Competition is back. Orange is set to attract a few more customers this Christmas by selling the Apple iPhone 3G and 3G S from November 10, a mere 24 hours after O2’s exclusive distribution deal ends. The move is rumoured to stir a bit of a price war in the lead-up to the holidays, although [...]

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From the crew who brought you Guitar Hero here is a new way to experience the music. DJ Hero features an amazing variety of music across many genres (hip-hop, pop, dance and roc) and from a whole host of stars from Daft Punk to Black Eyed Peas; Rihanna to The Killers; Kid Cudi to Gwen Stefani; and Marvin Gaye to Beastie Boys. In the game you use a turntable controller, to spin and scratch tracks together into a unique mix and become the life of the party. There is now also a great in-game video available. Click on the title above to watch it.

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When I did finally upgraded to Windows 7 yesterday (and since my PC needed a good clean out) I decided to do a fresh install rather than upgrade from Vista. One thing that made my new install a lot easier was Ninite. Ninite is a simple installer which downloads and silently installs up to 59 of the top freeware programs that are essential for any PC.

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Not a company to rest on its laurels, Google has made good on its intentions stated last week, that it would roll out a new social networking search tool to trawl through “tweets” as part of its search results. Google Social Search can be found on Google Labs and is aimed at helping you “find [...]

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We’ve all done it. Got out of the shower, stood infront of the mirror and proclaimed to the world at large (or to your rubber duck anyway) ‘Oh my god- I’m easily as fat as an elephant!’. Now, if you’ve a caring significant other, then they’ll immediatly proclaim that you’re a svelt as a snake. If you’ve an honest significant other they may agree with you. Either way, now you can actually find out what animal you really do resemble in weight, and in future bemoan (or celebrate) with factual accuracy.

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Sometimes it is the simple things that take the longest time. As a race we have sent people to the moon, we can communicate via satellite, we have GPS and we can call someone on the other side of the planet… But could we agree on a simple thing like a phone charger. No. Every phone has a different charger, even different models from the same manufacturer have different chargers. But now, at last, after what seems like decades of mobile phone use, a new mobile phone charger that will work with any handset has been approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

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Nokia has officially declared war on Apple. The reason behind this is based on 10 patents relating to wireless technologies that we see on the iPhone. Now pun intended here, but Nokia hasn’t been doing great over the last couple of years it has to be said, and in fact last quarter they lost $832 [...]

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Here’s one (or should I say three) for the girls. Nokia has grown-up and gone all smoldering-vixen on us by releasing its Illuvial range of handsets in exuding a seductive shade of purpley-pink. The 5530 Xpressmusic, 6700 Classic and 6303 have all been upgraded with a night club-esque violet LED backlight for the keypads, giving [...]

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