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ICT in the news - w/c 14th December 2009

Teletext to close mid-December

The Teletext information service on analogue and digital television will close across the UK on 16 December.

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4G mobile phone network comes to Scandinavia

Swedish and Norwegian mobile users could be among the first to use a fourth-generation (4G) mobile network.

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Ships tracked with smart software

Ships could be in and out of European ports much quicker thanks to smart software that monitors their movements.

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Students can enter virtual world to test school design

Students and teachers in Birmingham will be able to test plans for rebuilding schools using a computer-game style virtual world.

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Microsoft ends 10-year fight with Europe on browsers

Microsoft has reached agreement with European Union anti-trust regulators to allow European users a choice of web browsers.

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BBC High Definition service draws complaints

The quality of pictures broadcast on the BBC High Definition (HD) channel has been criticised by viewers who complain of fuzzy and grainy images.

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Robot 'helps make pharmacy safer'

The owners of a pharmacy say a new £200,000 robot is helping to dispense drugs more efficiently and virtually eliminates human "picking errors".

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Police test Bluetooth on shoppers

Shoppers in a north Devon town are being offered the opportunity to receive text messages from the police on their mobile phones.

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CCTV scheme to protect staff in four Welsh hospitals

CCTV is being installed in four accident and emergency departments across Wales in a pilot project.

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OMG. Did you just feel a quake?

Tweets are being used by the US Geological Survey (USGS) to get instant public reaction to earthquakes.

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Airbrushed Twiggy photo 'misleading'

A magazine advert featuring Twiggy gave a "misleading" impression about an eye cream's effects because her photo had been airbrushed, a watchdog has said.

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Iraq insurgents 'hack into video feeds from US drones'

Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say.

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Electronic tagging of young people shows sharp rise

The number of young offenders ordered to wear electronic tags in England and Wales has seen a steep rise.

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Australia introduces web filters

Australia intends to introduce filters which will ban access to websites containing criminal content.

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Guardian newspaper charges for iPhone app

The UK's Guardian newspaper has launched a paid-for news app, charging users a one-off fee of £2.39.

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Microsoft admits code theft for Chinese blog Juku

Microsoft has indefinitely suspended its Chinese microblogging service MSN Juku after admitting that it "copied" code used to create the site.

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