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A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.
Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy Tab.
US net users are being asked for their opinions about what ISPs should be allowed to do with web traffic flowing through their networks.
Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.
US chipmaker Intel agrees to buy the wireless unit of German counterpart Infineon for $1.4bn, disappointing markets.
Sweden’s director of public prosecutions orders the reopening of a rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Mobile firm Orange becomes the first UK network to use a new technology that claims to offer higher quality voice calls.
The Advertising Standards Authority is given the power to regulate ads and marketing claims on websites and services like Facebook.
Following tough action against Blackberry, security forces in India turn their attention to Google and Skype.
Blackberry-maker Research in Motion offers to work with India to support the country’s need for “lawful access” to encrypted services
Scientists are developing self-organising swarms of turbines which they hope can be used to tap energy from the Gulf Stream.
A scheme to generate renewable energy by simply pulling electric charge out of humid air sparks debate amongst scientists.
An open alternative to Facebook will be launched on the 15 September, the developers of the Diaspora project say.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is suing several high-tech giants for infringing patents held by a Silicon Valley lab he founded in the 1990s.
Sony has won a temporary ban to prevent Australian distributors selling a hardware hack for the PlayStation 3 (PS3).
A US trade body rules against a marketing firm whose employees posted favourable reviews of its clients’ apps on iTunes.
Google is taking on net phone firms like Skype by offering free and cheap calls from its web-based e-mail service, Gmail.
The tobacco industry may be using websites such as YouTube to get around a ban on advertising cigarettes, a study says.
A Norfolk university is reporting its highest ever enrolment for its computer games degree despite struggles in the gaming industry.
Hewlett Packard raises its bid in the battle with rival Dell to take control of data storage firm 3Par.
Blackberry-maker Research in Motion offers to work with India to support the country’s need for “lawful access” to encrypted services
Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks publishes a CIA memo examining the implications of the US being perceived as an “exporter of terrorism”.
Living cell parts have been used to create electricity from chemicals in devices that could one day be fuelled by energy drinks.
A 2008 cyber attack launched from an infected flash drive in the Middle East penetrated secret US military computers, a top Pentagon official says.
Britain’s Defence Secretary Liam Fox defends his comments calling on retailers to refuse to sell the forthcoming Medal of Honor game.
ITunes accounts linked to Paypal have been targeted in a scam with a number of users complaining that they have been cleaned out.
Microsoft is investigating how an eagerly anticipated Xbox game appeared on the internet three weeks ahead of its official release.