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Facebook acts on follower trade

BBC Technology News  less than a day ago

Social networking site Facebook has threatened legal action against a site that sells friends and followers.

YouTube gets automatic subtitles

BBC Technology News  less than a day ago

Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google.

Dell sees quarterly profits fall

BBC Technology News  2 days ago

US computer giant Dell reports another decline in its quarterly profits, sending its shares 7% lower.

Google previews operating system

BBC Technology News  2 days ago

Internet search giant Google previews its Chrome OS operating system, to be available to users by the end of 2010.

CD player production ends at Linn

BBC Technology News  3 days ago

A manufacturer of hi-fi systems sounds what it says could be the death knell of the compact disc player.

Twitter urges Murdoch to be open

BBC Technology News  3 days ago

Newspapers should become "radically open" if they want to make money in the online world, the co-founder of Twitter says.

China military site draws hackers

BBC Technology News  3 days ago

A website set up by China's Ministry of National Defense attracts 2.3million hack attempts in its first four weeks online.

Sony aims to return TVs to profit

BBC Technology News  3 days ago

Sony says it aims to make its LCD TV operations profitable in the financial year starting next April as it continues to cut costs.

Power-guzzling TVs to be banned

BBC Technology News  3 days ago

Energy-hungry television sets will soon be banned across California, in a landmark move by state legislators to reduce energy consumption.

Two held in global PC fraud probe

BBC Technology News  4 days ago

Two suspected hackers are arrested in an investigation into a computer virus designed to steal banking information.

Ordnance Survey maps to go online

BBC Technology News  4 days ago

The government has announced plans to make Ordnance Survey mapping data available free of charge online.

Government lays out digital plans

BBC Technology News  4 days ago

The government outlines a bill in the Queen's Speech for the country's digital future including plans to tackle illegal file-sharers.

Network sites 'need help buttons'

BBC Technology News  4 days ago

Social networking websites are criticised for failing to introduce a help button for children being bullied online.

UK mobile phone data 'was sold'

BBC Technology News  5 days ago

Staff from an unnamed mobile phone company sold customers' records without their knowledge, the information watchdog says.

Free public Wi-Fi scheme for town

BBC Technology News  5 days ago

Swindon will be the first town in the UK to offer free wireless internet access to its entire population, its council says.

EU cracks down on mobile services

BBC Technology News  5 days ago

Websites mis-selling mobile ringtones are forced to clean up their acts, following a European Union crackdown.

Intel debuts text reading device

BBC Technology News  5 days ago

The chip giant unveils a product designed to make print accessible to vision-impaired and dyslexic people.

Medical debut for smart band aid

BBC Technology News  5 days ago

Clinical trials have begun of a smart plaster - a sensor-studded band aid that wirelessly monitors vital signs

Age of cyber warfare is 'dawning'

BBC Technology News  5 days ago

Many nations are now arming to defend themselves in a cyber war and readying forces to conduct their own attacks, says a report.

Voters' details on stolen laptop

BBC Technology News  5 days ago

Names, addresses and signatures of 14,000 voters are on a laptop stolen from a council's offices in Hertfordshire.

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