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Chicago's high-tech cameras spark privacy fears
AFP, Published on 09/02/2011
» A vast network of high-tech surveillance cameras that allows Chicago police to zoom in on a crime in progress and track suspects across the city is raising privacy concerns.
Google pays tribute to Jules Verne
AFP, Published on 09/02/2011
» Google paid tribute to Jules Verne, author of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," on Tuesday, replacing the logo on its home page with an underwater scene.
Smartphones to run operators into the red
AFP, Published on 03/02/2011
» Rocketing smartphone use could drive mobile operators into losses in three years unless they rapidly adopt technology to capture more revenue from data services, according to a US network company.
Website invites Russians to say 'Goodbye Putin!'
AFP, Published on 29/01/2011
» A new Russian Internet site goodbyeputin.ru was polling the country Friday on whether Vladimir Putin's "corpse" should be carried out of the Kremlin, in an apparent spoof of a similar poll on Lenin last week.
Michael Jackson dance moves hit Kinect in April
AFP, Published on 15/01/2011
» Ubisoft on Thursday announced an April 12 release date for a Michael Jackson video game that challenges Xbox 360 players to dance like the King of Pop.
YouTube mobile video viewing tops 200 mln a day
AFP, Published on 13/01/2011
» YouTube has said it is serving up more than 200 million videos daily to smartphones and other Internet-linked mobile devices.
Apple shuns CES but accessories a hit
AFP, Published on 10/01/2011
» Apple snubbed the big Consumer Electronics Show but vendors of accessories for its hot devices turned out in force.
Game on for PS3 users after Sony fixes bug
AFP, Published on 02/03/2010
» Japanese electronics giant Sony assured millions of users that a system bug halting play on older versions of the PlayStation 3 had been fixed.
In tough times, French take English immersion classes at home
AFP, Published on 12/01/2010
» A rural French village might not be the first place a student would think of visiting to improve their English language skills, but 17-year-old Mathilde Berthelot is doing just that.