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Virgin punts cheap BlackBerry Curve
Yours for £12 a month
Virgin Media is offering the BlackBerry Curve 8520 - reviewed here - in what it claims os the "most competitive" pay-monthly package this smartphone can be found on.…
Toshiba warns of fiery laptops
Worldwide recall of ball burners
Toshiba and US and Canadian consumer watchdogs are recalling three laptop models after receiving reports that people have been burned by the AC adapters.…
'Rock star' spewed guts after emitting vast pearl necklace
Prehistoric luminary's explosive antics revealed
The equivalent of a "rock star", having lived a "fast, flashy life and died young" apparently exploded with unimaginable violence in the year 161,000 BC and spewed "guts" across an enormous area. The exploding prehistoric luminary had previously ejected a "string of pearls", according to investigating boffins.…
Phone bugging scandal reignited as <em>NotW</em> suspends reporter
The story that refuses to die
New allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World have resulted in the suspension of one of the Sunday paper's reporters, pending legal and disciplinary action over allegations of tapping into the voicemail messages of an unnamed television personality.…
Ubuntu 10.10 released to beta
Maverick Meerkat skips Alpha 4
The beta instalment of Ubuntu's Maverick Meerkat has arrived slightly earlier than expected.…
Nokia seeks to tap the X-Factor
Ovi could do with the support
Nokia is backing ITV's X Factor with a dedicated application and exclusive content, but it will take more then Auto Tune to make Ovi a Christmas number one.…
Acer Stream Android smartphone
PMP trickle-down effect
Review Typically, smartphones make less than satisfying PMPs, especially given the issue of video formats, with very few phones supporting the good old AVI container or Xvid/DivX codecs. Also, sound quality is usually a bit iffy and there is often little in the way of external controls for media navigation that you can use without looking.…
Chrome celebrates second b-day with sixth release
Remember the Googasm
Google is celebrating Chrome's second birthday by releasing a new stable version of its rapidly evolving browser, offering a slightly simpler user interface, an automatic form filler, and the ability to synchronize extensions and form data across machines.…
Semi biz starts to cool off
Mobile chips warming up as PC chips chill
While chip makers are not white-knuckled with fear as they were during the economic meltdown of late 2008 and early 2009, they were hoping that the recent boom in chip sales would hold for a couple of quarters — and it probably won't.…
Microsoft freshens retro code lock-down tool
Teaching old apps new tricks
Microsoft has released a new version of a software tool that developers and administrators can use to harden older applications against common vulnerabilities.…
Jobs moves to the heavens with Apple TV
You rent from his cloud
Analysis With its Apple TV revamp announced Wednesday, Apple dipped its toes into the entertainment cloud — if you'll forgive a muddled metaphor. It's a tentative baby step, but expect more cloudy offerings from Cupertino if the experiment is a success.…
Microsoft buffs Silverlight for HTML5 video contest
'We're more consistent. And we're here'
Microsoft has tried to justify its Silverlight media player in the age of HTML5.…
Twitter tightens grip on own firehose
Microbloggy thing tracks all links clicked
Twitter is on a mission to regain control of its own firehose.…
Wikileaks founder blasts reopening of rape probe
New 'unrelated' case filed in US
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has blasted Sweden's investigation into allegations against him for sexual misconduct after prosecutors reopened a probe into charges he raped a woman last month.…
Microsoft slings mud in VMware living room
Taunts estranged son
VMworld Microsoft's assault on VMware knows no bounds.…
LaCie catches ultra-small USB Flash drive bug
MosKeyto flies in
Ordinary USB Flash drives to darn big for you? LaCie's new MosKeyto protrudes a mere 6mm from the USB port it's connected to.…
HyTrust takes auditing, monitoring to the clouds
Safe SOX for your virtual box
VMworld Virtual security appliance maker HyTrust is revving up its wares with a new 2.1 release and positioning itself as the go-to partner for auditing and compliance for VMware's new vCloud Director.…
Dell throws in 3PAR towel
HP pumps fist
Dell has admitted defeat in its attempt to buy 3PAR.…
HMRC issues CD-rom alert to employers
Quaint system to be replaced in 2011
HM Revenue and Customs has warned employers who use its Employer CD-rom to update it immediately to avoid miscalculations.…
Toshiba touts £329 Folio Android tablet
'Failio' spec?
Do computer companies never learn from history? Clearly not, if Toshiba is anything to go by. Today, it launched its Android tablet, revealing the gadget is called Folio.…
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