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Pub 'fined £8k' for Wi-Fi copyright infringement

News Companies offering open Wi-Fi access face legal uncertainty following a court case [27 Nov 2009]

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US may probe leaked global warming emails

News US Congress may investigate whether prominent scientists who are advocates of global warming theories may have misrepresented the truth about climate change [25 Nov 2009]

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Beams all round as LHC progress accelerates

News Flagship experiment is making rapid progress towards its first new science, says Cern [24 Nov 2009]

GCHQ supplier pans government file-sharing plans

News Intelligence-tech supplier Detica has said government plans to force ISPs to identify unlawful file-sharers are 'not necessary or proportionate' [27 Nov 2009]

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A look through Sony Ericsson's Pureness phone

Photos ZDNet UK examines the Xperia Pureness handset, which combines streamlined features with a transparent LCD screen [25 Nov 2009]

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An up-close look at a Microsoft server container

Photos Microsoft gave PDC attendees a peek at a self-contained server unit from one of the company's datacentres [27 Nov 2009]

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Virgin Media to monitor traffic for file-sharing

News The ISP will begin a trial within days to monitor 40 percent of its network in order to gauge unlawful file-sharing levels [26 Nov 2009]

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Near-final Thunderbird 3 is released

News The first release candidate of Mozilla Messaging's email software arrives several days later than expected [26 Nov 2009]

LHC sets world record for particle acceleration

News Only 10 days after being restarted, the Large Hadron Collider has taken the world record for beam intensity from the Tevatron at Fermi Lab [30 Nov 2009]

Tesco to stock Apple's iPhone 3G and 3GS

News The retail giant hopes to have the popular handset in its physical and online stores by Christmas, but has not announced pricing [25 Nov 2009]

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Mobile industry 'cannot identify pirates'

News Identifying unlawful file-sharers to comply with proposed law is not currently possible for mobile operators, industry chief says [24 Nov 2009]

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'Black screen of death' sparks Microsoft investigation

News The software maker is looking into reports that some users' systems are not working properly after installing the latest Windows security updates [01 Dec 2009]

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Cisco, EMC to unveil cloud joint venture

News A new line of products called vBlock will combine storage, servers, networking and virtualisation for an integrated set of datacentre gear, according to reports [02 Nov 2009]

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Google introduces 'Go' programming language

Google introduces 'Go' programming language

News A Unix co-creator is among those behind a new, open-source programming language project which Google hopes will boost computing power and programmers' abilities [11 Nov 2009]


VeriSign: Major internet security update by 2011

News The organisation has said it will close a major attack vector in internet addressing in under two years [16 Nov 2009]

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Maps show UK fibre rollout plans

Photos The research firm Point Topic has drawn up maps based on its predictions of UK fibre coverage by the end of 2012 [12 Nov 2009]

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VMware aims to virtualise Windows 7 rollouts

News The company's View 4 aims to capitalise on growing interest in desktop virtualisation driven by tight budgets [09 Nov 2009]

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Paving slabs harness energy of pedestrians

Photos The Pavegen system uses flexible paving slabs that convert the energy made by footsteps into electricity [03 Nov 2009]

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Fingerprint checks to begin at UK border controls

News In addition to usual checks at border controls, from the end of November overseas nationals arriving in the country will have their fingerprints scanned [30 Nov 2009]

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Microsoft confirms Windows 7 tool used GPL code

News The software maker has said that a tool intended to allow netbooks to more easily move to the operating system was based in part, and unintentionally, on open-source code [16 Nov 2009]

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Carphone Warehouse freezes Satio phone sales

News The retailer has temporarily stopped selling Sony Ericsson's flagship Symbian smartphone, after a software fault prompted a high rate of returns [23 Nov 2009]

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McAfee: Countries gearing up for cyber war

News The US, Israel, Russia, China and France are preparing for cyber offensives, according to a new McAfee report [17 Nov 2009]

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Chrome 4.0 gets beta release

News Google puts out a Windows test version of its next browser, with bookmark sync and other new features, and promises to make a Mac beta a priority [03 Nov 2009]

Intel and AMD settle, agree cross-licensing deal

News Intel will pay AMD $1.25bn and the two companies will share patent rights for the next five years, while AMD has cancelled all antitrust litigation against Intel [12 Nov 2009]

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eBay hit by £1.5m fine over LVMH injunction

News The online retailer has responded to the ruling by a French court, calling the injunction an 'abuse of selective distribution' that hurts consumers [01 Dec 2009]

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Lenovo repurchases mobile phone arm

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Businesses running open Wi-Fi networks should brace themselves for a slew of copyright warnings from rights holders, internet law expert Lilian Edwards has told ZDNet UK. Edwards... More

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