Archive for September, 2011

Online poker site loses licence

Friday, September 30th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

One of the world's largest online gambling sites, Full Tilt Poker, has its licence revoked by Channel Island gambling authorities. Read more..

Smart cities to get their own OS

Friday, September 30th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Cities could soon be looking after their citizens all by themselves as researchers develop an operating system for the urban world. Read more..

IBM now second biggest tech firm

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Microsoft has slipped to third place among top tech firms as veteran IBM's market value puts it in second place. Read more..

VIDEO: Twitter ‘highlights bullying’

Friday, September 30th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Singer Nicola Roberts wants to talk to education secretary Michael Gove as she claims bullying is "out of control" in schools. Read more..

Plastic ‘flying carpet’ takes off

Friday, September 30th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Researchers show off a "flying carpet" made of a conductive plastic wriggled by electric currents - an approach that could even find use on Mars missions. Read more..

VIDEO: Flying carpet made out of plastic

Friday, September 30th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Princeton University graduate student Noah Jafferis has made a miniature flying carpet out of a sheet of "smart plastic". Read more..

VIDEO: Young people ‘over-reliant on internet’

Thursday, September 29th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Conspiracy theories and propaganda are entering the classroom because young people are not being taught how to judge between truth and misinformation on the internet, according to think tank Demos. Read more..

Is the internet rewriting history?

Thursday, September 29th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Teaching the difference between truth and propaganda online Read more..

Dot brand versus dot com

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Has dot brand dealt .com a mortal blow? Read more..

China tech stocks dive on Nasdaq

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Chinese internet stocks dive in New York trading as the US Department of Justice considers launching a fraud investigation. Read more..