Saturday, 30 October 2010
How to make CCTV hear as well as see - Technology created by Cambridge-based Audio Analytic can detect aggression an... http://ow.ly/19ImWQ
JustGiving faces fees criticism - The UK's largest charity donation website is being accused of charging higher fees... http://ow.ly/19ImWT
Friday, 29 October 2010
YouTube co-founder Hurley steps down - YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley announces he is stepping down as chief executi... http://ow.ly/19HVfW
Broadband failure hits thousands - Thousands of homes across the UK are without internet broadband on Friday night. http://ow.ly/19HVfZ
Mass Effect 2 wins 'game of year' - The role-playing game has been voted the ultimate game of the year by fans at th... http://ow.ly/19HVg2
Wikipedia to open office in India - Online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, plans to open its first office outside the Unit... http://ow.ly/19HVg8
Europe targets wasteful gadgets - Gadgets that suck up hardly any power when in standby mode could result from a Eur... http://ow.ly/19HlvQ
Sony profits on PC and game sales - Japanese electronics company Sony Corp returns to profit thanks to strong sales ... http://ow.ly/19HlvT
Golden gallery - As the Golden Joystick awards get set to honour the best games of the year, look back at some of th... http://ow.ly/19HlvZ
How it feels to fly an Airbus A380 - Take a rare look on board and behind the scenes of the largest passenger plane ... http://ow.ly/19HlvW
Microsoft lifted by record sales - Microsoft announces a 51% rise in first-quarter profit, thanks to higher sales of... http://ow.ly/19Hlw2
Thursday, 28 October 2010
China claims supercomputer crown - China has wrested the title of the nation with the most powerful supercomputer on... http://ow.ly/19GMP8
MPs examine Google and net privacy - Conservative MP Robert Halfon explains why he is to open an MPs' debate in West... http://ow.ly/19GMPb
Tech Know: Making politicians sing - The brothers who trawl news reports to create music video stars and the artist ... http://ow.ly/19GbsV
Nintendo reports loss as sales fall - Nintendo has reported a half-year loss after being hit by falling sales and th... http://ow.ly/19GbsP
Is Microsoft ready for post-PC world? - It is thought Microsoft will report higher earnings for this quarter - but c... http://ow.ly/19GbsM
Big business forms cloud alliance - Big name firms get together to use their billion dollar clout to push for cloud ... http://ow.ly/19GbsS
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Dutch police warn botnet victims - Police in the Netherlands have taken the unusual step of using the servers comman... http://ow.ly/19FB1Q
UK net economy 'worth billions' - A study into how much the internet contributes to the UK economy says it is a larg... http://ow.ly/19FB1H
Re-usable rigs the North Sea's future? - Re-usable rigs could increase the productivity of the North Sea, after deca... http://ow.ly/19FB1N
Attempt to stem MySpace decline - When News Corporation bought MySpace back in 2005 it had the young, fashion consci... http://ow.ly/19FB1K
Speed test: How fast is fast broadband? - The BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones and his son Rufus tes... http://ow.ly/19F1Ue
File-sharing site shut down in US - A US court order has closed down one of the net's biggest file-sharing sites, Li... http://ow.ly/19F1Ub
Users lax about mobile security - Seven out of 10 people store sensitive information on their phones with no securit... http://ow.ly/19F1Uh
Wave your mobile - E-wallets could be an unlikely byproduct of the 2012 Olympics http://ow.ly/19F1Uk
Virgin speeds up UK cable network - Virgin Media is turning up the dial on its cable network, offering users some of... http://ow.ly/19F1Un
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Yahoo mail gets major revamp - Yahoo Mail is getting its biggest redesign since 2005 to make it a message hub for it... http://ow.ly/19ErTH
Hi-tech criminals target Vietnam - Vietnam's net domain has become a big favourite with web criminals, suggests rese... http://ow.ly/19ErTN
European sat-nav contract awarded - The German-led consortium SpaceOpal will run the satellite system that will form... http://ow.ly/19ErTK
Lady Gaga breaks YouTube record - Lady Gaga has set a new record for YouTube racking up more than one billion overal... http://ow.ly/19DQwI
China claims record for fastest train - Officials in China say they have set the world record for the fastest train ... http://ow.ly/19DQwC
Go beyond the PC, Microsoft urged - Microsoft's departing software boss warns that the firm's former strengths risk ... http://ow.ly/19DQwF
Lady Gaga breaks YouTube record - Lady Gaga has set a new record for YouTube racking up more than one billion overal... http://ow.ly/19DQwI
Monday, 25 October 2010
