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The relentless greed of the Winklevoss twins over their Facebook claim

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - by Lee J.

Already stinking rich before they began, Harvard-educated twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss famously claimed that the idea for Facebook was stolen from them by Mark Zuckerberg.

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computing / Google / hardware

Google explains the Chromebook with a witty video

Thursday, May 12, 2011Thursday, May 12, 2011 - by Lee J.

Figuring that a lot of folks are going to have a bit of trouble getting their heads around what the new Google Chrome-powered notebooks are all about, the search engine …

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Google / Palm / web

Finally, colour coding comes to Google Calendar events

Tuesday, May 10, 2011Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - by Lee J.

It’s a strange quirk that while the modern apps on our smartphones grow infinitely more powerful and sophisticated, when it comes to calendars, they’re all fairly rubbish in comparison what …

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Apple / business

Apple’s ludicrously long 56-page iTunes legal terms analysed

Monday, May 9, 2011Monday, May 9, 2011 - by Lee J.

Anyone looking to install Apple’s iTunes software on their computer is presented with a request to trawl through a ridiculously hefty 56 pages of fine print, detailing every conceivable term …

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Android / Apple / Blackberry / business / iPhone / mobiles

Smartphone market soars, Android set to stampede

Friday, May 6, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

The whole blooming world is going crazy for smartphones, with a new study showing that the market has grown a whopping 79.7%, year over year.

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Android / mobiles

Looking for the best PAYG smartphone under a £100? Here’s our choice

Thursday, May 5, 2011Thursday, May 5, 2011 - by Lee J. - 3 Comments.

The price of smartphones keep crashing down, and there’s some incredible deals being offered on phones offering the kind of specs that would have seemed high end a year or two ago.

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Apple / iPhone / mobiles

Exclusive white iPhone 4 review, hot off the press

Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 - by Lee J.

You’re probably nearly as excited about the upcoming white iPhone 4 as the tragic fanboy deluxe at TechCrunch who managed to – gasp! –  spot a real one in a …

Exclusive white iPhone 4 review, hot off the press Read More
Android / computing / portable

Sony S1, S2 Android tablets coming, shiny video ready to roll

Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011 - by Lee J.

Sony is ready to shoulder barge its way into an already crowded tablet market, with the official announcement of two Honeycomb Android tablets, the Sony Tablet S1 and S2.

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Apple / business

Apple shamed as the least green tech company

Thursday, Apr 21, 2011Thursday, Apr 21, 2011 - by Lee J.

It’s certainly not turning out to be Apple’s week – just a day after the news broke that its iPhones and iPads were secretly storing location info, Greenpeace has produced …

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Apple / iPhone / mobiles

Apple secretly tracks the location and times of iPhone and 3G iPad users

Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 - by Lee J. - 2 Comments.

Now this sounds very dodgy indeed. Researchers have discovered that 3G-enabled Apple iPhones and iPads have been secretly storing a long list of users’ locations and time stamps, effectively creating …

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Android / iPhone / mobiles

Evernote 3.0 for Android: ‘biggest update ever’ [video]

Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Billed as their biggest update to their note taking app thus far, the latest version of Evernote 3.0 for Android has been released and comes with a fair few new …

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Apple / business

The iPad is taking away American jobs, rants Jesse Jackson Jr.

Monday, Apr 18, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

In one of the oddest political arguments we’ve ever heard, Illinois Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. rants away at Apple’s iPad, accusing the device of contributing to high levels of unemployment …

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photography / web

Yuri Gagarin’s first space flight recreated in stunning video

Sunday, Apr 17, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

To mark the 50 years since Yuri Gagarin was launched into space, a stunning, real time recreation of his pioneering flight has been released on YouTube.

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Android / Apple / business / Google / mobiles

Android Market hits 3 billion app downloads, 350k devices activated daily

Friday, Apr 15, 2011 - by Lee J.

Google have announced that the astonishing figure of three billion apps have now been installed onto Android devices, with the milestone being reached only a few months after the platform …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Virtual Zippo Lighter app arrives on Android. Bozos rejoice!

Thursday, Apr 14, 2011Thursday, Apr 14, 2011 - by Lee J.

If your idea of gig-going heaven is to wave a virtual lighter around in the air like a total muppet, then there’s good news if you’re an Android owner.

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