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  • Yahoo launches visual search app Yahoo tries to attract search queries via a new service which offers visual webpage previews rather than lists of links
  • Sir Jonathan reaffirms Apple role As he receives his knighthood, Apple's design head Sir Jonathan Ive tells the BBC of his desire to stay at the firm.
  • Russian spam mastermind jailed A cybercrime mastermind who hijacked the PCs of more than 30 million people has been jailed for four years.
  • Hewlett-Packard cuts 27,000 jobs Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest computer maker, is to cut 27,000 jobs by the end of 2014 as part of a drive to "simplify" the business.
  • Met adopts fingerprint scanners Scotland Yard has equipped its officers with mobile fingerprint scanners to identify suspects while on the streets.
  • China arrests ID theft suspects Scores of people believed to have run a large-scale operation selling personal data are arrested in Beijing.
  • England to trial goal-line system Goal-line technology will be tested at Wembley when England entertain Belgium in a friendly on 2 June.
  • Google funds computer teaching The search firm's chairman announces funds to place new computer science teachers in English schools.
  • Raspberry Pi's budget challengers Two Asian Android-based micro-PCs offer users an alternative to the British-designed project.
  • Jury backs Google in Oracle fight Internet giant Google did not infringe patents belonging to software developer Oracle, a court in California has ruled.
  • 4G disruption threatens millions When 4G services start rolling out next year, two million homes will find it affects their TV signal, Freeview's boss warns.
  • 123-Reg websites hit by attack Businesses using 123-Reg's web hosting service go offline after reports of a DDoS attack from China.
  • Dell focuses on touchscreen PCs The US computer maker hopes new Windows 8 touchscreen computers can turn around a slump in sales to consumers.
  • Facebook and banks face lawsuit Facebook, its founder Mark Zuckerberg, and the banks leading its flotation are sued over claims that financial information was not disclosed.
  • Microsoft opens up So.cl network The search result sharing service allows members of the public to sign up and view each other's "collages of content".
  • Virgin and BT in broadband row Virgin is due to tell a Lords select committee that rival BT is being subsidised by government cash.
  • Diablo sets PC game launch record Diablo 3's publisher says it has become the fastest-selling PC-based videogame despite launch glitches.
  • Google rejects porn block rules During a debate hosted by Google, the search giant says that automatic porn filters are a mistake.
  • VIDEO: How to water a farm with a phone Farmers in India use mobile phone technology to help ease their workload
  • VIDEO: Does web privacy have a price? Stopping websites from using tracking software could have serious consequences on the users themselves
  • VIDEO: How to dissect a digital cadaver Surgeon Aimee Di Marco demonstrates how a digital cadaver on a touchscreen dissection table can be used to teach students and plan operations.
  • VIDEO: Hitchcock's first film restored Alfred Hitchcock's debut feature film, The Pleasure Garden, has been restored by the British Film Institute (BFI) as part of its celebration of the film-maker.
  • AUDIO: Apple's Jonathan Ive: 'Beauty works' Jonathan Ive says he is "fortunate" to be Apple's chief designer
  • VIDEO: Online porn filters: 'dangerous step' The government is considering introducing filters to block adult material as a default for internet customers to help parents stop their children seeing inappropriate material.
  • VIDEO: TV remote control inventor dies The inventor of the television remote control has died at the age of 96, his former employer has said.
  • VIDEO: How to move a 6,200 tonne building A 6,200 tonne building is being moved 60 metres to make way for the expansion of a railway in Zurich.
  • VIDEO: Ultra-orthodox Jews rally over web fears In New York, 60,000 ultra-orthodox Jews rallied to discuss the dangers of the web - as protesters urged them to look closer to home for causes of bad behaviour.
  • AUDIO: Racers rev-up for slot car fest PM's Chris Vallance visits the UK Slot Car Festival 2012
  • Virtual patient under the knife A giant touchscreen patient aids surgical operations
  • Java dispute's unresolved issue Software developers are concerned that issues remain unresolved in the Google-Oracle trial
  • How can 1.2bn people be identified? India's ultra-modern plan to ID a billion people
  • Stepping down from ARM Holdings The chip designer's co-founder Tudor Brown on its past successes and future plans
  • China's billion phone app market China embraces the smartphone app economy
  • Robo-fish to 'police' the oceans Spain puts pollution-checking robotic fish to the test
  • Facebook: Living 'the hacker way' Will Facebook keep innovating after flotation?

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