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Government to miss cookie cut-off
Wed, 16 May 2012 23:07:04 GMT
Most government websites will miss the UK's deadline for complying with EU regulations over cookies, the Cabinet Office tells the BBC.
Google makes search 'more human'
Wed, 16 May 2012 20:05:52 GMT
Google revamps its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions with a new function, the Knowledge Graph.
The Pirate Bay hit by hack attack
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:16:48 GMT
File-sharing website The Pirate Bay appears to have been hit by a coordinated hack attack.
Facebook to sell 25% more shares
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:23:57 GMT
Facebook says it will sell 25% more shares than first planned in its forthcoming flotation in response to strong demand.
Virgin Atlantic allows air calls
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:32:23 GMT
Passengers flying Virgin Atlantic from London to New York will soon be able to make in-flight phone calls using personal devices.
Google patents Project Glass design
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:19:53 GMT
Search giant Google patents the design of its augmented reality glasses, known as Project Glass.
Jury out in Google Oracle dispute
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:33:38 GMT
A jury has retired to consider claims that Google wilfully infringed patents belonging to Java developer Oracle.
Sexting threat comes from peers
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:42:48 GMT
A report commissioned by the NSPCC suggests that children are coming under pressure from friends to post explicit pictures
Nvidia aims for fastest computer
Tue, 15 May 2012 21:10:32 GMT
Nvidia unveils a new GPU which it says should help the the US overtake Japan to claim the world's fastest supercomputer.
Flipboard integrates audio in app
Wed, 16 May 2012 00:21:16 GMT
Flipboard, the popular social news magazine, starts integrating audio into its app for Apple's hand-held devices.
Milestone for wi-fi with 'T-rays'
Wed, 16 May 2012 07:00:35 GMT
Researchers smash a record for wireless data transmission in the terahertz band, an uncharted part of the electro-magnetic spectrum.
HTC shares dip on shipment delay
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:06:47 GMT
Shares of Taiwan's HTC fall after US customs officials hold up shipments of its new smartphones over a patent dispute.
Nokia accuses Apple of Siri bias
Tue, 15 May 2012 15:18:56 GMT
A Nokia spokeswoman criticises Apple after it appears to "override" its Siri software over the question: "What is the best smartphone?"
Mobile porn filters 'censorship'
Tue, 15 May 2012 13:45:26 GMT
A report finds that 60 sites have been wrongly blocked by UK mobile filters designed to protect children.
Sina swings to loss on expenses
Wed, 16 May 2012 02:41:54 GMT
Sina Corp, China's largest internet portal and media website, posts a loss in the first three months of the year.
BT and TalkTalk lag in speed test
Tue, 15 May 2012 16:21:22 GMT
Mystery shopper tests have revealed that customers are not always told what speed they can expect from broadband services.
Sorkin to write Steve Jobs biopic
Wed, 16 May 2012 08:13:40 GMT
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is to write the script for Sony Pictures' upcoming biopic of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
Diablo III players report game bug
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:37:22 GMT
Blizzard say they are working to fix a 'game breaking' bug in Diablo III as the eagerly anticipated release is hit by more problems.
VIDEO: Why do gadgets keep on breaking?
Thu, 10 May 2012 08:31:46 GMT
An investigation into why devices stop working without anything seeming to be wrong with them
VIDEO: Does web privacy have a price?
Wed, 09 May 2012 07:43:45 GMT
Stopping websites from using tracking software could have serious consequences on the users themselves
VIDEO: Ad boss on Facebook's power
Thu, 17 May 2012 01:36:12 GMT
Sir Martin Sorrell explains to Rory Cellan-Jones the strengths and weaknesses of Facebook when it comes to advertising, as the company prepares to float on the stock exchange.
VIDEO: Ivy League education free on the web
Tue, 15 May 2012 08:03:14 GMT
Click's Sumi Das reports on the Udacity project which is already causing ripples around the globe as it is making a top class education available to anyone, anywhere and for free.
VIDEO: Guide to developing mobile games
Mon, 14 May 2012 05:29:08 GMT
With mobile gaming becoming an increasingly lucrative sector, young entrepreneurs are focusing their attentions on this growing industry.
VIDEO: Philippines call centre success
Mon, 14 May 2012 23:05:16 GMT
The Philippines has recently overtaken India as the country with the most call centre workers - and it is due in no small part to technology.
VIDEO: The challenge for Yahoo
Mon, 14 May 2012 12:21:03 GMT
Yahoo has announced its Chief Executive Scott Thompson is stepping down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his CV.
VIDEO: Buyers' guide to wireless printers
Fri, 11 May 2012 12:53:47 GMT
Spencer Kelly advises on the huge range of wireless printers available in the shops.
AUDIO: Tweeting to a planet near you
Fri, 11 May 2012 09:20:41 GMT
Why is an artist about to sent tweets into space? Nathaniel Stern, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, and Anu Ojha, Director of the National Space Academy in Leicester, explain.
Robotic arm controlled by thought
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:51 GMT
Paralysed patients control a robotic arm only with their thoughts
Power behind the phone: Imagination Technologies
Tue, 15 May 2012 23:01:29 GMT
The tech firm putting the smart into smartphone
VIDEO: Creative brains imagine a smarter tomorrow
Tue, 15 May 2012 12:11:09 GMT
The creative brains imagining a smarter future
Tech powers Philippines call centre success
Mon, 14 May 2012 23:00:45 GMT
The technology powering the Philippines call centre revolution
In-flight internet to take off?
Sun, 13 May 2012 23:49:22 GMT
Using satellites to provide planes with fast reliable wi-fi
Facebook - buy or sell?
Mon, 14 May 2012 07:29:07 GMT
The nervous questions ahead of Facebook's IPO

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 Word of the day 

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:

maffick • \MAF-ik\  • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior

Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.

"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011

Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.

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