Boeing uses potatoes to test wi-fi

21 December 2012 Last updated at 09:57 ET US planemaker Boeing used an unusual substitute for passengers to test its in-flight wi-fi system - potatoes. Passenger seats on a decommissioned plane were loaded with huge sacks of the tubers for...

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Steve Jobs' super-yacht impounded

21 December 2012 Last updated at 12:29 ET Venus, the minimalist high-tech yacht commissioned by the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, has become embroiled in a row over a disputed bill. French designer Philippe Starck claims Mr Jobs' heirs still...

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EU accuses Samsung of patent abuse

21 December 2012 Last updated at 14:29 ET EU competition regulators probing Samsung's patent litigation tactics believe the firm has abused its position. The European Commission's "preliminary view" follows the South Korean firm's efforts to...

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Queen's message hails Olympic stars

23 December 2012 Last updated at 19:01 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. In her Christmas message, the Queen praises the ''skill, dedication, training and teamwork'' of the Olympic athletes The...

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Newsweek unveils last print cover

24 December 2012 Last updated at 07:34 ET The 80-year-old US current affairs magazine Newsweek has revealed the image that will grace the cover of its last-ever print edition. A black and white photo of the publication's Manhattan headquarters...

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Game of Thrones tops TV piracy chart

24 December 2012 Last updated at 07:56 ET Game of Thrones has emerged as the most-pirated TV show over the internet this year, according to news site Torrentfreak's latest annual survey. It said one episode of the series had racked up 4,280,000...

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Child abuse Twitter accounts closed

24 December 2012 Last updated at 08:10 ET Several private Twitter accounts have been disabled after they were revealed to contain indecent images of children. Some hacking groups are claiming to have unmasked them, the NSPCC said. Members...

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DIY Tardis is 'bigger on its inside'

24 December 2012 Last updated at 09:52 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Greg Kumparak shows how his Tardis looks bigger on the inside A US-based Doctor Who fan...

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Retailers launch online bargains

24 December 2012 Last updated at 12:20 ET The battle for the consumer has moved online with retailers bringing forward the start of sales after reports of lacklustre spending on the High Street. Marks & Spencer and John Lewis are among...

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Iran 'fends off new cyber attack'

25 December 2012 Last updated at 10:19 ET A power plant and other industries in southern Iran have been targeted by the Stuxnet computer worm, an Iranian civil defence official says. But the cyber attack has been successfully rebuffed and prevented...

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Net name .cymru leaps ahead of .scot

18 December 2012 Last updated at 07:42 ET Proposed net address endings .tattoo, .transformers and .menu are among the first that could go live next year. A raffle by regulator Icann has placed them near the top of the list of applications it...

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SpongeBob in hot water over privacy

18 December 2012 Last updated at 08:41 ET A SpongeBob app became the latest game to be pulled following a complaint it had violated children's privacy rights. Nickelodeon removed SpongeBob Diner Dash from Apple's iTunes app store after a US...

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Spam virus hits Android video games

18 December 2012 Last updated at 10:15 ET Cyber-thieves are using games including Angry Birds to turn Android phones into spam-sending drones. Phones have been infected with spam-forwarding software that hid inside free versions of popular...

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Psy and Nick Clegg trend on YouTube

18 December 2012 Last updated at 12:19 ET Gangnam Style singer Psy, the X Factor's Lucy Spraggan and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have all made it onto YouTube's top 10 UK "trending videos" of 2012. The list is based on clips that saw the...

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Instagram denies photo selling

18 December 2012 Last updated at 19:20 ET Facebook's photo-sharing service Instagram has moved to deny that it has changed its privacy policy to give it the right to sell users' photos to advertisers without notification. It said instead that...

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Fewer Twitter prosecutions likely

19 December 2012 Last updated at 04:01 ET By Dominic Casciani Home affairs correspondent Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Keir Starmer: "We've got to have a way of balancing the right of the individual...

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McDonald's rapped over spam messages

19 December 2012 Last updated at 05:49 ET McDonald's Australia has been warned by media regulators over sending out spam marketing messages from their website. The Australian Communications and Media Authority said emails had been sent to friends...

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Google given EU anti-trust deadline

19 December 2012 Last updated at 07:09 ET Google has been given a month to address complaints its search results favour its own services over those of its rivals. EU regulators said they would end their investigation into the allegations if...

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Pirate Bay proxy gets shut down

19 December 2012 Last updated at 09:20 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News A proxy service allowing access to banned piracy website The Pirate Bay has been shut down after legal threats from the music industry. Minor political group...

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Bankrupt Kodak gets $525m lifeline

19 December 2012 Last updated at 10:16 ET Struggling Eastman Kodak has sold its digital imaging patents to a consortium of investors for $525m (£322m). Intellectual Ventures (IV) will snap up part of the patents while 12 intellectual property...

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Phone has second e-paper screen

12 December 2012 Last updated at 08:23 ET A smartphone with two screens - one of which uses e-ink technology - has been announced by a Russian company. Yota says having an added low-power screen will help users keep across social network updates...

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Robot 'race' to fix nuclear plant

11 December 2012 Last updated at 11:37 ET Japanese company Mitsubishi has unveiled a radiation-resistant robot aimed at cleaning up the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Other firms, among them Hitachi and Toshiba, have also rolled out...

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Google reveals UK 2012 net hits

11 December 2012 Last updated at 07:30 ET "The Olympics" may have seemed like a safe bet for the top search term in the UK this year - but, according to Google, it was eclipsed by "Euro 2012". "Olympic tickets" came second in Google's annual...

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No 10 to redraft 'web snoop' plan

11 December 2012 Last updated at 08:02 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales: The Communications Data Bill is "absolutely incompetent" No 10 says the PM remains committed...

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MEPs vote to unify patent system

11 December 2012 Last updated at 09:57 ET Euro MPs have voted to introduce a unified patent system. The system would allow inventors to register their innovation with a single European Union (EU) authority rather than in each of its 27 member...

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Warning over online trolling law

12 December 2012 Last updated at 03:17 ET Plans to tackle internet trolling could have a "chilling effect" on online freedom of expression, a committee of MPs and peers has said. The Joint Committee on Human Rights warned that libel law reforms...

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Police in Facebook global arrests

12 December 2012 Last updated at 07:31 ET An alleged cybercrime ring said to be responsible for losses of $850m (£530m) looks to have been foiled by the FBI - by using Facebook. In a statement, the US authority said 10 suspects had been arrested...

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Hackers dump 1.6m log-in details

12 December 2012 Last updated at 07:00 ET Log-in details from 1.6 million accounts have been posted on the web by hacktivist group Ghost Shell. The group gathered the data during a series of attacks on Nasa, the FBI, the European Space Agency...

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Twitter adds Instagram-like tool

12 December 2012 Last updated at 08:20 ET Twitter has added photo-sharing features to its mobile service, allowing users to edit images and enhance them with artistic filters. The features are similar to those of photo app Instagram, which...

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Facebook changes privacy settings

12 December 2012 Last updated at 10:50 ET Facebook has updated its privacy settings to allow users greater control over the content they put on the site. The updates include new privacy shortcuts, more accessible information about where content...

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