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Private Browsing Modes Leak Data
The private browsing modes on modern browsers leak information about where people have visited, suggests a study.
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Web Attack Knows Where You Live
One visit to a booby-trapped Web site could direct attackers to a person's home, a security expert has shown.
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Snapshot of Global Internet Speeds Revealed
A report based on analysis of huge amounts of net traffic has revealed the state of the Internet around the globe.
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Neurons to Power Future Computers
Researchers are developing novel computers by mimicking the way that neurons are built and how they talk to each other.
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Over 5 Billion Mobile Phone Connections Worldwide
More than a billion mobile phone connections have been added to the global tally in just 18 months, according to Wireless Intelligence.
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Haptics Brings a Personal Touch to Technology
Of all the senses, touch as been somewhat neglected as a human means of interacting with machines. Labs around the world are now racing to close the gap while...
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Google in 'new Approach' on China
Until recently, the firm automatically redirected Chinese users to its unfiltered search site in Hong Kong to get round censorship issues. Google has said it will...
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Cyber-War a Growing Threat Warn Experts
In 2007, Estonia was the subject of a series of cyber attacks which crippled the Internet across the country. Banks, government departments and the national media...
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Technology Milestone Heralds a More Secure Internet
Moves to make the web's address system more secure will take a major step forward next month. In the planning for a decade, the Domain Name System Security Extentions...
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How to Cope When the World Can Watch Everything You Do
In 1968, pop artist Andy Warhol declared that in the future everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes. As with many other predictions, it has not quite turned...
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Defence Lab Reveals ltimate CCTV
The United Kingdom's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is developing high-resolution imaging technology for a surveillance systems that can recognize and...
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Mistakes in Silicon Chips to Help Boost Computer Power
Silicon chips that are allowed to make mistakes could help ensure computers continue to get more powerful, say US researchers.
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Seven Atom Transistor Sets the Pace For Future Pcs
A working transistor that contains only seven atoms has been built by a team in Australia. The researchers, led by University of New South Wales professor Michelle...
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Technology Linked to Happiness, Study Claims
A recent Chartered Institute for IT worldwide survey found there are positive links between access to technology and feelings of well-being. Access to communication...
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Internet Approaches Addressing Limit
Experts say that the net's entire existing address space will be exhausted about a year after that date. A newer scheme is being rolled out but many firms and countries...
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Bat Studies to Aid Roving Robots
Researchers at the University of Southampton, Leeds University, and the University of Strathclyde are studying the use of ultrasonic transducers that can be used...
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Robot-Inflicted Injuries Studied
German researchers have developed a prototype safety system that would reduce the injuries of humans working alongside robots using household tools.
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'historic' Day as First Non-Latin Web Addresses Go Live
Arab nations are leading a "historic" charge to make the world wide web live up to its name. Net regulator Icann has switched on a system that allows full web addresses...
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer Losing Browser Share
Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) web browser, now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in 2003, according to new figures.
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