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Jetspeed to a new 'viral' frontier

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:15:01 GMT

Nov 27 - Adventurer Yves Rossy's attempt at crossing a 38-kilometre stretch of the North Atlantic using jet-propelled wings ended in failure, but it was a marketing breakthrough.

Robot festival in Tokyo

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:05:01 GMT

Nov 25 - An international robot exhibition in Tokyo showcases the changing face of robotics.

British Library's new time machine

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:15:01 GMT

Nov. 24 - Reuters Television has an exclusive first look at the high-density, oxygen-controlled facility built to house seven million items from the UK's national library's collection.

Collider restarts after hitch

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:05:01 GMT

Nov. 21 - The Large Hadron particle acceleratior built to reproduce 'Big Bang' conditions restarts after a technical glitch caused a year-long delay.

Twitter to follow Google's lead

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:35:01 GMT

Nov 20 - The co-founder of the popular microblogging service Biz Stone tells Reuters TV that the company will eventually emulate the search company's lucrative ad model, but profit is not the priority at present.

PS3 video service launches in Europe

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:40:01 GMT

Nov 19 - Sony Computer Entertainment is rolling out its PlayStation Video Delivery Service in France, Germany, Spain and the UK as competition intensifies in the console market.

Light therapy device fights acne

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:38:26 GMT

Nov 17 - Sufferers of acne, or facial spots, know all about the benefits of light therapy but they have only been able to receive it either in hospital or a clinic.

Japanese translation glasses

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:44:16 GMT

Nov 17 - NEC of Japan has unveiled a pair of hi-tech spectacles that allow wearers to see past language barriers, literally.

Artificial retina helps blind woman

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:29:25 GMT

Nov 16 - Experimental technology that stimulates the retina via an external camera has enabled a blind woman in New York to see.

T3's rough guide to Xmas tech

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:40:01 GMT

Nov 16 - Technology magazines have a tendency to talk up the latest gadgets and gizmos, but Future Publishing's T3 is hoping to begin a new tradition this Christmas season.

The future of mobile money

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:20:01 GMT

Nov 12 - Providing financial services to some of the world's poorest people through mobile phones is proving to be a lucrative business in developing nations, but challenges remain according to the GSMA telecoms industry group.

Consumer concerns over cyber fraud

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:25:01 GMT

Nov 10 - Government and banks are still failing to protect private data adequately, according to UK and U.S. consumers.

Call of Duty guns for record sales

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:40:01 GMT

Nov 10 - Despite a difficult economic climate, the first-person shooter video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" has been selling briskly after receiving a record number of preorders.

Fire-fighting robot

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:22:02 GMT

Nov 8 - South Korea's firefighters may soon have help from robots to assess the danger inside a burning building.

EA turns Dante's Inferno into game

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:01 GMT

Nov 6 - The fourteenth century literary masterpiece by Italian poet Dante Alighieri has been reinterpreted as a graphic slasher video game which will come out in 2010.

Japan's high-tech cemeteries

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:48:01 GMT

Nov 5 - Japan, known for cutting-edge technology as well as ancestor worship, is merging the two with the latest in the funereal: card-activated crypts.

UK mobile tracking device launches

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:13:01 GMT

Nov. 3 - A new tracking service for mobile phones has been unveiled in Britain, utilizing the mapping data from the government agency Ordnance Survey.

Israeli companies tackle water leaks

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:59:47 GMT

Nov 3 - Israeli companies are making water thrift easier, with a drone that reads water meters and a turbine that generates electricity from inside pipes. The innovations will be unveiled at a conference in Tel Aviv next month.

Space hotel on schedule to open

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:17:22 GMT

Nov 2 - The company behind plans to open the first hotel in space predicts a holiday in orbit will soon become a realistic travel option.

"Virtusphere" walking tour

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:35:59 GMT

Nov 2 - A New York company is marketing the "Virtusphere" designed to facilitate a virtual reality experience unmatched by any other.

Inventor makes water out of air

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:28:22 GMT

Oct 28 - A French inventor has come up with a windmill that turns thin air into water and says his creation could offer hope to millions of people around the world who do not have enough water.

Last FM innovator returns with RJDJ

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:33:01 GMT

Oct 28 - The London-based technology company started by Austrian entrepreneur Michael Breidenbruecker recently launched the world's first iPhone only album, allowing listeners to create their own real-time mixes.

S. Africa nuclear firm gets support

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:58:55 GMT

Oct 28 - A South African nuclear power firm expects the government to use its new pebble bed reactor to help diversify the country's energy mix away from coal.

Google Juice befuddles Fleet Street

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:38:01 GMT

Oct 27 - Efforts to tailor online news to improve the chances of the articles turning up in Google's search results spark worries over the storied craft of headline writing.

A Twitter take on classic lit

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:23:01 GMT

Oct 26 - The terse writing style of the microblogging service Twitter has been used to reduce classic works of literature to 'tweets' in Penguin's forthcoming book 'Twitterature'.