TECHNOLOGY

'Doom' Creator Argues Violent Games Reduce Real-World Violence

Anders Behring Breivik Trained Using Computer Games
Just after Anders Behring Breivik, the man responsible for the recent Norway killings, reportedly used computer games to train, Doom Creator John Carmack has reiterated his belief that violent computer games grant players an outlet for their aggression thus reducing their propensity for violence.
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MP’s Learn to Deliver in Just 140 characters or Fewer

John Prescott does it a lot. Nick Clegg has been known to do it. And the speaker's wife is always at it. Twitter has taken the political world by storm, with more than a third of MP's signed up to the social media tool.
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Vodafone Drops HTC Evo 3D

UK network provider Vodafone has dropped HTC's forthcoming Evo 3D, fearing that it won't be able to compete with the other smartphones set for release alongside it.
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Google+ Already In Decline

New research suggests that Google's new Google+ service is already in decline, with the number of visitors accessing the service dropping by the day.
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Hollywood Wins Landmark Pirate Links Blocking Order Against BT

BT has lost its battle against Hollywood as it has been forced to block web users in the UK from accessing an illegal download site, Newzbin2, following legal action by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).Newzbin2, is a web site hosted abroad which has up to with 700,000 members and provides an index of films, music and software available for free but unlicensed download from the peer-to-peer network Usenet.