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Android dominates first-time smartphone buyer biz

5 hours 55 min ago
Apple strong in upgrade arena

Punters picking their first smartphone are more likely to select an Android handset. When they come to upgrade, however, there's a good chance they'll defect to the opposition.…

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Printed jaw lets woman swallow again

6 hours 40 min ago
Let's eat, Grandma

3D printing techniques have been taken to jaw-dropping heights after an 83-year-old woman was given a replacement mandible. She becomes the first patient ever to be fitted with a printed lower jaw.…

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Windows Phone 8 to get NFC, HD and Skype

8 hours 1 min ago
Rumours confirmed, details emerge

Following a leaked video which showed Windows Phone top dog Joe Belfiore listing the features adorning the next version of Windows Phone, beta testers have come clean on what we should expect.…

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Scientists weave battery into clothing

9 hours 18 min ago
Uses jumper leads?

Scientists charged into the fashion industry this week, unveiling a flexible battery that can be woven into fabric and used to boost the juice of everyday gadgets.…

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Analyst touts iPad 'transformer' after CEO confab

9 hours 40 min ago
Dual dock ports, clip-on keyboard for laptop-like use?

Will the Apple iPad 3 be an 'homage' to the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, complete with clever clip-on keyboard accessory? One financial analysts comments, posted after a meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, suggests it might be.…

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Samsung Series 7 Chonos 15.6in Core i7 notebook

9 hours 59 min ago
NOT a MacBook clone

Review Surely someone is having a laugh. Having read nothing but five-star reviews of this luxury notebook on other sources, I find myself surprised to be staring at a four-star product on my desk. Four stars is pretty good, you know, but that’s one less than five.…

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Apple TV surfaces on Best Buy

10 hours 21 min ago
Spec leak - or fishing expedition?

US electronics retailer Best Buy has begun asking punters if they'd be interested coughing up $1499 for a 42in HD TV from Apple.…

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iOS 5 'crashes more apps' than Android

10 hours 27 min ago
Is it an upgrade problem, or a user problem?

Recent data has shown that iOS apps crash more often than apps running on the Android platform.…

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PSN renamed Sony Entertainment Network

11 hours 29 min ago
SEN-sible name change?

The PlayStation Network is to undergo a major rebranding this week when it is integrated into an all-new Sony Entertainment Network.…

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Motorola: refurb tablets shipped with former owners' data intact

11 hours 54 min ago
Whoops

Motorola Mobility has admitted that some refurbished Xoom tablets were sent out to their new owners with previous users' data still present in the gadgets' memory banks.…

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Eight... HD camera smartphones

Sat, 2012-02-04 04:00
Sharp shooters for parties and protests

Product round-up You know that really annoying person who is videoing the gig with their camera phone to stick on Facebook when they get home? That's me. These days my TV is HD and my games console is HD, so it only makes sense that my phone – the device I use the most, day in and day out – should be HD too. Luckily, HD on smartphones is becoming more commonplace and so rather than judge these handsets on their mobile merits, this round-up focuses on their HD video camera performance.…

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Dead gamer sat unnoticed for nine hours in net cafe

Fri, 2012-02-03 14:07
Stiff competition

A Taiwanese gamer sat dead in a chair at an Internet cafe for up to nine hours before fellow players noticed the poor guy had popped his clogs.…

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Gun controlled lamp hits the spotlight

Fri, 2012-02-03 12:07
Taking the pistol

One Taiwanese manufacturer took aim at traditional light switches this week and unveiled a lamp that can be turned on and off with the shot of a gun-shaped remote.…

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ARM rains on x86 as smartphones outship PCs

Fri, 2012-02-03 11:56
Netbooks cop a hiding

Netbooks are so yesterday's technology. Shipments of the small, not-so-cheap computers plunged during 2011 by 25 per cent, figures from market watcher Canalys show.…

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Sony throws smartphone party with Billabong

Fri, 2012-02-03 11:16
Blower out the water

Sony has gone surf-tastic, announcing a partnership with Aussie outdoors outfitter Billabong, which sees its Xperia Active handset branded with the extreme-sports logo and pitched towards the cool-dude generation.…

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iPhones yanked from German shelves in Motorola patent war

Fri, 2012-02-03 10:37
Apple takes down 4 and 3G models - for now

Apple has removed the iPhone 4 and 3Gs from its stores in Germany, almost certainly in response to Motorola's December action rather than today's patent win.…

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Nokia pours oil on burning Symbian

Fri, 2012-02-03 09:38
Rips up roadmap, axes development

Exclusive Nokia is said to be hastening the demise of its legacy Symbian platform, cancelling the development of all but one new Symbian-based device. Although Nokia Belle updates will continue to ship to existing customers, only one new model – a successor to the N8 high-end camera phone – will reach the market, the Register understands.…

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Pentax pushes APS-C mirrorless camera with DSLR lens compatibility

Fri, 2012-02-03 09:16
K-01 clicks into action

Pentax has officially lifted the veil on its latest mirrorless camera, the K-01. It's the first of its kind to support DSLR lenses.…

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Apple iPad beats Amazon Kindle Fire in satisfaction survey

Fri, 2012-02-03 08:28
Fanboys happier than Fireboys?

iPad owners are happier with their tablets than folk with other fondleslabs are with theirs, recent research reveals.…

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Toshiba Regza 40RL858 40in LED TV

Fri, 2012-02-03 08:00
Smart, but no mortarboard

Review Toshiba is a bit of a wild card when it comes to TVs. While some of its screens are genuinely exciting, others are merely bargain bin fillers. Buying a cheaper Tosh is a classic case of caveat emptor.…

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