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Google's computer programme: from search engine to operating system Telegraph.co.uk A relentless torrent of news has poured from Google over the last week. On Monday the firm announced a phone, made in partnership with Samsung, that it hopes will rival Apple's iPhone; next it announced the release of its own operating system, ... See all stories on this topic »

Why WikiLeaks' Julian Assange might prefer Sweden The Guardian Why is Julian Assange so reluctant to return to Sweden, where the number of rape accusations is so much higher than most other European countries, but rape convictions are among the lowest? Awful as it is to doubt a woman's claims of sexual assault, ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Commercial rocket launch, splashdown a success San Francisco Chronicle The first of what NASA hopes will become a fleet of privately built rockets and capsules successfully launched from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday morning in a major test for the commercial space industry. After twice circling the globe, ... See all stories on this topic »

Verizon 4G network zips, but all that data will cost you USA Today By Edward C. Baig You'd think a blazing fast wireless network was all good. The 4G (fourth generation) mobile network that Verizon Wireless (VZ) launched Dec. 5 certainly qualifies as pretty darn zippy. At least, it was a lot of the time I spent ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple Posts Update For MacBook Air Display Issues UberGizmo Some owners of the new MacBook Air have previously noticed some issues with the display such as flickering horizontal lines sometimes appearing on the 13-inch model or displays being discolored when waking from sleep. The good news is that Apple has ... See all stories on this topic » UberGizmo

European mobile operators say big sites need to pay for users' data demands The Guardian European mobile networks have called on companies such as Facebook, Apple, Google to help pay for network upgrades as the growth in smartphone use has made data demand soar. The call from major operators, including France Telecom (owner of Orange), ... See all stories on this topic »

Lost Civilization Under Persian Gulf? Fox News A once fertile landmass now submerged beneath the Persian Gulf may have been home to some of the earliest human populations outside Africa, according to an article published Wednesday in Current Anthropology. In recent years, archaeologists have turned ... See all stories on this topic » Fox News

WikiLeaks Emerging as Hydra-Like Web Entity That`s Hard to Kill eWeek Even as WikiLeaks continues to publish its thousands of leaked cables from US diplomats the site is taking steps to stay online despite repeated cyber-attacks, cancelled services and government action. WikiLeaks keeps finding ways to stay online even ... See all stories on this topic »

Donations Ban on iPhone Apps Irritates Nonprofits New York Times By STEPHANIE STROM The nonprofit world is stewing over the ban Apple has put on making donations on the iPhone via charity apps. No one, including Apple, has data on how many nonprofits have created apps for the iPhone. Organizations like the Monterey ... See all stories on this topic »

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