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| Gamers are creating their own environments in new games such as Spore, created by guru Will Wright. |
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| Ofcom rethinks ban on iPod gadget |
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| Ofcom is working on an EU-wide standard for a banned device which transmits songs from iPods. |
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| Broadband boost helps BT results |
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| BT reports a 6% rise in annual revenues, with a strong rise in broadband incomes offsetting a drop in its fixed-line unit. |
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| War vets feature in US army game |
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| The US Army is putting soldiers who fought in Iraq into its game in a bid to put a human face on its operations. |
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| Wireless boost for British cities |
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| A dozen UK cities are getting wireless internet zones as part of a project by telecoms giant BT. |
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| Five universities unite in an attempt to design a new generation of tiny electronic circuits for computers and other devices. |
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| Central Park to be wireless hub |
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| New York announces plans to offer free wireless internet connections in Central Park from this summer. |
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| Apple moves all laptops to Intel |
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| Apple has moved closer to completing its shift to Intel chips with the launch of new consumer Macbook models. |
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| Satellite radio in recordings row |
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| US satellite broadcaster XM is being sued over a gadget that lets people record what they are listening to. |
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| Web attacks end anti-spam effort |
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| Net attacks by spammers have forced an Israeli firm to abandon its campaign to curb the growth of junk mail. |
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| Yahoo homepage gets make-over |
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| Search giant Yahoo is revamping its home page to introduce customisation tools for visitors. |
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| MTV targets music download market |
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| MTV, the TV firm credited with popularising music videos, is entering the digital download market. |
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| Gamers to help create web record |
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| Games fans are being asked to contribute to an online encyclopaedia to complete a history of videogames. |
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| Nintendo steals the show at E3 |
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| Nintendo makes a big splash with its Wii console at the games industry annual trade show, E3. |
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| Gloves come off in console fight |
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| Sony and Microsoft have been trading verbal blows in their fight to dominate the video games business. |
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| Warning on search engine safety |
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| A research report reveals the riskiest phrases to use on net search sites. |
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| BBC starts to rock online world |
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| The BBC has rented an island in an online world to host a virtual version of Radio 1s Big Weekend pop concert. |
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| Plan for .xxx domain dropped |
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| Internet regulators reject plans to create a domain for pornography websites ending with the .xxx suffix. |
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| BBC revamps website search system |
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| Users should find it easier to seek out programmes as the BBC revamps its search system. |
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| Sony defends PlayStation 3 models |
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| Sony has said it is giving consumers a choice by offering two versions of its PlayStation 3 console. |
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| Cable firm NTL to cut 6,000 jobs |
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| Cable TV firm NTL unveils plans to cut or outsource 6,000 jobs by the end of next year. |
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| BBC steps up high definition plan |
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| The BBC will screen Planet Earth and Bleak House in high definition for satellite viewers at the end of May. |
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| PlayStation 3 prices revealed |
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| The new PlayStation 3 will hit the shops in November, costing from $499, Sony announces. |
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| Warner to start movie downloads |
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| Warner Brothers is to sell downloads via the internet using the same technology blamed for illegal swapping. |
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| Microsoft ramps up Xbox 360 plans |
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| Microsoft says it will sell 10 million Xbox 360s by the time rivals Sony and Nintendo launch their new consoles. |
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| Nintendo shows new games console |
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| Japanese games giant Nintendo shows off its new Wii games console, but does not set a launch price. |
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| Yahoo unveils new advert system |
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| Internet giant Yahoo is on Monday due to launch an upgrade to its web search advertising system. |
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| Beatles lose Apple court battle |
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| The Beatles lose their High Court battle with Apple Computer over its iTunes download store. |
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| Petrol firm suspends chip-and-pin |
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| Shell suspends chip-and-pin payments at 600 UK petrol stations after eight arrests in a fraud inquiry. |
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