Stop and eject: Sony Walkman retires - The iconic portable tape player of the 1980s, the Sony Walkman, is ceasing pr... http://ow.ly/19DgG2
UK robots prepare for world cup - UK researchers are preparing one of the nation's first teams to compete in the 201... http://ow.ly/19DgG5
R.I.P. Sony Walkman (Snr) - Sony's tape Walkman has reached the end of side two. http://ow.ly/19DgG8
China 'rare earths' restriction feared - Rare earths are minerals which are used across a vast range of modern techn... http://ow.ly/19CH3e
Wikileaks responds to criticism - Wikileaks' Kristin Hraffnson discusses allegations about the behaviour of US and U... http://ow.ly/19CH3h
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Google's 'lessons' from data blunder - Britain's privacy watchdog is to look again at what personal information inte... http://ow.ly/19Cb8O
Low power = higher profit - Low-power computing is key for companies to cut costs. http://ow.ly/19Cb8L
Privacy body to re-examine Google - Britain's privacy watchdog is to look again at what personal information interne... http://ow.ly/19BPm8
Friday, 22 October 2010
Vodafone in $2.5bn India tax bill - The Indian tax authorities give Vodafone 30 days to pay a $2.5bn tax bill, despi... http://ow.ly/19AENY
One third of iPad users shun apps - A study of the habits of gadget users reveals wide differences in what they do w... http://ow.ly/19A5EN
Media black-out in Bournemouth - Students at Bournemouth University are avoiding all media for 24 hours as part of a... http://ow.ly/19A5EQ
Network gains - Data has now overtaken voice on mobile networks as 3G finally come of age. http://ow.ly/19A5ET
China unveils own mapping service - An official mapping service called Map World has been unveiled by the Chinese go... http://ow.ly/19A5EK
Thursday, 21 October 2010
MP says her blog is '70% fiction' - MP Nadine Dorries says the blog she writes on her constituency website is "70% f... http://ow.ly/19zwwc
Tech giants invest in social web - Facebook, Amazon and Zynga invest in a fund to help entrepreneurs develop applica... http://ow.ly/19zww6
Amazon profits boosted by Kindle - Sales of the Kindle help lift Amazon profits 16%, but news that the firm's costs ... http://ow.ly/19zww9
Your old PC as a work of art - The dominant themes of this year's Ars Electronica festival were waste and repair - w... http://ow.ly/19yU8V
Nokia planning to cut 1,800 jobs - Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia reports a profit for the third quarter but says ... http://ow.ly/19yU8J
Germans opt out of Google plans - About 3% of Germans have asked Google to blur images of their homes on the Street ... http://ow.ly/19yU8S
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Rural broadband to survive cuts - The government announces the location of the rural areas that will pilot super-fas... http://ow.ly/19ykFs
Hawk-Eye 'can meet Fifa's needs' - The inventor of Hawk-Eye says he has technology that can rule on the legitimacy o... http://ow.ly/19ykFm
Apple launches MacBook Air laptop - Apple uses the popularity of its iPhone and iPad to boost demand for its oldest ... http://ow.ly/19ykFp
RIM counters Apple tablet jibes - One of the CEOs of Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has hit back at Apple... http://ow.ly/19xJjM
Secrets of the 'anti-secrecy'sites - Are whistle-blowing sites setting information free or damaging the need for sec... http://ow.ly/19xJjS
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Google in breach of privacy law - The Canadian privacy commissioner finds that Google contravened privacy law by col... http://ow.ly/19xaHn
Global net users explode to 2bn - One third of the world's population will be online by the end of the year, accordi... http://ow.ly/19xaHq
Microsoft bets on cloud services - Microsoft takes on Google in wooing business customers with its next generation c... http://ow.ly/19xaHk
Users 'should get paid for data' - Firms that make use of the personal information people put online should pay for ... http://ow.ly/19wyOM
Xbox Kinect games announced - Xbox has revealed how many and what type of games are going to be available for the la... http://ow.ly/19wyOD
The PDF is dead, long live the PDF - Despite being criticised for security flaws and its usability, PDF use continue... http://ow.ly/19wyOG
Apple shares fall despite profits - Apple beat market expectations, but investors are disappointed at iPad sales. http://ow.ly/19wyOA
Online security scam revealed - Online shoppers are being warned to watch out for a new scam using systems designed ... http://ow.ly/19wyOJ
Monday, 18 October 2010
Apple shares fall despite profits - Apple shares drop 7% in after-hours trading, despite reporting expectations-beat... http://ow.ly/19vZGS
