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  • News: Former Microsoft boss sent into space

    The man given much of the credit for overseeing the development of Microsoft's Word software blasted into space over the weekend as the fifth space tourist.

  • News: Opinion: How to hack the Apple TV

    When Apple unveiled Apple TV at January's Macworld Expo, there were oohs and aahs… and complaints. The most commonly-heard gripe: the device's "limited" functionality. Now Apple TV is here, hackers are finding ways to extend its usefulness

  • News: Top 10 tech clips on YouTube

    You may not realise it, but YouTube has more to offer than stupid kids hurting themselves in stupid stunts and talent skits of questionable talent. In fact, it seems to have just about everything else - including hilarious parodies, spoofs and jokes related to IT and computers.

  • News: Take care of your smartphone's security

    My heart sank when I first saw Al Gore pull out his BlackBerry. It was in the waning weeks of the 2000 presidential campaign, and there he was on the TV, tapping away on his then-novel converged device.

  • News: Can you be found on the web?

    If someone searches for you on the web and comes up empty-handed, do you exist?

  • News: Google phone: the truth

    You've probably heard that Google is working on a mobile phone, and that everyone is calling the Google Phone or even the gPhone. You may also have heard that they're not working on one. Well, which is it? Neither, probably, but something much more interesting.

  • News: iTunes and DRM-free music explained

    Apple and EMI announced this week that you'll soon be able to buy higher-quality, DRM-free digital music from EMI artists through the iTunes Music Store.

  • News: Glitches in Windows Live Hotmail upgrade

    Some of the beta testers for Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail service are getting an increase in storage, but the extra capacity isn't being introduced as smoothly as anticipated.

  • News: Mozilla tests Web 2.0 Firefox features

    Mozilla's barebones R&D operation has unveiled a technology prototype that would add social networking features to Firefox.

  • News: Microsoft funds Virtual Earth research schemes

    Microsoft announced $1.1 million in funding for academic research programmes that will develop new applications using its Virtual Earth and SensorMap technologies.

  • News: Opinion: hacking Apple TV

    We've only just seen the release of the Apple TV, Apple's media-streaming box, but hackers across the world have already been able to turn the £199 multimedia box into a fully fledged computer

  • News: New hack threatens routers & phones

    A security researcher at Juniper Networks says he plans to demonstrate a new class of attack that can be used to compromise electronic devices like routers or mobile phones.

  • News: Google founders earn $1 a year

    The three top executives at Google are also the lowest paid employees at the company, and they prefer it that way, according to a company filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • News: HP takes on PS3, Xbox and Wii

    Any lingering image of HP as a stodgy company was dispelled yesterday in San Francisco as the company called ‘Game On’ in its bid for a piece of the online gaming industry.

  • News: Ofcom rules could hobble UK VoIP

    Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony will be subject to stricter regulations that any other communications technology, service providers have warned.

  • News: Phishing foe fights web fraudsters

    Ben Jackson's goal is to stymie people who develop phishing sites - misleading websites designed to steal people's personal information.

  • News: Apple working on European iPhone launch

    Apple’s plans to release the iPhone in Europe have begun in earnest after the company started advertising for a senior executive to handle the iPhone’s European operations.

  • News: Unfair iTunes punishes music fans

    The European Commission's complaint against Apple and the major record labels over a possible violation of European rules on cross-border trade has served to highlight the inconsistencies in how music is released and priced online.

  • News: Google Desktop finally hits Macs

    Google has released a Mac version of its Google Desktop tool for the first time. Mac users already have a search tool with Apple’s Spotlight, but Google said its utility will work alongside the Mac OS X 10.4 feature perfectly.

  • News: Google hunts down runaway snake

    Employees at Google's New York offices can rest easier now that Kaiser, a 3-foot-long ball python, has been captured after disappearing from his tank on Sunday, a Google spokeswoman said yesterday.