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Car technology is advancing quickly – partly to save the auto industry from imminent collapse, but also because tech innovations can help save lives on the road. Besides, why not make your morning commute just a notch easier? These ten vehicles offer something new and innovative. 1. BMW 7 Series is camera happy The most technically advanced vehicle on the road, even compared to the Mercedes E-350, the BMW 7 Series has cameras on the front, side, and rear of the vehicle for a full 360-degree view.

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You never know what will be returned in a YouTube search. And maybe you don’t what to know. To help you control better the content you’re exposed to on YouTube, Google is introducing a Safety Mode that will help you screen out potentially objectionable content.

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A new report from CyberSource shows that consumers are laying the blame for online fraud on retailers. 24 per cent of consumers questioned for the UK Online Fraud Report 2010 felt retailers should be responsible for the safety of online transactions, the same figure as in 2007. 16 per cent, however, felt it was the job of banks, a rise of six per cent.

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Getting into space requires more than just rockets. With both lives and huge amounts of money on the line, NASA has had to advance not only computer hardware but also the techniques and technologies required for working on the cutting edge. We take a look at the systems that have helped push mankind from the dawn of the space race to the edge of the unknown universe. The Gemini rocket’s control system was to be used as a test-bed for the Moon landings, so it had to do more than merely crunch numbers: it had to be error-proof, efficient and, above all else, small.

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  Most people seem determined to prove that cell phones are out to fry our brains, but could a call or two a day actually join red wine in the united federation of healthy vices? Okay, perhaps that’s a bit of a stretch, but a new study has found that lab mice that were genetically altered to develop Alzheimer’s disease performed better on thinking and skill tests after exposure to cell phone style electromagnetic waves. “Electromagnetic waves prevent the aggregation of that bad protein of the brain” said Gary Arendash of the University of South Florida.

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Status updates on Messenger, Facebook or Twitter often include web addresses. Where space is limited, it’s often necessary to reduce the number of characters in the URL. This has lead to a proliferation of URL shortening services, where you can supply the long address and swap it for something much shorter that automatically redirects to the desired location. These services vary, and some are considerably more reliable than others.

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You know all those battery recall notices hardly anyone pays attention to? Well guess what, it turns out fire hazards are pretty real. Just ask Hannah, a Dell Mini 9 owner who contacted the Consumerist with pics of her netbook filling her living room with smoke and scorching her hardwood floor. “Last night I unplugged my laptop from its charger, carried it downstairs, and placed it on the wood floor of my living room,” Hannah wrote. “I heard a loud popping sound and the room immediately filled with smoke while the laptop hissed and sizzled

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If you’re a fan of Microsoft Bing as your search engine, you might be interested in trying out the new Bing Bar. Today we look at this toolbar which you can add to Internet Explorer and Firefox, and offers a lot of functionality with Bing and Microsoft Live services. Personally I am not a fan of extra toolbars in my browsers, but the Bing Bar is actually useful, especially for the Microsoft enthusiast and in IE.

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Following news earlier this week that social networking website Facebook has set up safety measures to improve ways in which children and teenagers use the site responsibly, the UK government is set to launch a ‘Green Cross Code’ for the internet to promote safe surfing in the UK. Lessons in internet safely will become a compulsory part of the curriculum for primary school children in England from 2011, as part of the government’s new “Click Clever, Click Safe” initiative. The new online “Green Cross Code” will teach children how to block and report inappropriate content online, in measures outlined by the UK Council on Child Internet Safety . Tech giants such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook have all pledged support for the CCIS campaign. Zip it, Block it, Flag it The “Zip it, Block it, Flag it” campaign will be widely seen across schools, shops and popular online social networks such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace.

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The UK government is facing a major setback in its plans for the future of Nuclear power stations in Britain, according to latest reports. Britain’s main safety regulator has decreed that the nuclear industry’s plans for new AP1000 reactors for power plants are unsafe. The Health and Safety Executive will therefore not recommend the latest plans for new reactors. Significant safety issues “We have identified a significant number of issues with the safety features of the design that would first have to be progressed,” notes the agency

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