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Safer Internet Day aims to tackle children's online behaviour

Annual educational safety event continues to push online safety message, following research findings that a significant number of children are putting themselves in danger

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BT develops BT Fon Wifi app for Blackberry smartphone users

App will make it easier for users of RIM's smartphone to log on to BT's Wifi hotspots

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Store and share your bookmarks

How do you find your stored bookmarks on different PC? We show you a free, highly visual way of storing them that is independent of a particular browser

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Send and receive emails from your Android smartphone or tablet

The Android Email or Mail app collates messages from a range of webmail accounts so you can check all emails in one place. We explain how it works

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Why does my extended warranty start on the day of purchase?

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ASA to investigate celebrity tweets endorsing Snickers bars

Advertising watchdog examines if tweets from the likes of Rio Ferdinand breach advertising rules

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Parentport website links with Mumsnet and Netmums

Website to let people report inappropriate online content

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Welsh town of Monmouth gets Wikipedia treatment

Monmouthpedia is the first project of its kind on the internet encyclopaedia

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Vimeo video-sharing website update offers better search options

Vimeo says it is letting users focus on video first with its new website design

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Social networks create tool to overcome Google bias to Google+

Facebook, Myspace and Twitter set up Focus on the User project to show that Google+ gets special treatment over other social networks in search results

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Dragon brings voice control to smart TVs and set-top boxes

Voice recognition software will enable viewers to search for programmes, channels and actors, as well as interact on social networking websites

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