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Tech show bucks global downturn More than 130,000 people are expected to travel to Las Vegas for the giant Consumer Electronics Show. Blu-ray supporters scent victory Technology we loved in 2008 What's hot in Las Vegas

 

 

 

Super stethoscope

How FBI technology is driving a medical advance

 

 

USB danger
Revealing the dark side of the humble flash drive

 

 

Food for thought

What's concerning farmers at annual conference?

 

 

Parrot paradise?
World's biggest parrot colony faces growing pressures

 

 

European gas supplies disrupted

Several EU countries report major disruption to their gas supplies from Russia as Moscow accuses Ukraine of shutting pipelines.

 

 

Buyers beware
Europeans uneasy over Russia's role as gas supplier

 

 

Sums and sins Tears, tantrums and murder. How maths fires people up

A safe bet Getting rich quick is pointless, says Clive James

 

 

Murder, mayhem and museums While Iraq struggles to return to peaceful normality, the British have been working to restore some of the country's pride in its past - with a museum.