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Advert watchdog gets online power

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 00:01
The Advertising Standards Authority is given the power to regulate ads and marketing claims on websites and services like Facebook.

Phone app to monitor heartbeat

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 18:05
More than three million doctors have downloaded a phone application to monitor heartbeats through a phone.

Google and Skype face India ban

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 12:27
Following tough action against Blackberry, security forces in India turn their attention to Google and Skype.

Who are 4chan?

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 11:46
The internet pranksters who helped expose cat bin lady

Google to relieve e-mail overload

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 09:49
Google launches priority inbox to help conquer email overload and rank messages that matter most.

Perfect pitch

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 09:16
Can technology and music happily coexist?

In the beginning...

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 00:01
Meet Google's first ever employee

Intel to buy German wireless unit

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 19:03
US chipmaker Intel agrees to buy the wireless unit of German counterpart Infineon for $1.4bn, disappointing markets.

Blackberry in India ban reprieve

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 15:55
Blackberry-maker Research in Motion offers to work with India to support the country's need for "lawful access" to encrypted services

Silicon switch

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 12:45
Relocating a technology firm from Switzerland to the US

Blackberry looks to strike India deal

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 09:28
The Canadian owners of Blackberry, Research in Motion, have offered an olive branch to the Indian government in the bitter battle over e-mail secrecy.

Turning brainwaves into music

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 08:42
Musicians Finn Peters and Matthew Yee-King attempt to convert John Humphrys and Justin Webb's thoughts into music

Turbine swarms go with the flow

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 08:21
Scientists are developing self-organising swarms of turbines which they hope can be used to tap energy from the Gulf Stream.

Motion capture clue to human behaviour

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 06:23
The system of digitising actors to create characters in films like Avatar is being used to measure human behaviour in real life.

Cyber-stalking action delay claim

Sat, 28/08/2010 - 10:10
Groups who work with the victims of cyber-stalking say efforts to tackle the problem are being delayed because Internet Service Providers will not take action.

Billionaire sues hi-tech giants

Sat, 28/08/2010 - 00:12
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 obtains ban on PS3 hack chip

Fri, 27/08/2010 - 18:04
Sony has won a temporary ban to prevent Australian distributors selling a hardware hack for the PlayStation 3 (PS3).

Intel warning over weaker sales

Fri, 27/08/2010 - 16:56
Computer chipmaker Intel cut its profit forecast after warning that sales of computers were weaker than expected.

Extreme wifi

Fri, 27/08/2010 - 16:01
How balloons and kites can help you become a digital nomad

Art and technology push boundaries

Fri, 27/08/2010 - 15:26
The Creators Project is a new network celebrating technology and creativity in the clubbing scene, across media and around the world. Click paid it a visit.