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Facebook poised for market debut

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 23:22
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg opens trading on the Nasdaq exchange, although trading in the social network's shares has been delayed.
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VIDEO: Technology and texting tips for MPs

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 21:08
MPs have had their fingers burned by texting and technology, and may have regretted the odd text or tweet.
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Twitter backs web privacy effort

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 20:20
Micro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored.
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Silicon trick for next-gen memory

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 19:09
Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.
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Anonymous attacks Indian websites

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 18:44
Hacker group Anonymous has carried out a series of attacks against government and political websites in India.
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VIDEO: Electric unicycles and other tech news

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 18:35
Honda Motors unveils a new auto-balancing unicycle that can be controlled hands free - and other technology news stories.
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VIDEO: 'Is Facebook worth $100 billion?'

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 18:17
As Facebook floats itself on the stock exchange, technology experts attending the Future Everything conference in Manchester give their views on the company's worth.
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VIDEO: Facebook shares due to go on sale

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 15:19
One of the biggest floatations ever seen on world stock markets will take place today when shares in the social networking site Facebook go on sale.
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Japan launches S Korea satellite

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 10:07
Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.
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Facebook's first female engineer

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 09:06
How the social network’s first female engineer beat old-fashioned views in Silicon Valley
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Asian trading heads for online

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 07:00
The social networks breaking Asia's stock market traditions
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Iran 'to sue Google' over Gulf

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 02:24
Google is facing legal action for not labelling the body of water separating Iran and neighbouring Arab Gulf states on its map service.
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Government may miss cloud targets

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 01:25
The Government may miss its cloud computing targets because of a lack of enthusiasm from public sector IT staff, a report suggests.
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Met Police to extract phone data

Fri, 18/05/2012 - 01:20
Mobile phone data of suspects in police custody is to be extracted and retained, regardless of whether charges are brought, the BBC has learned.
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AUDIO: Taxman targets online traders

Thu, 17/05/2012 - 23:53
HMRC is targetting people who use sites such as eBay and Amazon to sell items online at a profit.
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Can Facebook crack China?

Thu, 17/05/2012 - 23:46
Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?
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Computer game for stroke patients

Thu, 17/05/2012 - 21:10
Newcastle University helps to develop a computer game to help those who have suffered strokes.
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Prosthetic retina in development

Thu, 17/05/2012 - 19:19
Scottish scientists are working on a device to restore sight in people with a form of age related blindness.
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Privacy watchdog to meet Google

Thu, 17/05/2012 - 19:16
The French privacy watchdog, acting on behalf of the EU, is to meet Google to scrutinise its controversial privacy policy changes.
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China Mobile in talks with Apple

Thu, 17/05/2012 - 18:17
China Mobile, the main mobile service provider in China and the largest in the world by users, could soon offer its customers Apple's iPhone.
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