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National 'virtual ID card' scheme set for launch  new

The Government will announce details this month of a controversial national identity scheme which will allow people to use their mobile phones and social media profiles as official identification documents for accessing public services.

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Space: the new cyber crime frontier

What if hackers hijacked a key satellite?

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Cyber experts warned yesterday that hackers could send the world back to the 1960s by hijacking satellites dotted around space, creating havoc below.
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Google

Google building itself a powerful, largely invisible fortress as it battles with national governments

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

We use its technology dozens of times a day with scarcely a thought. But what is Google? Is it just a search engine? Is it a publisher, or merely a platform, an intermediary?
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HTC unveils the One X+, breathing new life into their flagship Android phone

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Following last month’s launch of the iPhone 5, HTC are back with an update to their flagship Android handset: meet the HTC One X+. Despite looking almost identical to its predecessor, the One X on the outside, the insides of the One X+ have been substantially improved.
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Social media: Activists warned to watch what they say as monitoring becomes 'next big thing in law enforcement'

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Political activists must watch what they say on the likes of Facebook and Twitter, sites which will become the “next big thing in law enforcement”, a leading human rights lawyer has warned.
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Robot Digit Al and Denis Wolinski, National Manager of Digital UK in Northern Ireland, turn the Albert Clock digital to reveal the date of the digital switchover in Northern Ireland, 24 October 2012

Eight days to go until digital TV switchover

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Northern Ireland consumers with analogue televisions have eight days to get ready for the digital TV switchover, starting on October 10.
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Fifa 13: I think I’m Jose Mourinho. And I like it

Monday, 1 October 2012

There are a few dates in the football calender – the Champions League final, transfer deadline day, FA Cup third round weekend – that will be marked down by fans as a day to savour and anticipate.
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Fans of Apple flocked to shops to get their hands on the new iPhone 5

Why being an iPhone early adopter isn't always the best option

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Last Friday witnessed that time again when otherwise rational people do all they can to secure the tech object of their dreams. In this case, a phone. The one by Apple which prompts people to queue up for days beforehand to buy.
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Samsung Galaxy Note II to launch in the UK in October

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

From next Monday, UK customers will be able to purchase the successor to Samsung’s surprisingly popular Galaxy Note tablet/smartphone hybrid. The Galaxy Note II will be available from all major UK carriers, as well as the official Samsung store located in London’s Westfield shopping centre.
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Apple iPhone 5

Apple iPhone 5 users reporting manufacturing faults, right out of the box

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Millions of people have been looking forward to the moment they open their newly purchased iPhone 5, but the excitement has been short-lived for some customers as they pull open the minimalist packaging only to discover small dents, scratches and discolouration on their brand new iPhone 5’s aluminium frame.
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Which country has the best internet access? The worst?

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Broadband has been a legal right for citizens of Finland since 2010.
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The 10 Best earphones

Saturday, 22 September 2012

With sound quality to compete with heavy-duty headphones, here’s our pick of the finest in-ear buds on the market.
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Customers enter the Apple Store in Covent Garden, London, as the new iPhone 5 goes on sale

Garmin capitalises on iPhone 5 mapping disaster

Saturday, 22 September 2012

Apple’s mapping failure couldn’t have come at a better time for Garmin.
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Customers enter the Apple Store in Covent Garden, London, as the new iPhone 5 goes on sale

Hossein Yassaie: technology chief that played vital role in developing Apple's iPhone5

Friday, 21 September 2012

Few FTSE 100 bosses will be keener than Hossein Yassaie to follow today's launch of Apple's iPhone5 as it goes on sale in stores in America, Britain and seven other countries.
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Apple fail: New map service pales in comparison to ditched Google Maps

Friday, 21 September 2012

Apple have come under heavy criticism for replacing Google Maps in iOS 6 with their own in-house mapping application. From now on all iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch devices capable of running iOS 6 will ship with Apple’s native mapping service. Google Maps has been stripped out completely.
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Sony PlayStation 3's new look

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Sony is introducing a smaller, slimmer and lighter version of its PlayStation 3 console ahead of Christmas as it gears up for growing competition in games from smartphones.
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Maria Miller has announced that the Government is to spend 114 million pounds to provide businesses in 10 UK cities with ultrafast broadband

Ten cities to share broadband pot

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Ten cities have been allocated a share of a £114 million broadband pot to transform them into "digital leaders", the Government has announced.

Should Apple be censoring apps?

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Almost a year after the death of Steve Jobs, Apple retains its deserved reputation for functionality and design.
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Cher Lloyd's Snickers treat tweet paves the way for rest of us

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Commercial messages are set to become even harder to decipher with the start of a service on Twitter that encourages us to become advertisers and be paid money to market products to followers.
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Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 (AP)

Apple unveils updated iPhone

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Technology giant Apple has unveiled a raft of updated products including the latest model of its new iPhone.
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Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, unveils the iPhone 5 (AP)

Apple unveils latest iPhone model

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Technology giant Apple has unveiled a raft of updated products including the latest model of its new iPhone.

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• Hard lesson for men afraid to show us their soft side

Men are on their way out. According to a provocative new book by American journalist Hanna Rosin, The End of Men, women have adapted successfully to modern socio-economic changes, leaving men on the sidelines, feeling dismayed, out-performed and redundant in more ways than one.

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• Traffic in city on road to nowhere

Belfast On The Move? It was hard to suppress a grim chuckle at the mordant irony as the city's traffic ground to a halt due to the posturing of our leaders.
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• Heavens above! What on earth could this celestial sight mean?

In ancient times the sight of a shooting star or comet was always greeted with superstition.

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• Why all these apologies are such a sorry state of affairs

I beg your pardon. I'm so sorry. Please accept my apology. There, I've got that off my chest, we can relax now. I've decided to get the offers of apology in early doors in any conversation, just to save time afterwards.
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• Our parties must look to 2012 and not 1912 or 1916

The Covenant centennial drums have fallen silent. The ranks of marching men and bands have melted away. The entire community can be thankful that the first major anniversary of the 21st century has passed relatively peacefully.
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• Benjamin Netanyahu's warning reveals his moments of memory loss

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