addressing scheme could slow growth of the net economy, warns the OECD.
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US sales of video game consoles and software were up 47% in April from a year ago, a research firm says.
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The net portal fires back at a billionaire investor who wants to oust the present board of directors at Yahoo.
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Nato backs a new cyber defence centre in Estonia, following attacks on its internet structure.
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Microsoft joins forces with the makers of the ”$100 laptop” to make Windows XP available on the low-cost computers.
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A billionaire investor announces he will fight to oust the present board of directors at Yahoo.
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Bill Thompson on how to be safe and keep risk alive online
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