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Today at 03:48:19 - AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to ...
Today at 03:47:17 - Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co plans to introduce tablet computers this quarter based on Google's Android operating system, joining a growing list of firms seeking to challenge Apple's popular iPad.
Today at 02:12:01 - AP - Australia's government expanded its ambitious plan to bring broadband to much of the vast country, adding 300,000 homes and businesses to the coverage area Friday in hopes of winning votes in nex ...
Today at 01:36:47 - AP - Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen.
Today at 01:18:00 - Appolicious - Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso would have loved Autodesk's universal Fluid FX ($1.99) app, because it allows you to create bizarre images using photos in your device's library. After pl ...
Today at 03:44:05 - The popular sports drink is being sued for its name, which fails to mention its sugar content. Are consumers being misled?
29/07/2010 at 19:44:06 - The economist talks to TIME about what went wrong with the global economic system -- and how to fix it
29/07/2010 at 19:44:06 - Despite the recession, dessert lovers aren't cutting back
28/07/2010 at 13:59:05 - The federal ruling in favor of iPhone jailbreaking is the right decision, and one that promises to give customers more freedom in how they use all kinds of new technology
27/07/2010 at 19:44:05 - TIME asks the head of a real estate investment firm to size up the prospects for commercial real estate, identify the best markets and point out the big risks. What surprised us: He's bullish
Today at 00:31:08 - HELSINKI (Reuters) - An increasingly heated battle in the global smartphone market is set to weigh on handset vendors' profit margins during the remainder of the year, analysts said on Friday.
29/07/2010 at 20:53:01 - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said its earlier report that Internet search services in China were being fully blocked could have been the result of a technical glitch that overstated the proble ...
29/07/2010 at 18:10:42 - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc's Web search and mobile services in China were fully blocked on Thursday, according to a message on the company's website.
29/07/2010 at 18:01:32 - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - McAfee Inc, the No. 2 security software maker, reported better-than-expected profit on Thursday, lifted by growth in its consumer business.
29/07/2010 at 17:52:22 - SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp showed off prototype phones featuring its new mobile software to Wall Street analysts on Thursday, but is yet to set a date for their rollout beyond availability thi ...
Today at 00:14:04 - Company Blames Tech Hiccup as it Backs Away From Earlier Claim That Search, Other Services Cut Off in Mainland China
29/07/2010 at 21:44:03 - In Case of a Catastrophe, Seven IT Experts Will Be Mobilized With Digital Keys to Secure the Internet.
29/07/2010 at 20:14:02 - CEO Steve Ballmer Says the New Units Will Ship "As Soon As They Are Ready"
29/07/2010 at 19:59:07 - Pentagon officials are accusing the WikiLeaks Website and the source of the "Afghan Diaries" of murder for jeopardizing the security of military contacts in Afghanistan. David Martin reports. ...
29/07/2010 at 19:59:07 - Latest Twist in Ongoing Showdown with Beijing Over Internet Censorship
29/07/2010 at 19:59:07 - Study Sees Weakening U.S. Capacity to Conduct Nuclear Forensics Posing Future Risks
29/07/2010 at 21:29:01 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog..
29/07/2010 at 21:29:01 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog.
29/07/2010 at 21:29:01 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog.
29/07/2010 at 21:29:01 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog..
29/07/2010 at 21:29:01 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog.
29/07/2010 at 21:29:01 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog.
29/07/2010 at 21:29:01 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog..
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29/07/2010 at 19:14:04 - LIBERTY LAKE, Washington--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ : ITRI) a annoncé aujourd'hui que Gaz réseau Distribution France (GrDF), le principal distributeur de gaz en France et une filiale à 100  ...
29/07/2010 at 18:59:06 - LIBERTY LAKE, Washington, USA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass ,Gaz reseau Distribution France' (GrDF), der wichtigste Gasversorger Frankreichs und eine hund ...
29/07/2010 at 18:59:06 - LIBERTY LAKE, Washington (VS)--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) heeft vandaag bekendgemaakt dat Gaz reseau Distribution France (GrDF), de belangrijkste gasleverancier in Frankrijk en een 10 ...
29/07/2010 at 18:44:08 - MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The highest growth rates in consumption for surfactants are expected in Latin America, China, Middle East and Africa. The world's supply/demand patterns are changi ...
29/07/2010 at 20:17:20 - Five thousand years ago, in North Africa, humans formed an alliance with the wild ancestors of the donkey, twice.
