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• 26 May 2008

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• News: Griffin launches iTrip for Apple's iPhone

  Griffin Technology has launched an FM transmitter for Apple's iPhone.

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• News: iPhone to get more downloadable ringtones

  iPhone users may soon be offered more choice in, reports the New York Times.

• 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

• 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.

• News: Orange to sell iPhone in 12 countries

  Orange has announced that it will sell the iPhone in a dozen countries.

• 16 May 2008

• News: Photo: Fujitsu shows super-fast e-paper

  Fujitsu has developed a prototype electronic paper screen that tackles one of the technology's biggest weaknesses: the amount of time it takes to refresh the image.

• 15 May 2008

• News: 500,000 Brits access Facebook on their mobile

  According to a new survey from Nielsen Mobile a quarter of Brits use their mobile phone for social networking.

• News: O2 suggests 3G iPhone 2 is weeks away

  O2 has confirmed it will make a high profile iPhone announcement in conjunction with Apple "in the coming weeks"

• News: iPhone gets optimised Google Reader

  Google has optimised its Google Reader service for Apple's iPhone.

• News: BlackBerry users get access to IBM business apps

  IBM is targeting BlackBerry users in businesses with new software that allows owners of Research in Motion's handsets to access more IBM apps, including its Cognos business intelligence software and Lotus Connections.

• News: Comcast buys social-networking firm Plaxo

  Comcast will acquire social-networking company Plaxo to power upcoming community features on its TV, broadband data and phone services.

• 14 May 2008

• News: TomTom gets go-ahead to acquire Google Maps maker

  TomTom has been given “unconditional clearance” by the European Commission to acquire mapping company TeleAtlas. The EC approval follows a similar green light from US regulators in October last year.

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