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Google 'faces Street View block'
Google's plans to launch a mapping tool in the UK could be referred to the Information Commissioner.

Warning letters to 'file-sharers'
The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters.

Google must divulge YouTube log
Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched avideo on YouTube, says a US court.

Firefox download record official
The creators of Firefox 3.0 celebrate the news they have set a new world record for software downloads.

Government starts data mash-up
The UK government launches a competition to find innovative ways of using the masses of data it collects.

Virgin rapped on broadband speeds
ASA upholds complaint about advertisements lodged by rival broadband provider BT.

Spam experiment overloads inboxes
A security firm reveals the results of an experiment where 50 people from around the world surfed the web unprotected for a month.

Mobile firms hit roaming deadline
Mobile phone firms reach a deadline to cut the price of sending text messages in EU member nations.

Sinclair dreams of 'flying cars'
Personal flying machines will be a reality, says home computer and electric car pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair.

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Techno-chondria
The gadgets watching our health

Machine music
Punk-loving robots pogo in the name of science

Content overload?
Peter Gabriel thinks he has the answer

Digital front line
Telecoms specialist offers his view on rebuilding Burma

Shaping up
Why doctors are switching on to video games

Hi-tech health
How robots are transforming care in the NHS

Rhapsody embraces MP3 music
US digital music service Rhapsody is the latest company to embrace MP3 downloads without copy restrictions.

Google Yahoo ad deal faces probe
Plans for Google and Yahoo search advertising deal may stall as the Justice Department investigates.

Court fines eBay over fake goods
A French court orders eBay to pay 40 million euros in damages to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing the sale of fake goods.

Spam fighters lay down gauntlet
Recommendations for how ISPs can fight spam are issued by a global body dedicated to looking at the issue.

Gates steps down from Microsoft
The chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, is stepping down from his day-to-day job at the world's largest software company.

Internet overhaul wins approval
A complete overhaul of the way people navigate the internet has been given the go ahead in Paris.

Farewell Mr Gates
The hits and misses of his leadership of Microsoft

Behind the scenes of Firefox 3.0
Behind the scenes at the Mozilla Foundation

Real racing in the virtual world
How gamers may soon be able to race against top F1 drivers in real time from the comfort of their living room.

Yahoo goes back to its roots
For millions of people worldwide Yahoo remains synonymous with the internet itself, but after Microsoft walked away from buying the firm what does the future hold?

Google's experimental Gmail
Google opens testing of new Gmail features to its biggest audience as it calls on tens of millions of users to try them.

Broadband speed test map

Closing the Gates after Bill
Bill Thompson on the end of the Bill Gates era

Changing the way we think
Bill Thompson asks if the web changes how we think

Virgin territory for ISPs
Bill Thompson believes Virgin Media has decided it likes record companies more than its customers.

Trade agreement could hit privacy
Internet law professor Michael Geist examines implications of new anti-counterfeiting agreement.

Cloud computing faces storm
Bill Thompson argues that data and apps in the cloud need to be given better protection.

Bad law from good intentions?
Bill Thompson considers the impact of a prosecution in the US for creating a fake MySpace page.

Why the future is in your hands
The humble mobile phone looks set to become a multimedia, multi-function monster as more features are crammed inside it.

The mobile future is calling
Developers are being urged to unleash their creativity and make the mobile future a reality and bring the world to everyone's phone.

Google bets on Android future
Google's director of mobile platforms explains his vision for Android, a new operating system for mobiles.

Pupils reveal mobile snapshot
Students at a school in Tynemouth carry out a survey of mobile phone use as apart of the BBC's School Report project.

Nokia morphs itself from within

Future directions in computing
A look at the future computing technologies which will go beyond Moore's Law.

Getting more from Moore's Law
A look at some of the technologies that could allow the silicon industry to deliver faster, cheaper chips.

Cleaning up in 'fab world'
A look inside the surreal and ultra-clean world of the silicon manufacturing plant.

The man behind Moore's Law
BBC News interviews Gordon Moore, the man whose "law" has driven the computer revolution.

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