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Let there be light - efficiently
Standard light bulbs waste huge amounts of energy, but low-energy versions were too ugly and expensive - until now. Richard Gibson reports on how "compact fluorescent" and LED bulbs are the future -
The rock star designer who's game for a challenge
Peter Molyneux, the founder of Lionhead Studios, has made a career out of experimentation. He talks exclusively to Technology about collaboration, morality and the human angle -
Romancing the phone
Online dating services now allow you to text a message of love to help track down the partner of your dreams, writes Marc Zakian -
If distributed processing can search for aliens, why not web pages?
Inspired by projects that harness spare time on PCs, one programmer wants to hand back control of internet searching to users, reports Michael Pollitt -
Picture all the news that's fit to upload
There's a lot of hype about citizen journalism - but what's it like being one, and can you get paid? Victor Keegan finds out -
Pen-based computers could still get the thumbs down
Will Microsoft's Origami project fulfil the dreams of three decades of computer geeks or just be a niche-filling exercise - and how do you explain mobile phones, asks Jack Schofield -
Free Our Data: Ordnance Survey challenged to open up
Sir Tim Berners-Lee wants access to Ordnance Survey data - and the freedom to manipulate it as he sees fit. -
Free Our Data: Government organisations under pressure to make money
The focus of the campaign this past week: which organisations to tackle and what data do they hold? -
Dreams are still plentiful, even if the PS3 is fantasy
Hysteria broke out on the Gamesblog last week following an announcement that advanced the next-generation console race from easy listening to fever pitch, says Aleks Krotoski -
Games
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter | 24 - The Game | Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2 -
Is Google obliged to list your web site?
On the face of it, no - but a judge might get to decide after Kinderstart, a web site for parents of children aged under seven, filed suit against the search giant in California -
Will my Intel-based Mac melt if I run Windows XP on it?
Probably not, though rumours to that effect earlier this week gave a new meaning to the phrase "OS flame wars" -
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Technobile
Mobile phone features are just excess baggage when they eat up power reserves and reduce your talk time, says Mat Smith. -
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Technobile
Mobile phone features are just excess baggage when they eat up power reserves and reduce your talk time, says Mat Smith
