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Micron’s Appleton dies in crash

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:30:54 +0000

Steve Appleton, the chief executive of memory-chip maker Micron, has died in a plane crash near Boise, Idaho.(read article…)

Apple overturns Motorola’s ban

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:08 +0000

Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.(read article…)

Google asked to pause rule change

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:16 +0000

An EU data protection group writes to Google to ask them to suspend changes to their privacy policy.(read article…)

VIDEO: ‘Flying people’ and other tech news

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:55:49 +0000

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a remote-controlled man-shaped plane. (read article…)

Megaupload bail appeal rejected

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:48:27 +0000

Kim Dotcom’s bail appeal is rejected by a New Zealand Court, as US campaigners hint at legal action to prevent files being deleted.(read article…)

The internet’s secret black market

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:23:53 +0000

Drugs and guns for sale on the internet’s black market(read article…)

VIDEO: The untraceable ‘dark web’

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:21:14 +0000

Out of reach of regular internet searches is the secretive online world known as the ‘dark web’ where you can shop for illegal goods, and where customers go by code names.(read article…)

Largest optical telescope created

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:15:02 +0000

Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world’s largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.(read article…)

BT cuts costs to increase profits

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:29:21 +0000

Telecoms group BT reports a sharp rise in profits, thanks largely to a jump in the number of broadband users.(read article…)

Panasonic predicts a record loss

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:11:05 +0000

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic forecasts a record net annual loss of $10bn for the year to March.(read article…)

Viewpoint: The connected workforce

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:05:35 +0000

Google on technology that could change the way we work(read article…)