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O2 bundles home broadband with iPhone tethering bolt on
"Total Connectivity" an attempt to attract customers without dropping prices 9 November 2009 17:45 GMTAn annoucement from O2 suggests the operator is going to attempt to fight the competition, as well as rivals, for iPhone customers by adding value through bundle packages, rather than any price cuts.
O2 has launched the "Total Connectivity" plan for iPhone... -
Firefox keeps crashing? Here's how to fix it
Quick guide to getting Firefox back 9 November 2009 16:28 GMTFirefox is now five, however if, like many, you've found yourself having to leave your favourite browser because of constant crashing there are plenty of ways to get your Firefox groove back and save yourself from Mozilla hell.
Here are three steps to insuring...
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EA acquires Playfish
Social gaming co hooked for $300 million 9 November 2009 15:29 GMTElectronic Arts has confirmed it is to acquire social games giant Playfish. Playfish will be incorporated into EA Interactive, a division of EA that produces games for the Web and mobile devices.
EA will purchase the company that specialises in Facebook and... -
Murdoch to block Google searches on News Corp content
"They steal our stories" 9 November 2009 14:11 GMTNews content from The Times and The Sun could soon be noticeably absent in online searches and news aggregators if News Corp's chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch, has is way.
Murdoch, not shy to speak out about how he feels Google has threatened the newspaper... -
VIDEO: Firefox celebrates 5th birthday
"Light the world with Firefox" 9 November 2009 12:46 GMTMozilla's internet browser Firefox celebrates its 5th birthday today. "Five years ago today, Mozilla launched Firefox 1.0 with the belief that, as the most significant social and technological development of our time, the Internet is a public resource that must remain...
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VIDEO OF THE DAY - Sesame Street
All together now: "Happy Birthday to you...." 9 November 2009 12:00 GMTSesame Street is 40 years old.
That's a lot of songs and lot of of silly voices, but that's also a lot of very happy kids who learnt to spell and count thanks to the furry fuzzballs and their infectious personalities.
Happy Birthday all of you.If...
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LinkedIn testing a new site design
"A cleaner, less-cluttered look" 9 November 2009 10:04 GMTLinkedIn has announced it is testing a new "site navigation experience" that will show up for certain users.
The new design sees a "global navigation bar" at the top of the page that provides what's said to be convenient access to all LinkedIn services while... -
Google apps getting more Wave-y interface?
UI refresh for Mail, Docs, News, etc may be incoming 9 November 2009 9:49 GMTCould all of Google's web applications be getting an interface refresh that would make them more like Google Wave? Screenshots published by Engadget appear to suggest that may be that case, though it's not clear how far the changes are away.
In Wave, it's possible...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Speech Soccer
At last - the players will do what you tell them 9 November 2009 0:00 GMTIf you’re a footy fan, then it’s fair to say you might have spent a fair amount of time this weekend shouting at a TV screen somewhere, am I right?
Let’s face it: the refs don’t know what they’re doing, the players are overpaid and...
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Boxee sets date for beta, promises new features
Social media centre grows up 6 November 2009 22:39 GMTBoxee has confirmed that it will be coming out of Alpha and going into Beta on 7 December before a full launch in January at CES.
Boxee, who describes itself as the "first social media centre" to play media from your computer and other devices in your home network"...
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Pocket-lint is hiring in US
Positions in New York and San Francisco opening 6 November 2009 21:04 GMTFancy being a part of one of the leading global gadget news and reviews sites in the world? Thought you did. Pocket-lint is looking to fill positions in New York and San Francisco, the roving reporters joining the team will replace Stuart, who is heading back to the UK.
Ideally...
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Skype and Joltid settle
Litigation ends 6 November 2009 16:11 GMTeBay's Skype has reached a settlement with Joltid over a breach of license that will now see the sale of the VoIP firm go through without litigation hassles.
Joltid Ltd, a Swedish firm owned by Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, had claimed peer-to-peer... -
Win a TomTom XL Live IQ Routes Europe
Just comment on a story for a chance to win 6 November 2009 15:42 GMTFirst off congratulations to Paul Story who won last month's comments comp for his comment on the story "Amazon Kindle UK import orders begin". For those who didn't win, don't fret, because the kind folk at TomTom have sent a TomTom XL Live IQ Routes Europe unit for us...
