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| BBC News | Technology | UK Edition Mon, 12 May 2008 21:21:02 GMT |
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HP confirms in talks to buy EDS
Hewlett-Packard confirms that it is in talks to buy the IT services provider Electronic Data Systems. |
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Frigid robot eyes top tech prize
A robot which cares for millions of frozen biological samples is among four finalists for a top engineering award. |
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Microsoft boosts XP on budget PCs
Microsoft cuts the price of its XP operating system for use in the growing ultra low-cost laptop market. |
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Alarm at Google Yahoo partnering
US advocacy groups urge regulators to block any deal Google and Yahoo might strike after a two-week experiment. |
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Hacker leaks Chilean records
A computer hacker in Chile posts confidential data belonging to six million people on the internet. |
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Facebook users warned about ads
Credit companies are using the Facebook networking site to target young people, a debt charity warns. |
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Burma delays disaster telecoms
Foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms are prevented from going into Burma. |
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Power healing
Bill Thompson on hi-tech ways to be greener |
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Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour. |
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Facebook agrees child safety plan
Facebook agrees a deal to protect children on the site from sexual predators and cyber bullies. |
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MySpace lets users share data
MySpace says its "data availability" project will put users in the driving seat with web information sharing. |
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Google keen on better Yahoo ties
Google expresses interest in extending an advertising partnership with fellow search engine Yahoo. |
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Fake media file snares PC users
A booby-trapped media file is catching out tens of thousands of file-sharers, says a security firm. |
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Nasa set to join petaflop elite
Nasa has unveiled a plan to boost its supercomputer power to help plan and model future missions. |
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Google denies staff 'brain drain'
Google executive Elliot Schrage leaves for Facebook, prompting concern of a talent exodus. |
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Luminaries look to the future web
Luminaries predict the shape of tomorrow's world wide web |
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Xerox plans the future of today
The famed Xerox Parc labs invites the BBC to view the best of its latest crop of research projects |
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Games straddle worlds
Two of the biggest games of the year - GTA IV and Wii Fit - have finally arrived and they could not be more different. |
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The power of play on the internet
Game design and social networking are merging into one of the most persuasive forces on the net. |
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Free game hopes to save gorillas
Campaigners hoping to save mountain gorillas are making a game simulating the lives of the animals free to mobile phone users. |
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Stark warning for internet's future
A leading internet academic warns the future of the internet is at risk from closed and proprietorial systems. |
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Making something from nothing
Bill Thompson on the implications of lax programming of Flash |
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Falling out of love with robots
Humans may never be intimate with machines thinks Bill Thompson |
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Who will write tomorrow's code?
We need to recruit more programmers, says Bill Thompson |
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The offline cost of an online life
Bill Thompson wonders if his virtual presences are having a significant real world impact. |
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How Twitter makes it real
Bill Thompson on how Twitter is beginning to be taken seriously. |
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New Wii craze is opening up
Bill Thompson on how the Wii is controlling more than the games market these days. |
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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. |
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Walking with the web
How mobile phones are set to become the gateway to the web |
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Google bets on Android future
Google's director of mobile platforms explains his vision for Android, a new operating system for mobiles. |
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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. |
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Nokia morphs itself from within
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Future computing technologies
The computing technologies to go beyond Moore's Law |
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Getting more from Moore's Law
A look at some of the technologies that could allow the silicon industry to deliver faster, cheaper chips. |
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A journey into 'fab world'
The silicon factories where a speck of dust is a big problem |
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Meeting computing's prophet
BBC News interviews Gordon Moore, the man whose "law" has driven the computer revolution. |
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Serious playtime
Virtual worlds for children are booming. Will they all survive? |
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