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Tagging for psychiatric patients

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 12:27am
For the first time in Britain, a satellite tracking system is being used to monitor the movements of violent offenders with mental health problems.

BT ad banned over broadband claim

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 8:13pm
A BT advert is banned for misleading customers over the speed of the company's broadband, the advertising watchdog says.

Online copycats

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 7:49am
California moves to outlaw net impersonators

Web scam hits iTunes and Paypal

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 6:07am
ITunes accounts linked to Paypal have been targeted in a scam with a number of users complaining that they have been cleaned out.

Banned Brotherhood in Egypt gets 'own Facebook'

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 5:45am
Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood movement launches its own Facebook-style social networking site to promote moderate Islamic values, it says.

Microsoft probes Halo game breach

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 4:47am
Microsoft is investigating how an eagerly anticipated Xbox game appeared on the internet three weeks ahead of its official release.

Cheating gamers face online ban

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 3:06am
Rockstar Games are banning people from playing the popular game Red Dead Redemption who are accused of cheating.

HP trumps Dell in $1.6bn 3PAR bid

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 6:50pm
Computer maker Hewlett Packard bids $1.6bn (£1bn) for data storage firm 3PAR, trumping a $1.2bn offer made by rival Dell.

Dust busting technology from Mars

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 11:08am
Technology developed for space missions to Mars enables terrestrial solar panels to self-clean and stay dust free.

Soldiers on call for game ban

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 9:50am
British troops give their views on the defence secretary's call for Medal of Honor to be banned.

Bum notes

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 7:13am
What is autotuning and how widespread is it?

Fox defends video game ban call

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 6:59am
Britain's Defence Secretary Liam Fox defends his comments calling on retailers to refuse to sell the forthcoming Medal of Honor game.

Performance art

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 4:04am
Is technology stealing the actor's limelight?

The rise of the 'mummy bloggers'

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 3:20am
Parents blogging about their children have become a global force in marketing.

Lady Gaga overtakes Britney Spears for Twitter record

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 2:05am
The US singer has overtaken Britney Spears to become the most followed person on social networking site Twitter.

Aliens 'may be thinking machines'

Sun, 08/22/2010 - 7:16pm
The hunt for aliens should allow for the fact that ETs may be thinking machines rather than like us, a leading researcher says.

Iran unveils first bomber drone

Sun, 08/22/2010 - 8:42am
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveils his country's first domestically built, unmanned bomber plane.

Data blow to gravity satellite

Sat, 08/21/2010 - 6:22pm
The European Space Agency battles to recover its Goce gravity satellite which has been struck by a second computer glitch.

Wikileaks rape warrant cancelled

Sat, 08/21/2010 - 12:02pm
An arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on rape accusations is abruptly cancelled by Swedish authorities just hours after it was issued.

Wikileaks founder accused of rape

Sat, 08/21/2010 - 7:22am
Swedish officials say they have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on accusations of rape and molestation.
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