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Article | 22/05/2013 Saving Google Maps destinations for easy navigation

Saving a destination in Google Maps makes it easier to navigate to and also lessens the chance for error when entering or trying to remember an addres...

Article | 22/05/2013 Yahoo redesigns Flickr, offers a terabyte of free storage

Yahoo rolled out a new design for its Flickr photo sharing service

Article | 22/05/2013 Video: Yahoo redesigns Flickr, offers a terabyte of free storage

Yahoo rolled out a new design for its Flickr photo sharing service

Article | 21/05/2013 Low cost autonomous car technology aims to reduce deaths, pollution

A 19-year old from Romania won top honors and $75,000 at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix last week.

Article | 21/05/2013 Video: Low cost autonomous car technology aims to reduce deaths, pollution

A 19-year old from Romania won top honors and $75,000 at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix last week.

Article | 17/05/2013 World Tech Update, May 17, 2013

Coming up on WTU this week sending cash via Gmail and more at Google IO, BBM coming to iOS and Android and Windows Blue to restore some missed feature...

Article | 17/05/2013 Video: World Tech Update, May 17, 2013

Coming up on WTU this week sending cash via Gmail and more at Google IO, BBM coming to iOS and Android and Windows Blue to restore some missed feature...

Article | 16/05/2013 TechTip: Google search tips and tricks

Search smarter on Google using more than just basic keywords. In this TechTip IDG News Service's Nick Barber shows you how to find more meaningful sea...

Article | 16/05/2013 Video: TechTip, google search tips and tricks

Search smarter on Google using more than just basic keywords. In this TechTip IDG News Service's Nick Barber shows you how to find more meaningful sea...

Article | 15/05/2013 Tech Tip: Advanced Google search functions

Searching Google is a quick way to find information, but more advanced functions can help users find more helpful information faster.

Article | 6/05/2013 Kinect sensor modified for wheelchair gaming

By modifying a Microsoft Kinect sensor, a research project at the Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference demonstrated how gamers in a wheelchair ...

Article | 1/05/2013 Electricity zaps gamers' muscles for force feedback

A research project on show at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Paris uses a small electrical current to give the sensation of force feedba...

Article | 30/04/2013 Microsoft turns room into video game with IllumiRoom project

The IllumiRoom project from Microsoft Research turns a living room into a video game with projected images that extend and complement the main televis...

Article | 30/04/2013 Gaming prototypes on display at computer interaction conference

Gaming research and prototypes have created a lot of buzz at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Paris this week.

Article | 30/04/2013 Flexible, networked e-ink displays mimic physical documents

Researchers demonstrated flexible, networked e-ink displays that behave like papers on a desk at a conference in Paris. The displays can be used separ...