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Cars set to get parental controls
Ford is to introduce a key-based security system that limits what younger drivers can do to the family car.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:05:21 GMT
DVD copying software gets pulled
RealNetworks is being pursued by six movie studios over software that makes copies of DVD films so they can be played on a PC.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:23:36 GMT
Fraudsters 'target bank accounts'
Credit restrictions in the financial crisis are causing identity fraudsters to target existing bank accounts, a report says.
Published: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:51:43 GMT
Oyster card hack details revealed
Dutch researchers reveal details of how they managed to copy the radio chips used on London's Oyster card.
Published: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:41:32 GMT
Search engine Ask gets a facelift
In a bid to claw back some users from Google, search site Ask is re-launching its front page.
Published: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:15:43 GMT
Europeans sought over hack attack
The FBI is seeking a British man and his German accomplice over attacks on web shops selling satellite TV equipment.
Published: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:10:44 GMT
eBay to slash workforce by 1,000
EBay, the world's largest online auction site, is set to cut 1,000 jobs - 10% of its workforce - with many more under threat.
Published: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:18:55 GMT
Music stars unite to seek control
Acts including Robbie Williams and Radiohead join a coalition to try to gain ownership and control of their music from record labels.
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:30:43 GMT
China 'spying on Skype messages'
Chinese officials are censoring messages sent through the internet service Skype, Canadian researchers say.
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:38:32 GMT
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Published: Wed, 21 May 2008 11:53:11 GMT
Tune your radio
Brazilians rule the radio waves via a social network
Published: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:34:24 GMT
User or loser
Bill Thompson on the importance of a good interface
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:21:30 GMT
Web of love
Dating sites show a world of difference among couples
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:49:55 GMT
Kosher calls
Ultra-orthodox Jews struggle with new technology
Published: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:58:21 GMT
Domestic bliss
Gadgets to put the fun in functional
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:48:21 GMT
Virtual dogfight
Real planes race simulations in the Spanish sky
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:24:13 GMT
Obama uses iPhone to win support
US Democratic candidate Barack Obama launches an application that could turn the iPhone into a political recruiting tool.
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:30:12 GMT
Music downloads avoid rate hike
A veiled threat to shut Apple's iTunes store recedes as a row over royalty rates is resolved.
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:22:31 GMT
Prizes for Live Search regulars
To boost use of its search page Microsoft is offering free prizes to regular users.
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:49:50 GMT
Nokia unveils new music service
Nokia announces details of its Comes With Music unlimited download service, and a new handset that will support it.
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:47:45 GMT
iTunes store shutdown feared
As royalty rates for digital music are to be set this week comments emerge from Apple about a possible closure of iTunes.
Published: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:09:57 GMT
Google 'Goliath' Microsoft says
Microsoft's boss says his firm is a "David" to Google's "Goliath" after its failure to grasp the importance of internet search.
Published: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:21:36 GMT
Minogue wins digital music gongs
Kylie Minogue scoops two gongs at the BT Digital Music Awards, which took place at The Roundhouse in London.
Published: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:44:51 GMT
Football focus
Gamers get a chance to be a virtual football star
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:33:55 GMT
Words of wisdom from Woz
Find your passion, follow your heart and don't let a lack of money stop you. Words of wisdom from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Published: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:05:01 GMT
A tour of the greenest museum
A peek at the world's most eco- friendly museum
Published: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:46:00 GMT
New vision for computing in Africa
Hi-tech help for the blind in Africa
Published: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:36:24 GMT
Ofcom sets out stall for fast net
The price of next-gen broadband should reflect how much it costs to invest in it, says regulator
Published: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:37:14 GMT
Secrets of new Star Wars game
Secrets of the new Star Wars game
Published: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:16:30 GMT
Mobiles combat polio in Kenya
Mobiles help combat Kenyan polio outbreak
Published: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:33:52 GMT
Satellite images aid polar voyage
Satellite imaging system helps polar navigation.
Published: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:45:46 GMT
A guide to Large Hadron Collider
An introduction to the world's biggest physics experiment
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:33:33 GMT
Google: Now we are 10
As Google turns ten it looks to its next decade
Published: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:11:11 GMT
Conference cull
How communities help Bill Thompson stay informed
Published: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:45:54 GMT
Are paper's days numbered?
Bill Thompson says the writing is on the wall for paper
Published: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:47:34 GMT
How not to monitor mobiles
Bill Thompson is worried that the methods we are using to keep kids safe on mobiles have stopped being useful.
Published: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:23:12 GMT
Going for online gold
Bill Thompson is keeping an eye on the Olympics but isn't interested in medal winners
Published: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:12:28 GMT
The importance of being there
Regular columnist Bill Thompson says the virtual world still needs a lot of work if it is to replace the real world.
Published: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:42:10 GMT
Making punishment fit the crime
Regular columnist Bill Thompson wonders about the punishment that should be meted out to copyright infringers.
