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Facebook eats the Internet, sucks up 7 hours a month of its users

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

New figures from Nielsen show that the average U.S. Internet user spends more time on Facebook than on Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Microsoft, Wikipedia, and Amazon combined. What’s more, people are …

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transport / web

Moscow-Vladivostok – take a virtual journey on Google Maps

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - by mike s - 5 Comments.

If you’re stuck in your office and fed up looking out at the car park, then why not take a virtual trip along the great Trans Siberian Railway? Thanks to …

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mobiles / web

Facebook Zero: a text-only, slimmed down site for mobile phones

Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - by Lee J.

Facebook has announced a new, stripped down version of its site at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Called Facebook Zero, the text-only version of the social networking site is …

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mobiles / portable / web

We enter the world of the Dongle (and reminisce the days of open Wi-fi networks)

Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

After the Wirefresh offices were hit by a catastrophic BT outage last night – we’re looking at being disconnected for at least four days while their technicians work out how …

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Microsoft / mobiles / web / Windows Mobile

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series launch – ‘Backstage’ website goes AWOL

Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - by Lee J.

Suitably impressed with the innovation seen in their new Windows Phone 7 series mobile operating system, we’ve been positively ladling the praise on Microsoft today.

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mobiles / web / Windows Mobile

Windows Phone 7 Series website goes live

Monday, Feb 15, 2010Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

It’s got s crap name alright (“Windows Phone 7 Series” is hardly snappy, is it?), but the initial response to Microsoft’s new mobile operating system seems to be overwhelmingly positive.

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web

Phishing emails: a handy flow chart points out the perils

Friday, Feb 12, 2010Friday, Feb 12, 2010 - by Pete Railton

With phising attacks on the rise, and ne’er do wells dreaming up ever more cunning ways to persuade people to perilously part with their precious personal data, the folks at …

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web

Chelsea vs Cardiff FA Cup clash to be streamed live for free

Friday, Feb 12, 2010Friday, Feb 12, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

The FA has announced that it will be streaming Saturday’s FA Cup clash between big spending, cash-loaded, posh Premiership millionaires Chelsea against the heroic – nay beautiful – injury-plagued, Welsh …

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stuff / web

Steve Jobs keynote goes Autotune

Friday, Feb 12, 2010Friday, Feb 12, 2010 - by mike s

It’s a frustratingly short clip, but we love it. More, please. Click on for the L0Lz.

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Google / web

Google tries to win over fleeing Buzz users with security updates

Friday, Feb 12, 2010Friday, Feb 12, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

With disgruntlement hitting critical levels after hideous security flaws were uncovered in  Google’s new Buzz service, the company has added swiftly to repair the damage. Acknowledging users’ concerns about  their …

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Google / web

Google Buzz: we’re out of here – and here’s how to quit too

Thursday, Feb 11, 2010Friday, Feb 12, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We love trying out new stuff from Google, and excitedly signed up to their new Twitter/Facebook mash-up, Google Buzz. To get you up and running fast, Buzz automatically sets you …

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web

Engadget tech website has hissy fit, tells its readers to STFU

Tuesday, Feb 2, 2010Tuesday, Feb 2, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

It’s long been one of the biggest tech websites on the planet, and we’ve always enjoyed the lively banter that goes on in their user comments, but it seems that the bosses …

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web

Twitter trends go local – curtain twitchers approve

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 - by mike s

Twitter’s trending topics are now being served up in local flavours, so users can quickly view the hot topics going down in their ‘hood. Twitter has long offered a facility to view global trends, but …

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Google / iPhone / Palm / web

Google Voice rolls out iPhone and Palm Pre web app

Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 - by Lee J.

Google has punted out a Google Voice mobile web app for iPhone OS 3.0 and Palm Web OS devices, powered by the new HTML5 web technology which makes it possible …

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Google / stuff / web

Google Reader adds custom feed option for any web site

Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 - by mike s

Google Reader – which has long been our #1 blog and RSS reader – has just got a whole load better. Oh yes, indeedy! The search engine giant has announced …

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