The European Commission has announced plans for Europe to play a leading part in developing and managing interconnected networks formed from everyday objects with radio frequency identity (RFID) tags embedded in them - the so-called "internet of things". The EC expects there will be a progressive connection of a variety of physical objects, such as food packaging that records temperature along its supply chain, or prescription drugs that warn patients of a possible incompatibility.

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More than 80 per cent of UK consumers believe it is everyone’s right to be able to have broadband access at home, according to research.

And nearly three-quarters of home broadband users now say they could not live without the service, says the survey by influential advisory group the Communications Consumer Panel.

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US officials are worried that the 20-year-old global positioning system (GPS) that sat-navs and other navigation devices rely on could begin to fail by next year. A report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), said that a lack of investment in satellites means that some are close to failing.

The GPS network is run by the US military and used by a number of commercial firms internationally for sat-nav systems.

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The BBC has launched a new service that allows viewers to watch live TV programmes from suitable Wi-Fi connected mobile phones. BBC Live TV is available in a beta test form, offering a limited number of the broadcaster’s channels, plus its radio stations.

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Budget airline Ryanair is rolling out in-flight technology to allow the use of mobile phones on its services within Europe.

The service is provided by O2 and it is reported that passengers will pay up to 10 times the average international mobile phone tariff to be able to make calls while travelling.

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Research In Motion (RIM) has hit the 50 million sales milestone for its BlackBerry smartphone almost exactly 10 years after the first handset was launched in January 1999.

In the years that followed, RIM grew from making two-way pagers to add phone, email and web browsing support to its products as the BlackBerry name became synonymous with the business smartphone market.

Since then, the company estimates that it has amassed a user base of 21 million subscribers who transfer an estimated three petabytes of data over the handsets each month.

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The government has published the responses to a consultation on illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing which shows that none of the proposed solutions to the problem received widespread support.

The government's preferred solution to the problem of unlawful P2P file sharing is a co-operative approach to pursuing illegal downloaders. But it is difficult to regulate as ISPs say they are not responsible for the content of what passes through their connections.

"We received some opposing views on other issues - including regulation - reflecting the fact that this is a complex and challenging problem," said Stephen Carter, minister for technology, communications and broadband.

"We are now examining what the best way forward is and will set out the next steps in the interim Digital Britain report later this month."

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The head of MI5 has said he is concerned over new lines of communication between terrorists, particularly internet phone calls.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, spy chief Jonathan Evans expressed concern that such calls represented a "significant detriment to national security" and that new powers were needed to tackle the threat.

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Formula One racing team McLaren Mercedes has signed a deal with Lenovo to use the supplier’s PCs to support its attempts to retain Lewis Hamilton’s World Drivers' Championship title in 2009.

Lenovo notebook and desktop PCs will be used at race tracks and at the team’s UK headquarters.

McLaren will use mobile wireless technology to communicate between systems in the pits during races, as well as using trackside PCs for tasks such as starting the cars through to the complex analysis of thousands of data items transmitted from cars to the pits.

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The UK's minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, Stephen Carter, has called for a Europe-wide initiative to give citizens universal access to broadband.

Carter has urged Europe to "metaphorically, and also perhaps literally, consider digging or at least opening up the trenches for universal access for broadband".

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