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 | Google sidesteps mobile reports |
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| Google refuses to deny mounting speculation that it is working to produce its own brand mobile phone. |
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| Halt e-voting, says election body |
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| Web and phone voting pilots should halt until elections are modernised, the Electoral Commission says. |
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| net speed tests |
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| A Which? survey finds a big gap between advertised and actual broadband speeds in the UK. |
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| Crack down on US mod chip sellers |
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| Raids are carried out in 16 US states in a bid to clamp down on the sale of mod chips for game consoles. |
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| Nokia opens India design studio |
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| Mobile phone firm Nokia teams up with a design school in Bangalore to open its first studio in India. |
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| Eminem sues Apple over downloads |
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| Rap star Eminem is suing Apple for allegedly offering his songs as downloads on iTunes without permission. |
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| Teachers in websites closure call |
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| A union calls for websites such as YouTube to be shut down to prevent pupils and staff being bullied online. |
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| Music and vice top games awards |
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| Guitar Hero II will go head to head with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories at the 25th Golden Joystick awards. |
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| Robot fins to propel submarines |
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| The distinctive swimming technique of the bluegill sunfish is used to develop agile submarines. |
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| Robots battle for military prize |
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| The finalists of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) "grand challenge" to find new military technology are announced |
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| EU moves to cut roaming charges |
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| Mobile phone companies are to cut the cost of customers making and receiving calls between EU countries by up to 70%. |
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| Cautious welcome for BBC iPlayer |
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| The first people to use the iPlayer service post broadly positive comments about the video service. |
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| Web child fight videos attacked |
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| Police chiefs urge websites to remove violent video footage of children fighting, following a BBC probe. |
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| Game worlds show their human side |
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| Social scientists are starting to use game worlds as laboratories to study human interaction. |
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| Malaysia cracks down on bloggers |
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| Malaysia threatens to use anti-terrorism laws against bloggers who insult Islam or the king. |
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| Sony up despite Playstation woes |
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| Sony quarterly profits more than double on demand for its cameras despite problems with its games console. |
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| Crackdown wins innovation prize |
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| Xbox 360 title Crackdown is among winners at an award ceremony for games developers. |
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| Huge Chinese piracy ring tackled |
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| Pirated software worth $500m has been seized in raids against a Chinese software gang. |
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| Facebook court hearing is delayed |
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| A hearing in the case against the founder of the networking website Facebook is postponed. |
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| Mac and iPhone sales boost Apple |
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| Apple reports much better than expected three month results, helped by sales of Macs and iPhones. |
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| Competition hits Lara Croft firm |
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| The computer games maker behind the popular Lara Croft adventure says sales will be hurt by pricing pressure. |
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| iPlayer faces petition pressure |
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| An online petition calls on the BBC to halt the launch of its iPlayer to a Windows-only audience. |
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| Antique engines inspire nano chip |
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| The blueprint for a tiny, rugged mechanical computer has been inspired by ideas put forward 200 years ago. |
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| Facebook site faces fraud claim |
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| The founder of social networking site Facebook is facing a legal action in the US claiming he stole ideas. |
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| MySpace bars 29,000 sex offenders |
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| Social networking website MySpace blocks over 29,000 sex offenders, a four-fold increase on May. |
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| Search sites tackle privacy fears |
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| Top search engines from Microsoft, Yahoo and Ask say they will store less data about users and delete it sooner. |
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| Digital TV booking scheme for GPs |
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| Patients around the country will be able to book a GP appointment through their TV set. |
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| production begins |
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| A low-cost laptop, designed for children in developing countries, finally goes into mass production. |
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| New products boosting Microsoft |
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| Demand for the Vista Windows system and other products helps Microsoft to profits of $3.03bn, up 11% on last year. |
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