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Fuji Xerox has built a robotic printer that delivers papers to you

I am quite sure that for many of us who happen to work in a traditional office setup can so identify with the following, our computers are connected to a...

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UK committee believes the “right to be forgotten” ruling is unreasonable

And so the saga continues … In the short time since the EU ruled that individuals have the right to be forgotten when sensitive information found in search results is...

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UK police are replacing ads on piracy sights with legal warnings

UK police have started replacing ads on websites that provide access to pirated or copyright infringing material with warnings to web users that the site is on a watch list...

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The island of Jersey wants to become the world’s first Bitcoin haven

There are advantages to being a tiny, self-governing speck in the English Channel, and the ability to create a "welcoming" financial habitat is certainly one of them. But Jersey has...

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BBC extends catch-up window on BBC iPlayer from 7 to 30 days

Remember when the BBC's latest chief pledged to revamp the iPlayer? His bosses at the BBC Trust have just rubber-stamped the decision to extend the catch-up window from seven days to 30....

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Dyson invests £5 million in a robotic vision laboratory

Dyson is a name familiar to consumers as the company has been known recently for their bladeless fans as well as vacuum cleaners, and now it looks like the company...

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After Dark project enables users to enjoy museums even when they’re closed

It's already a pretty great time to be a couch-bound art lover, and this summer the gallery experience is getting even more futuristic—because anyone with a working Wi-Fi connection will be...

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Being fired from Nokia isn’t actually that bad

As Samsung and Apple continue to stamp out every remnant of competition left in the marketplace, some of the biggest names in wireless technology have been forced to let go of considerable portions of...

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Creators of BitCloud want to decentralize the internet

Ambitious developers have revealed a project that aims to create a decentralised internet, where all storing, routing and bandwidth is carried out by nodes run by users. Inspired by Bitcoin, 'the BitCloud'...

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NSA collected and stored over 200 million text messages a day

One of the more unpopular government bodies within the US would surely be the US National Security Agency, or the NSA for short, where they have allegedly collected and stored...

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U.K. considers letting people cash checks by sending pictures of them to their bank

The British government is considering allowing bank customers to take pictures of checks with their smartphone and cash them in y sending them to their bank instead of going there...

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Google introduces wink-and-shoot photography

The slogan of the first Kodak camera in 1888, “You press the button, we do the rest,” heralded a new age of photography made simple, now Google says you don’t have to...

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