Twitter under pressure in Turkey

27 June 2013 Last updated at 06:34 ET The Turkish government has asked Twitter to set up an office inside the country so company representatives can be reached more easily. Both Twitter and Facebook were used to spread information during recent...

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Edsac rebuild hits key milestone

27 June 2013 Last updated at 06:55 ET A project to recreate a pioneering UK 1940s computer has hit a significant milestone as the first working parts of the restored machine are demonstrated. Key elements of the restored Electronic Delay Storage...

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Courtrooms to get digital overhaul

27 June 2013 Last updated at 20:40 ET By Clive Coleman Legal correspondent, BBC News Courtrooms in England and Wales will be fully digital by 2016, the government says, ending what it described as "an outdated reliance on paper". It is part...

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Instagram video hits Twitter's Vine

28 June 2013 Last updated at 07:29 ET Instagram's new video-sharing tool has had a big effect on Twitter's Vine service, analysis shows. The number of links to Vine videos on social networks fell by nearly half a million the day after video...

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'Twisted light' shown off in fibre

28 June 2013 Last updated at 07:49 ET By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News A novel way of boosting data rates in optical communication using "twisted light" has been shown to work in optical fibres. The light is effectively...

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UK man gets $20k Facebook payout

28 June 2013 Last updated at 08:24 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Facebook has rewarded a British man with $20,000 (£13,000) after he found a bug which could have been exploited to hack into users' accounts. Jack Whitton, a security...

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Facebook acts to avoid ad boycott

28 June 2013 Last updated at 13:38 ET By Rory Cellan-Jones Technology correspondent Facebook has announced a major revamp of its advertising systems in an attempt to deal with concerns about offensive content. There will now be new restrictions...

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Blackberry shares dive after loss

28 June 2013 Last updated at 16:56 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Michelle Fleury says investors are clearly not impressed by RIM's efforts to revive its fortunes Shares in smartphone...

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Fans braced for Google Reader demise

28 June 2013 Last updated at 20:12 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Millions of users of Google's Reader service are preparing for its closure, with many still angered at the search giant's decision. Google announced in March that...

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Saudis jail Facebook cyber activists

30 June 2013 Last updated at 10:19 ET A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced seven cyber activists to between five to 10 years in prison for inciting protests, mainly by using Facebook. The men were arrested in September last year, according...

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Microsoft U-turn in Xbox games row

19 June 2013 Last updated at 17:43 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Microsoft has made a dramatic U-turn over its decision to impose restrictions on pre-owned titles on its new Xbox One console. The company had said it would restrict...

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Paid-for online news 'makes gains'

19 June 2013 Last updated at 19:13 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter Consumers are becoming more willing to pay for online news, although most still choose not to, a study suggests. The percentage of UK-based web users who read paid-for...

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Kim Dotcom decries 'data massacre'

20 June 2013 Last updated at 05:56 ET A huge amount of Megaupload data has been deleted by a European hosting firm, founder Kim Dotcom has revealed. He called it the "largest data massacre in the history of the internet," saying that millions...

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France and Spain investigate Google

20 June 2013 Last updated at 13:02 ET Spain has launched proceedings against Google over five suspected serious data breaches. Meanwhile France has given the search giant three months to rethink its privacy rules. Since last year Google has...

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Facebook adds videos to Instagram

20 June 2013 Last updated at 13:53 ET Users of Facebook's photo-sharing app, Instagram, will now be able to take videos as well as still photographs, the social network has announced. In a press conference, Instagram's chief executive Kevin...

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BBC class calculator wins award

20 June 2013 Last updated at 15:00 ET The BBC's Great British Class Calculator has won a data journalism award. The Global Editor's Network Data Journalism Awards recognise outstanding work and editorial excellence in the field of data journalism....

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Samsung unveils two-system tablet

20 June 2013 Last updated at 15:28 ET Samsung has unveiled a tablet that can switch between the Windows 8 and Android operating systems. The Ativ Q has a 13.3in (33.8cm) screen that sits over a keyboard that can be folded out for typing or...

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Pirate bay founder jailed for hack

21 June 2013 Last updated at 05:10 ET Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, co-founder of the Pirate Bay, has been sentenced to two years in a Swedish prison for hacking into a bank's computers. A Swedish court found Warg guilty of the hack attacks and...

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Google given 35 days to delete data

21 June 2013 Last updated at 10:04 ET Google has been given 35 days to delete any remaining data it "mistakenly collected" while taking pictures for its Street View service, or face criminal proceedings. But the UK Information Commissioner's...

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Premier League starts piracy swoop

21 June 2013 Last updated at 13:41 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News The Premier League is to request a court order forcing internet service providers to block a popular football streaming website before the next season. The League...

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