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The Financial Times' tech blog and Twitter account were hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army

Financial Times becomes Syrian Electronic Army's latest victim

The Financial Times have become the latest targets of the Syrian Electronic Army after their tech blog and Twitter accounts were hacked on Friday afternoon.

Dell profits drop 79% as takeover battle rages on

Figures reflect consumers' preference to tablets and smartphones over traditional PCs

Whistleblowing: The New Yorker plugs its leak-proof leaking system

What do you do if you're a whistleblower with confidential documents you want to see the light of day? It may be ethical to email them to a dozen reporters, but will the men in dark suits come looking for you? In America this is increasingly the case, where the Obama administration has prosecuted more leakers under the draconian Espionage Act than all other presidencies combined.

Buycott empowers consumers by revealing which corporations are responsible for the contents of your basket

Retail: The secret shopper in your pocket

How do you know if the cutesy kitchen roll you're buying is owned by climate change deniers? There's an app for that

Larry Page: problem with his vocal cords that can make it difficult for him to speak and breathe

Google chief executive Larry Page breaks silence on 'rare' vocal cord problem

Mysterious absence led to speculation over whether search giant was hiding an ailing chief

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins holds up the new BlackBerry 10 at a conference in Florida on Tuesday

Blackberry confirms plan to offer BBM app on rival platforms Android and Apple's iOS operating system

BBM to be available as a free download in the Apple App Store and Google Play store

Today's Google Doodle celebrates train model maker Frank Hornby

Frank Hornby: Google Doodle tracks down story of toy maker behind train sets and Meccano to celebrate 150th birthday

The search engine Google is celebrating the 150th birthday of visionary toy maker Frank Hornby, whose model railways, Meccano sets and Dinky toys are still being played with by children today.

A one per cent smartphone and tablet tax will raise about 86m euros each year

France to tax smartphones to 'protect' French culture

France plans to impose a small tax on smartphones, tablets and computers as a way of financing and protecting French cultural activity.

Apple CEO Tim Cook shows how it's done

Charity auction winner pays $610,000 for coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook

The winner of a charity auction in which the prize was a coffee date with Apple CEO Tim Cook bid a staggering $610,000.

Nokia Lumia 925

Is telecoms giant Nokia finally back on form? New Lumia 925 launched in UK in battle against Samsung and Apple

Nokia unveiled a new flagship metallic Windows phone, featuring a hi-tech SmartCam which can takes 10 images at once, as it battles to wrestle market share back from Samsung and Apple.

Samsung claims breakthrough in 5G mobile broadband: Download films in a second with 100 times faster smartphones

South Korean giant aims to commercialise technology within seven years

Twee-Q: The thought provoking experiment lifting the lid on your Twitter gender bias...

Twee-q.com trawls through a users’ 100 most recent re-Tweets and measures the amount of times a user has re-posted comments from men and women

New fight from founder to control Dell

Michael Dell faces a fresh challenge in his battle for control of PC maker Dell, the firm he founded, after two of its biggest shareholders proposed a rival offer to his buyout bid.

The Waze move would be Facebook's third acquisition in Israel

Facebook 'in talks to buy Israeli sat-nav start-up Waze for $1bn'

Facebook Inc is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Waze, the Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up, for between $800 million to $1 billion dollars.

Revealed: The 'half-cat' not created by Google Street View

User on photo sharing site imgur claimed strange creature was result of time-lapse photos put together

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The price of pacifism: Refusing to go to war is finally being recognised as a brave act

The price of pacifism

From the Second World War refusenik to the 19-year-old Israeli, Holly Williams talks to five people who risked shame and suffering to take a stand as conscientious objector.
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Jason Isaacs: Groupies, theatre bores and James Bond

To millions, Jason Isaacs is one of Harry Potter's arch enemies – but his wife prefers him as a Scottish TV detective.
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Sealand: 'Micronation' or illegal fortress?

Thomas Hodgkinson spent a week at the tiny platform off the Suffolk coast to find out.
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If you ignore cutlets and ribs, you'll risk missing out on some delicious and easy meals, says our chef.
Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Doctors are hailing the revamp of a Bath neonatal unit, where babies sleep more and feed better, as the model for patient care
One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

Epecuen was submerged under 10 metres of water in 1985. Now the floods have gone – and 83-year-old Pablo Novak has moved back in
The real thing? Historian publishes Coca Cola's 'secret formula'

The real thing?

Historian publishes Coca Cola's 'secret formula'
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Gordon Ramsay's worst nightmare: A restaurant he cannot save

The pugnacious chef finally met a shambolic restaurant he couldn't save. John Walsh on when TV makover refuseniks fight back
Join Ryanair! See the world! But we're only paying you for nine months a year

Join Ryanair! See the world! But we're only paying you for nine months a year

Glamorous myth of the flight attendant lifestyle undermined by angry employee's claims of 'exploitation'
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Braising saddles: How to cook horse meat

Did the recent furore scupper sales of horse meat? Neigh, far from it! Will Coldwell hoofs it to the kitchen.
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Why bitters are back on the bar

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The 10 Best barbecues

The 10 Best barbecues

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Style icon David Beckham calls time on his long retirement

Style icon calls time on his long retirement

David Beckham never disgraced himself but former England captain ceased to be a major player years ago. Remember him at his United peak
Steve Harper: My darkest times

Steve Harper: My darkest times

As the popular Newcastle goalkeeper bows out after 20 years at the club, he tells Martin Hardy about the private battle with depression that threatened his career
Sir Torquil Norman has designed a flat-pack OX truck for the developing world

The flat-pack truck with big ambitions

After making a fortune from Polly Pocket and a doll's house shaped like a teapot, the entrepreneur has turned his creativity to a transporter truck for the developing world. Simon Usborne meets him.