29/07/2010 at 18:08:33 - Google says people in mainland China are being blocked from using its Internet search engine.
29/07/2010 at 18:03:31 - Microsoft will compete with Apple's iPad, but it isn't saying when, according to comments made Thursday by company CEO  Steve Ballmer.
29/07/2010 at 16:56:12 - If we take any lesson from this latest Facebook privacy brouhaha, it's one we should have already learned: Facebook isn't for people who don't wish to be known. Because here's the deal: Facebook has n ...
29/07/2010 at 16:28:01 - Snakes can creep and they can crawl, but they're not very good at defusing bombs or going on search-and-rescue missions. Snake robots, however, might be a different story.
29/07/2010 at 19:44:05 - NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Wa ...
29/07/2010 at 19:44:05 - NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth, citing poor weather conditions.
29/07/2010 at 11:56:01 - Prices in consumer electronics tend to fluctuate wildly.
29/07/2010 at 11:11:01 - Something weird is happening to mobile phones: After shrinking from enormous Zack Morris proportions in the '80s and '90s, they're getting bigger again.
28/07/2010 at 18:26:02 - Three iPad users claim that because the iPad will shut itself off after remaining in direct sunlight for long enough, it fails to meet the promises Apple made about using the device as an e-book reade ...
28/07/2010 at 16:26:01 - Few games live up to 11 years of anticipation, but "StarCraft II's" slick upgrades mean the sequel's got a shot.
28/07/2010 at 16:26:01 - It's hard to remember, but viral videos actually existed before YouTube.
28/07/2010 at 13:26:02 - From the two-story care home where she lived in the northern English city of Bradford, 104-year-old Ivy Bean would tell her nearly 57,000 Twitter followers around the world what she got up to each day ...
29/07/2010 at 15:20:02 - The England cricket team has made a new signing - a robot bowler capable of replicating the exact delivery of any of the world's top players.
29/07/2010 at 05:20:01 - Apple has been ordered to explain to Japan's industry ministry what it plans to do about cases of its iPod Nano music player overheating and catching fire.
29/07/2010 at 03:20:02 - Sky will launch its 3D TV channel to millions of homes on October 1, the broadcaster has announced.
28/07/2010 at 12:20:32 - Nintendo has given gamers in the UK their first chance to play its latest console - the 3DS.
28/07/2010 at 10:20:02 - A hacker accused of creating one the world's biggest ever viruses - which infected up to 12 million computers, including those of banks and major corporations - has been arrested.
Today at 03:13:02 - A very young brown dwarf orbiting around a sun-like star has been spotted.
Today at 03:13:02 - A Spanish robotics company has designed a robot with "life", which will "entertain, teach and be a companion" to humans.
Today at 03:13:02 - The US government is slowly losing its ability to probe a nuclear blast, claim experts.
Today at 03:13:02 - Scientists are studying how rabbits implanted with artificial bones re-grew their own joints.
29/07/2010 at 14:13:02 - Anomalous heat, like the current unprecedented soar in temperatures in Russia, may become normal by 2070, UN experts have said.
29/07/2010 at 14:13:02 - Ugandan officials say an anthrax outbreak has killed 82 hippos in the last month and a half.
29/07/2010 at 20:43:56 - Telecom shares have been put on a trading halt on the NZX and ASX ahead of an announcement pending 'the outcome of discussions in relation to a disposal of assets'. Across the Tasman, iiNet share ...
29/07/2010 at 19:04:56 - Cutting off internet connections for illegal downloads is akin to cutting off power or phone access, the Commerce Select Committee was told this week. The committee sat this morning to hear further su ...
29/07/2010 at 17:01:27 - Telecom is set to sell the struggling consumer arm of its Australian business AAPT to Perth-based internet service provider iiNet for up to $A60 million ($NZ74.6m), The Australian newspaper is reporti ...
29/07/2010 at 15:29:55 - It's Apple's designated iPhone 4 release day for New Zealand  - and 17 other countries, including Australia. Across the Tasman, the wonder phone duly appeared at midnight. Staff from Vodafone, an ...
29/07/2010 at 14:47:20 - Confusion reigns this morning, with Vodafone pulling the iPhone 4 from its website, then returning it - but with no option to buy. Read NBR's full update here.
29/07/2010 at 19:15:09 - GOOGLE says people in mainland China have once again been blocked from using its search engine.
29/07/2010 at 18:47:54 - AN asteroid more than half-a-kilometre wide is heading for the Earth - and we've got just 50 years to knock it off course.
