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Google working on language translating phone
Stumped by foreign languages when you're travelling? Google is working on software that translates text captured by a phone camera.
Ex-florist sentenced for altering rivals' Google maps
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Assault on AppStore: Carriers unite on smartphone software
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Nightmares for Gmail users as Buzz kills privacy
Google's new Buzz social hub features is set automatically to 'on' - and shares Gmail users' information without asking.
World turns to social media for real-time death
People flooded social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube after the fatal crash of an Olympic luger yesterday, eager to read the latest, and quickest, details of the horrific accident.
MySpace - how did it go so wrong?
In 2005, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp spent US$580m on MySpace. Four years later he hired AOL's Jonathan Miller to rescue it. He fired founder Chris De Wolfe and hired Owen Van Natta from Facebook. Ten months later, he's out too.
Google slammed over Facebook-chasing 'Buzz'
Google is making a belated attempt to force its way into the social networking sphere - but the industry has come out swinging.
Supergeek pulls off 'near impossible' crypto chip hack
Christopher Tarnovsky has stunned the security world by hardware hacking a module used in up to 100 million computers worldwide.
Smokin' stare
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So, the Apple tablet is finally here
Apple's just-announced iPad looks like a giant iPhone, but it's a lot more than that.
Old battlegrounds move to cyberspace
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The micro-blogging website Twitter has finally turned a profit after making a deal with Google and Bing.