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Article | 19/05/2008 Google Health beta service goes live

Google launched an ambitious initiative Monday that aims to give people a central place online to store their health records and then share them with ...

Article | 21/02/2008 Brain-controlled gaming system falls into 'demo hell'

It wasn't supposed to happen like this.

Article | 15/02/2008 Can Sun turn downloads into dollars?

Sun Microsystems described a growth strategy on Wednesday that depends in large part on giving away software in the hope that customers will like it e...

Article | 31/12/2007 US bans spare lithium batteries from checked bags

New rules will go into effect on Jan. 1 that prohibit air passengers in the U.S. from carrying spare lithium batteries in their checked baggage.

Article | 16/11/2007 Garmin drops out of bidding war for Tele Atlas

GPS products maker Garmin has pulled out of its bidding war to buy digital maps company Tele Atlas, and instead extended its contract with rival maps ...

Article | 12/12/2007 Facebook, ID fraud and the dark side of the Web

In a year that has seen bullying in blogs, pedophiles on MySpace and an ongoing privacy backlash against Facebook, it was appropriate that this year's...

Article | 5/12/2007 Nokia to launch 'free' music download service

Nokia will launch a new service next year that allows people who buy certain Nokia phones to download music for free for a year after they purchase th...

Article | 26/11/2007 UK kids warned MySpace isn't private - OMG!!

Young people are compromising their career prospects and opening the door to online fraud by posting personal information on social networking sites w...

Article | 15/11/2007 Nokia unveils successor to the N95

Nokia has unveiled a new high-end mobile phone with a 5 megapixel camera and a built-in GPS navigation system.

Article | 24/10/2007 MySQL to get injection of Google code

My SQL has laid out its software road map through 2009, including some code contributed by Google and security improvements that are due in MySQL 7.0.

Article | 15/10/2007 Universal rousing an iTunes rebellion, report says

The head of Universal Music Group is enlisting the support of other major record labels to launch a new music subscription service that will try to lo...

Article | 2/10/2007 Nokia buys mapping service for US$8.1 billion

Nokia has agreed to buy the digital mapping company Navteq for US$8.1 billion, supporting a plan to add navigation capabilities to more of its devices...

Article | 15/08/2007 Nokia says 46 million batteries may overheat

Nokia is offering to replace 46 million batteries made by another company for use in its mobile phones because of a risk of overheating, Nokia said on...

Article | 5/07/2007 T-Mobile to sell iPhone in Germany, report says

Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile division has won a deal to sell Apple's iPhone in Germany starting on November 1, according to a report in a German reg...

Article | 3/07/2007 iPhone launch marred by activation delays

Apple's iPhone launch has been marred by delays in AT&T's phone activation system, leaving some people unable to use their new toy throughout the week...