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US monster-truck roboguns to blast enemies autonomously
Military boffins in the US are now equipping a small fleet of armoured lorries with automatic defensive weapons which can detect incoming antitank rockets and shoot them down in mid-air before they strike, meanwhile retaliating upon the enemy gunmen with devastating firepower - all without human input.…
Boffins try to get closer to hot bodies
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way of of increasing the amount of energy that can harvested from a hot body*. If the discovery lives up to the hype then it could possibly pave the way to devices that can use waste heat as a power source.…
US flights suffering nationwide delays
The Federal Aviation Administration has blamed a computer glitch for flight delays across the US today.…
Sony Ericsson goes web crazy
Sony Ericsson has decided web applications are the way of the future, with a new SDK and emulators enabling the development of cross-platform applications.…
HP workers eye walkout over engineer jobs dispute
Updated Hewlett-Packard workers have voted in favour of strike action in the UK, following a ballot among members of the Unite union who complained about 150 customer engineers being shunted over to a subsidiary company.…
Judge batters Bluebeat with injunction over Beatles downloads
An LA judge has slapped an injunction on the Californian website that was flogging downloads of the Beatles catalogue at 25 cents a pop.…
Spanish payment breach prompts huge German card recall
German authorities have recalled more than 100,000 credit cards over fears that crooks may have obtained details of the cards via an unnamed Spanish payment processing firm.…
Japan claims latest long distance e-car record
Leccy Tech A Japanese e-car has set a new world record for the longest distance travelled on a single charge, travelling the 345 miles from Tokyo to Osaka without pulling over to re-charge.…
ISA report reveals email security lapse
The Independent Safeguarding Authority's first annual report reveals that it sent an email with confidential data to the wrong address.…
<em>Downfall</em> writer praises Hitler rant net meme
The writer of 2004 German film Downfall has described as "tremendously amusing" the plethora of parodies featuring a ranting Hitler reacting angrily to various topical bad tidings - including the news he's been banned from Xbox Live, and Frank Lampard is signing for Inter Milan.…
Sony Bravia KDL-46W5810 46in LCD TV
Review The W5810 range represents Sony’s first move into the Freesat market, allowing you to sample the delights of true HD broadcasting without coughing up any extra cash for a Blu-ray player or Sky HD subscription.…
Parents demand control over text messaging
More than 90 per cent of parents want more control over their sprog's texting habits, and would buy more phones if they had it.…
Ofcom talks to spook firm on filesharing snoop plan
Exclusive Ofcom has held talks with ISPs over a monitoring system that would peer inside filesharing traffic to determine the level of copyright infringement, in preparation for new laws designed to protect the music, film and software industries.…
How blogger kept Belle de Jour's ID secret
British blogger Darren Shrubsole has revealed how he used a GoogleWhack and IP tracking to create an early warning system for the anonymity of sex worker and writer Belle de Jour, who was outed in the press this week.…
MySpace recruits Imeem band member
MySpace, the yesterday-man of social networking sites, has reportedly bought Imeem for an undisclosed sum.…
New 'reversible' paralysis-ray turns victims blue, flaccid
Canadian boffins say they have developed a fearsome paralysis ray technology which caused test animals zapped with it to "turn blue and become paralysed". The effect is claimed to be "reversible", but is often fatal.…
NetApp doubles profits ahead of Fujitsu love-in
NetApp recorded more than doubled profits for its second fiscal 2010 quarter, out-performing its largest competitors and beating its own plans and Wall Street’s expectations alike.…
Palin claims webmail hack disrupted GOP campaign
Sarah Palin has described the hack of her webmail account as the "most disruptive" event in her campaign to become US vice president last year.…
Atlantis specialists set for ISS spacewalk
Space shuttle Atlantis mission specialists Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher will later today step outside the International Space Station for the first of three STS-129 mission spacewalks.…
Apple iPad to get OLED screen
Apple's much anticipated iPad won't appear until the second half of 2010 - but at least the delayed model will come with a 9.7in OLED display rather than an LCD.…