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| Chip giant Intel signs a deal with Yahoo to make the TV set much more web aware. |
| Intel unites the internet with TV |
| A high-capacity PlayStation 3 and a new PlayStation Portable have been unveiled by Sony at the Leipzig games conference. |
| New PlayStation and PSP unveiled |
| Hiding what users do online might get easier as Microsoft plans a "privacy mode" for the next release of Internet Explorer. |
| Web browser to get 'privacy mode' |
| Details have emerged of the processor family that Intel will be using in servers, desktops and laptops from 2009. |
| Intel details new core chip line |
| Data protection officials in Germany call for tighter privacy laws amid a scandal over illegal sales of personal data. |
| Sale of bank data alarms Germany |
| Two British men prepare to try and break the world land-speed record for a wind-powered vehicle. |
| Bid for world land-speed record |
| Intel's chairman tells developers a better education system is vital to the economic well-being and future of the US. |
| Intel cites US education 'crisis' |
| Microsoft is to make it easier for big customers to move its software onto different machines. |
| Microsoft loosens code shackles |
| Apple says that a battery fault meant that a small number of its first generation iPod Nanos could overheat. |
| Apple admits iPod Nano 'overheat' |
| A forensic science student and her father catch a carer stealing from an elderly relative by hiding a camera in a teddy bear's eye. |
| A spy camera hidden in a teddy bear's eye catches a thief |
| Get your up-to-date fix of blog posts about all things digital |
| Will Brits ever be able to turn a buck from blogging? |
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| Bill Thompson is not alarmed by net meltdown fears |
| Numbers game |
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| New approach may make fridges more efficient and quieter |
| Flat-panel fridge |
| The rovers that may soon explore the Red Planet |
| Mars craft |
| Scientists focus on nanotechnology |
| Tiny technology |
| The government should do more to curb waste using tax as an incentive, a House of Lords committee has said. |
| Call to tackle UK business waste |
| Thousands of video game pirates could face legal action after a developer wins damages from a file-sharer. |
| Game sharers face legal action |
| The Ministry of Defence has concluded a contest to identify robots best suited to battlefield spying. |
| Stellar result in MoD challenge |