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April 2009
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- April 30
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- Twitter launches search for all
- World's fastest camera shoots 6 million fps
- Windows 7 to launch on 23 October
- Philips NP2900 boasts big sweet spot
- Disney jumps on Hulu bandwagon
- Nintendo's new video service UK-bound
- Tech biz avoids swine flu by working from home
- Microsoft: How netbooks changed Windows 7
- Microsoft: Windows 7 RC free for everyone
- Fennec is Firefox for phones - will it succeed?
- Loose-tongued Twitterers are ruining TV
- Check out Motorola's first Android phone
- BeBook debuts £135 mini e-book
- Blu-ray turns to VOD with new app
- Apple to build own processors to boost iPhone secrecy
- How to diagnose and fix blue screen crashes
- Sky bolsters HD subscriptions by 50%
- Google defends plans for online library
- Swine flu goes viral, Google tracks pandemic
- April 29
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- EFD display rewrites the ebook on colour e-ink
- Microsoft's TellMe gets Windows Mobile debut
- Panda puts anti-virus in the cloud
- People's Music Store signs up Universal
- Samsung goes budget with the Tocco Lite
- 60% of Twitter users 'quit after a month'
- WIN! A £269 Linksys by Cisco Media Hub
- Microsoft's debuts 'social networking' site Vine
- Revealed: a blueprint for Apple's netbook
- What happens to phones when they're recycled?
- Vodafone: Android could appear without Google
- How smart search and tagging will kill folders
- The future of motion capture revealed
- T-Mobile confirms second Android phone
- 6 digital cordless (DECT) phones on test
- Panasonic and Toshiba link up for 37" OLED TV 'within 2 years'
- April 28
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- Wolfram Alpha showcased, coming soon
- Office SP2 offers ODF and PDF support
- 100,000 Battlefield Heroes keys up for grabs
- DSi's parental controls block 35 million sites
- Philip K Dick's trustees slam Google's library
- Opera turns 15 - plans world domination
- Where did it all go wrong for Yahoo?
- Government under fire over Phorm 'collusion'
- World's first wearable HD camcorder arrives
- Govt database U-Turn is nothing of the sort
- Your TV's interface is about to get smarter
- The ultimate self-powered gadget kit bag
- Spotify hits a million UK users
- GadgetTrak takes remote mugshots of PC thieves
- Government U-Turn over big brother database
- ESA slams recent game addiction survey
- April 27
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- Sat nav owners use 12% less fuel
- LG exec gets jail for LCD price-fixing
- World's largest satellite will power sat-phones
- Website lets you rate UK beauty hotspots
- 500GB disc announced as rival to Blu-ray
- Olfactory gaming: new 'smell-tech' research
- Dell debuts XPS 435 gaming machine
- Ofcom warns BBC over Canvas IPTV
- RealDVD court case gets underway
- Samsung's new I7500 Android phone landing Q3 in the UK
- BT claims cheapest combo broadband deal
- Check out World of Warcraft on your iPhone
- Rumour: Time Warner to buy Joost
- LG announces first 'DivX HD playback' TVs
- April 26
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- April 24
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- 'Sleep talking' PCs use 80% less power
- LG's transparent phone gets May UK launch date
- Nokia's Comes with Music bags just 23,000 UK users
- How (not) to swallow an iPod Shuffle
- Apple App Store hits one billion landmark
- T-Mobile sells a million Googlephones
- Food.com launches killer online recipe app
- 20 smart ways to discover new music
- Espresso book machines reinvigorate bookstores
- Google Labs unveiled for Toolbar
- 5 Mac OS 9 features Apple should bring back
- Can tech take the place of troops?
- Leyio launches secure personal sharing pod
- CyberPower Gamer Infinity Yin vs. Gamer Infinity Yang
- LG looks to Freeview HD TV by 2010
- April 23
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- EA launches PS3 Sports Complex
- AT&T: 40% of hotspot links are by smartphones
- Scientists say artificial noses not to be sniffed at
- Second Life to get 'X-rated' continent
- Skypephone S3 coming 'by Q4 2009'
- 3 announces unlimited Skype for all
- Why publishers would be mad to support ebooks
- Budget "fails UK games industry"
- Etymotic launches custom iPod earphones
- Is a Pirate Bay retrial looming?
- ICO defends Google Street View
- AMD promises 16-core chips by 2011
- Warning: ebook format war brewing
- MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe steps down
- First Android netbooks set to take bow
- April 22
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- Apple profits up, sells 40000 iPhones a day
- Actually, TV is your friend
- 167-processor DSP chip is ultra-energy efficient
- Toshiba bolsters netbook range with Mini NB200
- Chumby craze heads to the UK
- Websites you loved and lost - let's make a list
- Facebook announces greater BlackBerry integration
- Are electric cars really the future of motoring?
