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open new window Ofcom wants Openreach price cut 02/06/2012 05:18 AM
Telecoms regulator Ofcom tells BT Group to cut the wholesale prices it charges for use of its lines
open new window New headphones find the right ear 02/06/2012 11:27 AM
Researchers develop headphones which can detect which speaker is in which ear, to provide the correct audio stream.
open new window Transplant jaw made by 3D printer 02/06/2012 07:07 AM
An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.
open new window Acta protests spread over Europe 02/06/2012 07:23 AM
Dozens of protests are planned across Europe in opposition to the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
open new window Web firms remove India material 02/06/2012 02:56 AM
Facebook and Google tell a court in India they have complied with an order to remove "objectionable" material, amid ongoing legal moves on censorship.
open new window FBI probes Anonymous phone hack 02/03/2012 04:45 PM
The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.
open new window Apple overturns Motorola's ban 02/03/2012 09:10 AM
Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.
open new window MPs fear far-right terror threat 02/05/2012 07:48 PM
MPs call on internet service providers to make greater efforts to remove violent extremist material.
open new window Olympus calls shareholder meeting 02/05/2012 08:40 PM
Olympus shareholders will get the chance to question management about the accounting scandal as the firm calls an emergency meeting.
open new window Hackers fool bank security system 02/02/2012 09:12 AM
Criminal hackers have found ways around new security devices used for online banking, the BBC has learned.

CNN


open new window Inside story of Foxconn shrouded in secrecy 02/06/2012 02:51 PM
We meet her by chance on the side of a road. She looks the very model of a Chinese factory worker: young, vibrant, dressed in the cheap brand-name knockoff fashions so common of poor rural villages.
open new window Apple plant workers complain of conditions 02/06/2012 09:10 AM
Miss Chen stares curiously at the iPad. Even though she works overtime in a factory in southwestern China that manufactures them, she's never seen the finished product.
open new window Q&A: Apple's China supplier in the spotlight 02/05/2012 11:00 PM
Earlier this month Apple released its annual supplier responsibility report which detailed alleged workplace health and safety protocol violations by its suppliers.
open new window The 20 most entertaining Super Bowl tweets 02/06/2012 08:28 AM
In the social media age, you don't need to be at a party to enjoy clever or catty comments about the Super Bowl.
open new window U.S. officials to get secure Android phones 02/03/2012 01:49 PM
Some U.S. officials this year are expected to get smartphones capable of handling classified government documents over cellular networks, according to people involved in the project.
open new window Really, he's on Twitter? 10 unlikely tweeters 02/02/2012 04:43 PM
See CNN's list of 10 well-known people whose Twitter accounts will cause you to do a double-take.
open new window What will the Facebook millionaires do? 02/02/2012 09:19 AM
Whenever a hugely popular and successful company goes public, many people wonder what will happen to all the newly created millionaires. What will they do now that they are financially "set for life"? Will there be "1,000 millionaires"? Will they suffer "sudden wealth syndrome"?
open new window How not to annoy people via e-mail 02/01/2012 08:23 AM
E-mail can be a lovely way to connect, an easy and instant medium for getting back or keeping in touch, a canvas for hellos and sorrys and XOXOs.
open new window UFC's White hacked after scrap with Anonymous 01/27/2012 11:26 AM
Dana White loves a good fight.
open new window Pinterest helps users catalog their passions 01/26/2012 09:05 AM
For Heather Neroy, it used to be a tedious process: Whenever she came across an interesting arts-and-crafts project or recipe on the Internet, she would save it for later by copying the link, pasting it into an e-mail and sending it to herself.

Associated Press


open new window Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox 02/06/2012 02:24 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks....
open new window Verizon-Redbox deal adds to online video choices 02/06/2012 02:04 PM
A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix....
open new window For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life 02/04/2012 09:12 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker....
open new window Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site 02/04/2012 07:18 AM
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it....
open new window Google, Facebook remove content on India's order 02/06/2012 06:34 AM
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy, media reported Monday....
open new window Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats? 02/06/2012 09:44 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth....
open new window Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call 02/03/2012 10:04 PM
LONDON (AP) -- Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet....
open new window EU probes new Google privacy policy 02/03/2012 09:53 AM
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn't break the bloc's data protection laws....
open new window HP awards new CEO Whitman with $16.5M pay package 02/03/2012 04:30 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. ushered in Meg Whitman as its CEO with a $16.5 million compensation package that hinges on the one-time politician's ability to lift the stumbling technology company's stock price during the next two years....
open new window Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give 02/03/2012 08:59 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though....

Courier Mail


open new window 'Give me $1m and a chicken and I'll make you a dinosaur' 11/08/2011 06:03 PM
TWENTY years from now, every family will have a pet “dinosaur” in their backyard if Jurassic Park palaeontologist Dr Jack Horner has his way.
open new window Optus unveils its NBN prices 11/08/2011 04:01 PM
OPTUS has released the cost of its internet plans to be delivered over the national broadband network (NBN).
open new window Australia, your Google eBooks have arrived 11/07/2011 09:44 PM
GOOGLE launches Google eBooks in Australia, a service they claim is all about choice.
open new window Aussies hang up on telcos 11/06/2011 10:12 PM
THE telco industry's annual report card shows complaints have risen by 18 per cent - and it's not just Vodafone.
open new window Japan computer smashes speed record 11/04/2011 07:00 AM
A JAPANESE supercomputer has broken its own record as the world's fastest machine by performing 10 quadrillion calculations per second, its developers announced.
open new window E-readers? It's the neverending story 11/04/2011 07:00 AM
ONCE the domain of the technologically savvy, ebooks are finding increasing popularity elsewhere.
open new window Switched on Aussie kids are global net leaders 11/04/2011 06:00 AM
STUDY finds the average Australian child first goes online just before they turn eight.
open new window Battery bug hits Apple iOS 5 update 11/02/2011 06:39 PM
THE Apples are running low on juice, say thousands of Apple device users that are experiencing low battery lives on their products after installing an iOS5 software update.
open new window The world's most expensive tablet 11/02/2011 05:31 PM
AN iPad 2 encrusted with gold, diamonds and shaved Tyrannosaurus rex bone has been created by a British luxury goods specialist.
open new window New app allows instant price comparison 11/02/2011 12:09 AM
NEW weapon launched in the retail price war - an app that allows  customers to scan prices at competitors' stores to see if they are cheaper at Big W.
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