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feed text Huawei in competition complaint
Fri, 25 May 2012 01:53:51 GMT
China's Huawei files a competition complaint against US firm InterDigital with European Union regulators.
text New Facebook app copies Instagram
Thu, 24 May 2012 19:10:19 GMT
The social network's new photography app appears to replicate many features of Instagram which it is buying for $1bn.
text Cookie use deadline approaches
Thu, 24 May 2012 23:01:16 GMT
The deadline for UK websites to comply with new cookie regulations is set to pass, with most sites expected to be in breach of the rules.
text Sir Jonathan reaffirms Apple role
Thu, 24 May 2012 10:29:14 GMT
As he receives his knighthood, Apple's design head Sir Jonathan Ive tells the BBC of his desire to stay at the firm.
text Russian spam mastermind jailed
Thu, 24 May 2012 12:41:42 GMT
A cybercrime mastermind who hijacked the PCs of more than 30 million people has been jailed for four years.
text London to become smart city lab
Thu, 24 May 2012 18:50:17 GMT
Intel, in partnership with Imperial university and University College, will use London as a lab for testing tech for future cities.
text Yahoo launches visual search app
Thu, 24 May 2012 11:35:24 GMT
Yahoo tries to attract search queries via a new service which offers visual webpage previews rather than lists of links
text Hewlett-Packard cuts 27,000 jobs
Wed, 23 May 2012 21:34:58 GMT
Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest computer maker, is to cut 27,000 jobs by the end of 2014 as part of a drive to "simplify" the business.
text Met adopts fingerprint scanners
Thu, 24 May 2012 12:37:17 GMT
Scotland Yard has equipped its officers with mobile fingerprint scanners to identify suspects while on the streets.
text China arrests ID theft suspects
Thu, 24 May 2012 13:28:17 GMT
Scores of people believed to have run a large-scale operation selling personal data are arrested in Beijing.
text England to trial goal-line system
Thu, 24 May 2012 13:55:48 GMT
Goal-line technology will be tested at Wembley when England entertain Belgium in a friendly on 2 June.
text Google funds computer teaching
Wed, 23 May 2012 18:00:47 GMT
The search firm's chairman announces funds to place new computer science teachers in English schools.
text Raspberry Pi's budget challengers
Wed, 23 May 2012 12:54:06 GMT
Two Asian Android-based micro-PCs offer users an alternative to the British-designed project.
text Jury backs Google in Oracle fight
Wed, 23 May 2012 19:23:16 GMT
Internet giant Google did not infringe patents belonging to software developer Oracle, a court in California has ruled.
text Millions facing 4G TV disruption
Wed, 23 May 2012 16:01:15 GMT
When 4G services start rolling out next year, two million homes will find it affects their TV signal, Freeview's boss warns.
text Dell focuses on touchscreen PCs
Wed, 23 May 2012 10:14:24 GMT
The US computer maker hopes new Windows 8 touchscreen computers can turn around a slump in sales to consumers.
text Microsoft opens up So.cl network
Tue, 22 May 2012 12:54:34 GMT
The search result sharing service allows members of the public to sign up and view each other's "collages of content".
text Diablo sets PC game launch record
Wed, 23 May 2012 16:47:35 GMT
Diablo 3's publisher says it has become the fastest-selling PC-based videogame despite launch glitches.
text Google rejects porn block rules
Wed, 23 May 2012 11:44:51 GMT
During a debate hosted by Google, the search giant says that automatic porn filters are a mistake.
text VIDEO: How to water a farm with a phone
Tue, 22 May 2012 07:34:14 GMT
Farmers in India use mobile phone technology to help ease their workload
text VIDEO: Does web privacy have a price?
Wed, 09 May 2012 07:43:45 GMT
Stopping websites from using tracking software could have serious consequences on the users themselves
text VIDEO: How to stage an 'ant ballet'
Fri, 25 May 2012 00:19:23 GMT
Artist and designer Ollie Palmer explains how he has developed technology that he hopes will allow him to stage an "ant ballet".
text VIDEO: How to dissect a digital cadaver
Wed, 23 May 2012 23:28:59 GMT
Surgeon Aimee Di Marco demonstrates how a digital cadaver on a touchscreen dissection table can be used to teach students and plan operations.
Scientists are awaiting the announcement of a decision on where the world's biggest and most powerful radio telescope will be built.
text VIDEO: Hitchcock's first film restored
Wed, 23 May 2012 23:34:59 GMT
Alfred Hitchcock's debut feature film, The Pleasure Garden, has been restored by the British Film Institute (BFI) as part of its celebration of the film-maker.
text AUDIO: Apple's Jonathan Ive: 'Beauty works'
Thu, 24 May 2012 08:52:18 GMT
Jonathan Ive says he is "fortunate" to be Apple's chief designer
text VIDEO: Hewlett-Packard to cut 27,000 jobs
Thu, 24 May 2012 22:19:59 GMT
Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest maker of personal computers, is to cut 27,000 jobs by the end of 2014.
text VIDEO: Online porn filters: 'dangerous step'
Thu, 24 May 2012 10:13:35 GMT
The government is considering introducing filters to block adult material as a default for internet customers to help parents stop their children seeing inappropriate material.
text VIDEO: TV remote control inventor dies
Wed, 23 May 2012 13:01:44 GMT
The inventor of the television remote control has died at the age of 96, his former employer has said.
text Virtual patient under the knife
Thu, 24 May 2012 01:43:20 GMT
A giant touchscreen patient aids surgical operations
text How to sell cookies to the public
Fri, 25 May 2012 00:19:10 GMT
Why new cookie rules have angered the advertising industry
text Java dispute's unresolved issue
Thu, 24 May 2012 15:33:39 GMT
Developers fret over an unresolved issue in the Google-Oracle trial
text How can 1.2bn people be identified?
Wed, 23 May 2012 02:58:07 GMT
India's ultra-modern plan to ID a billion people
text Stepping down from ARM Holdings
Tue, 22 May 2012 06:39:55 GMT
The chip designer's co-founder Tudor Brown on its past successes and future plans
text China's billion phone app market
Mon, 21 May 2012 23:12:28 GMT
China embraces the smartphone app economy
text Robo-fish to 'police' the oceans
Tue, 22 May 2012 05:08:34 GMT
Spain puts pollution-checking robotic fish to the test

Thousands march for peace in Mexico
text Thousands march for peace in Mexico TENS of thousands of people have marched in Mexico's second most populous city, angry at the inability of authorities to end a crime wave. (heraldsun world)
Fake Android apps scam cost users £28,000
text Fake Android apps scam cost users £28,000 Malicious Android apps posed as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope in a scam that used premium rate text messages to defraud customers of £27,850. (telegraph technology)
First creature to walk on land 'dragged itself along' - like it was on crutches
text First creature to walk on land 'dragged itself along' - like it was on crutches The creature lived in floodplains on what is now Greenland during a period known geologically as the Devonian period - about 360 to 410 million years ago. (dailymail sciencetech)