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Raising of the Kursk begins

9 July 2001

Divers set sail in the first leg of an ambitious mission to raise the sunken nuclear submarine from the Barents Sea


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Concorde to fly again

5 July 2001

British Airways plans to start testing its supersonic passenger plane in the air with reinforced fuel tanks


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Browser-based network attack discovered

31 July 2006

By embedding sneaky JavaScript code in a web page, an attacker can bypass a computer network's protective firewall, researchers say


Artwork morphs to match viewer's mood

Artwork morphs to match viewer's mood

3 August 2006

A new video painting tracks the expressions of onlookers and metamorphoses to match their emotions


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Hackers clone radio-chip passports

7 August 2006

Identification cards incorporating RFID tags can be remotely spied on, jammed and copied, according to computer experts


Powered shoes – perfect for a virtual stroll

Powered shoes – perfect for a virtual stroll

18 July 2006

The motorised skates cancel out a person's steps, allowing them to explore a virtual landscape without leaving the spot


Lasers to dazzle drivers at Iraqi checkpoints

Lasers to dazzle drivers at Iraqi checkpoints

19 May 2006

Soldiers will use the lasers to dazzle drivers who fail to slow down at military checkpoints, but their use raises safety concerns


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Homing instinct

18 June 2001

A Russian company plans to launch rocket boosters that can glide back to base on extendable wings


Black hearted

Black hearted

19 June 2001

Astronomers reveal evidence of a monstrous black hole at the centre of a nearby galaxy


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Sony BMG sued over cloaking software on music CD

11 November 2005

A lawsuit is filed as several of its music CDs are found to install anti-piracy software that hides on computers, and can be exploited by hackers