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Lego robot creators unite

News When Geoff Gray got a phone call at work from Lego recently, the lifelong fan of the iconic plastic bricks did a little dance around his cubicle. It's the latest update to Lego's line of programmable bricks, which first came out in 1998.

8 March 2006, 9:41

Lego welcomes modelling software hack

News When Lego executives recently discovered that adult fans of the iconic plastic bricks had hacked one of the company's new development tools for digital designers, they did a surprising thing: they cheered.

16 September 2005, 8:43

Photos: Lego celebrates 50 years

News Over the years, the Lego brick has become one of the most recognised toys in the world, and millions upon millions of people have spent countless hours playing with the bricks and the sets they're part of.

Tags: elements, europe, plan, plastic

29 January 2008, 8:52

Lego addicts chase the dream

News Regardless of which contestant or which city, the format of the test never varies: each person is given an hour to build their model, and an unlimited number of Lego bricks from six tubs. Some used a giant metal scoop to load their bins with as...

13 March 2006, 10:54

Photos: Famous films, Lego style

News Not bad for a bunch of plastic bricks. Answer: A growing number of short, stop-motion films made with Lego bricks and figures that spoof specific, often famous, scenes in movies or music videos. This Lego version of that scene, known as Saving...

24 September 2007, 10:49

Ikea furnishes customers with online store

News Despite the success of Ikea's bricks-and-mortar stores, the Swedish home furnishings giant has yet to open an online alternative. If the thought of spending the weekend fighting your way around Ikea fills you with horror, then relax: the flat-pack...

11 October 2006, 9:22

No cheap booze to be sold online

News While bricks-and-mortar retailers will welcome the ruling, the news will no doubt disappoint both e-tailers and online shoppers hoping to stock up on cheap cigarettes and alcohol for the festive season.

24 November 2006, 8:58

Lego Mindstorms not child's play

News Every couple of minutes, someone would stop at the Lego table, stare briefly and realise they were looking at fully functional robots that happened to be made out of Lego bricks and pieces. Lego exec Soren Lund was making a lot of friends.

6 January 2006, 9:59

Online spending reaches "all time high"

News According to Anthoula Madden, Capgemini's vice president for UK consumer products and retail, the figure prove that online growth continues to be "robust and sustainable" in the UK.Whilst we are yet to see high streets sales decline there can be...

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21 January 2008, 8:51

Dubai tempts outsourcing businesses with tax breaks

News The planning officer signed it off, the health and safety officer signed it off, but the fire officer said you have to lower the bottom of the window by three bricks," said Jones. The world's first outsourcing free-zone opened on Tuesday.

16 June 2004, 9:25