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Brazil holds online poll debate
Brazil's three main presidential candidates take part in the first online debate as they campaign for October's elections.
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Facebook adds location services
The social network adds a feature that allows members to share their location with friends while on the move.
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Britons 'multi-task' with media
The average Briton spends almost half of their waking life using media and communications, often multi-tasking, Ofcom reports.
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Nine held over global iPhone scam
Nine people are arrested over a global scam which made millions of pounds by using fraudulently bought mobiles to call premium phone lines.
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Sony revamps PlayStation 3 lineup
The electronics giant unveils two new models of its PlayStation 3 console at the Gamescom video games conference in Cologne.
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Google boss warns on social media
Eric Schmidt says people will change their names to distance themselves from embarrassing content on the net.
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Vietnam's bid to tame the internet
The Vietnamese government has responded to the internet boom with a new law obliging any place that provides public access to the internet to install monitoring software, this will enable the authorities to track who is doing what online.
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Google's social networking plans
A look at the future of the world's biggest search engine and the company's plans to take on Facebook and Farmville.
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Learning to love computer codes
The source code MacPaint is released but who can read it?
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Secretive North Korea launches on Twitter
North Korea joins the micro-blogging site Twitter, following last month's launch of a North Korean YouTube channel.
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US astronauts to be first twins in space
Two US astronauts may become the first twins to be flying in space at the same time.
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Realtime games company collapses
Pioneering Dundee-based games company Realtime Worlds collapses putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
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Spain investigates Google wi-fi
Spain becomes the latest country to launch an investigation into the collection of sensitive wi-fi data by Google Street View cars.
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Israeli denies Facebook mistake
A former Israeli soldier says she did nothing wrong by posting pictures of her and Palestinian prisoners onto Facebook.
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India orders Blackberry deadline
India sends formal notices to mobile operators telling them they must have equipment to monitor Blackberry services by 31 August.
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Kinect gets UK release date
Microsoft says its hands free motion control system Kinect will hit UK shelves on 10 November, just five days after the US.
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Predicting your local micro-climate
Residents of one of small village are looking to their local weatherman for their forecasts.
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Facebook 'dislike' scam warning
Facebook users are being targeted in a scam that offers them a chance to install a "dislike" button, security researchers say.
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