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Article | 5/03/2010 Google's Android gesture search: A fingers-on tour

Android users, get ready to give your phone the finger.

Article | 5/03/2010 Apple versus HTC: Show me the patents!

Apple has announced it is suing Taiwanese maker of smartphones HTC for infringing on 20 patents.

Article | 3/03/2010 Protect data with on-the-go drive encryption

This past January, the health organisation Kaiser Permanente reported a theft of an external hard drive from an employee's car. The hard drive conta...

Article | 2/03/2010 The 10 all-time greatest free downloads and services

In our 15 years of choosing the best free stuff, we've spotlighted the superstars: Adobe Reader, Craigslist, Flickr, Gmail, Google, Mozilla Firefox, a...

Article | 2/03/2010 21 free utilities to customise and upgrade Windows

Windows 7 bling for your older OS.

Article | 2/03/2010 16 no-cost tools to improve productivity, collaboration

Be more productive

Article | 2/03/2010 Jailbreaking in the iPhone 3.0 era

In a few short years, Apple has established the iPhone as the mobile platform to beat. Each successive firmware update opens new, and often unmatched,...

Article | 27/02/2010 Palm's woes are all about image

Palm reported on Thursday that its sales are not going as well as expected due to "slower-than-expected consumer adoption of the company's products."

Article | 26/02/2010 Is Android the boys' club of smartphones?

Android, it seems, may be metaphorically stuck in a treehouse with a "NO GIRLS ALLOWED" sign nailed to the door.

Article | 25/02/2010 iPad 'magic' won't hurt netbooks

"The netbook is not an experience people are going to continue wanting to have," Apple COO Tim Cook said Tuesday at an investment conference in San Fr...

Article | 24/02/2010 Why Palm can't be saved

That sound you've been hearing--that soft "swooshing" in the distance--isn't anything important.

Article | 24/02/2010 Dear Facebook, act like a grown-up about security

Dear Facebook, I appreciate your service. I really do.

Article | 20/02/2010 Cisco and HP part ways, end partnership

In a move that perhaps seemed inevitable as the one-time strong partners began to butt competitive heads more and more in the data centre, Cisco Syste...

Article | 20/02/2010 Free utility works to overcome SSD slowness

To understand why I love the tiny, free FlashFire utility/driver, you'll need a little background. I bought an original Acer Aspire One netbook with a...

Article | 18/02/2010 Is Windows Phone 7 right for business?

Amid all the hoopla surrounding the introduction of Windows Phone 7 Series this week in Barcelona, Microsoft's core customers have been almost totally...

Article | 18/02/2010 Saving money, space and energy with blade virtualisation

In 1986, Attorney Nicholas Barrett founded <a href="http://www.nbalaw.com/">Nicholas Barrett & Associates</a> with just himself and an assistant r...

Article | 10/02/2010 iPhone and Android market share on the rise

New statistics from comScore show that Apple and Google are both gaining ground in the battle for smartphone market share in the United States.

Article | 10/02/2010 iPhone 4G: Rumored parts suggest a slightly new design

An iPhone repair shop claims to have replacement parts for the iPhone 4G, which leave open some interesting possibilities about the rumored device.

Article | 3/02/2010 A business case for the Apple iPad

Last Wednesday, Apple introduced the long-fabled Apple tablet to the world. Much to nobody's surprise, it is a 9.7-inch touchscreen slate based on the...

Article | 2/02/2010 Apple iPad: What do the developers think? (updated)

As the dust settles from the launch of the Apple iPad -- a device that looks rather like an oversized iPod Touch -- reaction is mixed. Apple fan boys ...