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BT Infinity to launch 300Mbps "supercharged" broadband

11 July 2013, 11:45

This Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) service will cost £50 per month.

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Kickstarter 'Plug' transforms USB drives into personal Dropbox

11 July 2013, 05:29

Combined software and hardware solution improves on "expensive and slow" cloud.

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Broadcasters in Japan pull plug on Panasonic Smart TV ad

9 July 2013, 12:15

TV stations complained the adverts would confuse viewers.

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Facebook Graph Search starts to roll out

9 July 2013, 11:15

Plus a new internet-of-things hardware gadget - the Fliike Facebook fan counter.

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Major Kickstarter game 'Broken Age' burns through $3.3m budget

8 July 2013, 11:15

But developers Double Fine say they will use their own money to deliver the game.

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BSkyB wins legal case over Microsoft use of 'SkyDrive' name

1 July 2013, 11:15

A British court made the ruling which will apply in the whole of Europe.

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Only blue skies now on Google Maps and Google Earth

28 June 2013, 11:15

Also you can now apply to be a Google Maps Street View Trekker.

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Amazon AutoRip music service comes to Europe

27 June 2013, 10:00

France, Germany and Italy got the facility earlier this week, the UK joins them today.

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Firefox 22 brings built-in WebRTC and asm.js support

26 June 2013, 11:15

Updates will enable plug-in free video calling, file sharing and 3D gaming.

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Microsoft Office Mobile app launched for Apple iOS

17 June 2013, 03:21

Office Mobile is targeted at iPhone users and is for Office 365 subscribers only.

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Google buys Waze community driven navigation app

12 June 2013, 11:00

Facebook and Apple also reportedly wanted to buy Waze but the deal is now sealed.

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NAO investigates UK rural broadband procurement

11 June 2013, 12:15

Report is due next month, calls govt programme in place a “train crash”.

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Firefox OS tablet shown off at Computex

6 June 2013, 12:15

Big screen interface looked appealing but attendees were not allowed to go hands-on.

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Yahoo shuts Mail Classic, users must agree to being Scroogled

3 June 2013, 14:25

When you ‘upgrade’ you must accept a new Scroogling privacy policy.

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BT will ditch Yahoo Mail for its own branded service in June

31 May 2013, 11:00

Telco's action follows user complaints about spam and hacked accounts.

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Yahoo willing to pay up to $800 million for Hulu

27 May 2013, 12:23

Follows recent cash splash on Tumblr but failure to grab Dailymotion.

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Curiosity mobile game turns 18 year old Scot into a digital god

27 May 2013, 11:18

Bryan Henderson will also receive a small percentage of the Godus game wealth.

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Acetrax movie streaming service will close, presents DRM woes

22 May 2013, 14:02

Users have until 21st June to redownload purchased films.

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Yahoo’s Flickr photo sharing site to give users 1TB free storage

21 May 2013, 15:10

Flickr news comes as Yahoo seals the $1bn Tumblr deal.

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New wireless data transmission world record set at 40Gbps

17 May 2013, 14:42

Record was set over a distance of 1Km by a team of scientists in Germany.

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Yahoo aims to be “cool again”, may buy out Tumblr

17 May 2013, 11:16

Deal to purchase this social blogging platform could be worth about $1 billion.

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Microsoft’s Scroogleized version of the Google Chrome video ad

17 May 2013, 10:03

An interesting contrast; both videos are embedded for you to compare.

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Google I/O: first day roundup

16 May 2013, 10:15

Music, Maps and Search dominated the proceedings.

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Google cloud storage pooled across services

14 May 2013, 13:00

Now you get 15GB across Gmail, Drive and Google+ Photos.

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Google Image Search ‘Atari Breakout’ for a bit of retro fun

14 May 2013, 11:00

Google celebrates the 37th birthday of the classic Breakout game with this Easter egg.

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Amazon said to be developing a smartphone with a 3D display

10 May 2013, 11:00

Recent hirings and statements made by the CEO point to some new devices this year.

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BT offers free BTSport channels to its broadband customers

10 May 2013, 10:02

Uses free Premier League football to entice users to switch broadband provider.

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Microsoft is considering buying out Nook Media

9 May 2013, 16:04

MS offering a cool $1 billion to buy the complete digital assets says TechCrunch.

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Earl is a solar-powered Android tab aimed at survivalists

9 May 2013, 11:00

New e-ink tablet is “engineered for the most extreme of outdoor situations”.

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Microsoft reacts to Adobe abandoning packaged software

8 May 2013, 12:20

MS thinks Adobe's move away from perpetual software licenses may be a decade too early.

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Google appoints Noah Falstein as Chief Game Designer

3 May 2013, 10:08

Is Google going to make a big move into multiplayer gaming?

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Ofcom launching new “white space” devices pilot

26 April 2013, 16:15

If successful, this new wireless technology could be rolled-out during 2014.

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Geeksphone Firefox OS phones go on sale today

23 April 2013, 10:00

The Keon and Peak will be available for 110 Euros and 179 Euros respectively.

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