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• 16 September 2011

• Opinion: Windows 8: How Microsoft's PC Overhaul Will Take on Apple's iPad

  For Microsoft, the timing of Windows 8 looks to be just right. Here's why.

• Feature: PC Advisor's most commented stories of the week – September 16 2011

  There's no doubt Microsoft's unveiling of Windows 8 dominated the tech news over the past seven days, and unsurprisingly our readers were very vocal on the next iteration of the operating system

• 15 September 2011

• Opinion: HTC Sensation XE Has Dr. Dre's Beats Audio

  The HTC Sensation XE, the first phone with integrated Beats Audio, promises to deliver “studio-quality audio.” The Sensation XE Android smartphone is the first fruit of HTC’s partnership with Dr. Dre’s Beats Audio, and should arrive later this month in Europe and Asia. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing or availability for U.S. audiophiles.

• News: Apple sues Samsung for patent infringement in the UK

  Apple has bought its patents battle with Samsung to the UK by filing a lawsuit against the tech giant with a British court.

• How-Tos: How to set-up a SIM lock on a Google Android device

  If you're unlucky enough to lose your smartphone or have it stolen, as accidents happen to all of us, it's not only the hardware that could fall into the wrong handsets.

• 14 September 2011

• News: Android: An expert guide

  Google’s Android platform in a short time has become a force to be reckoned with in the smartphone world, and its success raises all sorts of questions for IT professionals.

• News: Intel hopes for smartphone breakthrough with Google

  Intel hopes to boost its business selling chips to phone makers -- now the domain of rival ARM -- through a partnership announced this week with Google to develop future Android OS versions for mobile devices with Intel chips.

• News: Threat of settlements may have spurred Google, Moto deal

  A blow-by-blow account of negotiations leading up to Google's acquisition of Motorola indicates that the deal may have been one of necessity rather than opportunity for Google.

• Opinion: Android Phones Expand To Use Intel Chips

  If you buy an Android smartphone in 2012, there's a good chance it will be packing an Intel chip instead of an ARM-based processor as current Android devices do.

• News: Android tablets lose ground to BlackBerry PlayBook as iPad soars

  Increased demand for the iPad 2, 1 million HP TouchPads and the launch of the BlackBerry Playbook pushed Google Android tablet market share down below 30%.

• News: Facebook Updates Android App with More Privacy Controls

  If you liked the recent changes Facebook made to improve privacy, then you'll want to upgrade immediately to the latest version of the social network's app for Android smartphones.

• Feature: The five best free music-related Android apps

  As well as communicating on the go, your smartphone also offers the ability to play music and watch videos when you're on the move. For all the music fans out there, here's five free apps to improve listening on your Google Android device.

• 13 September 2011

• News: Android targeted by SpyEye banking Trojan

  Banking transactions for owners of Android phones just became more dangerous with a new iteration of the SpyEye Trojan designed to intercept two-factor authentication codes sent via SMS -- the first known version for Android.

• News: Grid-10 tablet gets UK price and launch date

  Fusion Garage's Grid10 tablet is based loosely on the Google Android operating system and has an open-source ethos that appeals, but it's similarity with Identikit 10.1in Android slates is little more than a passing nod. It will go onsale in the UK in October and at £259 for a 16GB model, will undercut equivalent 10in Android tablets

• News: Intel, Google team to optimize Android for smartphones

  Intel and Google announced on Tuesday that they would partner to optimize future versions of the Android OS for smartphones and other mobile devices using Intel chips.

• News: Tablets: Will Win 8 Give Microsoft Edge Over Google, Apple?

  The tablet wars will heat up when Microsoft Windows 8 ships next year. The developer preview of Windows 8--unveiled Tuesday at the BUILD Windows conference in Anaheim--underscores how Microsoft's new OS is nothing like what we're used to seeing and is destined to shake things up.

• News: Windows 8 Breaks Down the OS Walls That Divide Our Devices

  Windows 8 is a bold new take on computing, unifying tablets, desktops, laptops, the Internet, and smartphones under one Windows roof. With only a brief introduction to the operating system here at Microsoft's BUILD conference, we are seeing Microsoft skillfully bridge today's computing habits into the future - otherwise known to Microsoft as Windows 8.

• News: iPhone Accessories to Take Phone Photography to New Levels

  Apple's smartphone darling--the iPhone 4--is fast becoming one of the most popular cameras in the world. This is due in part to the image quality of its camera and to the photo software available for it (including Instagram, a photo filter app that simplifies sharing your photos).

• News: Are HTC and Samsung Sick of Google's Android?

  Are major phone companies preparing to ditch the Android mobile operating system?

• News: App stores should cooperate to improve smartphone security

  App store vendors need to collaborate more closely to keep smartphone users safe, including putting together a system for grading application security, according to E.U. cybersecurity agency ENISA.

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