Google drops Microsoft patent claims

9 January 2013 Last updated at 07:37 ET Google has ended one patent war with Microsoft over video compression technology used in the Xbox 360. The firm had also argued that Microsoft was using its wi-fi innovations. Google has now asked the...

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Poorest pupils lack home internet

4 January 2013 Last updated at 08:16 ET By Judith Burns BBC News education reporter More than a third of the poorest children do not have the internet at home and a similar number do not have a computer, official figures suggest. A new breakdown...

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Laser used to shoot down drones

8 January 2013 Last updated at 06:25 ET A laser weapons system that can shoot down two drones at a distance of over a mile has been demonstrated by Rheinmetall Defence. The German defence firm used the high-energy laser equipment to shoot fast-moving...

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French ISP ends online ad blocking

8 January 2013 Last updated at 07:59 ET A major French internet service provider (ISP) has agreed to abandon its ad-blocking policy - seen as a swipe against Google - after a minister intervened. Digital Economy minister Fleur Pellerin said...

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CES debut for Steam 'game console'

8 January 2013 Last updated at 08:57 ET A modular PC designed to let users to play Steam games on their TV has been unveiled at CES. Codenamed "Piston", the prototype, developed by Xi3 Corporation and funded by Valve, was unveiled at the CES...

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Anger at Nigeria free phone plan

8 January 2013 Last updated at 13:45 ET A Nigerian opposition party has condemned a government scheme to give 10 million mobile phones for free to farmers. All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) General Secretary Tijani Tumsa said the plan was...

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Nokia's India factory in tax raid

8 January 2013 Last updated at 21:34 ET Finnish phone maker Nokia has become the latest foreign telecommunications company to face tax issues in India. The firm's Chennai factory, one of its largest manufacturing facilities, has been raided...

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'Cyber-attack risk' to UK forces

8 January 2013 Last updated at 22:23 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Committee chairman James Arbuthnot: "We say there needs to be more attention paid to resilience and recovery" UK forces are...

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Work starts on replica Edsac rebuild

9 January 2013 Last updated at 02:56 ET By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The pioneering Edsac computer is being recreated by engineers Plans to rebuild...

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'Mark of the beast' pupil loses case

9 January 2013 Last updated at 06:23 ET A Texan student who refused to wear a badge with a radio tag that tracked her movements has lost a federal court appeal against her school's ID policy. The radio chips track attendance, which in turn...

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