UK signs up to online safety plan

25 January 2013 Last updated at 07:59 ET By Anthony Reuben Business reporter, BBC News, Davos The UK government has signed up to an initiative to help countries and companies work together to make themselves safer from cyber attacks. It is...

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US ends phone unlocking amnesty

25 January 2013 Last updated at 11:53 ET From Saturday, Americans will have to get permission to "unlock" their smartphone so it runs on more than one mobile network. On that date a 90-day time limit that made it legal to unlock phones without...

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Glasgow wins 'smart city' cash

25 January 2013 Last updated at 06:32 ET Continue reading the main story CLICKABLE Traffic Crime Footfall Energy Transport Reporting problems Traffic A more joined up use of CCTV and traffic management will enable...

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Apple audit finds under-age workers

25 January 2013 Last updated at 06:48 ET Apple has terminated a contract with Chinese circuit board manufacturer PZ after discovering 74 under-age workers were working there. The workers, who were all under 16, had been supplied by a regional...

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Skype privacy called into question

25 January 2013 Last updated at 08:07 ET Microsoft is under fresh pressure to disclose information about how confidential its Skype user data is. Reporters Without Borders, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and 43 other campaign groups have...

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Antigua applies to run 'pirate' site

25 January 2013 Last updated at 09:00 ET Antigua is seeking permission to run a website that sells music, movies and software - but ignores copyright law. The Caribbean island is due to appear before the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 28...

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One in four new phones a Samsung

25 January 2013 Last updated at 09:04 ET Samsung accounted for one in four of all mobile phones shipped worldwide last year, as its shipments rose nearly 20% to 396.5 million, a report says. Apple's phone shipments grew by 46% to a record 135.8...

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Al-Shabab Twitter account stopped

25 January 2013 Last updated at 09:43 ET The Twitter account of Somali militant group al-Shabab has been suspended, after it was used to threaten to kill Kenyan hostages. Al-Shabab launched its Twitter account in December 2011, after Kenyan...

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Apple loses most valuable crown

25 January 2013 Last updated at 17:01 ET Continue reading the main story Apple has lost its crown as the world's most valuable publicly traded company after its shares continued to fall. Oil company Exxon Mobil has regained the top slot after...

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Anonymous hacks US agency website

26 January 2013 Last updated at 09:43 ET Hackers claiming to be from the activist group Anonymous have hacked a US government website in response to the death of Aaron Swartz. Activists embedded a video statement on the homepage of the United...

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Facebook allows free calling on iPhone

17 January 2013 Last updated at 06:41 ET Facebook has added a feature in its mobile phone app that allows free calling for US iPhone users. Users can now make calls to each other via the Facebook Messenger app anywhere they have a wi-fi or...

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Phone apps 'delay skin diagnosis'

17 January 2013 Last updated at 07:19 ET Using a smartphone app to decide whether a mole is cancerous could delay sometimes life-saving treatment, according to American researchers. The University of Pittsburgh scientists put four applications...

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Post modern: Assange parcel is art

17 January 2013 Last updated at 11:31 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Two Swiss artists have used GPS tracking and live webcam to follow the progress of a parcel intended to reach Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Domagoj Smoljo...

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Lens-less camera to help car drivers

17 January 2013 Last updated at 14:00 ET Cheap sensors that help cars avoid collisions could emerge from research into a lens-less imaging system. US scientists have used metamaterials to build the imaging system, which samples infra-red and...

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Intel profits and revenues fall

17 January 2013 Last updated at 17:33 ET Profits at Intel have fallen as the world's largest maker of computer microchips continues to suffer from weaker PC sales. Net income for the last three months of 2012 fell 27% to $2.47bn (£1.54bn),...

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Google to move HQ in £1bn deal

18 January 2013 Last updated at 03:31 ET Technology giant Google is to move its UK headquarters following a £1bn property deal. It has bought a 2.4 acre site at King's Cross in north London and plans to build a seven and 11 storey complex....

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Sony sells New York HQ for $1.1bn

18 January 2013 Last updated at 04:27 ET Sony is to sell its US headquarters in Manhattan for $1.1bn (£690m). The skyscraper on Madison Avenue will be bought by the Chetrit Group, a major family-owned New York property group. The news, as...

