Facebook scam leads Mo. woman to wire $4K abroad

ST. LOUIS — A Missouri woman was tricked into wiring about $4,000 to someone in England after receiving faked messages from a friend on Facebook asking for help, police said Wednesday.

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UK Chinook choppers languish after software error

LONDON — A British newspaper says eight high-tech military helicopters have been out of service for eight years because defense officials tried to save money by installing homemade software in the aircraft.

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UK court rejects suit on Google search results

LONDON — A British judge has ruled that Google cannot be held responsible for defamatory words that appear in results on the popular Internet search engine.

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BT shelves Phorm's Web usage monitoring for ads

LONDON — British telecommunications provider BT PLC is indefinitely shelving plans to target online advertising to individual customers by using Web monitoring techniques that have drawn privacy complaints.

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Stocks slide as rising dollar hits oil prices

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Compuware sells software line to British company

DETROIT — Business software and services provider Compuware Corp. says it's selling an applications testing software line to Britain's Micro Focus International PLC for $80 million.

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UK privacy watchdog clears Google Street View

LONDON — Britain's privacy watchdog said Thursday that Google Street View should not be removed or shut down, dismissing concerns that the service was too invasive.

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LONDON - Facebook has become a breeding ground for racists and far-right extremists, according to immigrant leaders and anti-racism campaigners, who believe the site's owners are not doing enough to clamp down on cyber hate.

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In several cases of spectacular accidents reported last year in Europe, satellite navigation system can be fairly blamed to be the cause.

In October a 53-year-old German, obeying his satnav's command "Turn right now!" jerked the wheel over and crashed into a roadside toilet hut 30 metres before the crossing he was meant to take, causing damage to the tune of about R18 000.

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An "emotionally aware" computer is being developed by British and American scientists which will be able to read an individual's thoughts by analyzing a combination of facial movements, like a raised eyebrow, quizzical look or a nod of the head, that represents underlying feelings.

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