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BBC NEWS | Business | Music firm 'goblins' in copyright war

Jun 6, 2008
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BBC NEWS | Business | Music firm 'goblins' in copyright war

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It all began in May 2007 when Universal Music Group (UMG), the largest of the Big Four companies that dominate the music industry worldwide, sued a Los Angeles-based trader on the eBay online auction site.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Voluntary code for internet speed

Jun 6, 2008
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Voluntary code for internet speed

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Ofcom is also undertaking what it says is the UK's "most authoritative and comprehensive broadband speed survey" to identify broadband performance across the country and its relationship to advertised speeds.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Mobile phones expose human habits

Jun 6, 2008
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Mobile phones expose human habits

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"It would be wonderful if every [mobile] carrier could give universities access to their data because it's so rich," said Dr Marta Gonzalez of Northeastern University, Boston, US, and one of the authors of the paper.

BBC NEWS | Business | Food versus fuel in corn heartland

Jun 6, 2008
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BBC NEWS | Business | Food versus fuel in corn heartland

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After years of getting by on government subsidies, he says his income has doubled or possibly tripled thanks to rapidly rising world demand for grain, and the expansion of America's biofuel industry.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hints of 'time before Big Bang'

Jun 6, 2008
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hints of 'time before Big Bang'

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Although this microwave background is mostly smooth, the Cobe satellite in 1992 discovered small fluctuations that were believed to be the seeds from which the galaxy clusters we see in today's Universe grew.

BBC NEWS | Health | Green light for hybrid research

Jan 17, 2008
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BBC NEWS | Health | Green light for hybrid research

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Dr Stephen Minger and colleagues at King's College London want to create hybrids to study diseases known to have genetic causes - such as Alzheimer's disease, spinal muscular atrophy and Parkinson's disease.

The Cult of the Amateur - Andrew Keen - Books - Review - New York Times

Oct 14, 2007
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The Cult of the Amateur - Andrew Keen - Books - Review - New York Times

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Digital utopians have heralded the dawn of an era in which Web 2.0 distinguished by a new generation of participatory sites like MySpace.com and YouTube.com, which emphasize user-generated content, social networking and interactive sharing ushers in the democratization of the world: more information, more perspectives, more opinions, more everything, and most of it without filters or fees. Yet as the Silicon Valley entrepreneur Andrew Keen points out in his provocative new book, The Cult of the Amateur, Web 2.0 has a dark side as well.

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | The facts behind big screen hacks

Oct 7, 2007
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BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | The facts behind big screen hacks

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Waterloo Station formed the back drop for The Bourne Ultimatum, one of the biggest movies of the year, in which Americans take over all of the CCTV cameras. But just how realistic is that scenario and worse, what about a hostile takeover?