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Age of cyber warfare is 'dawning'

Tue, 11/17/2009 - 08:18
Many nations are now arming to defend themselves in a cyber war and readying forces to conduct their own attacks, says a report.
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Voters' details on stolen laptop

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 21:34
Names, addresses and signatures of 14,000 voters are on a laptop stolen from a council's offices in Hertfordshire.
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Web change

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 17:04
Readers respond to Egypt's plan for first Arabic domain
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China joins supercomputer elite

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 15:04
China becomes one of a handful of nations to own one of the top five fastest supercomputers in the world.
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Girls 'becoming Facebook addicts'

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 14:03
A teachers' leader says girls are becoming addicted to social networking sites.
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'Action needed' on net bullying

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 12:45
Thousands of children in the UK are bullied over the internet or on their mobile phones, according to a new report.
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Net gets set for alphabet changes

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 11:26
The internet regulator Icann invites countries to apply for web addresses written in non-Latin characters.
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UN slated for stifling net debate

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 10:49
The UN is criticised for stifling debate about net censorship after it disrupts a meeting of free-speech advocates in Egypt.
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Egypt launches Arabic web domain

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 07:31
Egypt is set to establish the world's first internet domain name written in Arabic, .masr, its communications minister says.
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Warning for online money mules

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 03:36
Police warn job hunters they could unwittingly become "money mules" laundering cash stolen in banking fraud.
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Net talking shop kicks off debate

Sun, 11/15/2009 - 05:44
Egypt should not have been picked as the venue for a key net talking shop, say human rights activists.
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'Sabbath' protest targets Intel

Sat, 11/14/2009 - 14:21
More than 1,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem against US firm Intel operating on the Jewish day of rest.
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Rosetta makes final home call

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 21:13
Europe's Rosetta probe makes its final Earth flyby, a manoeuvre designed to position it to chase down a comet in 2014.
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Switzerland takes Google to court

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 13:01
The Swiss privacy watchdog is taking Google to court over its Street View application.
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Europe fights Google's book plans

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 11:53
Europe fights Google's book plans
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Wikipedia's future in Africa

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 11:52
Net encyclopaedia Wikipedia to expand in Africa
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Windows 7 borrowed 'look' of Mac

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 11:43
A Microsoft executive was quoted as saying that Windows 7's graphical changes were inspired by Apple's Mac OS.
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BBC iPlayer launches Wii channel

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 10:36
The BBC iPlayer will be available on the Nintendo Wii as a dedicated channel from 18 November.
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Intel and AMD settle legal rows

Thu, 11/12/2009 - 20:28
US chip maker Intel agrees to pay rival AMD $1.25bn as part of a deal to settle all outstanding legal disputes.
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MPs clash over hitting 'reply all' to e-mail about cyber security

Thu, 11/12/2009 - 19:48
A row breaks out over MPs and peers hitting "reply all" to a round robin e-mail about cyber security.
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