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February 2009
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- February 28
- February 27
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- Sociologists using MMO games for research
- US online fraud and identity theft surges
- Olympus E3 makes it into space
- O2 shifts 1 millionth iPhone in the UK
- Get a perfect 7.9 Windows 7 WEI score
- BlackBerry Bolds sales halted due to overheating
- Does Killzone 2 reflect the PS3's full potential?
- 100,000 sq mile sunshade to stop global warming?
- Spoti-friday: you control our Friday playlist!
- EA launching 'true motion' golf and tennis
- 10 ways to make Chrome as good as Firefox
- Why the BBFC gaming survey is hokum
- February 26
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- Facebook lets users set its terms and conditions
- Iomega's DVR Expander to work with Pace STBs
- Online video only growing because it's free
- Microsoft: NXE's focus is movies, not TV
- Windows 7 to kill off QuickTime on PCs?
- Microsoft retail store to open in London
- Microsoft's new Halo Wars video series
- Microsoft unveils Universal deal for Xbox
- Microsoft announces Windows 7 changes
- Hit points are a weird leftover from 80s games
- 15 best British tech inventions ever
- Cloud computing - or clown computing?
- BBC details its Project Canvas set-top box
- Samsung: OLED TVs viable this year
- Has 64-bit computing finally come of age?
- SanDisk set to unveil 32GB microSD?
- 15 cool projects from the labs of Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Yahoo
- Netbook name sparks Intel war of words
- Jobs news scarce for Apple shareholders
- Interview: what's next for Google Chrome
- Nokia look set to make move into laptops
- February 25
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- US techies shun the mobile internet
- Robo-diggers to prepare moonbase site
- Ad click-through rates tumble
- PlayStation 3 price cut this Easter
- Google welcomes browser competition
- Is PSN overtaking Xbox Live?
- World's biggest LCD screen makes UK debut
- Microsoft denies making its own phone
- How Intel will get an x86 chip into the iPhone
- Ballmer shares Microsoft Office 14 details
- Olympiad looks to Street Fighter IV for inspiration
- Open source doesn't make software safer
- Panasonic to intro Viera Cast tech in Europe
- Panasonic announces UK Viera line-up
- Panasonic unveils two Freesat HD Blu-ray recorders
- Panasonic debuts latest home cinema systems
- Microsoft 'excited' by potential of netbooks
- Lord Carter defends 2Mb broadband for all
- Harmonix launching Rock Band on Sony PSP
- Google backs EU's Microsoft inquiry
- Docs identify 'PlayStation Palmar Hidradentisis'
- February 24
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- Photosynth goes video at Microsoft TechFest
- Microsoft unveils new kit at TechFest
- Consumers confused by hybrid gadgets
- Hands on: Safari 4 beta review
- Happy Birthday: Steve Jobs is 54 today
- Ballmer: Microsoft anticipating Android threat to desktop OS
- Need for speed: a history of overclocking
- Apple launches Safari 4 public beta
- Message on illegal downloads falling short
- Doing something dodgy? Don't tell the entire internet, stupid!
- Is Motorola resurrecting the Ruby?
- Olympus' E-620 is 'world's smallest' DSLR
- ITV arrives on Virgin Media's on-demand
- Is Facebook turning us all into demanding babies?
- Kogan's Android phone efforts aren't dead
- Virgin Media upgrading 2Mb customers to 10Mb
- Blu-ray sales to top 100 million in 2009
- Patent claim against Nintendo, Sony, Nokia
- February 23
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- Mobile apps and music thrive in downturn
- Privacy watchdog suffers Google's ire
- 72% think mobile internet harms kids
- LG watch-phone to cost £1,000?
- Are Intel's solid state drives broken?
- Developers issue death warrant for IE6
- Sony to use PSP-4000 as 'Trojan horse for games'
- How Intel's wirefree power tech will end battery life woes
- Robotics industry suffers from economic downturn
- Spotify preps Symbian and iPhone apps
- Skype hits back at EU VoIP monitoring agency
- UK launch for FilmOn TV service
- The finger is the remote control of the future
- Rollable phone snapped in concept shots
- Concert promoters set up ticket touting site
- NSPCC issues warning against UK ISPs
- NASA delays Discovery launch yet again
- Is the Moto slate too little too late?
