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Users will be able to see a video of the group’s new album Black Light inside Home, the virtual world for PS3.

By Zoe KleinmanTechnology reporter, BBC News

A group of US students has created an entire orchestra out of separate iPhone applications.
As part of their studies, the group from the University of Michigan built the applications themselves and composed music for them.
While some of the applications sound similar to traditional instruments, others make unique noises.
The [...]

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Microsoft has apologised for a brief outage which saw its search site Bing disappear from the internet.
The outage lasted for nearly 30 minutes between in the early hours of 3 December. At that time anyone visiting the site got an error message.
A [...]

There has been no substantial change in the number of adult brain tumours since mobile phone usage sharply increased in the mid-1990s, Danish scientists say.
The Danish Cancer Society looked at the rates of brain tumours among 20 to 79 year olds from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
They found that trends in cancer rates had [...]

A vast network of computers is being harnessed to design components for the next generation of silicon chips.
Simulations of transistors smaller than 30 nanometres (billionths of a metre) are being run on the UK e-science grid, which links thousands of computers.
The results will help designers cope with the physical constraints that occur when working [...]

By Nick Ryan

For legions of gamers, entering Azeroth or the Kingdom of Khanduras is a chance to shake off the rules and conventions of the real world, and immerse themselves in fantasy.
In these mythical lands almost anything goes.
But for a select few, even the freedoms offered by these imaginary worlds are too restrictive.
These [...]

By Daniel EmeryTechnology reporter, BBC News

Google is set to launch a property dimension to its UK mapping system.
The new service will allow both estate agents and private sellers to put their property as an overlay on Google Maps.
The plans were outlined at a conference called Estate Agency Events last week, although Google has declined [...]

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be filmed in 3D for the first time, it has been announced.
Up to 25 of the games will be captured using 3D cameras, football’s governing body Fifa said.
Although it has no definite plans to broadcast the matches live in 3D, Fifa said it was a possibility [...]

By Jason PalmerScience and technology reporter, BBC News

The Solar Impulse prototype plane, part of a planned solar-powered circumnavigation of the globe, has left the ground for the first time.
The maiden flight was dubbed a "flea hop" by project leaders, at 350m in length and a height of just one metre.
The plane will now be [...]