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- 02 June 2008
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News: Demand for GPS devices boosts chip market
Gartner has raised its global revenue forecast for the semiconductor industry in 2008, as the memory chip market improves and sales of personal navigation devices increase.
- 31 May 2008
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News: 9 ways Apple, Microsoft and others make us mad
While we love technology, sometimes its purveyors make our blood boil. We're talking about annoying policies and practices, whether a new PC stuffed with junkware or how we have to switch providers just so we can get a better mobile phone.
- 29 May 2008
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News: Mobile phone sales fall for first time
Mobile phone unit sales in Western Europe decreased by 16.4 percent during the first quarter compared to the same quarter last year, according to Gartner, marking the market's first decline since the research firm began tracking mobile phone sales seven years ago.
- 27 May 2008
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News: Scandinavia to get iPhone, but no word on 3G
Apple has announced that several Scandinavian countries are on the schedule now to get its coveted Apple iPhone smartphone.
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News: Alton Towers bans smartphones
Smartphones are to be banned from Alton Towers theme park.
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News: German telco accused of abusing call-data records
Deutsche Telekom has asked the public prosecutor to investigate allegations that its security staff misused call data records on a number of occasions during 2005 and 2006.
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News: Apple plans solar-powered iPhone, iPods
Apple has filed a patent for integrating solar cells into portable devices. And the solar cells would be placed underneath the layers of a touch-sensitive display, fueling speculation that the technology is being lined up for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.
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News: Vodafone chief executive quits
Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin will resign in July and be replaced by Vittorio Colao, deputy CEO of the company.
- 26 May 2008
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News: nVidia to release CPUs at Computex next week
nVidia is planning to announce a line of Arm-based CPUs at the Computex exhibition in Taipei next week.
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News: China restructures telecoms to welcome 3G
China this weekend announced a restructuring plan for its fixed-line and mobile operators. The announcement represents a final step towards the long-awaited release of 3G (third-generation) mobile licences.
- 24 May 2008
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News: Third-party tools BlackBerry execs can't live without
With a huge range of third-party apps for BlackBerry available, its hard to know which ones really are a must-have. We spoke to three executives from BlackBerry handset manufacturer Research in Motion to find out just which downloads they cannot live without.
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News: 17 ways to have fun with your smartphone
While smartphones are great for productivity and working on the move, we all want to kick back, relax and have some pointless and sometimes plain stupid fun every so often.
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News: The 50 biggest heroes in technology history
Every gadget and technology that affects your every day life has taken years if not a lifetime of hard work in research, design and development. We've charted the top 50 people responsible for implementing today's best technologies.
- 23 May 2008
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News: Griffin launches iTrip for Apple's iPhone
Griffin Technology has launched an FM transmitter for Apple's iPhone.
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News: N-Gage customers forced to repurchase games
Nokia has come in for criticism from consumers using its N-Gage gaming platform, since it transpired that games can only be played on the phone they were purchased on. When a user buys a new phone, the games have to be purchased again.
- 21 May 2008
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News: Apple iPhone gets Windows Vista interface
iPhone enthusiasts can now install an emulation version of Microsoft’s Windows Vista user interface on to their handsets.
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News: Mobile ads hit Windows Messenger and Hotmail
Advertisers can now display banner ads to mobile users of Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Hotmail services. Mobile users in the UK, France, Spain and the US will see the banner ads when using the Microsoft services.
- 20 May 2008
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News: iPhone to get more downloadable ringtones
iPhone users may soon be offered more choice in, reports the New York Times.
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News: Tranquil offers first Diamondville motherboard
Online retailer Tranquil PC is taking pre-orders for a £53 motherboard equipped with Intel's upcoming Diamondville version of Intel's Atom processor.
- 19 May 2008
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News: BlackBerry Thunder has iPhone-like touchscreen
Called the Thunder, it would be based on a true touchscreen similar to the one used by the Apple's iPhone, and would have no keypad common to other BlackBerry devices. Instead it would have only four physical keys and no slide-out keyboard, according to the Boy Genius Report and The Wall Street Journal.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5 comparison review
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Galaxy S4 vs BlackBerry Z10 comparison review - which is best, the Samsung or the BlackBerry?
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What’s the best mobile OS: iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8 or BlackBerry 10?
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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5 comparison review
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Surface Pro review - Microsoft tablet offers true power computing on the move
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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Nexus 4 smartphone comparison review: what's the best Android?
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