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Monday, December 29th, 2008Broadband speeds look set to pick up in 2009
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Smartphones drive mobile markets
Sunday, December 28th, 20082008 may have belonged to the smartphone but problems are looming in 2009, say industry experts.
Imagine that: digital magic puts Lennon in laptop advertisement
Sunday, December 28th, 2008Former Beatle John Lennon is featuring in a charity's TV advertisement in the US, 28 years after his death.
‘Boom year’ for hi-tech criminals
Saturday, December 27th, 2008Security experts say 2008 was a boom year for hi-tech criminals and the net's underground economy.
Website age ratings ‘an option’
Saturday, December 27th, 2008Websites could be given film-style age ratings under government plans to protect children from harmful content.
How an old phone can make money
Thursday, December 25th, 2008If you got a shiny new mobile for Christmas you might be able to make some money on your old one.
More shoppers online at Christmas
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008More than five million people are expected to use the internet to carry on shopping on Christmas Day, the online retail group IMRG says.
Hi-tech helps track Santa Claus
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008The US military's tradition of tracking Santa's Christmas Eve progress continues, with new web-based tools.
EU’s new online library reopens
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008A pan-European digital cultural library which crashed just hours after its launch last month is back online.
Vietnam tightens rules on blogs
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008Vietnam tightens restrictions on internet blogs, banning bloggers from raising subjects the government deems inappropriate.
Christmas messages from far away
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008People in remote locations, across the world, can use technology to get their Christmas messages back home to Britain.
Third subsea cable repairs begin
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008A second ship has started repairing damage to an undersea communications cable in the Mediterranean Sea.