Bill Gates Pushes GM Crops As Cure For World Hunger

Bill Gates announces during a keynote address at Iowa's World Food Prize event that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $120 million to funding bioengineered crop development and small-farmer policies in Africa

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Joost Shuts Down UK Operation

The UK operation of the online video service Joost, founded by the creators of Skype, has gone into administration, despite the company reportedly attracting more than $45 million in funding

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Acer Shows Off Liquid Smartphone

Acer has shown that Dell is not the only PC maker with smartphone ambitions after it demonstrated Liquid, a new slimline smartphone that makes use of a so-called 'ultrafluid interface'

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Open Source Could Save UK Schools £60 Million A Year

A national partnership has been launched today at Bletchley Park, to encourage UK local authorities to look at implementing open source solutions in all areas of their education services, in order to save up to £60 million a year

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Apple Reportedly Ends iPhone Jailbreak Exploit

Apple has reportedly added additional security to prevent the practice of unlocking or 'jailbreaking' its iPhone 3GS handsets, a practise that allows users to install software not officially sanctioned by Apple

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HP Discusses Green Data Centre Progress

With data center power and cooling costs becoming a key issue for businesses, vendors such as Hewlett-Packard are using their expertise to help customers find ways to make their new or existing facilities greener

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Bing Gains at Google’s Expense, Report Finds

Microsoft's Bing is apparently gaining traction, albeit very slowly, in its uphill battle with search engine giant Google, according to the most recent report findings from Efficient Frontier.

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Google Docs Gets Makeover And Offers Better Sharing

Search engine giant Google has given its Docs suite a makeover, as it seeks to position the productivity suite less an rival to leader Microsoft Office, and more as the team collaboration application for Google Apps.

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