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Google Android phone isn't T-mobile's first 3G offering

Tony Dennis — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:07:18 GMT

Tony Dennis the Inquirer, Saturday 6 September 2008. 18:48:00

SE TM506 pips it to the post

WHILE EVERYONE had their eyes on the much-rumoured G1 (Google 1) phone, expecting it to showcase T-Mobile's 3G ability Stateside, the Sony Ericsson has pipped it to the post. The TM506 is the first HSDPA handset which T-Mobile USA has ever offered....

Sun adds 64-bit guest, OS X GUI to virtualisation freebie

Fernando Cassia — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:26:05 GMT

Fernando Cassia the Inquirer, Saturday 6 September 2008. 14:05:00

Virtualbox 2.0 gets AMD-V stability, OSX GUI, paid support

CALIFORNIAN firm, Sun Microsystems is trumpeting the release of its open source, totally free virtualisation product for Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS-X, Virtualbox. This now adds the ability to run 64-bit OSes on a virtual machine, an improved GUI on OS X and paid support subscription for its customers....

Dell’s dresses Ubuntu in a Mini

Paul Taylor — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:21:52 GMT

Paul Taylor the Inquirer, Saturday 6 September 2008. 11:52:00

Daily Rounds Better late than never

THE DELL INSPIRON MINI has finally arrived, much to the relief of gadget sites everywhere. Laptop Mag and Anandtech have posted their reviews revealing the much-awaited, unsurprising, netbook. Dell’s got it just two months late, but it does seem to have trodden a well laid-out path....

Spore is a lot of fun

Charlie Demerjian — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:21:52 GMT

Charlie Demerjian the Inquirer, Friday 5 September 2008. 12:57:00

First INQpressions Evolving gameplay

EA FINALLY RELEASED the long-awaited Spore today in some parts of the world, with the US version going on sale officially Sunday. That brings up three questions, is it a good game, a great game like topple Sim City, and can I run it on my system? The short answers...

Spore is a lot of fun

Charlie Demerjian — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:55:30 GMT

Charlie Demerjian , Friday 5 September 2008. 12:57:00

First Inqpression: Evolving gameplay

Factories for sale

Sylvie Barak — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:22:23 GMT

Sylvie Barak the Inquirer, Friday 5 September 2008. 23:49:00

Direct from Dell

IN HOPES OF making itself more competitive, Dell will apparently be flogging off many, if not all, of its factories around the globe. The Wall Street Journal reckons Dell has sneakily been wooing contract computer manufacturers, offering to sell them the plants within the next year and a half....

Factories for sale

Sylvie Barak — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:06:51 GMT

Sylvie Barak , Friday 5 September 2008. 23:49:00

Direct from Dell

Report reckons luxury cars turn women on

Sylvie Barak — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:55:03 GMT

Sylvie Barak , Friday 5 September 2008. 16:49:00

Gutterwatch Hot under the bonnet

AN INSURANCE COMPANY has managed to scientifically prove that women get turned on and excited by luxury cars. A British insurance agency, aptly named Hiscox, commissioned a study carried out by David Moxon, and which subjected 40 men and women to the roars of various different car engines, three luxury...

O2 owner to help out Chinese go 3G

Tony Dennis — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:55:03 GMT

Tony Dennis , Friday 5 September 2008. 17:40:00

Telefonica takes strategic chunk of Unicom

THE PARENT of UK mobile operator O2 (affectionately known as Oh Dos now that it is run by Spain's Telefonica) has bought a strategic chunk of China Netcom. But that will end up as a stake in China Unicom....

Beeb to release Iplayer on N96

Tony Dennis — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:55:03 GMT

Tony Dennis , Friday 5 September 2008. 17:40:00

Beta version no longer there

REPORTS ARE circulating that the Beeb has got into bed with Finnish firm, Nokia, and enabled the world's leading handset manufacturer to build its Iplayer technology into an N96 handset. The rumours follow extensive trials of a mobile version of its Iplayer downloader which was previously available as a beta...

