End nears in Facebook legal row

A legal row between social networking sites Facebook and ConnectU is close to being resolved.

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Privacy worry over location data

Privacy groups express concern as Yahoo unveils its new location tool to support a growing generation of web services.

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Spending on communications falls

Britons are using phones, the internet, TVs and radios more but paying less to do it, says a report by watchdog Ofcom.

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Spy fear over e-mail check plan

Proposals give local councils the power to monitor text and e-mail traffic are branded a "snoopers' charter".

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Helping the deaf to 'see sound'

Deaf children are testing software that enables them to see a visual representation of sound waves.

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'Slow' light to speed up the net

The same materials that may lead to cloaking devices could one day help to speed up the web.

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Nasa Moonship flight target slips

Nasa has pushed back by a year its internal target date for flying the successor to the shuttle.

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Digital nomad drives laptop sales

The world's second largest PC vendor says a new class of worker signals "freedom from business as usual".

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'Pump and Dump' conmen targeted

Scammers who use junk mail to hype stocks are being targeted by software that spots fraudulent trading patterns.

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Sky-high system to aid soldiers

Cities and battlefields could soon be monitored using an imaging system that does away with lenses and mirrors.

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Invisibility cloak 'step closer'

Scientists in the US say they have developed materials that can bend light around 3D objects making them "disappear".

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Sub to make deep Caribbean dive

UK scientists will use their new auto-sub to explore the world's deepest undersea volcanoes, 6km down in the Caribbean.

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Hi-tech thieves target Olympics

Security firms warn people to be on their guard as cyber thieves prepare attacks that centre around the Beijing games.

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Smart future for swarming robots

Groups of co-operating robots could one day be exploring space or doing dangerous jobs on earth, say researchers.

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