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Is Neuroscience in the Courtroom Becoming a Reality?

Is Neuroscience in the Courtroom Becoming a Reality?

Brain imaging technologies have developed hugely in the last decade, and can now offer unprecedented insight into the relationship between brain activity, thoughts and behaviour.…

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Posted by Eleanor Beal in Sci-tech | April 9, 2010 10:06AM | 1 Comment »


Windows Phone 7 Marks The Dawn of Holistic Microsoft

Windows Phone 7 Marks The Dawn of Holistic Microsoft

For the last couple of years, Microsoft have struggled with mobile phones. Along with Palm, the company was one of the early pioneers of the…

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Posted by Phil Rich in Sci-tech | February 18, 2010 11:46AM | No Comments »


Should We Allow the Private Sector to Patent Our Genes?

Should We Allow the Private Sector to Patent Our Genes?

The last few decades of genetics research have unpicked the human genome, pinning down many of the ways we are shaped by our DNA. In…

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Posted by Eleanor Beal in Sci-tech | February 16, 2010 11:57AM | 4 Comments »


Away From the iPad Melee, Google vs. Apple Hots Up

Away From the iPad Melee, Google vs. Apple Hots Up

Alongside the 3D televisions, tablet PCs and ebook readers that dominated this year’s consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, the biggest news to come out…

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Posted by Phil Rich in Sci-tech | January 29, 2010 5:16PM | 1 Comment »


The Apple Tablet and the Birth of the Pre-Fan

The Apple Tablet and the Birth of the Pre-Fan

It’s Wednesday 27th January, or Year Zero for some – today we finally get to see what Apple’s tablet device is. Variously able to save…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | January 27, 2010 11:55AM | 2 Comments »


Coming to a Smartphone Near You: Augmented Reality

In a recent YouTube video-review for Samsung’s Android-toting i7500 Galaxy phone there’s a moment that is as portentous as it is jaw-dropping: a Dutch reviewer…

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Posted by Phil Rich in Sci-tech | December 7, 2009 1:40PM | 4 Comments »


Google Wave: Are We Surfing or Drowning?

Google Wave: Are We Surfing or Drowning?

In September, having an invite to Wave, Google’s latest milestone product, made you the coolest kid in school (at least among the nerds hanging…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | December 4, 2009 1:28PM | 7 Comments »


Samsung, AdMob See The Value In Opened-Up Business

Samsung, AdMob See The Value In Opened-Up Business

Samsung has announced it’s getting into the app development market, with its “bada” software platform and developers toolkit. We saw Paypal…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | November 10, 2009 12:57PM | No Comments »


PayPal Fights Amazon And Facebook With "Paypal X"

PayPal Fights Amazon And Facebook With “Paypal X”

Paypal is stepping its game up this week by announcing its plans to go into the third-party application market. They’re not just developing some keeping-up-with-the-Joneses…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | November 3, 2009 12:02PM | No Comments »


It's Time For The Windows 7 Party!

It’s Time For The Windows 7 Party!

I hope you’ve prepared the tabbouleh and gathered your demographically diverse gang of buddies around the breakfast bar, because it’s WINDOWS 7 PARTAY TIME. Yes,…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | October 22, 2009 12:03PM | No Comments »


Changes At BAD IDEA: Sci-tech

Changes At BAD IDEA: Sci-tech

Following Hot Money, Tomorrow People and Creative Economy in the roll call of fabulous sections of the new Bad Idea site, coming in a couple…

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Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Sci-tech | October 15, 2009 10:21AM | No Comments »


Netflix Prize Winners Announced - But What Should Their Next Prize Be Focusing On?

Netflix Prize Winners Announced – But What Should Their Next Prize Be Focusing On?

The Netflix prize, whose winner was announced yesterday, was either an innovative method of crowdsourcing previously specialised and disparate skills, or a way…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | September 22, 2009 12:39PM | 1 Comment »