O2 owner to help out Chinese go 3G

Tony Dennis — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:32 GMT

Tony Dennis the Inquirer, Friday 5 September 2008. 17:40:00

Telefonica takes strategic chunk of Unicom

Beeb to release Iplayer on N96

Tony Dennis — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:32 GMT

Tony Dennis the Inquirer, Friday 5 September 2008. 17:40:00

Beta version no longer there

Report reckons luxury cars turn women on

Sylvie Barak — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:34:29 GMT

Sylvie Barak the Inquirer, Friday 5 September 2008. 16:49:00

Gutterwatch Hot under the bonnet

UK teachers split over tech in the classroom

Ian Williams — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:19:01 GMT

Ian Williams the Inquirer, Friday 5 September 2008. 16:58:00

Three R's replaced by three w's

TEACHERS IN THE UK are completely divided over the merits of using tools like social networks, Youtube and Wackypedia in the classroom. Half of the teachers interviewed on behalf of ntl:Telewest Business were pro the use of web 2.0 tools as teaching aids, while the other half slated them as...

Nokia predictions a little off

Emma Hughes — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:03:30 GMT

Emma Hughes , Friday 5 September 2008. 14:35:00

Connecting fewer people

THINGS AREN'T AS POSITIVE for Nokia as it expected – the company crystal ball must be on the blink. Nokia has just updated its mobile device market share stance for the third quarter of this year....

Silicon valley stars to send DNA into space

Sylvie Barak — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:03:30 GMT

Sylvie Barak , Friday 5 September 2008. 15:02:00

Space yuppies

AS IF IT WASN’T enough that nerds control the world, now they want to conquer space, with Silicon Valley ‘celebs’ lining up to send their digitised DNA off to the final frontier. Under a programme creepily called ‘Operation Immortality’ by NCsoft, Digg founder Kevin Rose, tech blogger Robert Scoble and...

Intel opens China shop

Ian Williams — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:03:30 GMT

Ian Williams , Friday 5 September 2008. 16:28:00

First flagship store opening Sichuan capital

INTEL HAS OPENED the doors of its first flagship store in China. The new 'Retail Elite' shop has been opened in the Chengdu, the capital of the Southwestern Sichuan province. Chengdu is considered one of the most important industrial, economic, transportation and communication centres in the area....

UK teachers split over tech in the classroom

Ian Williams — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:03:30 GMT

Ian Williams , Friday 5 September 2008. 16:58:00

Three R's replaced by three w's

Intel opens China shop

Ian Williams — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:32:45 GMT

Ian Williams the Inquirer, Friday 5 September 2008. 16:28:00

First flagship store opening Sichuan capital

Silicon valley stars to send DNA into space

Sylvie Barak — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:14:49 GMT

Sylvie Barak the Inquirer, Friday 5 September 2008. 15:02:00

Space yuppies

French oppose sinister government database

Egan Orion — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:59:21 GMT

Egan Orion the Inquirer, Friday 5 September 2008. 06:04:00

Ready to storm the Bastille again

THE FRENCH populace, having returned from its annual summer vacation throughout the month of August, is raising its collective voice in opposition to an arbitrary government decree establishing a national database that many of its critics view as excessively intrusive and ripe for oppressive authoritarian abuse....

Nokia predictions a little off

Emma Hughes — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:59:21 GMT

Emma Hughes the Inquirer, Friday 5 September 2008. 14:35:00

Connecting fewer people

French oppose sinister government database

Egan Orion — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:28:16 GMT

Egan Orion , Friday 5 September 2008. 06:04:00

Ready to storm the Bastille again

Amazon signs buy two get one laptop deal

Emma Hughes — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:28:16 GMT

Emma Hughes , Friday 5 September 2008. 09:01:00

Online retailer shows charitable side

AMAZON IS DOING its bit for the developing nations by signing a deal with the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) organisation. The online retailing giant will begin its give one get one (G1G1) programme in November which will give customers the opportunity to buy one of the XO laptops for...

Microsoft gets it all together

Ian Williams — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:28:16 GMT

Ian Williams , Friday 5 September 2008. 13:07:00

Autocollage renders scissors defunct

MICROSOFT RESEARCH HAS launched a little desktop app that lets users create one big collage of all their favourite snaps. Now that all+dog has a digital camera, people are happy to snap away merrily wherever they go, but then end up a stack of photos they're never going to sort...