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BBC Hijacks PCs to Prove a Point

The BBC’s technology programme Click wanted to do a report on how at risk modern PCs still are, but they didn’t expect to ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 12, 2009

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We Can Smell If You’re Lying To Us

The Department of Homeland Security is taking a somewhat bizarre new approach to lie detection: analyzing body odor. While a million dollar industry ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 12, 2009

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UK Urged to Tax Violent Games

The father of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor is advising the UK Prime Minister to tax all violent videogames in order to reduce knife ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 11, 2009

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Computer Language Creator Earns “Nobel Prize”

The Turing Award, the “Nobel Prize for computing”, has been awarded to Professor Barbara Liskov, who, whether you realize it or not, has ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 11, 2009

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YouTube Blocks Music Videos in UK

In a major row over recording rights, YouTube has blocked all UK users from accessing some of its music videos. As of the ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 10, 2009

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Man Wins Fight Against “Lunatic Ninja” Kangaroo

A man in Australia has been branded a “hero” after he saved his family from a “lunatic ninja” kangaroo while wearing just his ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 10, 2009

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Japanese Robot Has a Fatal Attraction

Japanese scientists have made a robot capable of feeling love. And woe betide anyone that gets in his way. Lovable Kenji is one ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 10, 2009

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PC World Brings Jobs Back to the UK

PC World (one of the UK’s biggest computer stores) has decided that insourcing is a far better idea than outsourcing. Back in 2004, ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 9, 2009

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Woman Sues Microsoft Over Downgrade Payment: Updated

When Emma Alvarado bought a pre-loaded laptop with Vista, it cost her $59.25 to get a downgrade to XP, which she’s hoping to ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 9, 2009

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A Whole New First Person “Shooter”

Rob Spence is taking advantage of a childhood eye injury to develop a new kind of “first person shooter”: a camera that fits ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 7, 2009

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New Websites Can Be .Eco Logical

Al Gore, the “inventor” of the Internet is backing the creation of a new domain name for ecologically friendly sites. The new domain ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 7, 2009

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Beatles: Rock Band Details Emerge

New details have emerged about the upcoming Beatles: Rock Band game that was announced in January. Though we now have a bit more ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorMarch 5, 2009

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