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What effect has the internet had on finding love?
Online dating has become big business over the last decade. But does this mean we're looking for love in a different way?Maybe it's the sunshine; maybe it's the royal wedding, but last week the nation fell in love with love again. There's been a lot of it about; I've "accidentally" cycled over my fair share of lovers snogging in the shade in sun-drenched parks. But is love different today than when William's mum and (...)
2011-04-30 23:05:19 | Guardian.co.ukJames Dyson: Reinventing Britain
James Dyson has made millions by allowing us to see the dirt we suck up. As he calls for more inventors, Lucy Siegle asks him about manufacturing abroad, design disasters and whether he could build a nuclear reactorI am at Dyson HQ in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, the beacon of British industrialism, which is not a dark satanic mill but all light, contoured glass and bridges over placid water between sculptures. This is the birthplace of (...)
2011-04-30 23:05:04 | Guardian.co.ukCar review: Hyundai i10
The compact, fuel-efficient Hyundai i10 is an excellent urban car – just avoid long journeys with grumpy teens… Almost exactly a year ago, I consigned my trusty old Volvo estate to the great crusher in the sky. It was bought at auction for £1,400 with 100,000 miles on the clock, and I drove a further 60,000 miles in it, pointing its great slab-sided snout up north as far as Inverness, and south to (...)
2011-04-30 23:05:03 | Guardian.co.ukWere humans harmed in the making of your shiny gadget? | Lucy Siegle
Who made this product? Why do I need it? I feel I urgently need to return to this way of buyingImagine a label, one that reads: "An actual, living, breathing human used their own hands to help make this product." This is just what the (western) world needs, a label affixed to consumer goods. We need this urgent reminder because in those seconds when we decide to purchase another piece of life's apparatus we (...)
2011-04-30 23:04:11 | Guardian.co.ukShigeru Miyamoto: 'I'm the person who saw things differently'
The creator of Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros talks about his future plans at NintendoBest-known for creating Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros, Shigeru Miyamoto is an acclaimed games designer and general manager of Nintendo's entertainment analysis and development division. He is currently working on new titles for the company's 3DS console and the successor to Wii, set to be unveiled in June.Who has been the biggest influence on your career?From (...)
2011-04-30 23:04:06 | Guardian.co.ukThe cyberplague that threatens an internet Armageddon
The unchecked rise of malware could culminate in a massive global event that would change forever the way we use the internetIn 1971, Bob Thomas, an engineer working for Bolt, Beranek and Newman, the Boston company that had the contract to build the Arpanet, the precursor of the internet, released a virus called the "creeper" on to the network. It was an experimental, self-replicating program that infected DEC PDP-10 minicomputers. It did no actual (...)
2011-04-30 23:04:05 | Guardian.co.ukWalk on by: Eva Wiseman
When a nasty moped crash turns into a slow-motion getaway, it's hard to know what to do; plus, the rush of brief encounters in the TwittersphereWalking down a leafy residential road on my way to work, I heard a crash. Two boys lay on the tarmac. Their pastel-pink moped had hit a black Smart car as it rounded a corner – blossom was falling like spat-out bubblegum, and one boy brushed the petals from his (...)
2011-04-30 23:04:03 | Guardian.co.ukReality is Broken by Jane McGonigal – review
An American games guru makes a persuasive case for investing in the virtual world if we want to improve the real oneExcluding extinction, science fiction has traditionally imagined three possible futures for intelligent species: the stable, the exponential and the solipsistic. A stable future means reaching equilibrium, while an exponential one means expansion at an ever-increasing rate. A solipsistic future is the most intriguing, however – for this means a complete retreat from the (...)
2011-04-30 23:02:00 | Guardian.co.ukSony: PSN services return this week, compensation for customers
Head of PlayStation Kaz Hirai says most PlayStation Network services will be back on this week. Customers will get free 30-day service and theft protection monitoring service.
2011-04-30 22:52:18 | Cnet
How would you change Motorola's Atrix 4G?
Motorola's Atrix 4G may have some serious competition from a performance standpoint, but it's still got one thing going for it over all of the other Android superphones hitting the streets these days: an optional laptop dock. 'Course, it's debatable whether or not said accessory is truly worth paying for, but the phone itself has certainly done its fair share of impressing. You've read our take on Motorola's latest Android whizkid, and now it's (...)
2011-04-30 22:28:00 | EngadgetNeed for Speed: The Run announced for November 15
Need for Speed: The Run has been announced for November 15. Get ready for "the race of your life."
2011-04-30 22:14:37 | Digital TrendsSocial Vending Lets You Buy Strangers a Pepsi
Want to buy a drink for someone who isn’t there? Soon you will be able to.Social vending is the name of the game, and the latest idea from Pepsi is a revolution in the…Social Vending Lets You Buy Strangers a Pepsi is a post from: Gadgets and gizmos
2011-04-30 21:18:22 | Gadgets and GizmosSony Exec to Address PlayStation Network Outage (PC World)
PC World - Sony announced today that the head of its gaming division will make a statement Sunday afternoon Tokyo Time to address the PlayStation Network outage.
2011-04-30 21:01:00 | Yahoo NewsFacebook bullying of headteachers on rise, says poll
Survey finds that burden of monitoring online threats is putting schools under strainA fifth of headteachers have been bullied by pupils or parents on Facebook and other social networking sites, a poll has found.Britain's biggest headteachers' union – the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) – warned that schools are increasingly having to call the police to deal with violent threats posted online. Schools now waste hours each week monitoring websites for abusive comments, (...)
2011-04-30 20:32:42 | Guardian.co.ukApple factories accused of exploiting Chinese workers
Poorly paid workers are said to work excessive hours and suffer humiliations in the drive to produce iPads and iPhonesThe spate of suicides made headlines around the world. Last May, seven young Chinese workers producing Apple iPads for consumers across the globe took their own lives, prompting an investigation into working conditions at the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, southern China.Nine Chinese sociologists wrote an open letter to the media calling for an end to (...)
2011-04-30 20:31:02 | Guardian.co.uk