- February 22
- February 21
- February 20
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- Official: 3D movies are addictive
- LittleBigPlanet sweeps gaming awards
- New battery-free remote: your finger
- Pirate Bay founder slams 'political' trial
- Irish traffic computer fines 'Mr Driving Licence'
- Atlantis still a lost city, says Google
- Adobe confirms zero-day exploit in Acrobat
- 10 signs that Twitter is screwing up your life
- Hands on: Sony Ericsson Idou review
- 7 brilliant tech ideas that completely flopped
- What does the 'i' in iPod and DSi mean?
- Microsoft investigating Xbox Live hackers
- 29 tech phrases you should be punched in the face for using
- February 19
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- January's web: Facebook and peanut butter
- ECA Institute founded to help gamers
- Future shops to look like Second Life
- Child-like robots only a few years away
- The man who photographs Presidents
- Hulu pulls video content from rival sites
- Gabriel-backed 'The Filter' seeking to expand
- Sony Ericsson: Xperia 2 will be very different
- Windows 7 has a 'bioluminescent' boot
- If Facebook causes cancer, porn prevents it
- Google wins Boring Street View case
- Don't bother reading T&Cs, they're totally unenforceable
- What if we could Google our own brains?
- Mozilla and Skype support iPhone jailbreaking
- Hands on: Canon PowerShot D10 review
- Teufel launches Columa range, THX Ultra 2 soon
- Official: Costly Nintendo DSi out in UK before US
- February 18
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- Universal phone chargers by 2012 - who signed up?
- Nintendo DSi to launch on April 5
- Fool's gold to cut cost of solar cells
- LG to release 12MP cameraphone
- Tom Hanks roped in to restart Hadron Collider
- LG plans to use Android for social networks
- Warner reveals all about Blu-ray classics
- Palm: we're keeping the webOS
- Over 177 million internet domains registered
- 10 hassle-free ways to update your social sites
- Samsung or LG: which is the best solar phone?
- HTC promises to improve cameraphones
- 10 amazingly original PC case mods
- Canon releases slew of new cameras
- Facebook responds to privacy controversy
- Twitter's 'suggested follows' draw criticism
- Rumour: Microsoft's 3DV mo-control beats Wii
- ESA: Europe is 'rife' with game piracy
- February 17
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- Emotion sensing robots can tell how you feel
- Half-billion dollar loan saves Sirius XM
- HP releases a mischief of mice
- Hands on: Nokia N86 review
- Interview: BERTI robot designer
- Fujifilm unveils SLR-like FinePix S1500
- Samsung unveils IT100 HD camera
- How did you celebrate your geekiversary?
- At last, new Android phones come to the fore
- Sony updates Cybershot camera range
- IP lawyer predicts demise of Pirate Bay
- Acer leading netbook boom in PC sales
- Yahoo Mobile announced for major handsets
- Pirate Bay trial: landmark ruling or showbiz sham?
- Micro USB to become phone charger standard
- HTC Magic: more Android devices to come
- Court drops 50% of Pirate Bay charges
- Is Half-Life 2 the future for indie movie makers?
- Official: Vodafone's HTC Magic launched
- What next for iPhone as rivals up their game?