Published: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:59:55 GMT
Changing the way we think
Bill Thompson asks if the web changes how we think
Published: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:16:50 GMT
Why the future is in your hands
The humble mobile phone looks set to become a multimedia, multi-function monster as more features are crammed inside it.
Published: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:21:40 GMT
The mobile future is calling
Developers are being urged to unleash their creativity and make the mobile future a reality and bring the world to everyone's phone.
Published: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:00:36 GMT
Google on Android's future
Google's director of mobile platforms explains his vision for Android, a new operating system for mobiles.
Published: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:56:15 GMT
Pupils reveal mobile snapshot
Students at a school in Tynemouth carry out a survey of mobile phone use as apart of the BBC's School Report project.
Published: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:29:19 GMT
Nokia morphs itself from within
Published: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:16:41 GMT
Getting more from Moore's Law
A look at some of the technologies that could allow the silicon industry to deliver faster, cheaper chips.
Published: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:02:16 GMT
Future directions in computing
A look at the future computing technologies which will go beyond Moore's Law.
Published: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:10:26 GMT
The man behind Moore's Law
BBC News interviews Gordon Moore, the man whose "law" has driven the computer revolution.
Published: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:50:04 GMT
Cleaning up in 'fab world'
A look inside the surreal and ultra-clean world of the silicon manufacturing plant.
Published: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:07:52 GMT
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Mercury, up close: New photos unveiled
A U.S. spacecraft beamed hundreds of photos of Mercury back to Earth on Tuesday after a close encounter with the planet closest to the sun. The images show scientists never-before-seen landscapes on the planet.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:30:48 EDT
Ozone hole bigger in 2008 than last year
The ozone hole over Antarctica in 2008 is larger in both size and ozone loss than last year, but not as large as in 2006, the European Space Agency said Tuesday.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:37:16 EDT
Commentary: Candidates pandering on coal
The Wall Street crisis notwithstanding, coal continues to embroil the presidential campaign into knots unlike any other issue in the swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:55:05 EDT
Review: Zune music player catching up to iPod
Slowly but surely, Microsoft's Zune is staking its claim as a legitimate alternative to Apple's iPod line of MP3 players.
Published: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:33:27 EDT
Three physicists share Nobel prize
An American physicist and two physicists from Japan will share this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, the Nobel Foundation announced Tuesday.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:20:46 EDT
Rangers raising young orphaned rhino
Read full story for latest details.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:01:22 EDT
Scientist: Holographic TV to become reality
Picture this: you're sat down for the Football World Cup final, or a long-awaited sequel to the Sex and the City movie and you're watching all the action unfold in 3D on your coffee table.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:15:53 EDT
Device to let parents limit teen drivers' speed
Read full story for latest details.
Published: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:02:47 EDT
An eco-friendly way to cool big trucks
More than 7 percent of the U.S.'s daily oil consumption is attributed to heavy-duty truck idling, according to estimates. Many truckers, while resting at truck stops, idle their engines in hot weather to cool their cabs. But now a company has developed an eco-friendly cooling device that works with the engine off.
Published: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:33:03 EDT
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BlackBerry Storm has touch screen you can feel
(AP)
AP - Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple Inc. with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology.
Published: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:41:34 GMT
Google gets into video games — with ads
(AP)
AP - Google Inc., the leader in online search and advertising, is muscling in on video game territory — though it won't exactly be in the form of a shoot 'em up game.
Published: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:06:07 GMT
Fabless future: Struggling AMD spins off factories
(AP)
AP - For years, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s scrappy image was best summed up by an insult that founder Jerry Sanders lobbed against rivals: "Real men have fabs."
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:53:56 GMT
YouTube flips switch on new sales channel
(AP)
AP - Online video leader YouTube has opened up its version of a home shopping network in its latest effort to wring more revenue from its massive audience and justify the $1.76 billion that Google Inc. paid for the site two years ago.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:29:57 GMT
Click-to-buy links for songs, games added to YouTube
(CNET)
CNET - Love that song in the latest "Where the hell is Matt?" video but have no idea what the hell it is? Wonder no more. Now YouTube will make it easier to identify songs and buy them instantly.
Published: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:57:00 GMT
YouTube links to online stores in money-making move
(AFP)
AFP - YouTube on Tuesday added links to online stores in a move crafted to pump more money from the hot video-sharing website Google bought nearly two years ago in a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:33:42 GMT
Analysts cut 2009 cell phone growth estimates
(Reuters)
Reuters - The global cell phone market should grow at much slower-than-expected rates next year as consumers put off buying new devices due to deepening economic concerns, according to forecasts from analysts.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:58:32 GMT
Wario, Kirby, Sonic return in new adventures
(AP)
AP - For a self-effacing, portly little plumber, Mario may be the most ambitious guy in video games. It's not enough that he has the most recognizable face in the industry; his parents at Nintendo have promoted him everywhere, from T-shirts and lunchboxes to cartoons and cell-phone ringtones. He's probably more familiar to kids of a certain generation than Mickey Mouse.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:06:55 GMT
Mono 2.0 Boosts Cross-Platform App Development
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The Mono project has just released Version 2.0 of its open-source implementation of Microsoft's .NET framework. Mono is both a runtime environment for applications and a kit for developers writing applications with C, as well as other Common Language Infrastructure languages developed by the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA).
