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Programmers, developers and software makers herald a new era of African independence.

The release of an album on wax cylinder inspired us to try to make a phonograph to play it.

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The volcanic ash cloud that shut down British airspace, leaving thousands of travellers stranded also brought many strangers together digitally to create a silver lining.

Robot and video game design classes are par for the course at San Diego's High Tech High.

A simple method of dicing up and analysing images of artworks reveals an accurate way to spot fakes, researchers say.

MP3 players given as Christmas gifts have helped boost UK single sales to an all-time high in the last week of 2009.

The world's tallest building is about to open in Dubai