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Poppy Appeal calls for Twitter silence on Remembrance Day
No tweets at 11am on 11/11 6 November 2009 14:54 GMTThe Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal has called for the annual 2-minute silence to extend online this year.
The organisation has asked Twitter users to observe the 2-minutes' silence on Remembrance Day by sending no tweets during this period via its Twitter... -
Woman broadcasts birth on the Web
Minnesota teacher to share live video feed 6 November 2009 14:26 GMTA 23-year-old Minnesota woman has declared that she'll be streaming a live video of the birth of her first child on the Web, allowing anyone to watch.
Lynsee, who's refusing to share her second name, had just moved to the Twin Cities of Minneaspolis-St. Paul when...
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"Call for Artists" from The Flickr Collection by Getty Images
Any Flickr member can now submit pics for consideration 6 November 2009 13:31 GMTAs The Flickr Collection by Getty Images has hit over 60,000 images, the site has announced a "formal Call for Artists".
This means that any of the 40 million-plus Flickr members can submit their work to be considered for the collection through the Call for... -
Palestinian street named after Twitter account
"Where are you @?" 6 November 2009 12:04 GMTIt's being reported that a street has been named after a Twitter username in the Palestinian West Bank. In the Askar refugee camp, close to the city of Nablus, a road has been named "@ arjanelfassed tweetstreet", after the user @arjanelfassed.
A Dutch charity,...
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VIDEO OF THE DAY – I Love Lunch
Let's do lunch - the musical 6 November 2009 12:00 GMTIt’s Friday (thank goodness) and the end of another hard week.
Here’s a little musical treat for those of you who really appreciate that middle of the day feeling, which, on a Friday, always seems that little bit better.
We love lunch too....
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Windows 7 retail sales up 234% on Vista
NPD Group reveals initial sales stats for boxed units 6 November 2009 10:29 GMTRetail sales of Windows 7 were well over 200% higher than Vista's in the two operating system's first days of being on sale in the States, the NPD Group has revealed.
But although Windows 7 software unit sales were 234% higher than Vista's, it seems revenue... -
Twitter rolls out retweet feature, slowly
Access granted to a "very small percentage of accounts" 6 November 2009 9:48 GMTTwitter has announced on its blog that it's beginning the rollout of its promised retweets feature. The company said: "We've just activated a feature called retweet on a very small percentage of accounts in order to see how it works in the wild".
Retweets originally...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Inside Source
Catch the latest trends before the glossies do 6 November 2009 0:00 GMTThere is, apparently, a whole bunch of people out there who've never heard of eBay.
At least that’s what eBay themselves think, so they’ve set up this fashion trend spotting site in an attempt to attract style-conscious shoppers with money to burn.
Admittedly...
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Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - software, services, apps
What gets your vote? 5 November 2009 18:23 GMTIt's been a bumper year in 2009 for software, services and apps as the overarching trend of tech creeps glacially away from its hardware focus and more towards what the Internet and its friends can do for us. So, before you shout out in the comments who you think should...
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The Nokia Foundation award goes to Jimmy Wales
10,000 euros to Wikipedia founder 5 November 2009 13:48 GMTThe Nokia Foundation has announced that it has granted its 10,000 euro 2009 award to Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia.
Nokia says Wales was awarded "for his contributions to the evolution of the World Wide Web as a participatory and truly democratic platform".... -
VIDEO OF THE DAY - Wardrobe
As tall stories go, this is a belter 5 November 2009 12:00 GMTYesterday we showed you the epic new ad from Guinness, but they're not the only people who know how to shoot spectacular ads.
We love this.
The Lying, the Witch and the Wardrobe maybe...?
If you've seen a video online that you want to... -
Moblin 2.1 released for netbooks
Linux-based, lightweight, operating system 5 November 2009 11:57 GMTThe Moblin Linux project, which aims to create a user-friendly, lightweight and media-rich interface for mobile devices, has announced the release of version 2.1 for Intel Atom-based devices. A video overview of version 2.0 is on Youtube, and there's a pile of screenshots...




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