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Top 10 articles, 15 May 09

Counting down the scariest technologies, Android 1.5 lands and UK a nation of software pirates

vnunet.com staff, vnunet.com 15 May 2009

Most popular this week was our article rounding up the top 10 most dangerous technologies. Surveillance equipment, viruses and robot weapons all made the list, and we've had some interesting reader suggestions for their own most feared technologies.

Also popular was the news that T-Mobile has begun rolling out an update to the Android platform, dubbed 'Cupcake', while a new study from the Business Software Alliance revealing that more than one in four software installations in the UK is illegal prompted a heated debate among vnunet.com readers.

Top 10 dangerous technologies
Useful tools with a potential for disaster

Android 1.5 software update goes live
T-Mobile begins 'Cupcake' upgrade

BSA study finds dramatic rise in pirated software
Industry losing billions of pounds a year, says Business Software Alliance

First Windows 7 bug discovered
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Apple tightens iPhone app developer rules
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