- Budget: £750m for emerging technologies
- Euro MPs rubber stamp cheaper holiday calls and texts
- IWF responds to BT's Pirate Bay block
- Lego Rock Band: just another brick in the wall?
- LG: 32" OLED TV coming June 2010
- WIN! An Xbox 360 and the new Chronicles of Riddick game
- Bluetooth 3.0+ HS faster than Ricky Bobby
- A waterproof OLED for your fish tank
- 10 tweaks to make after reinstalling Windows
- April 21
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- Non-linear lenses give sharper, 3D images
- BT says Pirate Bay block is 'nothing to do with filesharing'
- Bee developing low cost electric car for UK
- Palm shares soar as analysts back Pre
- BT puts 'voluntary' block on Pirate Bay
- Open source gaming app store to launch
- Asus Eee trumps OLPC in developing world
- Freesat: How we'll compete with Freeview HD
- Clean up your iTunes library in 9 easy steps
- Owning a camera doesn't make you a criminal
- Playboy and Angelina Jolie love the Palm Pre
- Nokia reveals mystery new slider phone
- New OLPC laptop replaces AMD with VIA
- Philips shuts down 3D research arm
- Activision forced to return DJ game
- Window shop with PSP firmware update 5.5
- Games tell stories as well as books
- Study: game addiction is a mental disorder
- April 20
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- Asus launches 16:9, 17.3-inch F70 notebook
- Oracle buys Sun for $7.4 billion
- Smart card tech heralds 'instant on' computing
- UK copyright law is "worst in the world"
- Obituary: JG Ballard, the original cyberpunk
- Sharp brings the world's first waterproof, solar-powered mobile
- Nokia N97 set to hit UK shelves in July
- Ask.com asks Jeeves to take on Google again
- Skype heading to Nintendo DSi?
- 20 cool Twitter mashups to light up your tweets
- Microsoft to go beyond motion control
- Blu-ray features heading to mobile phones
- Windows Mobile 6.5 to 'kick-off' next month
- April 19
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- April 17
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- Garmin-Asus' Nuviphone to finally debut in June?
- Microsoft's Family Safety Filter blocks Google
- Two-man submarine for the price of a car
- Sony Ericsson slashes 2,000 jobs
- Computer Aid slams government on PC waste
- What does your OS say about you?
- Game Boy headset drugs you while you play
- Why Pirate Bay verdict won't change a thing
- US Sales of PS3's Killzone 2 disappoint
- Pirate Bay Four get a year in prison
- Official: Pirate Bay have lost
- The complete guide to multi-room entertainment
- Google adds Webcams app to Maps service
- Zune HD specs leak out; takes on iPod touch
- Kyocera unveils folding OLED mobile phone
- YouTube inks deal to show Sony movies
- April 16
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- Google revenues down for the first time
- Beatles: Rock Band gets limited edition goodies
- iPhone app helps you develop iPhone apps
- Sky continues with its 3D endeavour
- Sony showing off 21" XEL-2 OLED TV?
- Hands on: JVC Everio GZ-X900 review
- Patching Wii games is technically impossible
- Freesat responds to SD box shortage
- Official: BBC iPlayer goes HD
- Nokia's operating profit plunges 96%
- Even Digg can't make framing acceptable
- World's biggest & most insanely pricey AV gear
- Nokia 5800 XpressMusic sale figures misquoted
- Office 2010: the details you need to know
- Panasonic and BBC in copy confusion
- Tech giants join EC suit against Microsoft
- Honda prototypes latest walking assist machines
- Govt to give you £5k for new electric car
- April 15
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- Microsoft releases Exchange 2010 beta
- Carbon nanotubes unzip future touchphones
- WIN! A Pure Evoke Flow radio worth £150
- Amazon opts out of Phorm ad service
- Packard Bell over-enthused by PB rebrand
- How to make a laptop cooling stand
- LG's Viewty Smart: The Viewty 2 gets official
- 6 ways to protect your PC from rogue PDF files
- Nokia's 'swivel' to change the way we use phones?
- Kaz Hirai builds PlayStation dream team
- Zune set to hit mobile phones at last?
