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Britons 'multi-task' with media

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 23:53

The average Briton spends almost half of their waking life using media and communications, often multi-tasking, Ofcom reports.

Nine held over global iPhone scam

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 14:21

Nine people are arrested over a global scam which made millions of pounds by using fraudulently bought mobiles to call premium phone lines.

Sony revamps PlayStation 3 lineup

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 13:33

The electronics giant unveils two new models of its PlayStation 3 console at the Gamescom video games conference in Cologne.

Google boss warns on social media

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 10:52

Eric Schmidt says people will change their names to distance themselves from embarrassing content on the net.

Vietnam's bid to tame the internet

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 09:54

The Vietnamese government has responded to the internet boom with a new law obliging any place that provides public access to the internet to install monitoring software, this will enable the authorities to track who is doing what online.

Google's social networking plans

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 09:41

A look at the future of the world's biggest search engine and the company's plans to take on Facebook and Farmville.

Paint prose

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 07:28

The source code MacPaint is released but who can read it?

Secretive North Korea launches on Twitter

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 03:14

North Korea joins the micro-blogging site Twitter, following last month's launch of a North Korean YouTube channel.

US astronauts to be first twins in space

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 01:47

Two US astronauts may become the first twins to be flying in space at the same time.

Blogger boom

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 23:10

Vietnam struggles to tame the internet

Realtime games company collapses

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 17:40

Pioneering Dundee-based games company Realtime Worlds collapses putting hundreds of jobs at risk.

Spain investigates Google wi-fi

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 16:51

Spain becomes the latest country to launch an investigation into the collection of sensitive wi-fi data by Google Street View cars.

Israeli denies Facebook mistake

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 13:36

A former Israeli soldier says she did nothing wrong by posting pictures of her and Palestinian prisoners onto Facebook.

India orders Blackberry deadline

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 10:32

India sends formal notices to mobile operators telling them they must have equipment to monitor Blackberry services by 31 August.

Kinect gets UK release date

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 08:49

Microsoft says its hands free motion control system Kinect will hit UK shelves on 10 November, just five days after the US.

Predicting your local micro-climate

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 05:42

Residents of one of small village are looking to their local weatherman for their forecasts.

Facebook 'dislike' scam warning

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 13:41

Facebook users are being targeted in a scam that offers them a chance to install a "dislike" button, security researchers say.

Cult of less

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 11:51

Meet the minimalists living out of their hard drives

Yahoo soccer highlights kick off

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 10:53

Internet services firm Yahoo begins its Barclays Premier League online football highlight service.

Do u speek lulz?

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 09:01

How the internet is changing the language we use