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China buckles on Green Dam 'porn-blocker'

China postponed a plan to require personal computer makers to supply internet-filtering software, retreating in the face of protests by Washington and Chinese web surfers just hours before it was due to take effect.
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Pirate Bay website sold for £4.7m

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

A small Swedish software firm today announced it had bought The Pirate Bay, the hugely popular file-sharing website, for £4.7 million.
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Tweet lands Twitter geek in jail

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

A computer geek in Guatemala has become one of the first in the world to be arrested for Twittering.
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‘Twitter revolution’ beats old-style media

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Recent events in Iran have provided a fascinating example of how the internet is so much part of our lives that any large-scale attempts to control it can threaten a country’s economy.
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Agreement means one charger will fit all mobile phones

Monday, 29 June 2009

Europe's mass of different mobile phone chargers will be replaced next year by one type, following an industry agreement signed with the European Commission today.
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Government warns of cyber-warfare attacks by Al Qaida, China and Russia

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Al Qaida is intent on using the internet to launch a cyber-warfare campaign against the UK, ministers claimed today.
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Belfast has chance to be the master of its own domain

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

The web has been buzzing this week with discussion of what will happen when the organisation that controls the internet’s address system, ICANN, throws the system open to big changes.
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Teen texting champ wins $50,000

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

A 15-year-old was crowned the new US texting champion after a two-day marathon competition.
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Microsoft sues alleged click fraudsters

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

A year-long game of electronic sleuthing has culminated in a lawsuit against three alleged "click fraudsters", whom Microsoft accuses of manipulating its online advertising business.
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MySpace to cut 30 per cent of workforce

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

MySpace, the social networking site owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, is to slash its workforce by 30 per cent after its new chief executive said staffing levels were "bloated".
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Landline phone users will have to pay 50p a month broadband tax

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

All landline phone users will be hit with a 50p a month ‘broadband tax’ to ensure Northern Ireland's most rural communities are given access to superfast connections.
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Automation for the people is key to managing IT processes

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

There are two things about people’s attitudes to technology that have always puzzled me.
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Games Review: Guitar Hero Metallica

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

As successful as the Guitar Hero francise has been, up until now its major problem was the impossibility of trying to please everyone with the track listings of games.
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Surge in home internet users predicted

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

A fifth of those without home internet are to sign up in the next six months, research suggested today.
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Seek and you might find there’s more to the internet than Google

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

I’m willing to bet a pound to a penny that if I mention the names Jookster, Swiki, Rollyo and Clusty, most people won’t have a clue what I’m talking about. Yet all of them are innovative players in the multi-billion dollar search industry.
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Apple unveil new and faster iPhone

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Apple has served up a new, faster version of its uber-popular iPhone, with a video camera, more memory and a slew of new features, redoubling its effort to stay ahead of the pack in the increasingly competitive smartphone market.
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