- 6 companies Microsoft should buy
- Adobe signs up Nokia and Palm in a Flash
- February 16
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- Inventec, LG debut mirasol screens
- Archos jumps on Moorestown bandwagon
- LG announces solar-powered mobile
- Samsung: Android needs to be stylish
- iPhone Farting apps go to war
- Traffic shaping comes to mobile networks
- Dolby's latest surround sound tech for mobile
- LG reveals world's first transparent phone
- Microsoft My Phone takes on Apple
- Windows Mobile 6.5: all you need to know
- Sky to replace 90,000 Sky+ HD boxes
- Virtua Tennis uses Wii MotionPlus
- Digital Camera: Photographer of the Year
- HTC unveils Touch Diamond2 / Touch Pro2
- LG and Intel to team up on 'Moorestown' MID
- Nokia lures in app developers to top Apple
- UK consumer tech prices start to rocket
- Nokia unveils latest smartphone - the E55
- Nokia launches 'location aware' Ovi app store
- Nokia unleashes dual keyboard E75
- Sony unveils WE5 green Bravia screens
- Nvidia looks to £70 mobile internet device
- 02 breaks out the white Cookies from LG
- Sony Ericsson unveils world's first 12MP phone
- Sony Ericsson announces W995
- February 15
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- February 13
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- Shock news: bumpy roads to generate power
- Hyperspectral sensors to track terrrorists
- Public losing interest in PS3 for Blu-ray
- Will Silverlight 3 wipe the smile off Adobe's face?
- BDA: 3D Blu-ray still a long way off
- The 01:Phone moves closer to reality
- The safest tech jobs in a recession
- Samsung's Blue Earth takes phones green
- 'Death bus' delivers execution to your door
- What the death of Kuro means for high-end TVs
- Games consoles need a big red panic button
- February 12
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- Wanted: Conficker coder. $250,000 reward
- Streaming TV viewing doubles again
- After fridge magnets, the magnetic fridge
- Official: Pioneer kills off its Kuro TV range
- Pioneer: Kuro TV owners needn't worry
- Blu-ray movie/game hybrids: experts' opinion
- 8 cool things to look forward to at Mobile World Congress
- 10 reasons why you need dual monitors
- Facebook in $65 million classmate payout
- Why Amazon's Kindle 2 just isn't good enough
- 12 of the best games for your Linux netbook
- Garmin-Asus unveils Nuviphone M20
- Plug pulled on Palm OS - webOS is king
- Apple to offer iTunes Replay video streaming?
- EU report says games good for kids
- February 11
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- Mobile broadband to overtake DSL by 2015
- Warner Music embraces legal P2P downloads
- Blockbuster to offer online game rentals
- Apple to finally improve camera on iPhone?
- SMART Table takes on Microsoft Surface
- Sony Ericsson refutes rumours of split
- Linux loses to Windows in Firefox benchmarks
- 10 killer apps for eBay buyers and sellers
- Sony Ericsson inspires marathon runners
- Odeon prepares itself for 3D movie onslaught
- UK university develops massive games emulator
- Police using Spider-Man style web trap in UK
- Over half of UK avoids online shopping
- Windows 7 should be the final Vista Ultimate Extra
- February 10
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- OMG! Girlz txt gr8! ;-)
- GestureTek: motion control for all phones
- All the details on Intel's 32nm Westmere chips
- Canadians invent infrared mind-reading ray
- Spotify dumps invites - now open to all UK
- Will Windows 7 decide browser wars?
- 24 quick and easy PC security tips
- Marvel to sell 'motion' comics via iTunes
- Want to make money from your blog? Forget it
- Penguin: eBooks encourage faster reading
- Twitter could charge for companies
- Six of the best Wozniak wind-ups
- As internet radio booms, is DAB doomed?
- Privacy concerns over police snooping tech
- Web-filtering software for kids is a con
- Microsoft talks up its handwriting recognition
- Will Star Trek Online trump WoW?
- Resurgent Chrome is 'threat to Firefox'
- Cyber-bullying is rife across Europe
- Sony Ericsson W395 and C903 phones launch
- Mozilla to join EC Microsoft anti-trust case
- February 9
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- Car safety Java app detects when you crash
- Microsoft helps firms manage carbon footprint
- Archos set to release Android phone
- Samsung leaks Eltz and Marcel phones
- Cover your eyes! 10 ugliest PC mods ever
- eBay in knife sale controversy
- 35 tips and tricks to speed up your Vista PC
- Is Gmail growth threatening Yahoo in UK?
