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UK is safer from al-Qaeda 'bastards', says security minister
The minister responsible for counter-terrorism has said that despite "some very nasty bastards out there who aim to do us harm", government security initiatives have made the UK safer from attacks in recent years.…
Young people are lazy, think world owes them a living - prof
It's official. Proper actual science* has confirmed that the young Westerners of Generation Y (people now in their 20s) are idle, workshy loafers by comparison to their elders. They are also think that the world owes them a handsome living, having higher expectations of salary and status than their predecessors.…
BT boss urges fines for filesharing customers
Mandybill Ian Livingston, the boss of Britain's biggest ISP BT, is lobbying for the government's proposed technical sanctions against filesharers to be replaced with fines.…
Microsoft boffin scoops Turing Award
A Microsoft researcher was received the Turing Award in recognition for his pioneering work in personal computing hardware and networking technology development.…
<em>Rock Band 3</em> Officially Announced For Holiday 2010
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WD targets Win XP users to ease 4KB drive upgrades
Western Digital is to help Windows XP users more easily make the transition to so-called '4K' hard drive technology, the new standard for basic drive formatting.…
The Linux desktop is already here
Palm pops out plug-in dev kit
Palm has released its Plug-in Development Kit, enabling native development for those who find AJAX just can't cut it.…
Sharp preps Freeview HD set-top kit
Sharp will release the first of two Freeview HD set-top boxes at the end of April. It's also preparing a regular Freeview DVR that uses USB-connected storage to make it a doddle to transfer taped programmes to a PC.…
NY chef offers mam cheese canapes
A New York chef is offering samples of cheese made from his wife's breast milk with the promise that it's "100 per cent organic, free range and foie gras fed".…
Linux Takes Over E-Voting In Australian State
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Brown promises Budget in a fortnight
Gordon Brown is set to announce the Budget will happen at the end of the month, increasing the likelihood that the election will be on 6 May.…
Max Clifford takes £1m to drop hack probe
Celebrity publicist Max Clifford has agreed to accept a £1m plus payoff in exchange for dropping phone hacking allegations against the News of the World.…
Google goes cycling
Google is offering a cycling option for users of its map service.…
Open Clip Art Library 2.0 Release!
Puzzle In xkcd Book Finally Cracked
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Google Nexus One Android smartphone
Review The flourishing Android operating system has appeared on phones made by Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG and HTC. Now Google has launched its own handset, though it’s actually made by HTC, which has made the bulk of Android handsets so far.…
Exploring Security in the virtualised world
Webcast: 10am If virtualisation is creeping across your organisation you’ve presumably ticked some of the security boxes, right? Well, whether you have or not, you may still want to tune in to our webcast at 10am today: Virtualisation and Security: Practical Matters.…
The Value of BASIC As a First Programming Language
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