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Article | 1/04/2010 Kids' mobile phones need porn filters, says report

Mobile phones should be fitted with porn filters to stop children accessing inappropriate content from their handsets, says Professor Tanya Byron.

Article | 20/03/2010 Facebook backtracks on 'panic button'

Facebook has backtracked on plans to install a 'panic button' on the social network that would allow users to report abuse.

Article | 19/03/2010 Net piracy could lose Europe $356bn by 2015

Illegal file-sharers will cost the European creative industries $A356bn (£215bn) by 2015, says Tera Consultants.

Article | 18/03/2010 Windows Phone 7 dumps cut & paste

Microsoft has removed the cut and paste function from its forthcoming mobile phone OS, Windows Phone 7.

Article | 10/03/2010 Online security questions are too easy to answer

Security questions that allow web users to access online accounts if they forget their passwords can easily be answered by hackers willing to spend ti...

Article | 9/03/2010 YouTube rolls out automatic video captioning

YouTube is rolling out automatic captions to millions of the clips hosted on the video-sharing site.

Article | 7/03/2010 Twitter hits 10 billion tweet mark

More than 10 billion tweets have been posted on micro-blogging service Twitter.

Article | 7/03/2010 UK legal firm faces investigation over net piracy letters

A legal firm which has accused a number of Brits of illegally file-sharing, is being investigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

Article | 2/03/2010 May 4 named as 'Day against DRM'

Tuesday May 4 has been named as this year's Day against Digital Rights Management (DRM) by the President of the Free Software Foundation.

Article | 27/02/2010 Google told to ditch Street View images after 6 months

The EU has ordered Google to delete images captured for its Street View service after six months.

Article | 24/02/2010 Sky app brings live football to Nokia phones

Nokia and Sky have joined forces to launch an app that allows mobile phone users to watch live Premiership football matches on a number of Nokia hands...

Article | 23/02/2010 25% of women would dump partner for Facebook flirting

A quarter of women would dump their boyfriend for flirting with other web users on social networks such as Facebook, says MyVoucherCodes.

Article | 20/02/2010 A quarter of web users regularly play games on Facebook

A quarter of web users play games on social networks, such as Facebook, on a regular basis, says PopCap.

Article | 11/02/2010 Avanquest Photo Explosion Deluxe 4.0

According to Avanquest this $60 program not only allows PC users to implement basic edits such as cropping and red-eye removal but also to enhance the...

Article | 6/02/2010 Four in five IT managers do not use cloud technologies

More than four in five IT managers do not use cloud technologies, says Peer 1.