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Wordfeud comes to the iPhone – Android vs Fanboy word-offs anticipated

Monday, May 23, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Android users feeling a little smug that one of the best mobile games around was only available on their platform may be a little disheartened to learn that the multiplayer …

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mobiles / Palm

HP Pre 3 smartphone slides in for pre-order on Amazon.de at €449

Thursday, May 19, 2011Thursday, May 19, 2011 - by Pete Railton

We’re still gushing vast torrents of love for the fantastic, silky smooth webOS mobile operating system, but we’ve remained disappointed with the glacial growth of the accompanying app store for …

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computing / portable

Amazon now selling more Kindle books than paperback and hardback combined

Thursday, May 19, 2011Thursday, May 19, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Amazon has announced that their customers are now buying more Kindle books than all print books – hardcover and paperback – combined.

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photography

Pentax 645D scoops Camera of The Year at Camera GP Japan 2011 Awards

Thursday, May 19, 2011Thursday, May 19, 2011 - by Pete Railton

With an eye-watering price tag that would leave you with just one quid change out of nine grand, the Pentax 645D camera is a super high end camera for pros …

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Android / mobiles

Vodafone Smart – cheap as chips Android PAYG smartphone announced

Monday, May 16, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Vodafone has announced its latest entry-level market Android handset, the Vodafone Smart. The Android 2.2 Froyo-powered little fella comes with a 2.8-inch QVGA capacitive touchscreen and quadband HSDPA (3.6).

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business / computing / mobiles

Asda Tech Trade In offers greenbacks for old gadgets

Monday, May 16, 2011 - by Pete Railton

UK supermarket Asda has unveiled a new online service that lets their customers trade in their unused and unwanted gadgets and turn them into lovely, lovely lolly.

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Apple / business / computing

Are PC sales being hit by Apple’s iPad? Not at all, says research

Thursday, May 12, 2011 - by Pete Railton

It’s been commonly believed that the massive growth of the iPad has had a detrimental impact on PC sales, but a new study by market research firm NPD Group screams …

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photography / web

Twitpic changes its terms, gives itself permission to sell on your images

Wednesday, May 11, 2011Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 10 Comments.

With a rather sneaky sleight of hand, Twitpic, the hugely popular photo sharing service used to upload photos to Twitter, has updated its terms of service to let the company …

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Android / Google / mobiles

Google launches Music Beta cloud service and a one-size-fits-all OS update

Tuesday, May 10, 2011Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - by Pete Railton

At Google’s big web developer-focused conference – known as Google I/O – the Android team threw around some impressive facts about the rise of Android and announced some interesting new features.

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business / Microsoft / video / web

Official: Microsoft scoops up Skype for $8.5 billion

Tuesday, May 10, 2011Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Microsoft has dug deep into its pockets to purchase the internet voice and video chat service Skype for an eye watering $8.5 billion.

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Android / mobiles

Samsung’s Galaxy S II racks up massive pre-orders as rave reviews pour in

Tuesday, May 10, 2011Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - by Pete Railton

It looks like Samsung’s new Galaxy S II smartphone isn’t just hot – it’s sensationally scorchio, with the company announcing that it has already notched up a staggering 3 million …

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business / Google / photography

Google offering free photo shoots for businesses [video]

Monday, May 9, 2011Monday, May 9, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Google is offering to send a photographer along to snap the interiors of businesses like restaurants, hotels and beauty salons with its new free service called Business Photos.

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Android / mobiles

LG Optimus Black heading to UK this month with 4″ super bright screen

Monday, May 9, 2011Monday, May 9, 2011 - by Pete Railton

LG has announced that its LG Optimus Black Android-powered handset is charging into Europe later this month.

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Android / iPhone / mobiles

Spotify guns for iTunes with wireless iPod syncing and 50p MP3 files

Wednesday, May 4, 2011Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - by Pete Railton

We suspect that it may not be around for long, but Spotify has announced big changes that will put the popular music streaming service in direct competition with Apple’s iTunes.

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audio / portable

Olympus LS-20 PCM digital recorder packs dual mics and HD movie recording – full specs

Wednesday, May 4, 2011Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Looking rugged and tough enough to survive gruelling field trips and repeated trips into the mosh pit is Olympus’s new LS-20 Linear PCM digital recorder recorder, offering  HD movie recording and “recording …

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