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Facebook child protection app prompts 211 reports

Reports through Child Exploitation and Online Protection app all classified as very serious offences, such as sexual grooming
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India sets deadline for BlackBerry compliance

Indian government sets 31 August deadline for RIM to give it access to data transmitted by BlackBerry users
Tesco launches sim-only mobile deal

Tesco undercuts competitors with £6 deal for unlimited texts and 100 minutes
What's the carbon footprint of the net?

The internet releases around 300m tonnes of CO2 a year – as much as all the coal, oil and gas burned in Turkey or Poland, or more than half of the fossil fuels burned in the UK
Apple's iPad bonanza triggers race to launch copycat tablets

Microsoft is working with partners including Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Samsung, Toshiba and Sony on producing iPad-syle tablets
- Competitors are up to this game
Updating PCs in a small business

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Why Skype has conquered the world

Sarfraz Manzoor: The internet phone service is an unheralded success story. No wonder Rupert Murdoch has it in his sights
- Skype in logo dispute with BSkyB
- Skype plans to raise $100m in flotation
Que e-reader killed before launch

British firm Plastic Logic abandons first-generation of its Que proReader device before shipping a single unit
Net neutrality: what does it mean?

Jemima Kiss: The end of net neutrality could mean the the end of the open, free and equal internet that we take for granted
Tech Weekly: Google's access plans

Audio (36min 21sec): Google and Verizon's net neutrality proposals examined; goodbye Google Wave; hello Facebook users' union

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The information architecture behind the World Government Data store

The Guardian's information architect, Martin Belam, provides a glimpse behind the scenes at the design process of our World Government Data store.
First robot able to develop and show emotions is unveiled

Nao, developed by a European research team, models the first years of life and can form bonds with the people he meets
- Robots should do useful jobs
iPhone worship has seen the media lose all sense of proportion

John Naughton: Religious fervour surrounds the latest phone technology, despite it only representing a small slice of the world market, says
- Self-inflicted bruises take shine off brand
Online safety: Facebook, the Grid project and the 'panic button' myth

International directory of online safety initiatives highlights best practice of agencies worldwide
How to hail a London cab using Twitter

Next time you're in London and need a cab, you might like to try tweeting @tweetalondoncab for one
Limbo review

Greg Howson: Set in a monochrome world full of shadows and ambient audio, Limbo is an atmospheric triumph
Amazon launches UK Kindle Store

Amazon launches online bookstore with more than 400,000 titles available for download
- Kindle bookstore: Is it really the cheapest option?
Car review: Citroën DS3

The DS of the 1950s may have been divinely inspired, but will Citroën's new DS3 win a cult following?
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Whitehall crowdsourcing attempt fails

9,500 responded online to government request for suggestions but no departments willing to amend any of their policies
- Government rules out upgrade from IE6
Curated computing is no substitute for the personal and handmade

Cory Doctorow: Bespoke computing experiences promise a pipe dream of safety and beauty – but the real delight lies in making your own choices
Charles Leadbeater: The internet can facilitate social change

The author and social entrepreneur Charles Leadbeater tells Aleks Krotoski how new technology can help tackle social problems in direct, innovative ways

Oracle boss blasts HP over Hurd ousting

The disgraced former Hewlett-Packard boss Mark Hurd has found a heavyweight ally in the billionaire Oracle software tycoon Larry Ellison
- Jodie Fisher 'saddened' by HP CEO's exit
- HP boss Mark Hurd resigns
Children 'sold for sex on Craigslist'

Open letter to founder Craig Newmark in Washington Post tells stories of young women sold for sex through 'adult services' ads
Google and Apple prepare for mobile advertising battle

Google and Apple are gearing up to launch ads on their apps, a strategy which is set to change the advertising landscape for ever
Google Wave all washed up

Development ceases on much-hyped cross-platform communication tool – but the concept is here to stay
NHS sites 'waste cash and fail patients'

Leaked government review suggests many of NHS's 2,873 websites do not cater for vulnerable members of public
BlackBerry planning iPad rival

Smartphone maker hopes 'BlackPad' will dent Apple's supremacy in the tablet computer market
Microsoft patches Windows folder flaw

High-profile vulnerability dating back to Windows 2000 fixed by critical update – as reports show malware targeting it
- Windows 'zero-day' flaw fixes released
'I'd like a studio inside a cellphone'

Celebrity squares: The musician and producer Dave Stewart tells us why he still buys vinyl, and why he'd like to own an Orgasmatron
Julian Assange, monk of the online age who thrives on intellectual battle

Carole Cadwalladr profiles the WikiLeaks founder who has been thrust into the public eye
BT censured for 'instant internet' claim

Broadband claim not backed up by evidence, rules ad watchdog, as provider cites instant coffee as comparable product
India's $35 tablet: a stalled revolution

Suhasini Sakhare: India's new $35 tablet needs manufacturing success and demand if it is to revolutionise computer literacy – it has neither
- India unveils 'laptop' costing $35
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Chinese province bans adults looking at youngsters' mobiles

Adults banned from searching children's computers or phones under a new law passed in Chongqing, southwest China
- Android phone sales triple this year
Tech Weekly: The future of mobile

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