World Bank: Competition key to IT growth

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Poorer countries still fall short when it comes to making full use of various available information technologies, according to a World Bank study.


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Space scientist says texting is four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space

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A University of Leicester space scientist has worked out that sending texts via mobile phones works out to be far more expensive than downloading data from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hacker splashes data from six million Chileans on Internet: report

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A hacker broke into Chile's government sites mining data from six million people which he then posted on the Internet on two popular servers for several hours, the El Mercurio daily have said.

Tesla's electric sports car aiming at Europe market

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Earth-friendly thrill-seekers in Europe can get into the driver's seat of their own Tesla Roadster, provided they have a trunkful of cash to buy an electric sports car that zips from zero to 100 kph (60 mph) ...

Next generation of business software could get more fun

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(AP) -- Once upon a time, people bonded with their co-workers on office softball teams and traded gossip at the watercooler. OK, so those days aren't gone yet. But as big companies parcel Information Age work to people in ...

Humanity and technology fuse in global Pangea Day film event

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Humanity and digital technology broke down walls between cultures on Saturday during a first-ever Pangea Day film event aimed at replacing conflict with understanding.
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