The UK's Linx hopes to get the improved code adopted by Ripe - the international body that draws up policies for net firms in more than 90 nations.

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Its MxR Lab has just launched a showcase of creations and modifications that DIY enthusiasts can build, including open source code for both the devices and integrating full-body motion control through Kinect for Windows or OpenNI.

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The independent self-regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission which was established in 1991 to enforce a code of practice for UK newspaper and magazine publishers and editors has been severely criticised for its handling of the phone-hacking issue.

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Both firms were among the first to use computerized databases to scan the genome-the "map" or blueprint of 25, 000 or so active genes that contain the code for the body's proteins.

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