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The explosion in popularity of online video could lead to increases in the cost of broadband for UK consumers.

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Net firm warns on web video costs

The explosion in popularity of online video could lead to increases in the cost of broadband for UK consumers.

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Bluetooth helps Facebook friends

A team of UK researchers is combining the power of social network Facebook with communications tool Bluetooth to learn more about human interactions

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Workers stressed out by emails

More than a third of workers say they feel "stressed out" by the number of e-mails they receive in the office and the pressure to respond promptly.

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Tiny wind engines cool computers

Minuscule wind engines could help to take computing power to the next level, scientists believe.

US researchers have developed a prototype device that creates a "breeze" made up of charged particles, or ions, to cool computer chips.

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Cooking up a digital treat

Digital depictions of food formed a theme at the Siggraph show as animators and academics talked about the challenges of capturing the various qualities of the stuff we eat.

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Google shuts down video service

Google is shutting down its premium video service, leaving users who have bought or rented content unable to view their videos in the future.

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E-care records safety fear raised

More proof is needed that electronic personal health records are safe and effective, some doctors have said.

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Drug website safety fears raised

A lack of regulation of online pharmacies is putting people at risk from fake medicines, research suggests.

Analysis of more than 3,000 sites found medicines for sale without a prescription and some that were likely to be counterfeit or out of date.

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Fighting fakes in a virtual world

Take a trip to an inner-city market stall and there's a good chance that you will be able to pick up a watch or a pair of sunglasses, being passed off as made by Rolex or Oakley.

Now go on a shopping spree in the virtual world of Second Life - the 3D world populated by on-screen representations (avatars) of real life people, and you will see a similar phenomenon.

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Engineers work to reconnect Peru

Technicians and engineers from Telecoms Sans Frontieres have arrived in Peru to help the earthquake recovery effort.

The five-strong team will deploy satellite telephone and internet access in three centres - at Pisco, where the quake hit hardest, Ica and Chincha.

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New Barclaycard is touch-and-pay

Barclays has signed up more than 1,000 London shops to accept a touch-and-pay credit card, the bank says.

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US in formal China piracy action

The US has made a formal request to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for it to crack down on copyright piracy and counterfeiting in China.

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Wikipedia shows CIA page edits

An online tool that claims to reveal the identity of organisations that edit Wikipedia pages has revealed that the CIA was involved in editing entries.

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Violence and video games

The debate around video games and violence rears its head every few months. But are the right questions being asked?

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Watchdog alarm at exam earpiece

England's exams watchdog says the way a tiny wireless "spy" earpiece is being marketed to students is "disgraceful".

The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority said it had been alerted to the Examear device by a teacher outraged by the advertising.

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Honest the best online policy

If the UN can leave itself open to attack there must be many other sites equally vulnerable, and some of them might be holding data rather more valuable even than the speeches of a major politician.

But if my bank, internet service provider, favourite online bookstore or local authority had their servers hacked I might never find out.

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Blurring world boundaries

Online worlds such as Second Life in which users create almost everything that furnishes and populates the place are harbingers of a future where the line between the real and virtual becomes almost impossible to draw.

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Satellites reveal ancient urban sprawl

The great medieval temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia was once at the centre of a sprawling urban settlement, according to a new, detailed map of the area.

Using Nasa satellites, an international team have discovered at least 74 new temples and complex irrigation systems.

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US agencies boost satellite use

The US is giving its domestic agencies greater access to images from spy satellites, in a move strongly criticised by civil rights groups.

The images will be used to boost national security, disaster response and law enforcement, US officials said

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