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:04:17 GMT
Microsoft touts Touchless SDK
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Office Labs released Tuesday its Touchless SDK for developers to experiment with multi-touch technology.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:29:44 GMT
MySpace-HP picture alliance
(AFP)
AFP - MySpace and Hewlett Packard on Tuesday announced an alliance aimed at getting people to print out more of the billions of pictures digitally stored at the world's leading social networking website.
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:39:18 GMT
YouTube to sell music, games in revenue push
(Reuters)
Reuters - YouTube, the world's most popular video-sharing site, will start to sell music and video games and experiment with new advertising formats to grow revenue, executives said on Tuesday.
Published: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:09:08 GMT
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Gmail 'Mail Goggles' stymie drunk e-mailing
Here's the scenario: It's Friday night, and what began as an innocent happy-hour margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty.
Published: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 19:03:05 GMT
Internet videos show kids how to get high
The director of the White House war on drugs said on Monday that Internet videos that show people getting high pose a dangerous threat to teenagers by encouraging them to use drugs and alcohol.
Published: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:40:59 GMT
Judge bars RealNetworks' copying software
A federal judge has kept in place a temporary prohibition on RealNetworks Inc.'s distribution of software that lets consumers copy and store DVD movies on their personal computers and portable hard drives.
Published: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 00:34:43 GMT
YouTube to sell music, games in revenue push
YouTube, the world's most popular video-sharing site, will start to sell music and video games and experiment with new advertising formats to grow revenue, executives said on Tuesday.
Published: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:24:29 GMT
Bank savers run at the click of a mouse
Another high-profile banking failure has drawn attention to a different 21st-century phenomenon: as homes and businesses increasingly manage their finances online, mass withdrawals may be invisible.
Published: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:10:55 GMT
Video: 300 penguins airlifted back home
Oct. 6: More than 300 Magellan penguins who survived an accidental detour to tropical Brazil were airlifted back to colder waters. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports. (Nightly News)
Published: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:56:17 GMT
Ford 'MyKey' to set limits on teen driving
So you think junior is a little too lead-footed when he drives the family car? Starting next year, Ford Motor Co. will give you the power to do something about it.
Published: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:15:51 GMT
'Gizmo House' residents helped by technology
From the outside, the one-story pink house on the quiet, tree-lined street looks like any other in South Florida's suburbia. But once you go through the glass double doors, it's obvious: This home is different.
Published: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 18:49:50 GMT
Bugs in your iPhone? Blame Mercury
Internet Astrology doyenne Susan Miller isn?t surprised the Hubble repair mission scheduled for early this month had to be postponed due to yet another malfunction on the space telescope. What did they expect? Mercury is in retrograde!
Published: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:56:35 GMT
Ask.com revamps search for speed, relevancy
Assuming your company's name isn't a verb synonymous with looking things up online, how do you get Web surfers to not just try your search engine, but also frequent it?
Published: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:34:25 GMT
Are batteries are holding back the portable revolution?
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Google, Yahoo eye 'brief' delay in partnership
Google and Yahoo have decided to delay implementing a controversial search advertising partnership, Yahoo said on Friday.
Published: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:37:08 GMT
Apple says report of Jobs heart attack 'not true'
An Internet report claiming that Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has had a heart attack is not true, the company said on Friday.
Published: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 14:57:09 GMT
10 ways to waste time on the Web
Want to idle away a few minutes -- or hours? These sites will help you test your knowledge, name that tune, or write a haiku. You'll wonder where the time went.
Published: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:18:34 GMT
Obama campaign reaches out to iPhone users
Barack Obama's campaign is reaching out to iPhone users through a new application that will make it easier for them to call their friends in battleground states and encourage them to vote for the Democratic presidential candidate.
Published: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 23:05:06 GMT
Copyright board leaves royalty rate unchanged
The federal Copyright Royalty Board on Thursday left the royalty that songwriters receive on sales of CDs and digital downloads at 9.1 cents per song for the next five years.
Published: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 22:08:56 GMT
Touchscreens getting thumbs up
With Nokia announcing its first touchscreen phone, all major manufacturers will now have such phones on the market or in the works, hoping they will appeal to consumers the same way Apple's iPhone does.
Published: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:16:20 GMT
GPS 'spoofing' could threaten national security
Computers have been hacked for decades. But now, scientists at Cornell University and Virginia Tech are now warning about the dangers of "spoofing," or hacking into the Global Positioning System (GPS) that controls everything from car navigation to national power grids.
Published: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:52:59 GMT
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