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US general warns on Iran cyber-force

18 January 2013 Last updated at 05:16 ET Cyber-attacks on Iran are turning it into a "force to be reckoned with" America's top cyber-soldier has warned. Since 2010, Iran has come under attack many times by malicious viruses written specifically...

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Nokia backs 3D printing for phones

18 January 2013 Last updated at 08:22 ET Nokia is releasing design files that will let owners use 3D printers to make their own cases for its Lumia phones Files containing mechanical drawings, case measurements and recommended materials have...

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Dotcom starts new file-sharing site

20 January 2013 Last updated at 11:02 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Mr Dotcom launched Mega early on Sunday Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom has set up a new cloud storage and file-sharing site. Mega,...

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UK still has 13,000 monochrome TVs

9 January 2013 Last updated at 20:27 ET More than 13,000 households across the UK are still using black-and-white television sets, according to the TV Licensing authority. London had the highest number of monochrome licences, at 2,715, followed...

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Mozilla smartphones to launch Europe

10 January 2013 Last updated at 06:52 ET Smartphones developed by the creators of the Firefox web browser are expected to be launched in Europe in 2013. Chinese phone-equipment maker ZTE said it was working with a European wireless carrier...

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Amazon offers free copies of CDs

10 January 2013 Last updated at 12:06 ET Online retailer Amazon has launched a service that stores free digital versions of CDs bought via its store. AutoRip, which is only available in the US, will automatically keep a digital copy of eligible...

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Nokia sales better than expected

10 January 2013 Last updated at 17:10 ET Continue reading the main story Nokia shares have risen sharply after the Finnish group said mobile phone sales in the fourth quarter exceeded its own expectations. Nokia said it sold 86.3 million...

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Microsoft sets Messenger deadline

11 January 2013 Last updated at 05:37 ET Microsoft is switching off its Windows Live Messenger service on 15 March. On that date Messenger log-ins will no longer work and users must turn to Skype, said Microsoft in an email sent to all Messenger...

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Kenya's digital TV switch halted

11 January 2013 Last updated at 06:14 ET Kenya's high court has ordered that the date for the switch off of the analogue television signal be delayed, preferably until after the March poll. Justice Isaac Lenaola said an immediate move to digital...

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New US rare earth centre to be built

11 January 2013 Last updated at 06:32 ET By Katia Moskvitch Technology reporter, BBC News The US Department of Energy is giving $120m (£75m) to set up a new research centre charged with developing new methods of rare earth production. Rare...

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US warns over key computer systems

11 January 2013 Last updated at 06:48 ET The US government has told thousands of companies to beef up protection of computers which oversee power plants and other utilities. The action comes after a survey revealed that thousands of these systems...

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Cheap smartphones tempt buyers

11 January 2013 Last updated at 12:26 ET By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter, BBC News Asha, the budget smartphone line from Nokia, is outselling its premium handset offering, the Windows-run Lumia, by over two to one. The firm's quarterly...

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Web activist Aaron Swartz dies

13 January 2013 Last updated at 03:42 ET Aaron Swartz, a celebrated internet freedom activist and early developer of the website Reddit, has died at 26. The activist and programmer took his life in his New York apartment, a relative and the...

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Ground-breaking OLED TV on sale

2 January 2013 Last updated at 09:25 ET LG has launched a 55in (140cm) OLED TV - kickstarting a battle over the next-generation of high-quality screens. OLED - which means organic light-emitting diode - is more energy efficient than LCD (liquid...

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Ubuntu system comes to smartphones

2 January 2013 Last updated at 13:17 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. The Linux-based software will allow users to run desktop apps on their handsets, allowing them to...

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Elite reboot hits funding target

3 January 2013 Last updated at 06:41 ET An ambitious plan to update classic space trading game Elite has hit its funding target. The game first appeared on the BBC Micro in 1984 but one of the game's original creators wanted to make a modern...

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Island community pleads for internet

3 January 2013 Last updated at 08:40 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Residents on the remote South Atlantic territory of St Helena have renewed their plea for the UK to back plans to bring broadband to the island. The British...

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Google avoids legal action in US

3 January 2013 Last updated at 17:14 ET The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided not to take legal action against Google at the end of a 19-month investigation into the search giant. It found Google had not biased its search results to...

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