EU regulators call on Google to halt new privacy policy
EU regulators have written to Google calling on the company to halt the introduction of its new privacy policy.
No ‘Facebook fatigue’ for users
Facebook users who have used the site over a long period of time show no sign that they have tired of posting pictures, updating weekend plans or just relaying random thoughts, a survey shows.
BT plans ultra-fast 300Mbps broadband
BT says it has held successful trials of “FTTP on demand” in St Agnes, Cornwall, paving the way for 300 Mbps broadband.
The A-Z of fakes (A)
Counterfeit goods are flooding the world's markets, but what role can technology play to hoodwink the criminals?
UK closing in on EU 2020 deadline 
The UK continues to pursue its 2020 target for the use of renewable energy, but how is it faring, and indeed is a legally binding framework the most cost-effective strategy?
Brazil World Cup plans worry FIFA
As Brazil prepares to host the 2014 World Cup, the country's civil engineers have already missed a few open goals, but they still expect to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
An exhibit from “Boxed: Fabulous Coffins from UK and Ghana”, at London's Southbank Centre, on show 20-29 January 2012
5,000 police officers are set to receive portable field computers, aka Police Pads, in Tbilisi, Georgia.
A worker installs red lanterns for the Chinese New Year at the Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Monumental ice sculptures created in Beihu Park, Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia
Merry Christmas to all our readers and we wish you every success in 2012
Scientists at CERN have predicted an imminent sighting of the elusive Higgs-boson particle
The Soyuz spacecraft lands safely back on Earth, after six months on the International Space Station (ISS)
Funky cats can get their scratch on with this turntable scratching post and feline entertainment centre
Artist Jonathan Brand created this 1:1 scale 1969 Mustang Coupe using just paper and an inkjet printer
China's Shenzhou VIII rocket is to attempt its first space docking
A photograph of the Tay rail bridge near Dundee, a winner in the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2011
A robot with a motion control system and an intelligence processing unit plays ping pong at Zhejiang University, China
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Appropriating the inappropriate
3 February 2012
'Inappropriate' is one of the list of ordinary words (like challenge, opportunity, robust, issues, and sustainable) that have by dint of mealy-mouthed contextualising, been turned into a weasely euphemism.
Forever young
3 February 2012
When Peregrine Semiconductor executives talk about their company they take care to describe it as a startup. It sounds odd because the company has been around for a while. My best guess when chief marketing officer Rodd Novak mentioned it in a meeting yesterday was 16 years, as I could recall patents dating back to 1995 or so.
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