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Article | 29/10/2009 Android 2.0: Your complete primer

Feeling hungry? Try a taste of Eclair, Google's brand new Android operating system.

Article | 23/10/2009 Amazon's Kindle for PC app: 10 things to know

Amazon's extending its electronic bookstore onto your desktop. The company announced plans for a Kindle for PC desktop application at Microsoft's Win...

Article | 27/10/2009 Technology fails: 8 extreme electronic disasters

From acid-leaking game controllers to flame-shooting laptops, these eight failures are enough to shake anyone's faith in technology.

Article | 24/10/2009 Sex and smartphones: 5 apps edgier than Pepsi's 'Amp Up'

The Web's gotten all worked up this week over a sex-centric iPhone application by Pepsi.

Article | 10/10/2009 YouTube's anniversary: How HOTorNOT started it all

YouTube is celebrating the third anniversary of its acquisition by Google by showing off an awful lot of O's.

Article | 9/10/2009 Microsoft: No e-Readers for us, thanks

All of Silicon Valley may be Cupertino dreamin' of Kindles and other tantalizing tablets, but Microsoft says it wants nothing to do with the ever-expa...

Article | 7/10/2009 What's inside the Windows Mobile marketplace?

You can stop holding your breath now: Windows Mobile 6.5 is here. Oh, come on -- I know you've been just dying to get your hands on Microsoft's new mo...

Article | 6/10/2009 Apple's logo lunacy: 5 previous trademark tiffs

Well, Apple's at it again. The company that never fails to galvanize the masses has stirred up a fresh debate with its latest logo controversy.

Article | 29/09/2009 iPod volume restrictions on the way

Have you heard? iPods in Europe are about to get a lot more quiet. Regulators have released a new set of standards governing how loud portable music p...

Article | 25/09/2009 Honda's U3-X Unicycle: a high-tech dorkmobile

Gentlemen, start your incredibly lazy engines: Honda has a new answer for those of us too tired to get off our keisters. Meet the U3-X "personal mobil...

Article | 18/09/2009 Windows Mobile 7: The social networking phone OS?

Windows Mobile 6.5 may still be weeks away from its release, but Microsoft is already leaking clues about its successor. Windows Mobile 7 will directl...

Article | 11/09/2009 Facebook unveils Twitter-like '@' tagging

Facebook is taking another step toward Twitterfication with the introduction of a new "@"-based tagging system for status updates.

Article | 10/09/2009 Apple's big event: A scorecard

The suspense is finally over: Apple's hotly hyped 09/09/09 event has come and gone, leaving us only with the inevitable task of analysing it till our ...

Article | 7/09/2009 The 10 most idiotic iPhone apps

When it comes to applications, the iPhone has it all. Want to control your TV? There's an app for that. Want to find the nearest Chinese restaurant? T...

Article | 1/09/2009 At Wikipedia, it's a man's world

Sorry, ladies, but when it comes to questionable online information, it looks like men have the upper hand.