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Spain investigates Google Street View wi-fi snooping (Legal)
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Spain has become the latest country to launch an investigation into the collection of sensitive wi-fi data by Google.
posted: 17/08/2010
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Protesters denounce Google plan for 'two-tier internet' (Connectivity)
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Around 100 people have rallied outside Google's California offices to protest against controversial proposals to alter how data is treated over the web.
posted: 17/08/2010
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Cult of less: Living out of a hard drive (Life)
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Many have begun trading in CD, DVD, and book collections for digital music, movies, and e-books. But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some to get rid of nearly all of their physical possessions - from photographs to furniture to homes altogether.
posted: 17/08/2010
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UK: Ofcom: Broadband's broken promises (Connectivity)
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Here are some headlines from Ofcom's broadband briefing:
posted: 17/08/2010
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UK: E-books: Amazon bites back (Display Technology)
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Remember the Kindle, the device that was going to cause an earthquake in the publishing industry, while saving the travelling bibliophile from backache and excess baggage charges? Well, according to some technophiles, Amazon's e-reader is already sooooo last year, made redundant by the arrival of a shinier, smarter tablet device from a rival technology firm.
posted: 17/08/2010
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Displays on a Roll (Display Technology)
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Displays built out of plastic instead of glass would be a gadget lover's dream: they'd be rugged and lightweight, and they should be inexpensive to make on "roll-to-roll" systems similar to those used for newsprint. But to develop prototypes for flexible tablet computers and other gadgets with plastic displays, the device makers have had to develop custom equipment. That could slow the arrival of flexible displays in the market and keep their prices high.
posted: 15/08/2010
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Connecting Electronic Medical Records (Health)
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Looking out his office window in Seattle, Thomas Payne can see two hospitals that use the same electronic record system as his own. And yet, says Payne, medical director of information technology services at the University of Washington, they all still exchange information by fax or paper.
posted: 15/08/2010
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The Danger Of Green Laser Pointers (Computing Power)
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Cheap green laser pointers can emit dangerous levels of infrared radiation, according to an investigation carried out by physicists in the US.
posted: 15/08/2010
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Robots as Art: The Serene Beauty of LumiBots (Artificial Intelligence)
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Somewhere in a dark room in Germany, artificial "ants" demonstrate emergence by tracing one another's phosphorescent trails.
posted: 15/08/2010
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Can Google Get Social Networking Right? (Connectivity)
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Rumors that Google is building a new social network have persisted since late June, when Kevin Rose, CEO of Digg.com, posted on Twitter that the Web giant was working on a challenger to Facebook. The company's recent actions--its reported investment in Zynga, a social gaming company, and its acquisition of Slide, a company that makes various applications for social networks--have fanned the flames.
posted: 15/08/2010
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