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In the grand tradition of UPC codes and CueCat, ScanBuy/ScanLife is attempting to barcode the world. Their mission: to allow companies and individuals to place small barcodes on their publications that are readable by over 70 phone models including an upcoming application for the iPhone. The 2d barcodes - meaning that unlike standard barcodes they are [...]

Usually we've got much better things to do than watch what European politicians do, particularly in the summer, and that's probably why they've chosen to vote on reforms to a telecoms law which could see a three strikes policy rolled out across EU member states. We've been watching this issue for some time. Virgin Media has teamed up with the BPI, threatened alleged file-sharers and then backtracked. Campaigners believe that the proposed amendmen
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Many farmers have had to pawn or sell something because of lack of money.

A British lawyer claims Australians cheated to ensure Beijing qualification.

A "vision" to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 has been agreed up at G8 summit.

Michael Costa has accused the Labor Party's head office and general secretary of an underhanded campaign to destabilise Iemma.

Christine Hodder had almost completed her nursing degree when she killed herself in her backyard.

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KentuckyFC writes "The standard way to detect single photons is to use an avalanche photodiode in which a single photon can trigger an avalanche of current. These devices have an important drawback, however. They cannot distinguish the arrival of a single photon from the simultaneous arrival of two or more. But a team of physicists in the UK has found a simple mod that turns avalanche photodiodes into photon counters. They say that in the first i
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