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Super Bowl 2012 tech ads: Star Wars Bark Side and more
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Aren't smartphones fast enough?
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Apple iTV: Review of rumours, features, pictures and specs
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Best iPhone productivity apps
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Best iPhone productivity apps
FEATURE Speedy 9 February 2012 17:53 GMT TweetSo you have an iPhone. You like to consider yourself part of the modern internet connected world. But can you send an email while learning English? Or do your expenses and record a podcast? Only the best app users truly can. Getting quicker with your...
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Apple iTV: Review of rumours, features, pictures and specs
FEATURE iT'S coming 9 February 2012 12:14 GMT TweetApple is the king of rumour mongering and the Apple iTV currently carries the rumour crown. Schtum until the last minute, as Forest Gump would suggest, Apple is like a box of chocolates: you never know what your gonna get.
So with Apple television...
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Aren't smartphones fast enough?
FEATURE COMMENT: Cores are the new megapixels 7 February 2012 14:58 GMT TweetRemember Windows XP? We certainly do. Think back to the days of noisy hard-drives and floppy disks clicking away. Have a guess what sort of power was inside the average PC back then?
Take a peek at the Windows XP system requirements and you...
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Super Bowl 2012 tech ads: Seinfeld, Star Wars Bark Side, Go Daddy girls, Chevrolet apps and more
FEATURE UPDATED: All the ads in one place 6 February 2012 10:33 GMT TweetThe Super Bowl has become a tester platform for all the big-budget adverts set to hit the US. Dominated by technology and consumer electronics advertising, it draws audience numbers quite unlike any other television show in the US, bar the Moon landings.
This...
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Five tips for photographing snow
FEATURE Exposure, contrast, light, kit and point of view 5 February 2012 9:02 GMT TweetThe snow has caused havoc, but now the sun has come out. Quick, grab your camera and get shooting. The snow makes for some great photo opportunities, but also some tricky shooting experiences.
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Best iPhone apps for reference and learning
FEATURE Pocket knowledge 2 February 2012 18:16 GMT TweetThe iPhone is a hugely powerful reference tool. Like having a portable library stuck in your pocket, you can find an answer to pretty much any question instantly. Sure it might not always be correct, but there is an armada of info buried at your fingertips.
Be...
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The Star Wars toys that let you play the movies
FEATURE Padawan's play 1 February 2012 15:00 GMT TweetThe Star Wars films are back in the cinema once again, this time in glorious 3D, and what better way to enjoy and celebrate the fact than by embracing the merchandising machine and buying a stack of toys to let you enjoy the film beyond the cinema...
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Best Android apps for learning and reference
FEATURE For the smartest phone of all 1 February 2012 12:00 GMT TweetSmartphones apps aren't just about games. There's some educating to do out there if you'd care to tear yourself away from Fruit Ninja for just two minutes and we at Pocket-lint have amassed the very best Android apps for learning and reference so that...
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The future of your mobile phone
FEATURE The shape of your next handset 30 January 2012 18:01 GMT TweetWhat are our phones going to look like in 10 years time; see-through displays, Star Trek-style tricorders? Ton Brand from the GSMA - the organisation that promotes standardisation between mobile networks - has a pretty good idea.
As programme...
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Best Android customisation apps
FEATURE Your smartphone, your choices 27 January 2012 12:45 GMT TweetOne of the joys of Android is supposed to be customisation and yet few people even bother to change their wallpaper after unboxing their little darlings. One of the problems is that most of us have been scarred by our early live wallpaper experiences...
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iPad 3: Review of rumours, features, pictures and specs
FEATURE What comes next? 26 January 2012 16:44 GMT TweetThe internet is awash with iPad 3 rumours. The iPad 3 is probably the most hotly anticipated product of the year with the only other possible contenders for the title the iPhone 5 or the Nintendo Wii U. Frankly, we're champing at the bit to get our...
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Mac OS X Lion - 32 tips for beginners
FEATURE Get yourself started 26 January 2012 10:20 GMT TweetApple’s OS X Lion has been around for quite a while now. Like Snow Leopard before it, the new OS update brought in a significant number of changes that built on Apple’s already polished user experience.
The success of the iPad and...
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Best iPhone cooking apps
FEATURE Come fry with me 25 January 2012 17:30 GMT TweetBeing a decent cook is no easy task. In the old days few worried about what they put on the table, be it gruel of pigeon brains, the family would eat it. Now thanks to the like of Jamie Oliver and his merry brigade of tv chefs, no food is acceptable...
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What is 802.11ac Wi-Fi?
FEATURE The latest wireless standard explained 25 January 2012 11:30 GMT TweetA new type of Wi-Fi is coming. 802.11ac promises incredible data transfer speeds and faster internet for every wireless device, should you have the broadband package to provide it.
Think of it like 4G but for you home. 802.11ac is the cutting...
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Best iPad news and weather apps
FEATURE Take the weather with you 24 January 2012 16:00 GMT TweetWhat are the best iPad news and weather apps? The tablet is just about the perfect form for consuming stories as most have a big enough screen for pictures and video to play nice with the rest of the text. But proper news wouldn't be right without...
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