Smartphone app tests users' urine

27 February 2013 Last updated at 07:09 ET By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter A smartphone app that uses a phone's camera to analyse urine and check for a range of medical conditions has been shown off at the TED (Technology, Education and...

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Music piracy 'down' as revenues rise

27 February 2013 Last updated at 08:34 ET Online music piracy across the world "declined significantly" in 2012, according to a new report. The NPD Group said last year the number of users on peer-to-peer (P2P) illegally downloading music fell...

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Willetts urges universities online

27 February 2013 Last updated at 09:00 ET By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent UK universities should invest in online courses if they are to take advantage of an "historic opportunity", said Universities Minister David Willetts....

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3D see-through computer revealed

27 February 2013 Last updated at 11:20 ET By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A video from MIT Media Lab/Microsoft Applied Sciences shows how the technology works ...

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Shorter .uk web address idea shelved

27 February 2013 Last updated at 14:03 ET Nominet, the organisation that oversees UK web addresses, has put the brakes on plans to launch an optional new service for sites ending with ".uk". Companies would have had the chance to take the address...

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Apple boss laments share price fall

27 February 2013 Last updated at 17:39 ET Apple's chief executive Tim Cook has acknowledged shareholder unease over the technology giant's falling share price, but said the company was working on a pipeline of "great stuff". He told Apple's...

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4D printed objects 'make themselves'

28 February 2013 Last updated at 05:39 ET By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Video of cube self-folding strand courtesy Self-Assembly Lab, MIT/Stratasys Many...

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Court orders UK web piracy blocks

28 February 2013 Last updated at 06:06 ET By Dave Lee Technology Reporter The High Court has ordered the UK's major internet service providers to block three websites offering links to pirated material. The ISPs must stop their users from...

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UK educationalist wins TED prize

28 February 2013 Last updated at 06:50 ET By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter A UK educationalist with radical ideas about the future of education has won a coveted $1m (£658,000) award. The annual TED prize, handed out by organisers of...

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All-time high for Bitcoin currency

28 February 2013 Last updated at 10:13 ET The value of virtual currency Bitcoin has reached an all-time high, trading at more than $33 (£22). Its appreciation - up from just $2 in November 2011 - has been attributed to increased trust in security...

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