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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As you will know, there are a number of internet suppliers in the UK all offering a wide range of broadband packages. The range of options available makes it particularly hard to know what you are getting when buying a broadband package or switching internet suppliers. Here are the top 5 helpful hints when looking [...]

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In Sony Ericsson’s rush to get its phones out to Christmas buyers, it forgot to actually make its last two handsets work properly. The company’s flagship 12 megapixel phone, the Satio, was the first handset to be withdrawn by major retailers: Phones4U and the Carphone Warehouse. Satio came with Xenon flash, a wide-screen display and [...]

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Today we are going to look at the Cygnett Micro rechargeable speaker. The Micro is a portable stereo speaker unit, the type you plug into your iPod, or mobile phone, and annoy people on the bus with. Joking apart, if you are traveling about and you like to hear your music while moving about, untethered by headphone cables, these speakers can come in useful.

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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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There has been lots of news and announcements about the mobile phone companies, like Orange and Vodafone, which have started to sell Apple’s iPhone now that O2′s exclusive rights have ended. What is really interesting is that now Tesco Mobile have announced that it will shortly introduce the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in Tesco Phone Shops and online through Tesco Direct. Tesco, of course, is known for pricing everything competitively, but not only food, clothing and household goods but also electronic goods and mobile phones.

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To mark the traditional start of the Christmas buying season, US retailers ritually offer dramatically reduced prices the day after Thanksgiving. While the term ‘Black Friday’ doesn’t incite Christmas cheer, the name is in reference to the impending traffic jams that eventuate on the day. Apple looks set to spread the congestion cheer by extending [...]

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The birth of Wikipedia, the iPhone, Facebook and Twitter are among the Top 10 Internet Moments of the Decade bestowed by the Webby Awards. As the movie industry dons sparkling gold dresses for their awards season, the world of IT is not far behind. No really. This year’s 14th annual Webby Awards recognises the top [...]

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