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The data-routing techniques that undergird the Internet could increase the efficiency of multicore chips while lowering their power requirements. Today, a typical chip might have six or eight cores, all communicating with each other over a single bundle of wires, called a bus. With a bus, however, only one pair of cores can talk at a time, which would be a serious limitation in chips with hundreds or even thousands of cores, which many electrical engineers envision as the future of computing.

Researchers have shown that popular free smartphone apps spend up to 75 percent of their energy tracking the user's geographical location, sending information about the user to advertisers and downloading ads.

Apple will continue to ride consumerization to the enterprise. The iPhone and iPad will do well. The Mac won't, says an analyst.

Social CRM consolidation: Bazaarvoice acquires rival PowerReviews for $152 million, closing the loop on a strategy that stretches from small businesses to big box retailers.

Microsoft has asked Google to remove more than 500,000 links from its search index in the last month, figures show.

The government is considering introducing filters to block adult material as a default for internet customers to help parents stop their children seeing inappropriate material.

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