- Virgin partners with Google to offer email
- April 14
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- Intel profits down but expects PC sales to rise
- Philips losing £650,000 a day in 2009
- We'll be number one in PCs in a year, says Acer
- Toshiba to release waterproof, fuel-cell powered phones
- Nintendo Wii MotionPlus UK release announced
- LG's auto-contrast monitors to hit UK in May
- Area 51 veterans break their silence
- UK threatened with legal action over Phorm
- Ongoing Twitter storm needs Amazon's voice
- Facebook hurting moral values, says study
- No one feels sorry for you Mr Music Producer
- WIN! A PlayStation 3, projector and screen
- Palm Pre edges closer to our shores
- Gay and lesbian groups slam Amazon
- Apple lists top 20 free and paid-for iPhone apps
- Sony confirms UMD-free 'test' for PSP
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- April 9
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- Tesla to open flagship London store
- TweaK creates world's shortest URLs
- World's first DSLR-shot movie breaks cover
- Facebook and PS3 near in-game tie-in
- Wi-Fi scares - schools are missing the point
- Samsung OmniaHD drops Omnia name
- Charity coalition slams Amazon's Kindle
- Mitsubishi announces new 3D-ready TV range
- Radiopaq releases headphones for every musical mood
- 10 best flatscreen and LCD TVs
- Nintendo Wii Sports 2 and MotionPlus out July
- 10 really cool steampunk keyboard mods
- April 8
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- Spammers recovering from McColo shutdown
- Microsoft warns that scareware is on the rise
- Mitsubishi launch Unisen TVs with 16 speakers
- Nintendo GameCube as popular as the Wii
- Microsoft Surface to 'fundamentally change device interaction'
- More people on Facebook than in Brazil
- Sci-Fi MMOs simply don't work - blame the levels
- Google takes Android and iPhone Gmail to the 'next level'
- Microsoft: web to 'overtake TV by 2013'
- Acer unveils ultra-thin Timeline notebooks
- Acer's Revo shrinks the media PC
- Acer All-in-one Aspire Z5600 PC announced
- Beatles tracks finally get remastered
- Phorm still can't agree on launch date
- April 7
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- Nanotech condom is made of silver foam
- Automotive X Prize narrows list to 111 teams
- Violent games improve your eyesight
- Hands on: HP Pavilion dv2 review
- Installing Win 7 RC? Roll back to Vista first
- HP: dv2 is not a 'netbook on steroids'
- Ex-SAS man Andy McNab applauds Iraq game
- Why can't more tech firms be funny?
- Toshiba Cell TV still up for 2009 release
- Exclusive interview: Fark founder Drew Curtis
- Iraq "game-amentary" under fire in UK
- BlackBerry Storm set for Wi-Fi upgrade?
- Microsoft launches games for Surface PC
- Running XP? You can't upgrade to Windows 7
- Sony Ericsson's W205 - affordable mobile music
- Google search is tracking your location
- April 6
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- US Army tests its WIN-T private Internet
- Sun Dial calls Muslims to prayer
- OpenMoko gives up on Android platform
- Frittering away Easter on the Nintendo DSi
- Huawei confirms next T-Mobile Android phone
- Fox News blogger caught up in Wolverine online leak scandal
- Is Google a dangerously toxic monopoly?
- Archos takes on Apple with low cost PMPs
- 5 things you didn't know Live Messenger could do
- Spotify heading to TV, consoles and mobiles
- YouTube set to lose $470 million this year
- Orange looks to pick up Project Kangaroo tech
- April 5
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- April 3
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- Racetrack memory edges closer
- Do the Spanish bull-run without risk of death
- EA: Nintendo's Wii MotionPlus is 'over responsive'
- EA gives inside line on Wii MotionPlus
- Opera CEO: Windows 7 MUST be fairer
- Nintendo takes sideswipe at Apple
- Google + Twitter: good for them, bad for us
- Viewing habits changing UK television
- Easy for devs, promises Win Mobile app store
- Keane make history with first 3D webcast
- WIN! A PS3 and Wanted: Weapons of Fate
- This law threatens all our human rights
- Digg bar arrives, bringing extra functionality
- April 2
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- Waterproof Garmin Forerunner 310XT GPS
- Cool hydrogen tech kickstarts clean cars
- Microsoft pushes PlayReady mobile DRM
- Angry Luddites attack Google Street View car
- 'Microsoft still benefiting from breaking rules'
- TomTom ups features on mid-range sat navs
- Is MP3HD the future of digital music?
- Twittering employees are more productive
- How to build the ultimate MythTV box
- ATI officially unleashes Radeon HD 4890
- April 1
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- Jabra Halo is first dual mic Bluetooth headset
- Flat flexible loudspeakers promise clearer sound
- HTC debuts the Snap Windows Phone
- Altec Lansing debuts inMotion MAX iPod dock
- Spotify celebrates its third birthday
- Virgin Media still pushing for HD improvement
- New to gaming? Check out these must-have accessories
- Will Google or Microsoft buy OnLive?
- HP trialling Google Android for netbooks
- National Rail Enquiries defends free iPhone App cutoff decision
- Hands on: BlackBerry App World
- 10 best Google April Fool's jokes
- BlackBerry App World shop launches
- Racing games lead to higher aggression
- The future of communication
- Nintendo DSi set to sell out in UK