Many medical implants are vulnerable to attacks that threaten the lives of people kept alive by them, say researchers.
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Facebook buys Instagram for $1bn
Facebook agrees to buy the photo sharing network Instagram a week after the service launches on Android.
Article written by Rory Cellan-Jones
Rory Cellan-Jones
Technology correspondent
08:25 UK time, Thursday, 5 April 2012
Last week I launched what I described as an occasional series of profiles of interesting British technology start-ups. I asked for some more examples - and was deluged with suggestions.
The way computer science was taught in the UK's schools in the 1980s could be making a comeback
The latest gadgets to make films with a handset.
Why we still lose our phone connection06:26
Online poker pro sitting idle in Sin City03:20
Bordeaux focuses on hi-tech03:47
'Beauty mattered' for Steve Jobs05:23
Why are we waiting? Village digs internet02:00
Licence to fly: Car with wings on display00:45
Questions over Amazon's tax status02:17
Tour of US Drone HQ in New Mexico02:06
Hack a heart
How medical devices can be turned into killing machines
Instabillion
Is Facebook's $1bn purchase of Instagram a case of panic buying?
Man versus machine
Could the modern entrepreneur become extinct?
'Street legal' plane
US company shows off vehicle that flies and drives
Ways UK officials could boost their surveillance powers
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Telescopes face off fierce weather in one of the driest places on Earth
Green living
Why environmental awareness is a way of life for Copenhagen's residents
A report on how the British government plans to monitor emails and social networks
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