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Chip makers push Google Android devices

ARM and MIPS aim to put mobile OS everywhere

Queen's speech promises action on pirates

Government sticks to plans to disconnect illegal file sharers

Intel fixes drive bricking firmware update for flash drives

Company to re-release SSD software

Firefox web browser locks down rogue addons

Mozilla adds security feature to 3.6 release

NASA and Microsoft build Mars map website

Explore the red planet online

Lawsuit claims HP PCs are 'inherently defective'

Claimant says HP desktops lock up every time

Quarter of internet uses Firefox open source web browser

Mozilla software reaches milestone says Net Applications

NASA Mars rover stuck in the sand

Interplanetary explorer crawls out of bunker

Terminator-style shape shifting robots come a step closer

Intel researchers creating 'programmable matter'

Company claims stone DVDs last 1,000 years

DiamonDisc boasts absurd lifespan

Intel creates cyborg mind control chip

Brain waves to control computer functions

Microsoft promises better performance from Internet Explorer 9

Next generation IE to render JavaScript faster

Sony struggles to ship ebook readers before christmas

Reader Daily Edition may miss holiday season

Apple laptops less reliable than Asus, Sony and Toshiba

Almost one fifth of Macs fail inside three years

Facebook 'unfriending' enters the Oxford dictionary

Social networking verb gets academic kudos

Google Chrome OS may launch this week

Google's open source operating system may be close to launch, according to reports

£600 iPhone app proves popular with millionaires

iVIP Black gives access to tropical islands, a concierge and private jets

Apple Safari gets security fix in update

Windows users get patch that Leopard users received more than two months ago

Nokia, iPhone drive mobile internet use

BlackBerry grows faster than Apple phone

Google Chrome Mac beta next month

Apple users to get preview version in December


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