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Jul 21

Holographic lasers turn any table into a touchscreen

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Light Blue Optics have developed ‘holographic’ laser projection technology. The projected image can be ‘touch sensitive’ – so it’s not just a display, it’s also an interactive touch screen.

Jul 20

PSPgo SDK still too expensive for developers

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Some of the independent developers who have had success with the iPhone App Sore have said that they arn’t sure the the PSPgo can compete with Apple and that Sony won’t be able to attract enough indie developers to its platform.

Jul 17

Apple blocks rival smart phones

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The latest update of Apple’s iTunes has included a fix to block devices such as the Palm Pre that use the program for synchronising music and content.

Jul 16

Facebook hits 250 million members

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Facebook is currently used by 4% of the global population, meaning that were all the members of Facebook in one country, it would be the fourth most populated country in the world, right after China, India and the US.

Jul 15

£100 off if you pre-order Windows 7

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To start off its Windows 7 pre-order program, Microsoft is offering a discount of at least £100 on both the Home Premium and the Professional versions.

Jul 14

iTunes App Store gets 1.5bn downloads in a year

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The iTunes App store provides third party add-ons or ‘apps’ for both iPhones and iPod Touches, one contributer to the stores success is the fact that iPod Touch/iPhone users can access the store direct from their device.

Jul 13

Microsoft Unveils Office 2010, Free Online

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As rumoured, today Microsoft unveiled more information about its new suite of online applications which look set to challenge the likes of Google Docs.

Jul 13

Snooping through the power socket

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Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer. Security researchers found that poor shielding on some keyboard cables means useful data can be leaked about each character typed.

Jul 13

60 percent of companies will skip Windows 7

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A report from Reuters says that a survey conducted by ScriptLogic on 1,000 companies indicates that many of them will not be upgrading to Vista’s successor.

Jul 11

Facebook sued for click fraud

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Facebook is being sued by the sports site RootZoo, which is claiming that Facebook has charged it for more clicks than it actually recieved.

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