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Protests grow over digital bill
Petitions and protests are planned in the wake of government plans to tackle persistent pirates.
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Beams collide in Big Bang machine
Engineers operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have smashed together proton beams in the machine for the first time.
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Design finalised for 1,000mph rocket car
The UK team aiming to smash its own land speed record by driving a car beyond 1,000mph settles on a final design for the vehicle.
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Games 'permit' virtual war crimes
Many war games allow players to commit what would be war crimes in the real world, finds a study.
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New iPhone worm is 'more serious'
A second worm which infects modified iPhones has been discovered by security company F-Secure.
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Call to jam prison mobile signals
An independent inspector calls for mobile phone signals in prisons to be jammed to help prevent crime and drug dealing by inmates.
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UK climate unit's e-mails hacked
The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.
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Facebook acts on follower trade
Social networking site Facebook has threatened legal action against a site that sells friends and followers.
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YouTube gets automatic subtitles
Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google.
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Dell sees quarterly profits fall
US computer giant Dell reports another decline in its quarterly profits, sending its shares 7% lower.
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First test for record solar plane
The prototype of a solar-powered plane destined for a record round-the-world journey makes its first trip across a runway.
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Google previews operating system
Internet search giant Google previews its Chrome OS operating system, to be available to users by the end of 2010.
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CD player production ends at Linn
A manufacturer of hi-fi systems sounds what it says could be the death knell of the compact disc player.
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Twitter urges Murdoch to be open
Newspapers should become "radically open" if they want to make money in the online world, the co-founder of Twitter says.
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China military site draws hackers
A website set up by China's Ministry of National Defense attracts 2.3million hack attempts in its first four weeks online.
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Set to stun: scientists test 'phaser' on worms
Scientists show off an effect not unlike that of "phasers" in Star Trek - but it only works on tiny worms called nematodes.
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