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Top tweets

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 18:21
How to get more out of Twitter

Safe and sound

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 18:21
Hi-tech to stop gadgets being stolen

China's stern warning to Google

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:17
China's top internet official warns that Google will "pay the consequences" if it does not comply with censorship laws.

Tweeting 'fundamental' in life

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:17
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams believes social networks will become a fundamental way the public communicates with government.

dot.Rory

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 13:14
The digital election: Should we prepare to be spammed?

Japan aims its home fuel cells at Europe

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 12:46
Japan is embracing fuel cell to provide electricity and heat in the home. Now it wants to export the systems to the UK and the rest of Europe.

Net clash for web police projects

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 12:30
A row is brewing over separate projects to use the web to bring people closer to their local police forces.

Microsoft rebuffed in Word appeal

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 11:56
Microsoft has lost a second appeal in a case that will see it pay $240m (£160m) in damages to software firm i4i.

Web censure 'curbs human rights'

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 20:50
Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.

HSBC admits huge Swiss data theft

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 19:02
About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.

Telegraph poles to take broadband

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 18:20
Virgin Media has begun trials of technology to deliver high-speed fibre-optic broadband over telegraph poles in the UK.

Tories pledge 'fastest broadband'

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 15:34
The Conservatives say they will make Britain the first country in Europe to have widespread super-fast broadband.

Mobile clinic

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 12:57
Phones transform healthcare in the developing world

Farming future

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 12:02
The dawning age of the agricultural automatons

dot.Rory

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:28
New skirmishes in war of Daily Mail v the internet

'Console killer' launches in June

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:19
A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this year.

Sony shows off motion controller

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 04:57
Sony reveals details about its new motion controller the PlayStation Move, as a contender to market leader Nintendo Wii.

Internet up for Nobel Peace Prize

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 17:57
The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Mobile phone allows boss to snoop

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:53
Mobile technology that could allow prying bosses to monitor every movement of their staff is developed in Japan.

Facebook calls for 'iconic games'

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:19
Facebook calls on game designers to make an iconic title, such as Mario or Halo, specifically for the social network.