29/07/2010 at 18:12:44 - KANYE West has embraced Twitter in a big way, jumping from 20,000 followers to more than 220,000 in less than a day.
29/07/2010 at 16:22:40 - JAPAN'S industry ministry has ordered Apple to report on measures it will take regarding cases of its iPod Nano music player overheating and catching fire, an official said today.
29/07/2010 at 15:32:04 - VIDEO sharing site responds to overwhelming demand and gives users an extra five minutes.
28/07/2010 at 20:23:07 - London's High Court rules the R4 cartridge and other similar devices for the Nintendo DS are illegal.
29/07/2010 at 18:48:07 - New research has found the reason locusts move is to avoid being cannibalised.
29/07/2010 at 18:48:07 - The iPhone 4 has finally made it to these shores and for once the delay has been a good thing.
29/07/2010 at 05:18:07 - A landmark retesting of DNA evidence used to convict a man of a Queensland murder 20 years ago has confirmed his guilt.
29/07/2010 at 04:03:07 - Heavy rain has interrupted the first ever electric car race on Mount Panorama at Bathurst in central-west New South Wales.
28/07/2010 at 22:03:09 - A team of Canadian archaeologists has found a British ship that has been missing in the Arctic for more than 150 years.
28/07/2010 at 21:03:04 - A study published in the journal Nature finds a strong link between higher sea surface temperatures and a major decline in phytoplankton, which forms the base of the marine food chain.
29/07/2010 at 18:31:57 - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn't all that impressed with Apple's so-called 'magical' iPad. read more
29/07/2010 at 18:00:17 - Unabashed Apple fanboi Walt Mossberg has opined - perhaps unbelievably so - that the iPhone 4 remains the 'best device' in its class. read more
29/07/2010 at 16:07:25 - Swedish geek extraordinaire Martin Magnusson has designed a rather fashionable wearable computer for aspiring cyborgs. read more
29/07/2010 at 15:01:40 - Fulfilling the most requested change to Google's video sharing site, Youtube has finally increased the length of videos that users can upload to a more accommodating 15 minutes. read more ...
29/07/2010 at 15:01:30 - Microsoft has kicked off a major campaign to promote the benefits of cloud computing, with CEO Steve Ballmer pledging $9.5 billion in related R&D efforts.  read more
29/07/2010 at 15:58:20 - Vodafone Plc is discussing whether to have an initial public offer (IPO) for Vodafone-Essar.
29/07/2010 at 15:48:39 - Growth in engineering, enterprise applications and emerging verticals like healthcare and retail helped HCL Technologies post a 3.5 per cent rise in fourth-quarter net income.
29/07/2010 at 15:44:21 - Net income for the quarter under consideration stood at $27.8 million (Rs 130.6 crore) compared with $29.7 million (Rs 139.5 crore) in the corresponding quarter a year ago.
29/07/2010 at 15:24:37 - The government today said the makers of BlackBerry, Research in Motion (RIM), had given an assurance on addressing its security concerns and hoped that the Canadian service provider and security agenc ...
29/07/2010 at 15:20:02 - In a scheme that would help Nokia consumers to afford handset and accessories in the price range of Rs 7,000 - Rs 35,000, the Finnish mobile handset major has announced the launch of its Easy EMI in A ...
29/07/2010 at 14:34:07 - More bystanders are willing to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions - especially if they can just press on the chest and skip ...
29/07/2010 at 14:33:11 - It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.
29/07/2010 at 14:30:00 - Scientists have shown for the first time that it may be possible to replace a human hip or knee with a joint grown naturally inside the body using the patient's stem cells.
28/07/2010 at 15:11:21 - Ever worried about having an ugly baby? Fret not, a dating website exclusively for beautiful people has branched out to provide a fertility forum aimed at creating beautiful babies.
28/07/2010 at 15:09:46 - Apple unveiled the "Magic Trackpad", a touchpad which allows a user to operate a desktop computer with finger gestures, eliminating the need for a mouse.
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29/07/2010 at 12:09:58 - Nintendo, master of the addictive games console has reported its first quarterly loss in more than two years as Sony and Microsoft ready themselves to challenge the Wii’s crown in motion-contro ...
29/07/2010 at 10:07:31 - Sony has officially confirmed the pricing for its upcoming PS3 motion-control gaming peripheral for, PlayStation Move with a wallet-friendly outcome.   Prices were first leaked last month on P ...
