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Going green
Electric cars are starting to take off in Japan
Groove Armada launch album with PS3 gig
Users will be able to see a video of the group's new album Black Light inside Home, the virtual world for PS3.
iPhone orchestra ready for debut
Smartphone symphony: a group of US students have built music applications and written scores for their iPhones.
Bing search site suffers outage
Microsoft has apologised for a brief outage which saw its search site Bing disappear from the internet.
Private play
The gaming worlds the industry wishes didn't exist
Grid helps tune tiny transistors
A vast network of thousands of computers is being harnessed to design the building-blocks for future silicon chips.
Mobiles 'not causing brain risk'
There has been no substantial change in the number of adult brain tumours since mobile phone usage sharply increased in the mid-1990s, Danish scientists say.
Pompeii joins Google Street View
Google adds Pompeii to its Street View service, allowing internet users to take a virtual tour of the ancient Roman city.
Google to offer property service
Google has discussed plans to add property for sale to its online mapping service, expected to launch next year.
World Cup games to be shot in 3D for the first time
The 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be filmed in 3D for the first time, football's governing body Fifa announces.
Record solar plane's first 'hop'
A solar-powered plane prototype has left the ground for the first time in its first stage towards a round-the-world journey.
Fake sites shut down by police
More than 1,000 websites which appear to sell cut price designer goods have been brought down by police.
Technology boosts literacy skills
Using social network websites and texting improves core writing skills, says the National Literacy Trust.
Intel unveils 48-core cloud chip
A chip that fits a "data centre" onto a piece of silicon the size of a postage stamp has been unveiled by Intel.
ISPs urge changes to digital bill
Peers are urged by net providers to make substantive changes to government plans to tackle illegal file-sharing.
Suspect hacker calling residents
A warning is issued about a suspected computer hacker, who has been contacting residents on the Isle of Man.
MySpace Music launches in the UK
MySpace launches a UK version of its music service in a bid to compete with firms such as Spotify and Last Fm.
Web firms oppose copyright plan
Web firms including Facebook and Google write to Peter Mandelson, objecting to elements of the Digital Economy Bill.
Bitter pill
How I helped nail the 'enlarge your manhood' spammer
Explosive clues
How sifting bomb debris can reveal vital evidence