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For some people music is far from being a pleasant experience, writes Laurie Taylor.

Part Two of Maggie Shiels's summary of the way Silicon Valley sees 2009 panning out for technology.

Be careful what you wish for, because you may get it - and your expectations may be dashed, says Laurie Taylor, in his weekly column for the Magazine.

Forty years on from the world debut of personal computing, those involved ask could more have been achieved?

Music and gaming have always worked well together and as more artists look to make money as CD sales fall, the iPhone is opening up new possibilities.

Astronomers have captured light echoes of the historic supernova of 1572, which overturned Aristotle's theory of the universe.

The location data of satellite navigation systems looks set to improve traffic monitoring and town planning.

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Two US men say they have found the body of a Bigfoot, the legendary ape-like creature that has been subject of decades of hoaxes.

Bolivia's president claims victory in a referendum on whether he should stay in power but the country remains divided, writes Daniel Schweimler.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California has signed an executive order to sack 22,000 state workers and put 200,000 on the minimum wage.

UK Apple fans struggle to get their hands on the updated model of the popular smartphone.

A look at the controversial career of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori.

Peru's ex-security chief testifies that former President Alberto Fujimori is innocent of human rights violations.

Peru's ex-spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos is to testify in the trial of former President Alberto Fujimori on human-rights charges

Lush Lashes wins the Coronation Stakes on the fourth day of the Royal meeting.

The BBC's Kim Ghattas talks to Condoleezza Rice and David Miliband about Burma, Afghanistan and Iran.

The famed Xerox Parc labs invites the BBC to view the best of its latest crop of research projects

Web luminaries look to the future on the 15th anniversary of the day the web's code was put into the public domain.

Bolivia sees a surge in lynchings as citizens frustrated by state protection resort to vigilante justice, reports the BBC's Andres Schipani.

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