Community websites take Wiki path

The founder of online encyclopaedia Wikipedia is launching a service offering free tools for people who want to build community websites.

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Online banking fraud up 8,000%

The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.

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10 years of Flash

One of the most successful and pervasive technologies on the web, it started life called Future Splash and became Flash in 1996 when it was bought by Macromedia.

Since then it has become part of the Adobe empire, who claim it is now used by 90% of people on the web.

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Wi-fi worry

Some schools are removing wi-fi networks after complaints from parents that their children suffer headaches. In what sounds like a re-run of mobile phone radiation panic, is there evidence for harm?

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D.I.Y. developers to make X-box games

Microsoft has made tools available which will allow hobbyists and students to create games for the Xbox 360.

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New rules for broadband switchers

Regulator Ofcom has drawn up new rules to address complaints from the "significant minority" who struggle to move to a new high-speed service

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China crackdown on online games

China is enforcing more monitoring of online games after some were found to contain banned religious or political material

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UK's Vicky Pollards 'left behind'

Britain's teenagers risk becoming a nation of "Vicky Pollards" held back by poor verbal skills, research suggests. Much of this is due to a reliance on technology such as texting, emails an instant messaging.

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Blogging set to peak next year

During the middle of next year the number of blogs will level out at about 100 million.

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Big Brother watches flocks online

Poultry farmers are using the latest ultra mobile computers to play big brother on their flocks and allow Northern Ireland's biggest poultry company to count its chickens.

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Celebrating the creator of Cobol

The 100th anniversary of the birth of programming language pioneer Grace Hopper was celebrated on 9 December. Widely credited as being the "mother" of the Cobol computer language her work was hugely influential.

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