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Big future beckons for tiny chips

The next step in the silicon industry's steadfast pursuit of ever smaller and faster chips has been unveiled.

Intel has shown off what it says are the world's first working chips which contain transistors with features just 32 billionths of a metre wide.

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Virtual worlds opened up to all

A free tool that allows anyone to create a virtual world has been launched.

Users of Metaplace, as it is known, can build 3D online worlds for PCs or even a mobile phone without any knowledge of complex computer languages.

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Cash reward for Facebook programs

Software developers will be offered up to $250,000 (£125,000) to develop applications for popular social network Facebook, the site's founder has said.

Mark Zuckerberg announced incentives to firms and individuals who create "innovative and disruptive programs".

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Virtual worlds open up to blind

Online virtual worlds could soon be accessible to blind people thanks to research by students at IBM in Ireland.

Some estimates predict that 80% of active internet users will be using a virtual world in four years' time.

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Hi-tech crime 'is big business'

Internet crime has become a major commercial activity, reveals a report by computer security company Symantec.

The report said cyber crime had become increasingly professional and was now a multi-billion dollar industry.

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