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BT ad banned over broadband claim
Wed, 25/08/2010 - 00:13A BT advert is banned for misleading customers over the speed of the company's broadband, the advertising watchdog says.
Online copycats
Tue, 24/08/2010 - 11:49California moves to outlaw net impersonators
Web scam hits iTunes and Paypal
Tue, 24/08/2010 - 10:07ITunes accounts linked to Paypal have been targeted in a scam with a number of users complaining that they have been cleaned out.
Banned Brotherhood in Egypt gets 'own Facebook'
Tue, 24/08/2010 - 09:45Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood movement launches its own Facebook-style social networking site to promote moderate Islamic values, it says.
Microsoft probes Halo game breach
Tue, 24/08/2010 - 08:47Microsoft is investigating how an eagerly anticipated Xbox game appeared on the internet three weeks ahead of its official release.
Cheating gamers face online ban
Tue, 24/08/2010 - 07:06Rockstar Games are banning people from playing the popular game Red Dead Redemption who are accused of cheating.
HP trumps Dell in $1.6bn 3PAR bid
Mon, 23/08/2010 - 22:50Computer maker Hewlett Packard bids $1.6bn (£1bn) for data storage firm 3PAR, trumping a $1.2bn offer made by rival Dell.
Dust busting technology from Mars
Mon, 23/08/2010 - 15:08Technology developed for space missions to Mars enables terrestrial solar panels to self-clean and stay dust free.
Soldiers on call for game ban
Mon, 23/08/2010 - 13:50British troops give their views on the defence secretary's call for Medal of Honor to be banned.
Bum notes
Mon, 23/08/2010 - 11:13What is autotuning and how widespread is it?
Fox defends video game ban call
Mon, 23/08/2010 - 10:59Britain's Defence Secretary Liam Fox defends his comments calling on retailers to refuse to sell the forthcoming Medal of Honor game.
Performance art
Mon, 23/08/2010 - 08:04Is technology stealing the actor's limelight?
The rise of the 'mummy bloggers'
Mon, 23/08/2010 - 07:20Parents blogging about their children have become a global force in marketing.
Lady Gaga overtakes Britney Spears for Twitter record
Mon, 23/08/2010 - 06:05The US singer has overtaken Britney Spears to become the most followed person on social networking site Twitter.
Aliens 'may be thinking machines'
Sun, 22/08/2010 - 23:16The hunt for aliens should allow for the fact that ETs may be thinking machines rather than like us, a leading researcher says.
Iran unveils first bomber drone
Sun, 22/08/2010 - 12:42Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveils his country's first domestically built, unmanned bomber plane.
Data blow to gravity satellite
Sat, 21/08/2010 - 22:22The European Space Agency battles to recover its Goce gravity satellite which has been struck by a second computer glitch.
Wikileaks rape warrant cancelled
Sat, 21/08/2010 - 16:02An arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on rape accusations is abruptly cancelled by Swedish authorities just hours after it was issued.
Wikileaks founder accused of rape
Sat, 21/08/2010 - 11:22Swedish officials say they have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on accusations of rape and molestation.
Moore supports Wikileaks accused
Sat, 21/08/2010 - 03:17Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore donates $5,000 (£3,900) to defend the man suspected of giving classified documents to the website Wikileaks.