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Samsung: demand for Windows Phone 7 'specialised'
Samsung is focus on Android and Bada for its smartphones after claiming there is no demand for Symbian phones and only "specialised" demand for Windows Phone 7.…
German kiddies punted porn-projecting pens
Kids at the Adolf Reichwein School in Essen got an unexpected treat on the first day at primary school: porn-projecting pens provided by the German Communist Party.…
Virtual security: Even better than the real thing?
VMworld VMware is taking some big steps in the security and network management arena with its vShield product set. I sat in on a deepish dive into the somewhat new security products being offered by VMware to deliver on the ‘secure’ part of their “Secure Hybrid Cloud” initiative.…
Death by iPod: beware the zombie trance
A 46 year-old woman wearing headphones was run over and killed by an ambulance in Sydney, Australia at the weekend. Police think she may not have heard the sirens.…
O2 upgrades Dell Streak to Android 2.1
O2 has updated its version of the Dell Streak 5in internet tablet - reviewed here - to Android 2.1.…
Orange and T-Mobile splice customers
Orange and T-Mobile customers will be able to roam freely between the two networks from 5 October, as the companies consolidate their morph into Everything Everywhere.…
Judge extends Oz PS3 mod dongle ban
The Australian Federal Court has maintained the injunction banning four local retailers from importing and selling the PSJailbreak USB dongle that allows PS3s to play pirated games.…
Google: Shopping means more to UK plc than culture
If Google is trying to shake off its reputation for a pathological hostility to creative businesses, then at least one senior policy hasn't got the memo. Google's UK policy chief called for Government to give creative industries the bum's rush last week - arguing that Britain's retailers were just as important.…
Hitachi GST: Sale or IPO?
Opinion Hitachi is reported to be considering an IPO or sale of Hitachi GST, its disk drive operation, ranked third in the industry behind Seagate and Western Digital. How much is it worth? Who would want to buy it?…
USB stick with anti-terror training found outside police station
A memory stick containing anti-terror training manuals and other sensitive material was reportedly found on a street outside a Manchester police station.…
HP's Hurd set to join Oracle
Mark Hurd, pushed from the top job at HP after allegations of sexual harassment and misfiling of expenses, is about to get a board post at Oracle.…
HP Pavilion dv6-3085ea 15.6in notebook
Review Those who want their notebook PCs to play music and video while managing a burgeoning digital image collection should cast an eye at the HP Pavilion dv6-3085ea. It's an attractively slim computer with a design outline that's generally reminiscent of Apple's MacBook Pro. The clamshell even stays closed thanks to Apple-style magnets, instead of a conventional sliding catch.…
Intel to pay $1.4bn for Infineon WLS
Comment Intel has embarked on a major shopping spree to counter the pressures on its traditional businesses, which prompted it to issue a results warning at the end of last week. That was swiftly followed by the announcement that it would acquire Infineon‘s wireless arm, as widely expected, for $1.4bn, hard on the heels of the purchase of security software firm McAfee.…
Google pays $8.5m to settle Buzz privacy invasion suit
Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit claiming it violated the privacy of Gmail users when it released Google Buzz, a Gmail bolt-on that turned the email service into a Tweetbookish social networking tool.…
Washington Supremes deliver death sentence to betting site
Washington state's highest court has delivered a fatal blow to a website that billed itself as a person-to-person betting platform that connected people who wanted to make wagers.…
Google faces antitrust investigation in Texas
Google is facing an antitrust investigation in Texas over claims the company unfairly manipulated results on its search engine.…
It's alive! Duke Nukem Forever breaks out of vapour trail
Duke Nukem Forever is the video games world's equivalent of the flying car: mothballed in the garage.…
Ubuntu 'Maverick Meerkat' erects own App Store
Review Ubuntu fans, fire up your virtual machines. The beta release of Ubuntu 10.10 is here. Maverick Meerkat, as this release is known, is actually several weeks ahead of the original schedule, and that means Ubuntu 10.10 is on track for its final release October 10.…
Doctor Who goes to the Proms
Love Doctor Who, love the theme music - this is hardwired into the DNA of most Brits.…
Unity – iPhone code swap approved by Jobs (for now)
Steve Jobs forbids you from building iPhone applications with a language other than Objective C, C, or C++. If that other language is Adobe Flash. What if it's not Adobe Flash? Are you still forbidden?…