Top Microsoft executive resigns - Ray Ozzie, chief software architect of Microsoft and proponent of cloud computing,... http://ow.ly/19vZGP
Cyber threats: How do they threaten UK? - Computer attacks are among the biggest emerging threats to the UK, the gov... http://ow.ly/19vZGV
Somali phone cash transfer banned - Somali Islamist group al-Shabab orders mobile phone companies to stop their popu... http://ow.ly/19vZGY
Cyber crime among top UK threats - Computer attacks are among the biggest threats to the UK, Home Secretary Theresa ... http://ow.ly/19vmBe
Gates: 'Expertise' will keep net secure - Former chief executive of Microsoft, Bill Gates, has said there is no caus... http://ow.ly/19vmBh
UK net is "not ready" for future - The UK needs to improve its broadband systems to prepare for future uses, suggest... http://ow.ly/19vmBn
Satellite to demonstrate UK tech - The UK says it will build and launch a satellite to showcase the innovative space... http://ow.ly/19vmBk
Identity fraud now costs £1.9bn - Fraudsters obtain more than £1,000 from every identity they steal, official figure... http://ow.ly/19vmBq
Friday, 15 October 2010
Police tweet for 24 hour project - One of the UK's biggest police forces has been using the social networking site T... http://ow.ly/19sLUq
Gadgets aim to look after your health - LJ Rich looks at some of the gadgets designed to look after your health, on ... http://ow.ly/19sLUt
Crunch coming for broadband fibre - The next technological leap in broadband needs to be in the fibre optic cables t... http://ow.ly/19sLUk
French to bankroll music-buying - France is setting up a state-subsidised scheme to tempt people into buying more mu... http://ow.ly/19sLUn
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Ex-SAS man on 'Taliban' game - Medal of Honor's prequel book author Chris Ryan says the game's realism on Afghanista... http://ow.ly/19scAm
Medal of Honor game goes on sale - The controversial video game Medal of Honor has gone on sale despite calls by the... http://ow.ly/19scAp
Advertising revenues lift Google - Google's latest quarterly profits rise 32%, beating market expectations after hig... http://ow.ly/19scAv
Facebook and Skype in social deal - Facebook and Skype dial up a deal to make it easier to call friends and family o... http://ow.ly/19scAs
Bing deepens ties with Facebook - Microsoft's search engine begins showing users sites their Facebook friends like i... http://ow.ly/19rCQ5
Police in 24-hour Twitter project - Greater Manchester Police started using Twitter to highlight the amount of work ... http://ow.ly/19rCQ8
Bobbies on the tweet: Police in twitter project - Greater Manchester Police is "tweeting" every incident it deals wi... http://ow.ly/19rCPZ
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Facebook offers temporary log-ins - Facebook claims to have tightened security with one-time passwords but not every... http://ow.ly/19r3Pk
UK services 'face cyber threat' - The UK's critical infrastructure - such as power grids and emergency services - fa... http://ow.ly/19qvQU
Facebook makes copycats of us all - A study of Facebook app shows that social influence "switches on", driving mass ... http://ow.ly/19qvQR
How Facebook knows your contacts - Rory Cellan-Jones finds dozens of contacts when he sets up a Facebook account usi... http://ow.ly/19qvQO
Two million US PCs hijacked - The US leads the world in numbers of Windows PCs that are part of networks of hijacked... http://ow.ly/19qvQL
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Disabled to get better web access - The UK government has pledged to improve web access for the disabled by the time... http://ow.ly/19pXJv
Profits killing personal privacy - Personal privacy is in danger of being killed off by the profit-making motives of... http://ow.ly/19pXJs
Battle for TV screens heating-up - The future of TV is in flux as traditional manufacturers battle hi-tech firms, su... http://ow.ly/19pp8t
Future now - Author William Gibson on coping with today's rapid pace of technological change http://ow.ly/19pp8q
Music industry dealt piracy blow - The Irish High Court has ruled that net pirates cannot be removed from the web, i... http://ow.ly/19pp8k
Monday, 11 October 2010
Microsoft debuts Windows Phone 7 - Microsoft launches its Windows Phone 7 smartphone, hoping to counter the Apple iP... http://ow.ly/19oQld
Windows Phone 7's features demo - Microsoft's Ashley Highfield shows Rory Cellan-Jones the mobile operating system's... http://ow.ly/19oQlg
North Korean expands net presence - North Korea's celebrations for the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party... http://ow.ly/19oQlj
Russia blows up inflatable army - Steve Rosenberg blows up a tank as he investigates the Russian army's new range of... http://ow.ly/19ojh8
Commercial spaceship takes flight - Virgin Galactic's spaceship, VSS Enterprise, has made its first solo test flight... http://ow.ly/19ojh5