29/07/2010 at 09:39:26 - Archos’ latest tablet is designed to reside at home – hence its name. Archos probably pictures you picking it up, having a quick browse over Wi-Fi then watching some video, possibly becau ...
29/07/2010 at 08:30:00 - Laptop powerhouse Acer has announced it is to launch its Android 2.1 touting smartphone the Acer Stream exclusively through the online retailer Expansys.   With a SIM-free price of &pound ...
29/07/2010 at 06:36:00 - Pure has just pulled the wrappers off of its new Evoke 1S Marshall. Its latest DAB effort, it rocks the same look as a Marshall amp and comes crammed with killer tech to boot.   Inside the bla ...
29/07/2010 at 10:47:39 - The Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology in Vodnany, South Bohemia (a centre with a long and respected history and part of the University of South Bohemia's Faculty of Fisheries and Pr ...
13/07/2010 at 11:10:04 - Czech scientists have come up with an interesting theory about the relation between a man's character and the colour of his eyes. According to the study which appeared in this month's issue of the jo ...
03/07/2010 at 20:01:00 - Where will the energy of the future come from? If it comes from nuclear fusion, then the COMPASS tokamak fusion reactor in at Prague's Institute of Plasma Physics will have played an important role i ...
29/06/2010 at 09:46:13 - The first results are starting to be released from an exhaustive 20 year study of thousands of Czech children. One of the main findings is that stress related incidents in childhood can mark you for ...
05/06/2010 at 20:01:00 - The most exciting story of the month: Czech psychologists help set the stage for one of the greatest journeys of the mind imaginable. The scene is a parking lot in Moscow, where six scientists have b ...
29/07/2010 at 08:51:23 - With many critics having a pop at Kinect's price tag, and Sony re-confirming the price of its Move motion control system to be £50 for the Starter Kit, Microsoft has been defending the cost of Kinect ...
29/07/2010 at 08:23:11 - Sony has clarified exactly how much its Move motion control system will set back PS3 owners in the UK, and spilled the details on the contents of its starter pack. The Move motion controller itself w ...
29/07/2010 at 07:52:51 - Facebook recently topped the 500 million user mark, and is keenly looking towards expansion and netting that full billion strong user base in the future. And one area it seems the social giant is ste ...
29/07/2010 at 07:22:01 - The Samsung Galaxy S smartphone has been going down a storm since its launch, establishing itself as a clear iPhone rival (with not a case bumper in sight, either). And now the latest version of Andr ...
29/07/2010 at 07:05:15 - The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has effectively cleared Google over the wi-fi data collection uproar, which privacy activists sank their teeth into back in May. If you don't recall this o ...
29/07/2010 at 06:55:47 - The LHC hits its stride, but America's Tevatron is still in the runningBESIDES providing something to bet on (see article), competition has the desirable side-effect of spurring progress. As far as th ...
29/07/2010 at 06:55:47 - Some bookmakers will take bets on anything—even the nature of realityFOR those who enjoy the occasional wager, but know more about quark-gluon plasmas and minimal supersymmetry than they do abou ...
29/07/2010 at 06:55:47 - They are more selfishLIFE at the bottom is nasty, brutish and short. For this reason, heartless folk might assume that people in the lower social classes will be more self-interested and less inclined ...
29/07/2010 at 06:55:47 - Evidence that ancient mammals were dinosaurs' preyIN DAYS gone by, many palaeontologists thought the reason the dinosaurs became extinct was that the big, lumbering reptiles were outcompeted by small, ...
22/07/2010 at 07:21:19 - AIDS still kills 2m people a year. But the rate of new infections is falling and it is possible to imagine bringing the disease under controlTEN years ago, when the International AIDS Society (IAS) me ...
28/07/2010 at 07:08:07 - The world's oldest Twitter and Facebook user, Ivy Bean, has died at the age of 104.
28/07/2010 at 05:46:53 - Sony is showing off a new prototype display capable of 360 degree 3D images at Siggraph in LA.
28/07/2010 at 05:46:53 - Sony Corp. is showing off a new prototype display capable of 360 degree 3D images at Siggraph in LA.
28/07/2010 at 04:55:22 - Campaigners have welcomed a US ruling that loosens Apple's tight control over what users of its iPhone can do with the device.
28/07/2010 at 04:00:14 - Google's YouTube website has hidden a playable version of Snake in some videos.
28/07/2010 at 03:46:37 - It might be high summer but Apple's iPad is already tipped to be this Christmas's best-selling gadget, the UK's largest electrical retailer said.
