'Privacy visor evades hidden cameras'

22 January 2013 Last updated at 07:50 ET A pair of glasses dubbed a "privacy visor" has been developed to thwart hidden cameras using facial-recognition software. The prototype spectacles have been designed by scientists at Tokyo's National...

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Sony unveils 'thinnest' tablet

22 January 2013 Last updated at 08:20 ET Sony has unveiled what it says is the thinnest tablet computer of its kind. The Android-powered Xperia Z is 0.27in (6.9mm)-thick. That is 0.01in thinner than Apple's iPad Mini despite featuring a bigger...

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EE cuts prices of its 4G service

22 January 2013 Last updated at 11:24 ET EE has cut the prices of its 4G services as it positions itself against competitors set to launch rival services. It is now offering a basic 4G service for £31 a month and a "super-user" service offering...

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New venture 'to mine asteroids'

22 January 2013 Last updated at 11:39 ET By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website A new venture is joining the effort to extract mineral resources on asteroids. The announcement of plans by Deep Space Industries to exploit the rare...

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Google sees profits back on track

22 January 2013 Last updated at 17:36 ET Google has reported a rise in profits with a jump in revenues, as it ploughed more money into advertising and research and development. Net profit for the final three months of last year was $2.89bn (£1.83bn),...

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First Firefox smartphones revealed

23 January 2013 Last updated at 07:06 ET Mozilla has published details of the first smartphones to be powered by its Firefox operating system. Two handsets are to be made by a small Spanish firm called Geeksphone and will be targeted at developers...

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Apple pulls app due to 'child porn'

23 January 2013 Last updated at 08:01 ET Apple says it has been forced to remove a popular photography app due to customer complaints over "possible child pornography". The 500px app, developed in Canada, has been downloaded almost a million...

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Kenya tech city building begins

23 January 2013 Last updated at 09:05 ET Kenya's president has launched a $14.5bn (£9.1bn) project to build a new city intended to be an IT business hub and dubbed "Africa's Silicon Savannah". It will take 20 years to build Konza Technology...

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Sky Broadband struggles with demand

23 January 2013 Last updated at 09:51 ET Sky has acknowledged that some of its customers are experiencing slow internet speeds as a consequence of it signing up new subscribers. The firm said that it was working to boost capacity at telephone...

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UK operators' 4G bidding war begins

23 January 2013 Last updated at 09:53 ET An auction to determine how the UK's fourth generation (4G) mobile spectrum is shared among operators has begun. Seven operators are involved in what communications regulator Ofcom has described as "a...

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