The great thing about the Internet is the shear speed that rumours, news and blog stories spread. There has been loads of activity in the last 48 hours about about the so-called Google Phone. Allegedly called the Nexus One, it is rumoured that Google will release their own unlocked (meaning it will work with any operator) mobile phone based on a heavily customised version of Android.

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If you haven’t got an iPhone yet because the prices are still too high for you then the recent Tesco Mobile tariff announcement could be just the thing for you. Tesco has revealed that they will be selling the iPhone in time for Christmas and are offering a Pay-as-you-go option as well as two Pay-monthly contracts.

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Dell has released details of their new laptop aimed at small and medium businesses. The new Vostro V13 uses what is known as an Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) processor. These processors offer better performance than the processors traditionally found in netbooks and are better suited to laptops. But because they use less power than traditional laptop processors, they generate less heat and the battery lasts longer.

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You can never have too many computers and you certainly can’t have too many laptops, well that is what I say… others my disagree. But one thing is clear laptops are rather handy. So if you are thinking about getting a laptop for yourself or giving one as present here is a look at the best laptops for the least amount of money. Don’t expect to find any record breaking machines here, but for today to day usage (a bit of surfing, social networking, music, video and the odd game) you can find some great ideas here.

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Do you live in Gmail? Are you a power user and you know all about the Gmail keyboard shortcuts? If so the GBoard might just be the thing for you. It is a USB keypad that has nineteen specially labeled keys for specific GMail actions like search, reply, reply all, star, archive, etc. So instead of scrolling around and clicking the right bit of the user interface you just hit a button to perform different tasks.

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Do you have a Blu-ray player yet? Do you want one but are just waiting for the prices to drop further? If so what do you do when you want to buy a new film? You can’t buy the Blu-ray version yet as you don’t have a player, but you want to buy the film, so it has to be the DVD version. But it looks so nice in HD… What to do? The good news is that Universal Studios has announced a new hybrid dual-format disc which contains both the Blu-ray and DVD versions of the film.

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Do you Twitter? If so you could be one of the people responsible for making Twitter the most used English word of 2009. Of the 1.58 billion English speakers in the world, it looks like, lots and lots of them use Twitter and in doing so they have made the brand-name more popular than the words: Obama, H1N1, Stimulus and 2.0 (the used and often abused suffix).

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If you would like to use a netbook while on the go then Orange has a new netbook deal which might entice your. Orange are now offering the Asus 1005HGO with 3G mobile broadband which allows you to get online straight out of the box. The 1005HGO is a Windows 7 laptop which has a 3G modem and sim card built-in and so allows you to use Orange’s 3G network to surf the net, read your email, video chat and keep up to date with your social networks all while you are out and about.

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