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Wants a unique map for every user Google I/O Google has been giving more details about how it has redesigned its Maps software by adding in crowd-sourced photographic and driving directions to its coding scheme.…

Write web modules in C/C++ that run on both Intel and ARM…

Is hastily called event related to Tumblr rumblings? Yahoo! will hold a "product-related news event" this upcoming Monday with CEO Marissa Mayer in attendance to "share something special."…

Sync feature suspended by Adobe FOR TWO WEEKS…

2016 launch date set for OSIRIS-REx mission NASA has given final approval for a billion-dollar mission that will visit one of the most potentially dangerous asteroids to Earth, collect samples, and then bring it back home for analysis.…

The battle with BlackBerry, Samsung marches into the cloud…

Add-on device blocks card skimmers A Romanian man serving a five-year jail sentence for bank-machine fraud says he's come up with a device that can be attached to any ATM to make the machine invulnerable to card skimmers.…

Of those who have an opinion, over 97% say we're to blame…

Biomimetic big cat needs no power cord, just a walker…

'We have to make it happen' Google I/O If there's any company in the world that can bring true artificial intelligence into being, it's Google, but the company thinks SkyNet is unlikley to appear in the Googlenet without help from the Chocolate Factory.…

Let the feeding frenzy commence Nvidia is now taking orders for its Shield handheld gaming console, three days early, though the Android-running Tegra-powered gadget won’t make its way into punters’ hands before the end of next month at the earliest.…

Mighty award against it abruptly slashed to $172,500 Yahoo! has said that a Mexican appeals court threw out a $2.75bn ruling against it and Yahoo! Mexico over contracts in the country.…

Netbook with removable screen, anyone? HP is to follow its Windows 8-based tablet keyboard combo, the Envy x2, with an Android Jelly Bean version - the computer giant’s take on Asus’ popular Transformer series.…

32 years since that Bucks Fizz feelin'…

Stiff Pink 'Un left swinging in the wind The Financial Times website and its Twitter accounts were this afternoon hijacked by pro-government hackers from the "Syrian Electronic Army".…

Microsoft chief defies pundits by hanging on - we reveal how…

And, hang on, what happened to all the loot...…

Billionaire media tyrant has a Ratner moment Rupert Murdoch had a Gerald Ratner moment on Twitter earlier today when, in a warning to Facebook, he labelled MySpace - a website he once owned - as "crappy".…

Be afraid, PayPal - be very afraid Google has integrated its payment Wallet with Gmail, enabling PayPal-style transactions from within the Gmail interface, and to any over-18 American with an email address and a Google Wallet account.…

Trevor goes visual Vid This week, Trevor Pott kicked off his exploration of Office 365 with this overview.…

Handed on a plate, thrown back in your face Something for the Weekend, Sir? I have been propositioned in a toilet by a 72-year-old man. He wants me to move in with him and do the business.…

Listen up, Popeye, fix it if you don't like it Apple supremo Tim Cook will dare US senators to rewrite tax laws seeing as the politicians are so upset about tech giants' tiny contributions to America's public coffers.…

On-head TV, fine - but you can't skip the ads on this one…

'Fell asleep in the hospital and woke up as a one-armed woman!' UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt wants to tear up the NHS's clumsy system of printed prescriptions - and instead use "unique barcodes" to dish out medication straight to the poorly.…

Seven year mission in the touch-tone catacombs Most people can't bear to use automated call centre phone lines for even a few minutes. But one former IT manager has spent seven years on the phone in a bid to produce a map of Britain's phone menus.…

Malware remains undead, adds double-sneaky stealth mode The crooks behind the Pushdo botnet agent have developed variants of the malware that are more resistant to take-down attempts or hijacking by rival hackers.…

Andrew Mason to share 'wisdom' through music Ex-Groupon chief Andrew Mason is moving to San Francisco to start a new company, after of course, he releases an album of "motivational business music".…

Only old fogies care who knows where they were last summer…

Plus: 'What's next? Will they ask for my inside leg measurement?'…

Pin your ears back and we'll tell you There's a lot of talk – some might say hot air – about cloud computing, what it is and what it is not. Ask 10 people and you will probably get 15 answers.…