Fed up of fiddling with file formats to get them to play back on your TV? Well BitTorrent could have the answer, with its own TV that will not only download and share media, but play it back too. And if you’re thinking of dialling 999, wait a second. The media BitTorrent is talking about …
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September, 2011
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5 September
iPhone 5 launch imminent with reports of staff training
The iPhone 5 may well be on its way to our shelves in the next month, if rumours of Apple Store staff training and reports of Best Buy preparing Apple installations are to be believed. A tipster writing to CNET UK, wanting to remain anonymous, claimed his local unnamed “mobile phone store” (he didn’t want to get them in trouble …
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5 September
HTC Ruby glitters with impressive specs
Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby — aaa-aaa-aaahhhh, as a wise man once said. The HTC Ruby is a new smart phone that’s been spotted ahead of its official release with rumours of glittering specs. This jewel of a smart phone packs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the latest version of Google’s software for phones, probably with HTC’s Sense 3.5 front end on top …
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5 September
Apple investigators hunting for lost iPhone 5 were accompanied by police
The tale of the lost iPhone 5 has taken a bizarre turn, as SFWeekly reports San Francisco police were present when Apple investigators searched a man’s house in a bid to find the missing mobile. Earlier in the week our sister site CNET News broke the story that a prototype of the much-anticipated iPhone 5 had apparently gone missing in …
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5 September
Samsung Galaxy Note vs Samsung Galaxy S2 vs iPhone
Samsung is kicking some serious rear-end when it comes to churning out tempting tablets and smart phones — the Galaxy S2 could be the best Android mobile out there, while the upcoming Galaxy Tab 7.7 has us slavering like hungry wolves. But that’s not enough for Samsung — it’s thrown another one into the ring, the Samsung Galaxy Note. The …
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5 September
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 vs iPad 2
Undoubtedly the hottest gadget to emerge from the IFA tech conference in Berlin, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 sprang out at us like a monkey hiding in a kitchen cupboard, clawing at our eyes with its gorgeous Super AMOLED Plus screen. It has the monumentally popular iPad in its sights, but does Samsung have the chops to flummox Apple? Grab …
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5 September
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AT&T may not have to pay T-Mobile USA’s parent, Deutsche Telekom, the $6 billion break-up fee even if the mega-merger between wireless carriers falls apart, according to Reuters. AT&T may not be on the hook for the fee under certain conditions, a source told Reuters in a story that ran today. Spokesmen for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Deutsche Telekom didn’t immediately …
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5 September
Smartphones Unlocked: How cell phones get their names (column)
Welcome to Smartphones Unlocked, my new monthly column designed to explain the ins and outs of smartphones to help you better understand how they work. The world of smartphones is fast-paced and can sometimes be confusing and difficult to keep track of all the new technology in these devices, particularly if you’re new to them, so if there are any …
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5 September
Apple gets Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 yanked from IFA, banned in Germany
Samsung has yanked the Galaxy Tab 7.7 from demo stands at the IFA tech show in Berlin after Apple administered the legal smackdown to Samsung’s newest tablet, which boasts a 1.4GHz processor and a 7.7-inch Super AMOLED Plus display. Two days ago Apple won an injunction against the Tab 7.7, Bloomberg reports, preventing any sales and marketing of the new …
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5 September
Amazon Kindle tablet coming before Christmas
It looks as though there was truth to the rumours of an Amazon tablet after all — TechCrunch says it’s seen the device, which is simply called the Amazon Kindle, and that it’s a 7-inch tablet headed for shops at the end of November. The Kindle tablet will apparently be very cheap too — Amazon plans on selling it for …
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