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Europe funds internet TV standard

The European Union is spending 14m euros (£10.5m) to create a standard way to send TV via the net. An additional 5m euros (£3.7m) is being contributed to the project by 21 other partners including the BBC and the European Broadcasting Union.

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New search powers lead Firefox 3

The latest version of web browser Firefox will make changes to the way people search for information online, says its developer. Mozilla has told the BBC's World Service that the new browser has been designed around the importance of search to users.

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Final goodbye for early web icon

A web browser that gave many people their first experience of the web is set to disappear. Netscape Navigator, now owned by AOL, will no longer be supported after 1 March 2008, the company has said.

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Web desktop targets 'cybernomads'

A virtual desktop aimed at users who access the web via cybercafes is attracting interest from organisations set up to bridge the digital divide. It is targetting the estimated 500 million people who log on to the internet from a cybercafe every day.

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Google bets on Android future

At the end of 2007 Google lifted the lid on Android, an open mobile operating system that is being used to power a new generation of devices under the Open Handset Alliance, a group which involves firms like HTC and chip designer ARM.

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EU extends net safety programme

The European Commission is spending 55m euros (£42m) on making the net a safer place for children. The money will be spent over four years on educational efforts and ways to protect children from inappropriate content and cyber bullying.

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Home Office CD in auction laptop

A highly confidential Home Office disk was found hidden in a laptop computer sold on eBay. The CD was found between the keyboard and circuit board of the laptop by computer repair technicians in Westhoughton, near Bolton.

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Legal aid for whistle-blower site

Whistle-blowing site Wikileaks is getting legal help to fight an attempt to keep it offline. Freedom of speech and digital rights groups plan to argue on its behalf at a legal hearing on 29 February.

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Health tips pilot for deaf people

An online pilot scheme to improve the health of deaf people is being launched by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. About 30 video clips have now gone live on the health board's website, using British Sign Language (BSL) to give health information.

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Software spots 'missed' diabetes

A GP has developed a way to find up to 500,000 people with potential diabetes who risk being overlooked by their doctors. Simple software can highlight those whose abnormal blood sugar tests have not yet been followed up.

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Call to protect workers from RSI

More needs to be done to protect workers from repetitive strain injury, health experts say. RSI rates have been rising in recent years and now costs the UK economy £300m a year in lost working time, sick pay and administration.

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'Intrustion' warning over mini projectors

A miniature projector small enough to fit into a mobile phone promises a full-size picture from a portable device - but may also lead to "visual pollution" and the need for legislation, an analyst has warned.

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Pushing paper out the office

The idea of the paperless office has been around since the late 1970s but three decades on paper remains hugely popular. Despite this, there are many ways in which organisations are starting to cut their paper consumption.

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Sony and Sharp forge TV alliance

Sony and Sharp have forged an alliance to help them meet the growing demand for liquid crystal display televisions.

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Adobe merge on and offline worlds

Adobe has launched software designed to make it easier for computer users to use online applications offline. Adobe Air allows developers to build tools that still have some functionality even when a computer is no longer connected to the net.

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Pair in DNA database legal battle

Two British men are due to appear before Strasbourg's European Court of Human Rights to try to get their DNA removed from the UK national database.

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Tory ads target 'online friends'

The Conservatives are launching a £500,000 advertising campaign to recruit online "friends" of the party.

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Games therapy for burns victims

The Nintendo Wii games console is being used as part of physiotherapy treatment for patients in South-East England. Burns victims and those with hand injuries are being offered spells on the console to boost their recovery.

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Could the Wii be good for you?

Burns victims in a UK hospital are the latest to be exposed to the apparently therapeutic properties of the Nintendo Wii. So is the evidence stacking up that the sought-after games console is not just fun, but good for us too?

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Xbox to stop making HD DVD add-on

Microsoft has decided to stop making the HD DVD add-on for its Xbox 360 games console after Toshiba abandoned the high definition DVD format.

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Pakistan lifts the ban on YouTube

Pakistan's telecoms regulator has lifted the restrictions it imposed on video-sharing website YouTube. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority has told internet service providers (ISPs) to restore access to the site, according to a spokeswoman.

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Details emerge on YouTube block

Pakistan has rejected claims that it was responsible for blocking global access to the YouTube video clip site. YouTube was hard to reach this week following action by Pakistan to block access inside its borders for its hosting of a "blasphemous" video clip.

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Plans to teach baby robot to talk

A university in Devon is preparing to find out if a baby robot can be taught to talk.

Staff at the University of Plymouth will work with a 1m-high (3ft) humanoid baby robot called iCub.

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Nokia morphs itself from within

As phones become less about making calls and more an extension of our connected lives, Nokia is transforming itself from a hardware company into something more converged. It's not the parts that matter but what use those parts are put to.

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Private data, public interest?

The use of material taken from personal profiles on social networks by newspapers is to be the subject of a major consultation undertaken by industry watchdog the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).

This comes in the wake of increasingly numbers of newspaper stories that include images and text taken from sites like Bebo, MySpace and Facebook.

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