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Big Brother turns its eye to Gmail

News Privacy International's Big Brother awards highlight organisations that the organisers say pose a significant threat to privacy. To reserve your seat at the Big Brother Awards on 28 July at 7pm, email simon@privacy.org.

21 June 2004, 14:40

'Big Brother' cameras listen out for aggro

News Smarter CCTV cameras have been given the ability to listen out for disturbances as well as keeping an eye on citizens. The system has already been deployed in the Netherlands to listen out for aggressive tones to counter violent attacks in Dutch...

23 November 2006, 9:22

Nokia releases Bluetooth's little brother

News The wireless keyboard and mouse could become a lot less power hungry if a new radio technology called Wibree fulfils expectations. Announced on Tuesday by Finnish communications giant Nokia, Wibree is designed to complement Bluetooth and work with...

4 October 2006, 10:14

UK in frenzy of 3.3 billion texts

News Popular events such as major football tournaments and Big Brother have contributed to the continued growth in the number of text messages sent in the UK -- with a new record being broken in May. According to the Mobile Data Association (MDA), 3.3...

28 June 2006, 9:28

Brief: Orange goes for TV on mobiles

News Special Big Brother and Celebrity Love Island channels are also being introduced. Orange has announced plans to offer streamed television on its 3G mobile phone network. For a monthly subscription fee of £10, phone owners will be able to receive...

19 May 2005, 16:33

Windows PCs face new Trojan exploit

News The exploit "is misusing a function in the WMF library in Windows," dropping onto the machine a downloader Trojan "that pulls down its big brother, a more sophisticated Trojan" from a server on the Internet, he said.

29 December 2005, 8:31

Photos: Christmas comes early at Currys.digital

News Also impressive was Samsung's 40-inch LE40R74 LCD, the big brother of the LE32R74. With just 144 shopping days to go until Christmas, Currys.digital presented its candidates for your wishlist in the warehouse-style surroundings of the Old Broad...

16 August 2006, 10:34

Monitoring software: A productivity booster?

News They're concerned that management is going to come across too much like Big Brother. If you deploy monitoring software in your company, will it undermine employee morale? Or will it simply deter your staff from wasting countless hours of company...

15 April 2004, 16:20

FriendsReunited acquires Schoolfriends.com

News Dawson said under the agreement, she will continue to run the Web site in Sydney, together with three other staff and her brother and co-founder Rob Barron. Popular Internet-based school-friends linkup company Schoolfriends.com elected to be...

21 June 2004, 9:35

Game industry hits record $18bn sales

News Its older brother, the Following over two weeks of anticipation and prognostication, the annual game-industry earnings figures from The NPD Group are in. As widely predicted, 2007 was a record year for the industry, with $17.94bn (£9bn) of non-PC...

Tags: titles, industry, console, retail

18 January 2008, 10:15

News.blog: Women in IT pose for racy movie calendar

News Ever since my brother and I received a Commodore 64 computer, I have been interested in IT. Some women are launching a rather racy calendar to promote females in IT. The IT Screen Goddesses Calendar 2006-2007, featuring female IT professionals...

11 July 2006, 9:22

Apple's Mighty Mouse loses its tail

News A wireless Mighty Mouse costs £49, a full £14 more than its tailed brother. Apple has released a Bluetooth-powered wireless version of Mighty Mouse, the company's only multibutton mouse. Last year's release of the original Mighty Mouse broke Apple...

26 July 2006, 9:53

Home Office agency buys biometric security

News The ISL Biometrics system doesn't actually store images of the staff's fingers, sidestepping fears over Big Brother. The Home Office's Security Industry Authority (SIA) has announced a deal with ISL Biometrics to install biometric technology for...

16 April 2004, 7:35

News.blog: PS3 mania in New York

News He said his brother, who was currently at work, had agreed to alternate shifts with him. It was a dark and rainy night in Manhattan, but that wasn't going to get in the way of PlayStation 3 mania. There were still a full 72 hours before the uber...

15 November 2006, 10:01

Mobile barcodes permit conference entry

News LegionONE is the business division of Legion Interactive, responsible for the SMS voting services for Australian shows such as Australian Idol and Big Brother. Visitors to trade exhibitions can now simply present an SMS-delivered barcode on their...

19 April 2004, 9:45