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Technology

'Slow' light to speed up the net [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:45:04 GMT]
The same materials that may lead to cloaking devices could one day help to speed up the web.

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Digital nomad drives laptop sales [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:43:05 GMT]
The world's second largest PC vendor says a new class of worker signals "freedom from business as usual".

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'Seeing sound' for the deaf [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:44:11 GMT]
Deaf children have been testing software that enables them to see a visual representation of sound waves.

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Spy fear over e-mail check plan [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:10:01 GMT]
Proposals give local councils the power to monitor text and e-mail traffic are branded a "snoopers' charter".

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Device 'steals chip-and-pin data' [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:06:40 GMT]
Police are warning that a way has been found to hack into chip-and-pin readers to steal customers' details.

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Hacker wins US extradition delay [Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:41:16 GMT]
A Briton accused of hacking into secret military computers wins a two-week stay on his extradition to the US.

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'Pump and Dump' conmen targeted [Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:36:49 GMT]
Scammers who use junk mail to hype stocks are being targeted by software that spots fraudulent trading patterns.

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Nasa Moonship flight target slips [Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:37:51 GMT]
Nasa has pushed back by a year its internal target date for flying the successor to the shuttle.

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Invisibility cloak 'step closer' [Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:53:07 GMT]
Scientists in the US say they have developed materials that can bend light around 3D objects making them "disappear".

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Brown's new website hit by glitch [Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:29:43 GMT]
Gordon Brown's new website is hit by teething troubles, Downing Street has confirmed.

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Science

'Slow' light to speed up the net [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:45:04 GMT]
The same materials that may lead to cloaking devices could one day help to speed up the web.

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Water's the limit for tall trees [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:03:26 GMT]
Douglas-firs are unlikely to surpass 138m because they are not be able to supply water any higher, a study suggests.

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Charles in GM 'disaster' warning [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:27:28 GMT]
Prince Charles says he fears the development of GM crops could create the biggest environmental disaster in history.

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Mixed fortunes for world's whales [Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:36:45 GMT]
Some large whales, such as humpbacks, have seen numbers increase while others continue to decline, a survey shows.

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Southern seals sample salty seas [Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:22:15 GMT]
Elephant seals are helping scientists study the temperature and salinity changes in the Southern Ocean.

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Roman temple found under church [Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:29:46 GMT]
Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a Roman temple beneath the foundations of a church.

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Dangerous jellyfish on rise in UK [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:37:25 GMT]
Record numbers of dangerous Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish are found on the South West coast for the second year in a row.

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Creatures given more protection [Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:13:42 GMT]
Wildlife protection laws are strengthened to help save five threatened species in Wales.

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Perfumed pong - herbal remedy for smelly rubbish [Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:08:06 GMT]
Authorities in the western Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) douse garbage landfills with herbal perfume to lessen the putrid stench.

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On the edge - the decline of primates shows time is running out to save our closest living relatives [Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:07:31 GMT]
The decline of primates shows time is running out

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