Getting your tweets via ticker tape

23 August 2013 Last updated at 08:47 ET By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter, BBC News A web developer from Cumbria has built a modern version of a 19th Century ticker-tape machine which prints out tweets. The 'twittertape' device was built...

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UK ponders ban on 'car fob' mobiles

21 August 2013 Last updated at 12:24 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter UK officials are considering banning the sale of small mobile phones designed to resemble car key fobs. A government spokesman told the BBC that it was discussing the...

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Smartwatch to offer built-in camera

22 August 2013 Last updated at 00:45 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter Omate Truesmart - a smartwatch with a built-in five megapixel camera - is set to go into production after hitting its crowdfunding target. The device raised more than...

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Court halted NSA email surveillance

22 August 2013 Last updated at 01:17 ET A National Security Agency surveillance system illegally gathered up to 56,000 personal emails by Americans annually, declassified court documents show. Officials revealed that a judge in the Foreign...

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China web users arrested over posts

22 August 2013 Last updated at 07:22 ET Four people have been arrested in China over posts made on Twitter-like website Sina Weibo, state media has reported. The users are said to have "incited dissatisfaction with the government" by spreading...

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Ubuntu Edge campaign misses target

22 August 2013 Last updated at 11:13 ET The 30-day crowdfunding campaign to raise $32m (£20.5m) for the Ubuntu Edge smartphone has failed. Developer Canonical raised almost $13m from 27,488 funders, surpassing the previous crowdfunding record...

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Desktop 3D scanner goes on sale

22 August 2013 Last updated at 13:39 ET A desktop device that can quickly scan objects so they can be replicated using a 3D printer has gone on sale. The Makerbot Digitizer, which costs $1,400 (£900), will be shipped to the first buyers in...

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Baidu launches app preview service

23 August 2013 Last updated at 06:40 ET Chinese search engine Baidu has said it will allow people to preview mobile apps without needing to download them. Baidu's free Light App platform will run other apps, giving users a chance to access...

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Ebay users hit by site problems

23 August 2013 Last updated at 07:25 ET Ebay users are reporting issues using the auction website following scheduled maintenance carried out earlier today. Some users are complaining of log-in failures or problems using the service once they...

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Microsoft chief Ballmer to retire

23 August 2013 Last updated at 10:50 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Steve Ballmer at Microsoft corporate event in 2000: "I love this company" Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is to retire...

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Xbox One to charge for key features

8 August 2013 Last updated at 08:11 ET Key features of Microsoft's Xbox One console, which is expected to go on sale in November, will only be available with an annual subscription. The requirement covers recording and sharing of gameplay videos,...

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Pioneer joins virtual reality firm

8 August 2013 Last updated at 09:11 ET A firm developing a hotly-tipped virtual reality gaming headset has hired a gaming pioneer to be its chief technology officer. John Carmack is famed for developing the first-person shooter genre, creating...

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Still no internet in 17% of UK homes

8 August 2013 Last updated at 10:42 ET Four million homes in the UK are still not connected to the internet, the Office of National Statistics said. The ONS's data said the majority, 59%, of those unconnected said they simply did not need to...

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Advertisers quit bully row website

8 August 2013 Last updated at 12:08 ET Several large companies are among those pulling adverts from social media website ask.fm, after the death of a teenager who was bullied online. The Sun newspaper, EDF, BT and optical retailer Specsavers...

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Snowden link as email services close

9 August 2013 Last updated at 05:42 ET Two encrypted email services have closed down for reasons linked to US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. Texas-based Lavabit service has shut down but said legal reasons prevented it explaining why....

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Publishers fight Apple e-book ruling

9 August 2013 Last updated at 06:40 ET HarperCollins, Simon & Shuster and Penguin are among publishers who have filed a complaint against restrictions imposed on Apple by a US court. Last month Apple was found guilty of conspiring with...

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Car phone use 'not linked' to crashes

9 August 2013 Last updated at 10:18 ET Researchers have found no link between the number of US drivers making phone calls while on the road and the number of accidents recorded. A team at Carnegie Mellon University and the London School of...

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Blackberry shares jump on deal talk

9 August 2013 Last updated at 15:40 ET Shares in smartphone maker Blackberry jumped more than 5% in New York following a report that the company is considering a major shift in strategy. According to a Reuters report, Blackberry's management...

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Apple victory in Samsung patent case

9 August 2013 Last updated at 18:32 ET Apple has won a key patent case against rival Samsung at the US International Trade Commission (US ITC). The US ITC upheld a 2011 decision which found that Samsung had infringed Apple patents in the production...

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One in five children 'cyber-bullied'

11 August 2013 Last updated at 08:46 ET Almost one in five children who use social networking sites suffered a negative experience last year, research by children's charity the NSPCC shows. This included bullying, unwanted sexual messages,...

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Bomb threat tweet sent to Mary Beard

4 August 2013 Last updated at 07:39 ET The classicist and TV presenter Mary Beard has been sent a bomb threat on Twitter hours after the UK boss of the social networking site apologised to women who have experienced abuse. Prof Beard, who has...

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O2 reveals 4G network launch date

31 July 2013 Last updated at 19:01 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter O2 has announced that its 4G mobile network is set to launch on 29 August. The service - offering higher mobile data speeds than 3G - will initially be available in London,...

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Sky makes Microsoft rename Skydrive

1 August 2013 Last updated at 06:51 ET Microsoft is changing the name of Skydrive, its cloud storage service, after a legal challenge by BSkyB. It follows a High Court ruling in June that the name infringed the broadcaster's trademark. The...

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New 'always listening' Google phone

1 August 2013 Last updated at 15:00 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Google-owned Motorola has announced a phone that is "always listening" for the owner's voice commands. Saying "OK Google now..." will prompt the Moto X's Touchless...

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Avatar will get three sequels

2 August 2013 Last updated at 05:06 ET Fox Studios have announced there will be three sequels to Avatar, after director James Cameron found two films "would not be enough". The three sequels will be filmed simultaneously beginning in 2014,...

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Latvia resists hacker extradition

2 August 2013 Last updated at 06:29 ET Latvia is resisting calls to extradite a man the US alleges wrote a computer virus used to steal millions. In January, Latvian Deniss Calovskis was named by the US as one of the creators of the Gozi virus....

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Apple faces e-book clamp down

2 August 2013 Last updated at 11:51 ET US regulators have called for Apple to be forced to cancel certain e-book contracts with major publishers. They added Apple should be hit with a five-year ban on entering distribution contracts deemed...

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UK smartphone users wary of 4G

2 August 2013 Last updated at 12:02 ET Many people in the UK see no reason to upgrade to 4G mobile services, according to Ofcom research. Just under a quarter of UK smartphone users have no intention of signing up to 4G, according to an Ofcom...

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Dell shares jump 5.5% on new offer

2 August 2013 Last updated at 16:21 ET Continue reading the main story Dell's shares have risen 5.5% after the firm's board accepted a new buyout offer from founder Michael Dell. The latest proposal add a one-off payment of 13 cents a share...

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Apple iPhone patent ban overturned

4 August 2013 Last updated at 06:47 ET A ban on sales of older models of Apple's iPad and iPhone in the US has been overturned by the Obama administration. In June, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that Apple infringed a patent...

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