At the Mbita Point primary school in western Kenya students click away at a handheld computer with a stylus. They…
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Hollywood to sue net film pirates
The US movie industry has launched legal action to sue people who facilitate illegal film downloading. The Motion Picture Association…
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Blind student ‘hears in colour’
A blind student has developed software that turns colours into musical notes so that he can read weather maps. Victor…
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Smart search lets art fans browse
If you don’t know art but know what you like, new search technology could prove a useful gateway to painting.…
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New delay hits EU software laws
A fresh delay has hit controversial new European Union rules which govern computer-based inventions. The draft law was not adopted…
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Dublin hi-tech labs to shut down
Dublin’s hi-tech research laboratory, Media Labs Europe, is to shut down. The research centre, which was started by the Irish…
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Pandas benefit from wireless net
The world’s dwindling panda population is getting a helping hand from a wireless internet network. The Wolong Nature Reserve in…
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Google launches TV search service
The net search giant Google has launched a search service that lets people look for TV programmes. The service, Google…
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The year search became personal
The odds are that when you fire up your browser, you go straight to your favourite search engine, rather than…
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Apple sues ‘Tiger’ file sharers
Apple has taken more legal action to stop online leaks of its new products. The computer giant has sued three…
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