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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

Google Doodle celebrates work of graphic designer Saul Bass with video tribute

Honour for the man behind some of Hollywood's most famous opening sequences on what would have been his 93rd birthday

More than a quarter of kids have sneakily updated a parent’s Facebook status

In-app charges: Parents fork out estimated £30m after children use 'freemium' online games

Parents have been forced to stump up an extra £30 million after their kids have got hold of their smartphones and iPads.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the launch of Microsoft Windows 8 in October 2012

Rhodri Marsden: Windows 8 U-turn based on nagging fear users will desert Microsoft for Apple

Millions have downloaded utilities to bring back some traditional lements of Windows

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi may become target as hackers launch Burma campaign

The “hacktivist” group Anonymous has said its next internet campaign is aimed at protecting Burma’s Muslim community, which has faced mounting attacks and the threat of ethnic cleansing over the past year.

Steve Ballmer: The boss who bet his company on Windows 8 – and lost as computer giant announces 'biggest product U-turn since New Coke'

Updated version of operating system will take into account complaints made by users as decision to overhaul the much-maligned operating system has put Bill Gates’s successor under pressure

Yout Tube is set to announce it will start charging for some video content

YouTube set to charge for watching some videos

YouTube is set to announce within a few weeks a series of channels that will require payment, an industry source has revealed.

Google Doodle celebrates Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard 'the father of existentialism'

Kierkegaard's work encompasses, philosophy, psychology, literary criticism, fiction and theology

RoboBee: Harvard University scientists have released video of a penny-sized flying robot, based on the body of a fly

Video: Harvard scientists film flying robot inspired by a fly

Scientists at Harvard University have released this video of a penny-sized flying robot, based on the body of a fly.

New 'career-saving' Twitter service corrects inaccurate tweets before they go viral

Twitter users who send inaccurate tweets and then find their lack of wisdom is going viral now have a chance to close the stable door.

Google's Eric Schmidt says Youtube has already overtaken traditional TV

'That's already happened': Google's Eric Schmidt says Youtube has already overtaken traditional TV

The video-hosting website recently claimed 1 billion unique visitors a month

Game over: Developers Patrick (left) and Daniel Klug

The pair making online pirates pay

In a bid to stop people downloading their new title for free, the Klug brothers created a version of their Game Dev Tycoon game that would virtually bankrupt anyone who tried it. Jamie Merrill reports

Facebook agrees to ban clips showing decapitation following public pressure

Facebook has bowed to public pressure and agreed to ban clips showing people being decapitated after its stubborn refusal to do so was criticised by its own safety advisory board.

Some shocking content depicting animals being hurt is deliberately listed as something benign

Children lured to watch animal cruelty online

Violent internet film postings often disguised to lure in innocent youngsters, survey says

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Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

A meeting of global power brokers in a Hertfordshire hotel is exciting conspiracy theorists, but what are they really about?
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system': Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console

'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'

Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console
Plenty of Fish dating site founder pulls 'Intimate Encounters' option to ward off sleazy men

Plenty of sleaze

Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
Inferno author Dan Brown 'honoured' to be invited to join the Freemasons

The Freemasons’ Code

Dan Brown reveals the message that told him door to the lodge is open
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’: Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar

How to say ‘I’m a sellout’

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Why clubs are keen to take a stand

Why clubs are keen to take a stand

There's a real desire around the grounds for safe standing. But will the authorities listen?
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

Disillusion with a siege mentality and negative playing style made change inevitable
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory – but also the ever-present threat of death