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Twitter followers 'can be bought'
Twitter users can now buy followers to boost the audience for the messages they send via the micro-blogging service.
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Innocents accused of net piracy
The crackdown on illegal file-sharers is catching innocent people alongside the pirates, according to a report.
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Iran 'lifts block on SMS texting'
Reports from Iran say SMS text messaging services have been unblocked for the first time since disputed presidential elections.
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Ariane lofts biggest 'space bird'
The world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite - to offer a terrestrial/satellite phone service - is put into orbit.
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Vodafone agrees new Carphone deal
Carphone Warehouse is to restart selling Vodafone mobile phone contracts, three years after Vodafone pulled the products.
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Traffic rockets to Twitter site
The number of people visiting Twitter has soared over the past year, according to an internet monitoring company.
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Cash for Pirate Bay file-sharers
New owners of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay say users will be paid for sharing files.
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Cost of texting abroad comes down
A cap on the cost of sending a text message while abroad in the European Union comes into force for the first time.
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Cyber bullying case sentence due
The woman tried in the US's first federal cyber bullying case, which led to a teenager's suicide, faces sentencing.
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New kit 'boosts mobile signal'
New technology's been released to help people who don't get good mobile phone reception at home.
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SMS sex tips and farming advice for Ugandans
Ugandans are benefiting from a mobile service which gives information on health, sex and farming from Google.
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Get your up-to-date fix of blog posts about all things digital
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First byte
The Californian origins of home computing
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Go Figure
Can a statistics website really be exciting? Yes it can
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Free future
Wired magazine's editor talks open software
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Gaga goo goo
Video surveillance offers insight into baby babble
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Tightening net
Chinese netizens denounce new filtering software
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A What-man?
Boy of 13 swaps his iPod for a Walkman for a long week
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Workplaces set to get 'smarter'
Technology will ensure that the office of the future is full of sensors that help workers be very productive, suggests a report.
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China delays internet filter plan
China delays a plan requiring new computers to be equipped with internet filtering software.
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ID scheme is an 'embarrassment'
The government's handling of ID cards is a "national embarrassment", says ex shadow home secretary David Davis.
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Pirate Bay site sold to game firm
Popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay has been sold to a Swedish gaming company GGF.
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Mobile pollution sensors deployed
Cyclists, buses, cars and even pedestrians become mobile pollution detectors in a UK initiative.
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MPs to investigate UK net speeds
The Commons Business and Enterprise Committee is to investigate if government broadband pledges go far enough.
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Apple boss Jobs returns to work
Apple boss Steve Jobs is back at work after six months of medical leave, although he will work from home for part of the week.
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Universal phone charger agreed
Deal with the European Commission could bring a "one size fits all" phone charger into production.
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Engaging with the internet
Regular columnist Bill Thompson takes a look at the Digital Britain report
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Of pixels and paintbrushes
A return to Venice for the Biennale art festival gives Bill Thompson a chance to reflect on digital art.
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Can't connect, won't connect.
Bill Thompson looks at the perils of wi-fi and babies
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How bad is Facebook for you?
Bill Thompson on social networking 'scares'
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A nation of programmers?
Regular columnist Bill Thompson argues that people need to know more about programming and what programmes do
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Battle over anti-counterfeit treaty
The anger over an 'anti-counterfeiting' treaty
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JournalismLabs: New BBC Weather site
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Code-cracking and computers
Best known for its code-cracking work, Bletchley Park also played a role in the origins of the computer age.
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Accelerating the modern age
A technology that helps the modern world keep running celebrates its 40th anniversary on 5 August.
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One tonne 'Baby' marks its birth
The sixtieth anniversary of the birth of the first modern computer - known as Baby - is celebrated.
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The history of UK computing
The UK's role in the early days of the computer revolution have been overlooked, say conservationists.
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From: BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
Last Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:01:49 GMT

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