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Calling time on phone bills
Calling time on phone bills Itemised bills for fixed lines and big mobile phone charges could soon be consigned to history, but our future communications will still come at a price, reports Peter Warren. -
Is NHS data there for any company - or just one?
Competitors claim a commercial joint venture with the official custodian of health data puts level playing field at risk, writes Michael Cross. -
Wear your heart on the screen
Using grid computing, scientists have developed models of the body's most vital organ to devise better treatment methods. -
An unwelcome guest of spam
Michael Pollitt: I've been battling a spammer who has been using my name and email address to spam guestbooks. The result? An inbox choked with guestbook acknowledgment emails and a fight with internet companies. And why won't hosting company EV1 respond to my complaints about spam? -
Is Digg being subverted by some sort of spamming?
Social search has an achilles heel: any system that relies on people clicking buttons (on websites, for example) can be subverted by smart programmers writing 'scripts'. But is this a storm in techno-teacup? -
Is Skype going to compete with the iTunes Music Store?
What is more likely is that eBay's newly acquired web-based phone service will find out whether there's any market for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) ringtones. -
Private cash should follow the BBC's lead
Victor Keegan: The BBC's plan to become a major global media player could be one of the most decisive decisions it has taken for a long time: good for the BBC, good for Britain and good for business in general. -
Technobile
Do yourself and your fellow travellers a big favour - invest in a pair of earbuds that don't leak sound, writes Kate Bevan. -
Home network storage will be the talk of the town, I bet
Charles Arthur: You might think you're never going to buy NAS for your home. But did you ever think you'd want to put all your CDs on to a hard drive and listen to them? -
Gadgets
Ashley Norris takes a look at this weeks must-have technology - Sony's NW-E003 music player, Samsung's P300 mobile, and Linksys's WRT54G3G wireless 3G and 802.11g router -
We need help to get through those awkward moments
While mobile games should be perfect for these brief moments of boredom and self-consciousness, in practice they're useless because they take too long to access, says Keith Stuart. -
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