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Social media challenges society
How social media challenges age-old social rules
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Ofcom knocks back BBC DRM
Critics argue that a BBC request to offer copy protection on set-top boxes is 'DRM by the backdoor'.
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Live UK football for iPhone users
Pay-TV provider BSkyB is to show live Premier League matches and other sports on Apple's iPhone for £6 a month.
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Games maker EA to cut jobs
US video game maker Electronic Arts says it is cutting 1,500 jobs as quarterly losses widen to $391m.
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Google snaps up mobile ad firm
Google, the world's most popular search engine, agrees a deal to buy the mobile advertising firm AdMob for $750m.
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Murdoch may block Google
Rupert Murdoch says he will try to block Google and Google News using news content from his firms on their search indexes.
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'Road trains' get ready to roll
A sensor system that joins vehicles in 'platoons' so they travel close together is being researched with European cash.
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UK surveillance plan to go ahead
The Home office says it will push ahead with plans to ask communications firms to monitor all internet use.
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Nokia recalls 14m phone chargers
Mobile phone firm Nokia is recalling 14m phone chargers because of fears they could cause electric shocks.
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MPs row over 'violent' video game
A row between two Labour MPs erupts ahead of the high-profile launch of video-game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
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Cyber vandal hits police website
A computer hacker protesting over terror deaths in Pakistan attacks the website of Durham Police, forcing it to temporarily close.
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Worm attack hits Apple iPhone
A self-propagating program that infects the Apple iPhone is discovered spreading amongst handsets in Australia.
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Play.com hit by ordering glitch
Customers of online shop Play.com contact the BBC to report problems with its ordering system.
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The next level in handheld games
Handheld game giants face a brand new foe
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Gadget problems divide the sexes
A technology helpline claims that there are significant differences between the types of calls it receives from men and women.
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China plans for robot Olympics
Robots sports stars are being sought for an international robot Olympics to be held in China in 2010.
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