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7 handsets coming soon from Sony Ericsson

11 February 2008, 14:54

In addition to announcing its first Windows Mobile powered handset, Sony Ericsson also revealed a selection of touch screen handsets, new additions to its Cyber-shot range, and a new Walkman ...

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Motorola unveils lacklustre new handsets

11 February 2008, 12:57

Motorola's range of new handsets at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona consist of the Z6w, W161 and W181. Unfortunately for Motorola, all three handsets are average, at best.

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Samsung's G400 really is Dual Touch Chic

11 February 2008, 12:23

Touch screens are all the rage on mobile devices right now, but Samsung isn't stopping there. It's G400 handset will feature not one but two touch screens!

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Nokia N96: the new daddy in the Nseries range

11 February 2008, 11:17

It has been rumoured for a while but today Nokia made its N96 handset official. The successor to the popular N95 packs more memory and takes its spot as Nokia's ...

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XPERIA unites Sony Ericsson and Windows Mobile

11 February 2008, 10:00

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sony Ericsson announced plans to deliver Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system on its handsets and revealed the first Sony Ericsson handset to carry ...

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Microsoft hopeful of bringing Windows Mobile to Nokia handsets

8 February 2008, 13:24

A Microsoft marketing director claims that Microsoft is currently in talks with Nokia to deploy its Windows Mobile operating system onto the mobile phone manufacturers' handsets.

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Samsung unveils Soul phone

8 February 2008, 11:17

Samsung today announced its new flagship Ultra Edition mobile phone handset in the form of the Samsung Soul which will be on display next week at the Mobile World Congress ...

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Football's Premier League considering overseas matches

7 February 2008, 13:20

It has been revealed that the English Premier League is considering adding a 39th game to the Premier League season, with the final fixture for each team being played overseas. ...

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James Bond: Quantum of Solace teaser poster

7 February 2008, 12:00

A teaser poster for 2008's Bond movie, Quantum of Solace has made its way online. If I had to sum it up in one word, the word would be...minimalistic.

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Travelodge introduces the UK to 'itch-free' pyjamas!

6 February 2008, 12:14

All my dreams may have been answered by none other than Travelodge. The hotel chain has recently had itch-free pyjamas developed to ensure a perfect nights sleep at some of ...

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Turn your Symbian mobile into a Wi-Fi Hotspot with JoikuSpot

6 February 2008, 11:31

Joikusoft Oy Ltd. announced today a rather useful little freeware application going by the name of JoikuSpot, a software solution that turns a Symbian S60 Smartphone to a Wi-Fi Hotspot.

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Claim your free 2 for 1 Vue cinema card

6 February 2008, 09:22

The Sun and Vue Cinemas have teamed up to give everyone the chance of claiming a free 2 for 1 Vue cinema card. If like me you love watching movies, ...

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Opera Mobile 9.5 gearing up for beta release

5 February 2008, 15:50

Visitors at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona next week will get a chance to experience Opera Mobile 9.5 in person. Though a beta release isn't too far away, ...

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M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening trailer

5 February 2008, 14:24

Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's 2008 movie, The Happening, has made its appearance online and it looks quite promising.

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Microsoft's Surface coming home in a hurry

5 February 2008, 11:33

Microsoft's Surface has yet to make it into the hands of businesses such as hotels and casinos, but that hasn't stopped CEO Steve Ballmer from stating that he hopes a ...

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16GB iPhone coming to O2 today?

5 February 2008, 11:08

Sources from UK mobile operator O2 indicate that a 16GB iPhone is imminent. So imminent in fact that it could launch at 1:30pm today.

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It's pancake day!

5 February 2008, 10:47

It's that time of year again! Pancake Day falls between February 2nd and March 9th, depending on the date for Easter. This year round its February 5th and that means ...

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First look at Indiana Jones' Crystal Skull

5 February 2008, 09:58

Ever wondered what the new instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise is all about? It's title, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, tells us so much, but ...

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Amazon and LOVEFiLM set to combine

4 February 2008, 12:17

Amazon and LOVEFiLM announced today that LOVEFiLM will acquire Amazon Europe's DVD rental business in the UK and Germany.

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Iron Man's Super Bowl XLII advertisement

4 February 2008, 11:48

2008's action adventure staring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow has the internet buzzing. Does the 30 second Super Bowl advertisement live up to expectations?

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Wall-E makes an appearance at Super Bowl XLII

4 February 2008, 11:21

There weren't many memorable Super Bowl spots at this years championship game of the NFL but one that did stand out was another teaser for Disney Pixar's Wall-E.

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Lost: Season 4 debuts, still lost

4 February 2008, 10:59

Series four of hit ABC drama, Lost, aired in the UK yesterday. Advertisements for the show on Sky One had promised that "Answers are coming", did you find any?

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Livingstones: over-sized pebbles acting as cushions

1 February 2008, 15:10

Seriously cool furniture from smarindesign, looks like big pebbles, is actually big cushions. I want.

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Goodbye Moto: Motorola's mobile unit in trouble

1 February 2008, 13:55

Following increasing losses, Motorola's reversal in fortunes leaves the company looking at plans to possibly detach its mobile devices unit.

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Find cheaper petrol with petrolprices.com

1 February 2008, 10:24

It's a wallet-draining process to fill your car with petrol these days, but an incredibly useful website going by the name of petrolprices.com can help you locate the lowest priced ...

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Sony enters digital photo frame market

31 January 2008, 15:25

Sony has revealed its plans to enter the constantly growing digital photo frame market with the unveiling of its S-Frame brand of digital photo frames.

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Apple TV's software update delayed

31 January 2008, 14:15

The software update for Apple TV that was announced at Macworld earlier this month and scheduled for release yesterday, has been delayed for "another week or two", says Apple.

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24,500 mile long cable breaks, disrupting Internet for millions

31 January 2008, 10:53

A fault in a 24,500 mile long underwater cable, running from Germany, through the Middle East and to Australia and Japan has severely disrupted Internet access for millions of users ...

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Liverpool supporters plan ambitious takeover

31 January 2008, 10:13

When you're not happy with the current owners of your football club, and perhaps recent team performances too, what better solution than to plan to buy gather your supporters and ...

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Get rich with YouTube: partner programme comes to UK

31 January 2008, 09:35

YouTube's partner programme, allowing content creators to generate revenue via ads running next to videos, is now available in the UK. We Brits always take pride in our unique humour, ...

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O2 updates tariffs to make iPhone more appealing

30 January 2008, 11:25

The largely over-priced iPhone is set to receive new tariffs from UK operator O2 on February 1st, giving users more inclusive minutes and free text messages. Are lacklustre sales the ...

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Lyrebird, the most remarkable animal!

29 January 2008, 15:25

A few weeks ago on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, guest star Sir David Attenborough revealed the Lyrebird to be one of his favourite animals. Able to imitate any sound ...

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Skyfire, could it be the mobile browser we've been waiting for?

29 January 2008, 14:48

Skyfire, a downloadable mobile browser from Skyfire Labs, brings desktop-like browsing to your Windows Mobile device. With built in Flash and Java support, this could be the one browser you ...

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