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	Welcome to Gossip Junction's Computing News. Here you will find a collection of the latest computing and computer entertainment news stories from around the world. To read the full news articles simply click on the 'Read More..' link contained within the story. This will open the site containing the news story in another browser window.

Google unveils 'instant' searches

Posted on 8 Sep 2010 at 10:09 pm
Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product called Instant that displays results as soon as users type in quer...
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Broadband speed gets laser boost

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 7:57 am
A kind of "auto-tune for data" developed by a European team may help increase the capacities of long-haul fibre optic cables.
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One in four gives fake net names

Posted on 8 Sep 2010 at 5:33 pm
A survey shows a majority of web users have suffered cybercrime, but many respondents were themselves less than honest.
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European police in pirate raids

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:20 am
Premises across Europe, including a Swedish university, have been raided by police in a piracy crackdown
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TalkTalk rapped for malware trial

Posted on 7 Sep 2010 at 2:25 pm
The UK's Information Commissioner has reprimanded ISP TalkTalk over recent unpublicised trials of its anti-malware system.
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PS3 update blocks hardware hack

Posted on 7 Sep 2010 at 12:13 pm
Sony has released a "minor" update for its PlayStation 3 that closes a loophole that allowed users to run pirated software.
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HP sues Hurd over new Oracle job

Posted on 7 Sep 2010 at 8:43 pm
Hewlett Packard files a lawsuit against its former head Mark Hurd to try and stop him joining database software maker Oracle.
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UK mobile firms to merge networks

Posted on 6 Sep 2010 at 3:15 pm
Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks as the firms merge their infrastructure.
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Pirate gamers face more sanctions

Posted on 7 Sep 2010 at 10:31 am
The developers behind the hotly anticipated Halo: Reach have taken another step aimed at cracking down on pirates.
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US firm buys Realtime Worlds game

Posted on 6 Sep 2010 at 6:41 pm
Part of collapsed computer games firm Realtime Worlds has been bought by an anonymous American company, administrators confirm.
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PayPal update email 'violates own anti-phishing advice'

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 1:56 pm
Oopsie PayPal UK has sent out an updated user agreement email to its customers that manages to violate its own tips on how to avoid phish...
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Mozilla lights up joystick, tickles developer gaming bellies

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 1:29 pm
Explain web apps tech through power of dance Tron Mozilla launched a new gaming project through its Labs wing earlier this week, in a mov...
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World's only real flying car in price hikes, further delays

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 1:07 pm
On time, on cost, on spec: Choose two er, none The firm behind the world's most plausible near-future flying car has pushed back delivery...
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Microsoft to embrace and extend HTML 5?

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 1:04 pm
'WPF and Silverlight at risk in faction war' Microsoft watchers are poring over a series of Twitter posts from former Silverlight Product...
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LaCie intros aluminium-clad USB 3.0 drives

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 12:47 pm
Superspeed storage LaCie has introduced two more USB 3.0 external hard drives, one for desktops, the other for portable computers.…
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Google slaps malware warning on Radio 3 website

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 12:30 pm
Someone's got to be Brahms and Lizt Google is warning surfers visiting BBC Radio 3's website that the classical music domain is a securit...
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iPlayer, iTunes succumb to Web2.0rhea

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 12:20 pm
Why do they do it? Hot on the heels of Apple's poorly-received iTunes update, the BBC has released a new version of iPlayer, and it's met...
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US raygun jumbo jet fails to beam down test missile

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 12:18 pm
Agency: 'We didn't tell you? You didn't ask' The USA's famed ray-cannon jumbo jet, the Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB), failed to shoot dow...
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ARM reaches for servers with fivefold performance boost

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 12:12 pm
Soaring into the cloud ARM's next-but-one processor will improve performance by five times, and the company aims to spread the architectu...
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Brits unleash world's hottest chilli pepper

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 12:08 pm
Burn, baby, burn A British firm has claimed the world's hottest chilli pepper crown, a fearsome beast clocking 1,176,182 on the Scoville ...
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Microsoft begins testing new CRM program

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 2:00 pm
Redmond's latest customer relationship management program is being made available as a public beta, with the final version of CRM 2011 pl...
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Evernote launches a bookmarking tool for sites

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 1:00 pm
The personal archiving service is offering up a new tool for publishers to add Evernote bookmarking to their site without software.
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Craigslist faces new wave of political attacks

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 12:00 pm
Congressional committee has asked Craigslist founder Craig Newmark to testify at a hearing next week on "domestic minor sex trafficking,"...
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So, who's still buying Netbooks?

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 12:00 pm
The Netbook craze flamed out faster than most people anticipated, thanks partly to the emergence of touch-screen tablets earlier this year.
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Microsoft legal punch may change botnet battles forever

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 12:00 pm
Microsoft is on verge of getting a court to grant it ownership over domains used in Waledac spam botnet.
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Google Instant search a mobile boon?

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 12:00 pm
Google's so-called Google Instant search may have only just rolled out on the desktop, but here's why we can't wait to see a solution for...
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Craigslist removes 'censored' bar from site

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 6:55 am
The 'censored' bar, which acted as a symbolic protest against the removal of Craigslist's Adult Services section on Friday, has now itsel...
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MasterCard MoneySend like PayPal for BlackBerry

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 2:05 am
MasterCard extends its PayPal-like MoneySend app to the BlackBerry. There's also a very similar version of the peer-to-peer payment app f...
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Google Instant makes search interactive (photos)

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 1:24 am
Web search giant unveils Google Instant, which serves up predictive search results as you type.
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Google Instant: Search for the now generation

Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 12:38 am
Nothing seems to evolve faster than the Internet, and Google's new search experience is designed to keep Google ahead of the curve and as...
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