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How easy is it to hack a smart meter?

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 20:58
How easy is it to hack a smart meter?
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Texting safely on the High Street

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 19:44
The 'safety belt' for the walking texter
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VIDEO: New app lets users text and walk

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 19:37
Mobile technologies have changed the way we work and communicate - but the very fact we use them on the move can cause serious accidents.
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Bercow's McAlpine tweet libellous

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 11:16
Sally Bercow says she is "surprised and disappointed" after the High Court rules a tweet she published about Tory peer Lord McAlpine was libellous.
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VIDEO: Xbox One 'is still a gaming console'

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:22
Mark Istook reports on Microsoft's new approach and hears how the company still believes its new device is still primarily a gaming console.
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Second RBS apology for app glitch

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 08:02
RBS has apologised for the second time in two months after customers were unable to login to their accounts through their mobile phone app.
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BBC abandons £100m digital project

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 07:51
The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".
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Faltering Facebook phone is delayed

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 07:46
Social networking giant postpones the launch of its "Facebook phone" after negative feedback and disappointing sales.
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Amazon reveals fan fiction platform

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 07:41
Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new e-book platform Kindle Worlds.
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TV and tech, learning to live together

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 07:04
Rory Cellan-Jones on TV and tech learning to co-exist
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Online appeal unearths old web page

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 06:27
A public appeal for help to recover the very first web page has unearthed a relic from 1991.
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VIDEO: Tech News: Yahoo buys Tumblr

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 06:20
Click's Dan Simmons reports on Yahoo's purchase of blogging site, Tumblr and other technology stories of the week.
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Sex education struggles with porn

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 06:10
In an age when "extremely violent and sadistic imagery is two clicks away", school sex education is struggling to keep pace, suggests a study.
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Error blacklists Russian 'Facebook'

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 05:48
Russia's most popular social network, VKontakte, is temporarily blacklisted by mistake - and some users find it blocked.
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VIDEO: Webscape: Video editing software

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 03:44
Kate Russell looks at a website offering video editing software used in Hollywood movies, plus other sites and apps reviewed.
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Ecuador satellite space crash fears

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 20:39
Space engineers in Ecuador are trying to establish if the country's only satellite has been damaged in a crash with space debris.
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Can watches show more than the time?

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 19:07
Why have we been waiting so long for watches to catch up with smart phones?
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The tech that's transforming gardening

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 19:03
The technology that's transforming gardening
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VIDEO: Have mechanical clocks' time passed?

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 14:20
Marc Cieslak discovers how far time has come since the tower containing Big Ben was built
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BBC shows off 'script-changing' radio

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 12:24
A radio that has the ability to alter scripts and other content depending on its location and other factors is being developed by the BBC.
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