28/07/2010 at 05:56:00 - Google has been in discussions with top developers like Playdom Inc, Electronic Arts Inc's Playfish and Zynga Game Network Inc, a company in which Google recently took a financial stake, to offer thei ...
28/07/2010 at 01:57:00 - The 3-D camcorders go on sale in Japan on 20 August and will be available in overseas markets later this year
27/07/2010 at 11:19:00 - This auxiliary business is responsible for not only the millions of spam SMSes sent, but also for rendering ineffectual the lone barrier that the Trai has erected against spam
27/07/2010 at 06:43:00 - The Japanese firm also said it has confirmed with the Japanese government that the partnership with Google will not violate antitrust regulations
26/07/2010 at 14:32:00 - The sheer ease of sending these messages and a per-SMS price that has plummeted in near-suicidal manner over the last two years, have combined to yank this industry into overdrive
26/07/2010 at 05:21:25 - Estonia should be solving some crimes faster in future, armed with Swiss technologies that allow for bodies to be examined digitally and without an autopsy.
23/07/2010 at 07:45:00 - There have been reasons for both optimism and pessimism at the International Aids Conference in Vienna, a Swiss delegate says.
09/07/2010 at 03:43:00 - This week's record-breaking night flight by the Solar Impulse aircraft has been widely acclaimed, but few of us are ever likely to fly in such a plane.
08/07/2010 at 08:59:00 - The huge solar dragonfly made a final historic loop over Payerne airfield then gently glided onto the runway to loud applause - just over 26 hours after taking off.
08/07/2010 at 03:04:00 - Solar Impulse on Thursday became the first ever manned solar-powered aircraft in aviation history to fly through the night with no fuel.
22/07/2010 at 17:51:47 - A minor glitch in Apple’s latest phone hints at bigger problems.
22/07/2010 at 08:10:02 - Don't worry, now a brain scan method can help you discover your ideal job, scientists claim.
22/07/2010 at 02:49:43 - Google is worth one billion page views a day as the new image searches can show up to 1,000 images per page.
22/07/2010 at 02:19:37 - Mark Zukerberg started Facebook in February 2004, when he was a student at Harvard.
22/07/2010 at 01:35:59 - Smartphones could become the next weapon in the United States' battlefield arsenal.
21/07/2010 at 16:38:46 - A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighbouring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered — hundreds of times bigger than the sun....
20/07/2010 at 23:00:00 - "Szigetfone from punk to hip hop - Sziget InfoSMS for festival-goers - tickets by the minute for day trippers - payment by card for a comfortable and safe festival experience.
19/07/2010 at 21:00:00 - "Just as so many other areas of everyday life, June's information security arena was dominated by the FIFA World Cup. Cybercriminals did their best to cash in on the interest in the event. Meanwhile, ...
15/07/2010 at 21:00:00 - "Business Telecom Távközlési (Btel) has started mobile internet services under its own brand but in co-operation with Vodafone, which will provide network services. The companies signed a two-year agr ...
12/07/2010 at 21:00:00 - "Magyar Telekom, Hungary's leading telecommunications group, has announced that its Board of Directors appointed Attila Keszég Chief Sales and Services Officer on Monday. He will take up his position ...
08/07/2010 at 21:00:00 - "Armed with new data for Hungary's fixed-line, mobile and broadband markets, this quarter's update to BMI's Hungary Telecommunications Report sees us rein in our forecasts for mobile growth, slightly ...
25/06/2010 at 12:13:00 - Apple Inc.'s newest iPhone was selling briskly on Thursday as thousands lined up outside stores around the world to become among the first to own the device amid concerns of supply shortages.
25/06/2010 at 07:42:00 - Apple's touch-screen smartphone has been a sensation since Day 1 three years ago, and many who own the device believe it to be almost perfect - if only it worked better as a phone. So it is not surpri ...
25/06/2010 at 06:02:00 - For decades, computer scientists have been pursuing artificial intelligence - the use of computers to simulate human thinking. But in recent years, rapid progress has been made in machines that can li ...
25/06/2010 at 05:57:00 - If you think it is teenagers who are primarily guilty of sending text messages while driving, think again. According to a new poll from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, adults are more like ...
24/06/2010 at 13:54:00 - In many ways, Flickr, Yahoo's photo-sharing site, represents lost opportunities. In 2004, Flickr brought photo-sharing on the Web back into vogue when it seemed that pioneers like Shutterfly and Snapf ...