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17 February 2011
News: Apple bans Steve Jobs doll … again

Apple has stopped the sale of an action figure doll of its CEO Steve Jobs disguised as a ninja.
News: Macworld is hiring an editor for iPad & iPhone User magazine

Looking for a new challenge? Why not come work with the sharpest editorial team in the UK. The Macworld Group is looking for an editor to take charge of iPad & iPhone User magazine.
News: Govt tech centres 'should be named after Turing'

The parliamentary Science and Technology Committee has recommended that the government's new Technology and Innovation Centres (TICs) should be called 'Turing Centres' after Alan Turing, a founder of modern computer science.
16 February 2011
News: Toshiba announces Tablet PC, return of the Toshiba Folio 100

Toshiba UK yesterday announced another addition to the promised army of Apple iPad clones. Named simply Toshiba Tablet, this slate PC will feature a 10.1in touchscreen capable of displaying 720p HD video on its 1280x800 display.
News: Hands on with the HP Palm Pre3

HP is giving hands-off demonstrations of the TouchPad tablet and the Palm Pre3 smartphone. PC Advisor got a hands-on trial of both
Opinion: Sandy Bridge mistake shows how important Intel is

It won’t have escaped your notice that Intel’s Sandy Bridge processor microarchitecture has made an impact. A glance at our PCs reviews will soon show that the performance of Sandy Bridge PCs is head and shoulders above the rest.
News: Intel Sandy Bridge recall: what you need to know (updated)

Intel has today stopped shipments of the Series 6 chipsets used with its much vaunted Sandy Bridge processors. The reason: a problem with the SATA controller that could over a period of time cause problems with SATA-linked devices.
News: Dell results boosted by enterprise sales

Dell on Tuesday reported a 177 percent year-over-year increase in net income for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2011, driven by growth in enterprise server and PC sales.
News: Apple: Foxconn 'saved lives' with suicide response

Apple has commended Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn for setting up a 24-hour care centre, installing large nets on buildings and other measures that have "definitely saved lives" after a spate of suicides at manufacturing facilities in China last year.
15 February 2011
News: Plantronics and WorkSnug rate mobile hotspots

Bluetooth headset manufacturer Plantronics is working with a UK-based iPhone app developer to offer crowd-sourced reviews of suitable hotspots where conditions most lend themselves to productive mobile working. WorkSnug offers reviews of internet cafes and other commercial premises where teleworkers can station themselves to work in comfort and, hopefully, peace.
News: ARM: £99 dual-core budget smartphones coming this year

Mobile phone chip maker ARM has been showing off multi-core smartphone processors and devices at this year's Mobile World Congress and predicts dual-core handsets will be the norm for budget smartphones by Christmas.
News: Acer announces Iconia Smart Android phone

Acer announced a new smartphone on Tuesday as the world's second largest PC maker takes another step into mobile devices.
News: LG targets fourfold increase in smartphone shipments

LG Electronics expects to sell more than 30 million smartphones this year, a fourfold increase over 2010, when it stumbled by being late to catch on to the smartphone trend.
News: Bluwan launches FTTA broadband

Bluwan has announced a "super-fast, high-capacity Fibre Through The Air [FTTA] solution" that will enable broadband carriers to extend their network capacities and extend next-generation broadband services to areas where fibre currently cannot go.
14 February 2011
News: Motorola buys Android security company 3LM

Motorola Mobility has bought 3LM, a company that develops enterprise security and device management products for Android devices.
News: Intel to ship new Sandy Bridge chipsets this week

Intel has started shipping replacement chipsets for PCs that use its latest Sandy Bridge microprocessors.
News: Microsoft to pay out 'billions' as part of Nokia deal

Nokia on Sunday hinted that Microsoft essentially won a bidding war against Google to supply software to the world’s largest handset maker and that the software giant agreed to pay “billions” of dollars for the privilege.
News: HP TouchPad: Can HP compete with the iPad?

I'll say this up front: Hewlett-Packard is no Apple. The company has neither the fanbase nor the reputation for creating lust-inducing products that appeal to the masses with the same polish and veneer of Apple's repertoire. And yet, with its newly unveiled WebOS strategy, HP is clearly on the path toward doing just that.
10 February 2011
Video: NHK previews future broadcasting technology

Japanese broadcaster unveils latest innovations
Video: Europe's common phone charger unveiled

Europe's first common mobile phone charger is unveiled