Archive for March, 2010

NASA plans big boost to climate research budget

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NASA officials laid out plans Wednesday to boost spending on climate research substantially over the next five years, to make up for cutbacks during the Bush administration. Read more..

NSA eavesdropping was illegal, judge says

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In the strongest legal repudiation yet of the George W. Bush administration's program of warrantless wiretapping, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that the National Security Agency acted ... Read more..

Wales completes digital switch

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The analogue television signal is switched off, leaving Wales the first UK nation to convert fully to digital TV. Read more..

Romeo and Juliet given a Twitter twist

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Romeo and Juliet is to be "tweeted" in a link up between Channel 4 and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) as part of the broadcaster's new arts line-up. Read more..

Phones knocked out by flood at BT

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A flood at a BT exchange in Paddington has affected thousands of broadband and phone customers in the UK. Read more..

Opposition mounts to digital bill

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The government publishes a new draft of a controversial clause of the Digital Economy Bill as critics argue it should not be rushed through parliament. Read more..

‘Cyber attacks’ on Vietnam sites

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Web giant Google says malicious software has been used to spy on online critics of bauxite mines in Vietnam. Read more..

Call to remove illegal websites

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German minister says that websites featuring child sex abuse should be deleted rather than blocked. Read more..

Are location geeks at Where 2.0 off the path to real money?

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Walking around the hallways at the Where 2.0 Conference today I met tons of developers doing some very interesting things with location, but they seem to be stuck in a ... Read more..

Tech know

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Hackers turn their attention to genetic code Read more..