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The power of ultrasonic waves has been harnessed to produce “virtual” objects in mid-air.
The field of haptics - integrating computing and the sense of touch - has been around for some time but has required gloves or mechanical devices to impart a sense of feeling.
Now, a team of Japanese researchers has developed a system that [...]

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A computer virus is alive and well on the International Space Station (ISS).
Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG.
The worm was first detected on earth in August 2007 and lurks on infected machines waiting to steal login names for popular online games.
Nasa said [...]

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The Cuil homepage is even more sparse than Google’s

Former workers at the web giant Google have launched a rival search engine.
Called Cuil, from the Gaelic for knowledge and hazel, its founders claim it does a better and more comprehensive job of indexing information online.
The technology it uses to index the web can [...]

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Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows.
Called Midori, the cut-down operating system is radically different to Microsoft’s older programs.
It is centred on the internet and does away with the dependencies that tie Windows to a single PC.
It is seen as Microsoft’s answer to rivals’ [...]

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The Ministry of Defence today announced the winners of its Grand Challenge, a contest to identify promising battlefield robot technologies.
The contest began in 2006, with a shortlist of seven contestants battling it out 16-18 August.
The final phase included sniffing out a range of threats placed in a mock battle theatre.
SATURN, the winner, included integrated ground [...]

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By Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter, BBC News Website, Silicon Valley

A recently found flaw in the internet’s addressing system is worse than first feared, says the man who found it.
Dan Kaminsky made his comments when speaking publicly for the first time about his discovery at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.
He said fixes for the flaw [...]

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As usual, I keep getting junk/spam mail in my inbox. But today, I got a VIRUS! and luckily I got a realtime AntiVirus running.
So, this is a WARNING for all you guys out there. If you got an email like this, delete it immediately, don’t try to click the links in it. It’s [...]

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By Maggie ShielsTechnology reporter, BBC News website, Silicon Valley

Intel, already the world’s biggest semiconductor company, has big plans for the future as it celebrates 40 years in the chip making business.
The company hopes to see Intel chips being built into virtually every segment of computing.
Paul Otellini, Intel’s chief executive and president said the next four [...]

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By Darren Waters
Technology editor, BBC News website, Los Angeles
E3 has shut its doors for another 12 months and it is time to reflect on what was shown and which games emerged as best in show.

A few years ago at E3 publishers were able to match their ambitions for specific games by building ever bigger [...]

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Yet another fake one I think? Last week I posted about a fake Yahoo! mail . And now it’s from PayPal ?
Did you know that you can report a phishing email to PayPal ? Just so you know, I’ve already forwarded this email to spoof@paypal.com
And here’s a snapshot for all of you out there. Take [...]

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