A 22-year-old gamer has spent $26,500 (£13,700) on an island that exists only in a computer role-playing game (RPG). The…
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Gates opens biggest gadget fair
Bill Gates has opened the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, saying that gadgets are working together more to…
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Domain system opens door to scams
A system to make it easier to create website addresses using alphabets like Cyrillic could open a back door for…
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Humanoid robot learns how to run
Car-maker Honda’s humanoid robot Asimo has just got faster and smarter. The Japanese firm is a leader in developing two-legged…
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‘Friends fear’ with lost mobiles
People are becoming so dependent on their mobile phones that one in three are concerned that losing their phone would…
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Kenyan school turns to handhelds
At the Mbita Point primary school in western Kenya students click away at a handheld computer with a stylus. They…
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EU software patent law faces axe
The European Parliament has thrown out a bill that would have allowed software to be patented. Politicians unanimously rejected the…
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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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When invention turns to innovation
It is unlikely that future technological inventions are going to have the same kind of transformative impact that they did…
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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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