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'Brainwave' cap controls computer
A team of US researchers has shown that controlling devices with the brain is a step closer. Four people, two of them partly paralysed wheelchair user…
Fast lifts rise into record books
Two high-speed lifts at the world's tallest building have been officially recognised as the planet's fastest. The lifts take only 30 seconds to whisk …
EU software patent law faces axe
The European Parliament has thrown out a bill that would have allowed software to be patented. Politicians unanimously rejected the bill and now it mu…
Intel unveils laser breakthrough
Intel has said it has found a way to put a silicon-based laser on a chip, raising hopes of much faster networks. Scientists at Intel have overcome a f…
UK pioneers digital film network
The world's first digital cinema network will be established in the UK over the next 18 months. The UK Film Council has awarded a contract worth £11.5…
Creator of first Apple Mac dies
Jef Raskin, head of the team behind the first Macintosh computer, has died. Mr Raskin was one of the first employees at Apple and made many of the des…
Concern over RFID tags
Consumers are very concerned about the use of radio frequency ID (RFID) tags in shops, a survey says. More than half of 2,000 people surveyed said the…
US woman sues over cartridges
A US woman is suing Hewlett Packard (HP), saying its printer ink cartridges are secretly programmed to expire on a certain date. The unnamed woman fro…