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BBC News
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The founder of social networking site Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to users for the way it launched a social advertising system.
Called Beacon, the system tracks web shopping on partner sites outside Facebook and then sells adverts to the so..
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BBC News
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Facebook members have forced the social networking site to change the way a controversial ad system worked.
More than 50,000 Facebook users signed a petition calling on the company to alter or abandon its Beacon advertising technology.
When Facebook..
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BusinessWeek
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The social network gives in to complaints, granting users greater control over a system that shares information about Web activity
Facebook made modifications to a controversial advertising system that many users considered an invasion of privacy. On N..
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BBC News
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Leopard, the latest update of the Apple Mac operating system OS X, goes on sale on Friday.
The release ends months of waiting for Mac fans, after Apple pushed back the launch to finish development on its much-hyped iPhone.
Early reviews for Leopard..
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Globe and Mail
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The BlackBerry wireless email system of Research In Motion Ltd. has suffered a system failure, according to the company's phone recording.
Waterloo, Ont.-based RIM didn't say when the problem may be fixed, an omission that could well cause consternatio..
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Washington Post
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When Microsoft introduces its long-awaited Windows Vista operating system this month, it will have an unlikely partner to thank for making its flagship product safe and secure for millions of computer users across the world: the National Security Agency...
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Times Online
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Microsoft has been forced to acknowledge that a substantial number of PCs running the new version of its Windows operating system will not be able to play high-quality DVDs...
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PBS
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Windows Vista is finally here, a shadow of what it was once supposed to be, but here nonetheless, and now the pundits are holding forth on whether or not Microsoft's new operating system will succeed. What a waste of good punditry: of course Vista will s..
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The Register
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said that every user of the open source Linux system could owe his company money for using its intellectual property. The statement will confirm the worst fears of the open source community...
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Beta News
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During a telephone conference with reporters yesterday, outgoing Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin, while touting the new security features of Windows Vista, which was released to manufacturing yesterday, told a reporter that the system's new lockdown f..
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Ars Technica
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US Customs and Border Protection issued a notice in the Federal Register yesterday which detailed the agency's massive database that keeps risk assessments on every traveler entering or leaving the country. Citizens who are concerned that their informati..
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BBC News
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Microsoft's next operating system (OS) will come with multi-touch features as an alternative to the mouse.
It is hoped the successor will have a better reception than the much-maligned Vista OS, released last year.
Scheduled for release in 2009 the..
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BBC News
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Ad-targeting system Phorm must be "opt in" when it is rolled out, says the Information Commissioner Office (ICO)
European data protection laws demand that users must choose to enrol in the controversial system, said the ICO in an amended statement...
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BBC News
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Campaign body the Open Rights Group (ORG) has called for further detail on the workings of ad system Phorm.
BT, Virgin and Talk Talk have signed up to trial the system, which intercepts users' web surfing to analyse habits.
More than 2,500 people have s..
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BBC News
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Giove-B, the second demonstrator spacecraft for Europe's proposed satellite navigation system, is finally to be sent for launch.
The craft, currently held at a test centre in Holland, will be despatched to the Baikonur spaceport next week for a Soyuz f..
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BBC News
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Two respected privacy campaigners have praised the user protection measures of a controversial online advertising system about to be deployed in the UK.
The tools, developed by US firm Phorm, track users' online surfing habits.
BT, Virgin and Talk T..
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MSNBC
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An intricate honeybee dance has generated a big buzz among scientists by serving as the model for an Internet server system that adapts in response to changing user demand.
By studying the famous honeybee waggle dance that communicates the location of..
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BusinessWeek
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The gadgets to spring for, the systems to install, and the best ways to soak your overpriced tech consultants for free advice
The year is drawing to a close and I can happily say that I've learned a few things in 2007. I've learned how safe the world i..
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BBC News
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A computer system designed in India has made it into a top ten of the world's fastest supercomputers.
Computer giant IBM continues to dominate the list - which is compiled twice a year - with a total of 232 out of the top 500 supercomputers.
Its Blu..
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BusinessWeek
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Hitachi's finger vein authentification steering wheel system lets drivers control everyting from driver verification to tuning the stereo
Another technological gem to surface at the Tokyo Motor Show is Hitachi's finger vein authentification steering wh..
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