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'Rare for tech not to be involved in child abuse cases' 21 Nov 2012 | 06:53 pm
'Hysterical' report claims huge amounts of molestation A report that identified more than 16,000 British children who could be at "high risk of child exploitation" during a 12-month period has also h...
Nokia HERE iOS maps app review 21 Nov 2012 | 06:47 pm
Can the Finnish phone firm solve Apple's navigation woes? There’s never been a better time to publish a mapping app for iOS. Apple’s own Maps app is a laughing stock and Google is apparently ditherin...
Speaking in Tech: HP skunks Autonomy - Really, Meg... really? 21 Nov 2012 | 06:44 pm
Plus: Ellison Rage Twinkies, Farley on gorillas
BLAZING HEAVENLY gas BRIDGE filament links galactic clusters 21 Nov 2012 | 06:22 pm
Bifröst, the burning on-ramp to Valhalla, seen at last The European Space Agency's Planck space telescope has discovered a bridge of hot gas connecting two galactic clusters across ten million light-...
'There may come a day when Hobbits promote slot machines ...' 21 Nov 2012 | 06:13 pm
But it is not THIS day, insist spawn of Tolkien Just weeks before The Hobbit hits the big screen, the family of author JRR Tolkien is once again suing the film's producers.…
Sam Sung found in Apple Store SHOCKER 21 Nov 2012 | 05:58 pm
Amusingly named fruitchomp bloke. Genius The business card of an Apple store employee in Vancouver has gone loco on the internet as the world delighted in the fact that he was called Sam Sung.…
DEKATRON reborn: Full details on World's Oldest Digital Computer 21 Nov 2012 | 05:45 pm
OK iPad kids, let's see how you do on paper tape Feature The world’s oldest working digital computer was rebooted on Tuesday following a painstaking three-year refurbishment. The slow-but-steady mac...
Outrage over AT&T iPad data slurp hacker conviction 21 Nov 2012 | 05:31 pm
Greyhats lifted names and emails without busting security A grey hat hacker has been found guilty of breaching AT&T's site security to obtain iPad customer data.…
Netscape founder pays off MASSIVE tax bill with Facebook shares 21 Nov 2012 | 05:10 pm
Marc Andreessen offloads $54.1m worth of stock Marc Andreessen - a Facebook insider who serves on the company's board - held true to his promise on Monday by selling stock worth $54.1m in the recentl...
Why do Smart TV UIs suck? 21 Nov 2012 | 05:00 pm
Inconsistent, inconvenient and in my *!#!!?* telly Feature Years ago, TVs were simple. My grandparents’ set, for example, had a single channel-change button which clunked through to the next VHF pre...
