No matter how much we tell ourselves that we are rational, scientific human beings a Friday 13th still sends a tremor up some spines.

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As futuristic technology concepts go, 3D screens have been right up there with the teleporter as an aspirational idea that could change the way we see the world, yet the idea still resides in the realm of the science fiction.

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A US company has claimed "breakthrough" wireless last-mile technology to deliver broadband services via natural gas pipelines.

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Microsoft has settled its trademark infringement suits against Lindows.com with a US$20 million payment to the Linux company, which agreed to change it name to Linspire.

The launch of PlayStation 2 is bad news for Nintendo. Its N64 has been falling behind PS1 for some time and it was expected that the company would have more news and hopefully even a prototype of its

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Intel CEO Craig Barrett has called on employees to focus on "actions and attitudes" to halt a string of product delays and manufacturing problems that have frustrated the world's largest chip maker, according to a Reuters report.

In general, people who work from home using computers and the Web fall into two categories. Firstly, there's the self-employed freelancers who have set up their own companies and then sell their servi