Call to change PC security tools - An initiative that aims to gather data about the performance of anti-virus softwa... http://ow.ly/19ojh2
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Solo flight for Virgin spaceship - Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceship, Enterprise, makes its first solo test fli... http://ow.ly/19nPp9
Japan has fewest digital friends - A global study of online behaviour has found that Malaysians have the most friend... http://ow.ly/19ntMa
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Google tests 'intelligent' cars - Technology giant Google has been testing a car that can drive itself, the company ... http://ow.ly/19n63B
Friday, 8 October 2010
Webscape -Old films and web destruction - This week web reviewer Kate Russell watches old films on YouTube and plays... http://ow.ly/19mjRp
UAE Blackberry ban threat lifted - A threatened ban on Blackberry use in the United Arab Emirates has been lifted. http://ow.ly/19lMMn
The Car that wants to be a living room - Marc Cieslak visits the Ceatec electronics show in Tokyo, Japan and discove... http://ow.ly/19lMMk
Smart specs unite world and data - Spectacles that merge the real world and cyberspace have been demonstrated by NTT... http://ow.ly/19lMMh
Thursday, 7 October 2010
'Mobiles for millions of women' - An initiative championed by Hillary Clinton and Cherie Blair proposes to supply 15... http://ow.ly/19layi
How to get job in gaming industry - If you fancy getting work in the gaming industry check out our expert's advice o... http://ow.ly/19kA7q
BT required to open fibre network - Ofcom orders BT to allow competitors control of its fibre cables in a move desig... http://ow.ly/19kA7h
Call of Duty: Black Ops goes 3D - The developers of the latest instalment of the Call of Duty franchise have announc... http://ow.ly/19kA7e
Corporate threats - A chief technology officer reveals his biggest security concerns http://ow.ly/19kA7n
Nobel Peace contender - What has the internet done for peace, love and understanding? http://ow.ly/19kA7k
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Saw II makers defend violent game - The team behind the second game in the Saw series admit it is gruesome but insis... http://ow.ly/19jwV4
Materials breakthrough wins Nobel - Two UK-based scientists have shared this year's Nobel Prize for Physics for thei... http://ow.ly/19jwVa
Child protection plans criticised - The chief executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop... http://ow.ly/19jwV7
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Tablet PC for developing nations - The One Laptop Per Child organisation has got a $5.6m grant to fund development o... http://ow.ly/19itH6
Apple faces $600m damages claim - A US judge ponders a decision on a patent infringement case that could cost Apple ... http://ow.ly/19itHi
'Laptop thigh' skin rash warning - Heat from laptop can 'toast' your thighs warn doctors. http://ow.ly/19itH9
Facebook founder's Simpsons cameo - Mark Zuckerberg has joined the likes of Simon Cowell and Coldplay by making a ca... http://ow.ly/19itHf
Monday, 4 October 2010
Toshiba show 3DTV without glasses - The electronic's giant launches what it claims is the first 3D television that d... http://ow.ly/19hrsu
UK success at World Cyber Games - The UK finihses second in the medals table at the World Cyber Games, which sees mo... http://ow.ly/19hrsx
Why firms want Facebook friends - Rory Cellan-Jones looks at the way Starbucks and other large companies use social ... http://ow.ly/19hrsG
Medal of Honor U-turn on Taliban - The makers of Medal of Honor have reversed their decision to let gamers take on t... http://ow.ly/19hrsA
Sunday, 3 October 2010
How robotic seals may help elderly - Researchers in Japan have developed a robot in the shape of a seal that they sa... http://ow.ly/19gF1Y
Saturday, 2 October 2010
Gamers flock to UK's biggest show - Hundreds queued, some of them through the night, for the UK's largest gaming sho... http://ow.ly/19g0fr
FBI uncovers cyber crime network - The US and other countries arrest more than 100 people suspected to be members of... http://ow.ly/19g0fo
Google Street View hits Antarctic - Google says its Street View is now on all seven of the world's continents, as th... http://ow.ly/19g0fA
Friday, 1 October 2010
Is 3D TV more than a leap of costly faith? - As Europe's first 3D TV channel, goes on air, Peter Price looks at the ... http://ow.ly/19f7Zf
New PCs 'could boot in seconds' - A 26-year-old piece of software at the heart of PCs is about to get an update that... http://ow.ly/19f7Z9
Webscape - managing contacts intelligently - This week web reviewer Kate Russell shows us how to manage all our cont... http://ow.ly/19f7Zc
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