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US cable group Liberty Global to buy Virgin Media

6 February 2013, 11:00

The cash and stock deal is worth £15 billion.

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Three will upgrade customers to 4G LTE for free

4 February 2013, 14:15

Decent value arrives in summer.

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EE’s 4G coverage expands to nine more towns in England

31 January 2013, 16:15

Now 45 per cent of the UK population has 4G LTE access.

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Chinese hackers target The New York Times

31 January 2013, 10:11

Attacks due to newspaper’s research into Chinese PM’s personal wealth?

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YouTube plans to launch pay-TV channels by Q2 2013

30 January 2013, 10:00

Subscription charges are likely to be between $1 and $5 per month.

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Microsoft Office 2013 now available in the UK

29 January 2013, 15:00

Three versions available for purchase, or you can subscribe to Office 365.

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Yahoo’s revenue rises, enjoying the Marissa Mayer effect

29 January 2013, 11:16

Company will commence an “investment phase” in first half of this year.

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High Efficiency Video Coding standard H.265 is approved

28 January 2013, 10:15

Provides high quality video on low-bandwidth connections and could be used for 4K.

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Mozilla and Geeksphone reveal new Firefox OS smartphones

23 January 2013, 14:35

Specifications of two new smartphones named “Keon” and “Peak” are detailed.

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Google underestimated Nexus 4 popularity by a factor of ten

22 January 2013, 11:16

LG blames Google for the stock problems.

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Sky Go Extra: download Sky content to your mobile or tablet

22 January 2013, 10:13

The new service launches today and you will need to pay an extra £5 per month to use it.

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MEGA cloud storage service is launched by Kim Dotcom

21 January 2013, 12:16

Spectacular launch event heralds new service offering 50GB cloud storage for free.

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PC World owners report “strong performance” over Christmas

17 January 2013, 12:30

It’s not all doom and gloom, Argos and Primark also did well!

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BT reprimanded for “free” broadband offer

16 January 2013, 17:19

The problem is that the package cost £14.60 per month.

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Lenovo getting Chromebooks ready for May launch?

16 January 2013, 11:05

Because enterprises want them.

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Facebook’s Graph Search unveiling event

16 January 2013, 10:12

New tool searches the pool of your friends’ experiences and preferences.

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Firefox 19 Beta has built-in PDF viewer, additional ARMv6 support

14 January 2013, 16:16

Also latest Aurora enables web developers to capture local media streams directly.

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Amazon introduces AutoRip CD service in USA

11 January 2013, 10:22

Service is retrospective; any CD you have bought from Amazon since 1998 is included!

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Cyber warfare news roundup

4 January 2013, 15:57

The latest cyber war news from the USA, Singapore and Israel.

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Elite: Dangerous funding ship docks safely, loaded with booty

3 January 2013, 17:00

Space trading game Kickstarter project passes £1.25m funding goal, will get made.

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Do Google and Yahoo advertising networks support piracy sites?

3 January 2013, 12:20

These internet search and advertising giants profit from piracy sites says new report.

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UK shoppers spent over £1bn on digital downloads during 2012

2 January 2013, 15:30

But physical media formats still account for over three quarters of entertainment sales.

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The top Wikipedia articles of 2012 are revealed

28 December 2012, 16:10

Lots of people wanted to know “what’s a wiki”?

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Google picks the best Android apps of 2012

28 December 2012, 14:32

“From excellent tools to objects of beauty” they represent “the best of Google Play”.

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Google aims to snag 90 per cent of Microsoft Office users

26 December 2012, 12:45

Google Apps are gaining traction in businesses.

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Windows 8 modern UI gets VLC player thanks to Kickstarter

24 December 2012, 12:00

VLC for “Metro” zoomed past £40,000 goal with five days to spare!

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North Korea's first video game is now playable online

21 December 2012, 14:07

Playing "Pyongyang Racer" I felt the need for speed...

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Adobe acquires creative portfolio showcase website Behance

21 December 2012, 08:30

To accelerate the introduction of community features to Adobe’s Creative Cloud.

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It's finalised! HTML5 has been finalised! Sort of...

20 December 2012, 08:44

Evolution will have to take place under a new guise from now on.

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Ofcom complaints data: O2 mobile customers are the happiest

19 December 2012, 10:00

T-Mobile pay monthly contract holders complained the most.

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Instagram users angry over new terms and privacy policy

19 December 2012, 08:45

Facebook owned photo site will be able to sell your photos "without any compensation to you".

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Will Peter Molyneux’s Kickstarter Project GODUS game get funded?

18 December 2012, 14:30

Only 3 days to go and still needs over £80,000 to reach £450,000 target.

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Google Maps for iOS downloaded 10 million times in 2 days

18 December 2012, 12:39

iPhone users vote with their virtual feet.

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