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Ofcom seeks help on mobile rules

Fri, 29/08/2008 - 22:02
Mobile owners with views on the state of the telephony market are being sought by regulator Ofcom.

Chemical coat to mean drier socks

Fri, 29/08/2008 - 19:28
Technology developed to protect soldiers from chemical weapons may help to make almost any surface or fabric waterproof.

Diary codes

Fri, 29/08/2008 - 13:19
What makes people write their journals in shorthand?

Virtual battle

Fri, 29/08/2008 - 09:41
The simulator that trains soldiers to deal with danger

Dell pricing policy hits profits

Fri, 29/08/2008 - 04:25
Dell says that a "strategic" effort to cut the prices of its computers, had dented its earnings.

dot.life

Thu, 28/08/2008 - 23:38
The criminal community of the fraudsters' forum

Database of children is delayed

Thu, 28/08/2008 - 22:09
A database of every child in England due to be piloted in October has been delayed for the second time.

Hackers prepare supermarket sweep

Thu, 28/08/2008 - 21:06
Cyber thieves are hatching a plan to steal US funds through British supermarkets, the BBC learns.

Internet Explorer gets makeover

Thu, 28/08/2008 - 21:01
The next version of Internet Explorer has features to make browsing and searching easier and more secure.

McKinnon loses extradition appeal

Thu, 28/08/2008 - 18:31
A Briton accused of hacking into secret Nasa military computers loses his appeal against extradition to the US.

Facebook: The Movie - West Wing writer plans big screen story

Thu, 28/08/2008 - 17:49
Aaron Sorkin, who created The West Wing and wrote Charlie Wilson's War, is making a film about Facebook.

Lloyd's staff shoot down man's 'Lloyd's is pants' password

Thu, 28/08/2008 - 02:06
A man who chose "Lloyds is pants" as his telephone banking password found it had been changed to "no it's not".

Computer viruses make it to orbit

Wed, 27/08/2008 - 17:00
Laptops taken to the International Space Station were infected with a computer virus, Nasa confirms.

Robo-skeleton lets paralysed walk

Wed, 27/08/2008 - 06:02
A human exoskeleton robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down to stand, walk and climb stairs.

iPhone ad rapped as 'misleading'

Wed, 27/08/2008 - 06:01
The Advertising Standards Authority calls an iPhone advert "misleading" for saying all of the web is available on the phone.

Bank customer data sold on eBay

Wed, 27/08/2008 - 00:39
A PC containing personal data of a million bank customers is sold on a net auction site for £35, according to the Daily Mail.

Two-thirds of UK homes now online

Wed, 27/08/2008 - 00:13
Latest official figures show the number of UK households with internet access rose to 16.5 million this year.

Cloud city

Tue, 26/08/2008 - 22:21
Bill Thompson has the future in his hand

Scrabulous game disappears from Facebook UK website

Tue, 26/08/2008 - 20:43
The popular online game is now unavailable in the UK after Mattel, the toy company that owns the rights to Scrabble outside North America, started legal action against its designers.

Trusted sites thwart net hijacks

Tue, 26/08/2008 - 19:47
Tricky hack attacks could be thwarted by using trusted sites to police web use, say researchers.