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Sony aims to return TVs to profit
Sony says it aims to make its LCD TV operations profitable in the financial year starting next April as it continues to cut costs.
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California to ban power-hungry TVs
Energy-hungry television sets will soon be banned across California, in a landmark move by state legislators to reduce energy consumption.
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Tiny chip could diagnose disease
A simple and cheap approach to diagnosing a wide array of medical conditions has been demonstrated by researchers.
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Two held in global PC fraud probe
Two suspected hackers are arrested in an investigation into a computer virus designed to steal banking information.
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OS maps to go online
The government announces plans to make Ordnance Survey mapping data available free of charge online.
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Government lays out digital plans
The government outlines a bill in the Queen's Speech for the country's digital future including plans to tackle illegal file-sharers.
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Network sites 'need help buttons'
Social networking websites are criticised for failing to introduce a help button for children being bullied online.
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T-Mobile staff sold personal data
Staff at mobile firm T-Mobile sold millions of records from thousands of customers, a spokesman confirms.
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Nasa game lets web users explore Mars for themselves
Nasa launches a website that allows users to play games while at the same time sorting through its image archive of Mars.
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Free public Wi-Fi scheme for town
Swindon will be the first town in the UK to offer free wireless internet access to its entire population, its council says.
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Microsoft co-founder has cancer
Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and has begun treatment, his sister says.
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EU cracks down on mobile sites
Websites mis-selling mobile ringtones are forced to clean up their acts, following a European Union crackdown.
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Night vision scopes see daylight
How British troops are able to see in the dark
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Intel debuts text reading device
The chip giant unveils a product designed to make print accessible to vision-impaired and dyslexic people.
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Medical debut for smart band aid
Clinical trials of a smart plaster - a sensor-studded band aid that wirelessly monitors vital signs - begin.
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