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Minority Report: 10 top iPhone 2.0 apps
Photo The iPhone is a surprisingly large place to be in, lots of data, phone numbers, email, apps and websites and the free Google iPhone app does an admirable job of letting the user sift through the multitudes. [15 Aug 2008]
Photos: Shopping just got high-tech
Photo Stores conventionally count customer numbers by using the 'broken beam' method but these vendors argue there is a danger of inaccurate figures due to two or more people breaking the beam at the same time. [27 Jun 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo Some of the reams of daily data, which generates about 500 million numbers every 12 hours, can be seen here on charts showing air pressure and temperature. Tucked away in Reading, the European Centre for Medium Range... [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: India 999
Photo For years the country has had no dedicated single number to call an ambulance, with each hospital having their own ambulances and own numbers. The Indian government will help fund the rollout of a scheme created by an... [01 May 2008]
Photos: Smart posters and the 'seeing eye phone'
Photo Innovision said tags could also be used to help people suffering from forgetfulness to remember loved-one's phone numbers. Near field communications (NFC) technology company Innovision, has been showing off its vision of... [04 Apr 2008]
Photos: Arctic tech gets talking
Photo Six analogue phone lines were installed and tested for data transmission before their direct dial numbers were logged onto a central data processor - held on the sledge - to enable six-way automatic dial-up and data... [12 Nov 2007]
Photos: The rise of the luxury mobile
Photo Nokia is the world's number one handset maker - and being the producer of vast numbers of any product is not normally a characteristic of a luxury brand. The latest handset from high-end audio equipment maker Bang &... [10 Oct 2007]
Photos: Cambridge innovation day abuzz with fresh tech
Photo The grid is filled with random numbers every time a password or PIN is required. The event was hosted by the St John's Innovation Centre, which provides support to businesses ranging from entrepreneurs who need office... [07 Sep 2007]
Photos: Britain's best-loved computer turns 50
Photo Fifty years ago, the original Ernie, above, was commissioned to pick out the random numbers that were to choose premium bonds winners. By 1973, Ernie 1 was coming to the end of its life, not able to keep up with the... [02 Nov 2006]
Photos: The legendary satellite dishes of Goonhilly
Photo But the staff still use the original numbers - Goonhilly 1, 2, 3 and so on - to identify them. This is Guinevere, aka Goonhilly 3, one of the dishes at BT's Goonhilly satellite earth station. It's the largest such site... [22 Aug 2006]
Photos: Team Silicon completes 3 Peaks Challenge
Photo Many teams saw their numbers diminish over the peaks but team work and ambition - and an unwillingness to concede defeat at any point - saw our six climbers, joined by our driver on this climb, achieve the feat of being... [19 Jul 2005]
