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Technology & Gadgets

Facebook overtakes Google in US

Facebook became the most popular site in the US for the first time last week, pushing Google into second place although the search engine giant remains dominant in Britain.
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Inside Technology & Gadgets

Huge 'botnet' amputated, but criminals reconnect

Friday, 12 March 2010

The sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially millions of personal computers under their control.
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Scientists to 'read' volunteers' minds with neuroimaging technique

Friday, 12 March 2010

Scientists have read the minds of healthy volunteers using a brain scanner to detect what they were thinking.
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Virgin Media plans to carry fibre optic cables on telegraph poles

Friday, 12 March 2010

Virgin Media is to take its fibre cables above ground for the first time in a move that could bring superfast broadband to one million homes in hard-to-reach rural areas.
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Rory McIlroy tees off with Tiger Woods in PGA Tour 11 video game

Thursday, 11 March 2010

Rory McIlroy shares top billing with Tiger Woods and on the latest version of the world number one's top-selling PS3 video game.
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UK hails year of catch-up television

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Catch-up television over the internet has proved hugely popular in the UK, with the BBC's iPlayer leading the way, but most households are limited to watching on a computer screen.
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TV meets internet: viewers are hitching up to the web for more viewing control

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

With so many ways to find, and places to watch, television, these are rich and exciting times for viewers. Now we can build our own television schedule around the other things we want to do, instead of having to build our lives around broadcasters' schedules.
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The ten best photo-printing websites: from Boots to Snapfish

Saturday, 6 March 2010

Chosen by Rebecca Armstrong
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Quit smoking on Facebook

Friday, 5 March 2010

Cyber-savvy smokers looking to quit on next week's No Smoking Day can kick the habit on Facebook.
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Leap Year PlayStation glitch hits Sony gamers

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

A technical problem that stopped play for millions of PlayStation 3 gamers has been fixed, according to Sony.
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Donegal doodler's work on Google homepage

Monday, 1 March 2010

A young Irish artist will have her work viewed by millions of web surfers this week after being crowned the country's top doodler.
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In Pictures: The ten best Apple iPhone cases

Saturday, 27 February 2010

Worried about scratching your shiny new iPhone? Then take a look at our pick of the best protective cases on the market.
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Google warned over Street View

Friday, 26 February 2010

European Union data privacy regulators have told Google to warn people before it sends cameras out into cities to take pictures for its Street View maps, adding to the company's legal worries in Europe.
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Broadband tax plan condemned

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

The Government's plans for a 50p-a-month tax on households to fund super-fast broadband across the country have been condemned by an influential group of MPs.
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Sex.com comes up for sale again

Monday, 22 February 2010

The rights to one of the most notorious adult sites on the internet are up for sale just four years after they changed hands for a record $14m (£9m), with auctioneers hoping that sex can sell all over again.
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Google to translate from images

Thursday, 18 February 2010

Google has launched a new translation service for mono-lingual English tourists, which may save them from making embarrassing mistakes in restaurants across the world.
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