Google acts to organise your life
Google has launched its latest salvo against rivals such as Yahoo and Microsoft, unveiling a free online calendar service.
The web calendar lets people to store appointments, receive reminders and share schedules with others.
It is tied in to Google's e-mail service, Gmail, automatically offering to add the date information in a message to the calendar.
The calendar is Google's latest effort to offer all-purpose web services.
Expansion plans
Earlier this month, it raised $2.07bn (£1.2bn) through its second share sale in seven months.
It plans to use the cash from the sale to fight off stiff competition and stay ahead a
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British 'hacker' fears Guantanamo
A British man accused of being behind the largest ever hack of US government computer networks could end up at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyer has claimed.
Gary McKinnon, from London, denies causing $700,000 (£400,000) damage to military and Nasa systems in 2001-2.
Bow Street Magistrates' Court was told the 40-year-old feared a prosecution might take place under US anti-terror laws if it agreed to his extradition.
The US said Mr McKinnon had assurances he would be tried in a federal court.
But defence lawyers said his human rights could be breached if he was sent to the US.
Mr McKinnon was remanded on bail until 10 May when District Judge Nicho
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Texting takes off for pilots
Gareth Mitchell, presenter of BBC World Service technology programme Digital Planet, reports on an experimental system to bring text messaging to the flight deck.
"Flight VS01 is holding its current path and flight level."
I am holding a joystick and controlling an aircraft on a simulator running on a computer. This message has come in, not over the radio, but as text on a screen to my left.
I am at the University of Nottingham with John Wilson, Professor of Human Factors at the Institute for Occupational Ergonomics.
"Traditionally, we know that pilots communicate with the ground and air traffic controllers communicate with planes through voice
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Natural light to reinvent bulbs
A natural light source that could put the traditional light bulb in the shade has been invented by US scientists.
The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) emits a brilliant white light when attached to an electricity supply.
The material, described in the journal Nature, can be printed in wafer thin sheets that could transform walls, ceilings or even furniture into lights.
The OLEDs do not heat up like today's light bulbs and so are far more energy efficient and should last longer.
"We're hoping that this will lead to significantly longer device times lifetimes in addition to higher efficiency," said Professor Mark Thompson of the University of S
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