Want to see where the internet lives?
Having a snoop around Google’s global real estate is more fun than it sounds, thanks to a new set of snaps of the Big G’s server farms
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YouTube Disco – the new Genius?
Music recommendation sites aren’t new by any stretch of the imagination – think Last.fm scrobbling or playlist sharing in Spotify.More recently (and q
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7 browser alternatives to Internet Explorer
If you're an Internet Explorer user, and you've been a bit spooked by all this talk of security glitches and phishing attacks, there are other options
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YouTube Direct embraces citizen's journalism
YouTube is embracing the sometimes controversial model of citizen’s journalism and launching a new channel that will make it easier for the public’s v
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YouTube gets Full HD videos
Your favourite YouTube clip of a newsreader getting flattened by a Zorb ball could now be available in 1080p glory thanks to new Full HD support.The m
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eBay bids high buys Skype
Put our top internet telephone service together with our favourite online auction house and what do you get? Free phone calls to resolve bidding disputes, PayPal billing for your Skype account and a whole lot more
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Remix the Beeb
Get your Final Cut Pro plug-ins at the ready, order a crate of Coca Cola and set your instant messenger status to busy - the BBC's put a stack of its video content online for you to remix. Here are our first thoughts
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24 meg broadband coming to a pipe near you soon
Got four Xboxes connected to Live? Wanna stream live high-def video to your PC? From this October, your bandwidth worries will be banished - 24Mbps broadband is coming to the UK!
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HMV locks download horns with Virgin
Looks like the high street's finally caught up with that thing called the interweb - next month sees HMV launch a music download shop three days after Virgin Digital
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Are you the new Spielberg?
We don't think you are. If this makes you seethe with rage, you've got a chance to make us look like prize idiots by entering UK Online's Faster Films competition, which was launched yesterday. They want your inspired three minute movie on their site, now
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And for Google's next trick: free phone calls
Not content with doing everything from search to email, Google's throwing its primary coloured hat into the VOIP and IM ring with Google Talk. But does it really offer anything that Skype doesn't?
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File sharing goes legit
And we thought the whole music download thing was getting staid. Playlouder MSP, a new internet service provider, has just signed a deal with Sony BMG that'll let you legally file share the label's entire digital catalogue
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Google's new desktop search
Google has updated its desktop search utility, raising the stakes once more in its battle against Yahoo! and MSN and neatly sidestepping the browser wars
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UK movie downloads in 'next 6 months'
Whether it's the mounting rumours of a video iPod or the fact that most illegal P2P traffic is now pirated movies, suddenly everyone's falling over themselves to announce a UK movie download service. But what's so special about BoxOffice 365's new offerin
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Virgin gunning to give Napster a bloody nose
And the latest entrant into the music download war is... Virgin! Yes, Big Beardy's bunch is finally launching in September with an all-you-can-eat sub service that has Napster firmly in its sights