- Singularity Uni to boost Silicon Valley R&D
- ITN looking to build on iPhone app success
- Sony's new XB 'phones bomb the bass
- Author: eBooks won't replace traditional novel
- AMD aims to bash Intel with Phenom II
- UK teens view 87 hours of porn per year
- Contact lens TVs 'within 10 years'
- Controlling the march of super-intelligent robots
- How to use WordPress as a CMS
- Google Maps tracking Australia bushfires
- Will eBooks replace the printed novel?
- Microsoft SkyBox rebadged as My Phone
- Samsung debuts flagship Tocco Ultra
- February 8
- February 7
- February 6
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- Sega wins Winter Olympics contract
- Are smartphones recession proof?
- California Academy of Sciences gets Dolby 3D
- Facebook faced with new sex scandal
- HP drops Linux from netbook range
- UK biometric ID cards "can't be read"
- Why you should commit Facebook suicide
- What's happening to all the CRT TVs?
- Google launches new Book Search on Mobile
- National Rail Enquiries: Snow day busier than 7/7
- Google adds multiple inboxes to Gmail
- Cops smash traffic light conspiracy
- Gaming mouse face off: Microsoft Sidewinder X8 vs Logitech G9x
- OMG! 57 versions of Windows 7!
- Spotify CEO talks up plans for US and mobiles
- House of Lords warning on Orwellian Britain
- Violent games players are drug-taking risk-takers
- February 5
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- Nanotech aerosol to prevent sickness?
- PowerDown software saves uni £2400 a week
- Sony shoots down Intel GPU in PS4 rumour
- One third of consumers want 'social TV'
- Google Calendar given offline functionality
- 5 ways Charles Darwin influenced tech
- Play World of Warcraft and save money
- App Store millionaires share their secrets
- VOD to overtake Blu-ray by 2017, reveals report
- Microsoft clarifies Windows 7 UAC issue
- British travellers face Wi-Fi rip-off abroad
- World's fastest electric bike hits 150mph
- 10 totally useful tips and tweaks for Windows 7
- Digital Britain is 'barmy' says Lord Putnam
- Why Sky Sports is the real BSkyB innovator
- First WinMo 6.5 devices coming in September?
- Sky celebrates its 20th birthday
- Sony boss: SCEE is like Muhammad Ali
- February 4
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- Microsoft to make mash-up videos for Zune
- Is Motorola Renew the greenest mobile ever?
- EA has to re-learn games publishing
- Apple iTunes to get BBC HD downloads
- ELSPA criticises Govt's broadband plan
- BT first mobile company to offer free 0800 calls
- Facebook insists it's no haven for sex offenders
- Amazon's new Game Download Store launched
- Pinch Trojan still bypassing anti-virus
- EA publishes disastrous financial results
- Google now lets you stalk your friends
- The internet is like Iraq
- Facebook is five, and 150 million people strong
- Five years on, what's Facebook's future?
- Has Facebook jumped the shark?
- February 3
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- SIM2 infinite contrast Solar Series LCD
- Skype 4 launches with full-screen video calls
- T-Mobile G1 gets update, Cupcake still half-baked
- Pioneer's new car stereo includes SD card slot
- Nasa and Google fund futurology school
- IBM building fastest-ever computer for US
- 8 reasons why Toshiba's new TG01 is better than the iPhone
- Are gaming and technology damaging society?
- Why the next Zune must be a phone
- 12 great games that run on a Windows netbook
- Eidos founder slams Digital Britain report
- Advertising standards backs videogame adverts
- Wireless chargers' eco-creds questioned
- The Big Freeze: mobile phone use soars
- February 2
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- One Virgin Galactic trip = 25 million air miles
- World's smallest car is powered by light
- Dive into Google Earth 5.0
- What Bill Gates did next
- UK's online retailers welcome back Woolies
- 10 exceedingly useful Flash tutorials
- Woolworths to launch online store in summer
- Sony unveils vein authentication tech
- Google Ocean: the mysteries of the sea
- Flash on iPhone: Adobe and Apple collaborating
- Disney making brand new Tron game
- Snow joke as UK transport sites downed
- February 1
