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A massive 70 percent of   home users are using wireless technology to connect devices other than desktop PCs and laptops. Half of all respondents to a poll on our sister site PC Advisor poll said that they use wireless to connect a lot of their gadgets and computing hardware, and a further 20 percent said they had done so in the past.When asked 'Aside from a computer/laptop, do you connect

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Android fans should expect to see Ice Cream Sandwich, the next version of Google's mobile operating system, in October or November, according to Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt."We have a new [Android] operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich...which is being released in October/November," Schmidt said during a talk at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference in San Francisco.

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PopCap has announced that the iPhone version of Plants vs. Zombies has got a big new update. The update adds nine new minigames taken from the computer versions of the game; a new microgame; and new Game Center achievements.The 9 new minigames come in packs of 3 and can be purchased either using coins acquired in game or by paying £0.69 per pack to unlock them instantly. The first of the three

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Adobe has released a second free beta version of its new Edge software for creating animated web pages and elements such as ads in HTML5. It's available from the Adobe Labs site.Here's the skinny from the Labs site as to what's in the new version: Smart guides — Precision guide and dimension markers are displayed when an object on the stage is moved/resized, helping to align objects in relation

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What is claimed to be a photograph taken with the iPhone 5 has been circulated online.The Pocket Now website has published the image which it says was shot by an Apple engineer eating his lunch at work.The EXIF data of the image, which is of a rather appetising plate of sushi, shows that the original image was taken at a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels, which is just under 8MP.However, the image

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Lion users who found that they could no longer stream music to their Sonos speakers after upgrading from Snow Leopard are in luck: As promised, the company has released an update to its Sonos Controller app that corrects the issue; choose Check for Updates from the Sonos menu to get the latest version.Back in July, Sonos wrote on its official blog:At Sonos, one of our goals is to to provide you

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Apple manufacturers have begun assembling the iPhone 5 in preparation for an October launch, it has been claimed.According to Macotakara, a Chinese source has reported that Foxconn and Pegatron have begun assembling the iPhone 5 in preparation for an early October launch in the US and a late October launch for Asia. Timescales for other territories are not mentioned.The report also claims that

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History does repeat itself: San Francisco Police Department confirms it helped Apple in a hunt for a lost iPhone 5 prototype that went missing in July. Don’t hold your breath, though -- no photographic evidence is available this time, as it was the case with the lost iPhone 4 prototype last year.Just a few hours later after denying any involvement in the iPhone 5 prototype hunt, San Francisco

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Mobile browsing has more than doubled in the last year and now accounts for over 6% of all online activity, a Web statistics company said today.And Apple's Safari -- the default browser on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch -- rules the usage share roost, representing 53% of the mobile browsing market.Two trends are clear, said Vince Vizzaccaro, a vice president with metrics firm Net Applications,

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Apple could build in USB 3.0 support in its future Macs to go alongside the high-speed Thunderbolt connection technology. VR Zone reports that Apple is considering the move as prices for USB 3.0 host controllers at an all-time low - around $2-$3 apiece when bought in bulk. This compares to $10-$15 for a Thunderbolt chip, according to the report.Though many commentators have put USB 3.0 and

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Apple has requested a Chinese environmental group to hold talks on a report that accuses the company's suppliers of polluting the environment and endangering the lives of residents.On Wednesday, Apple's supplier responsibility department sent an e-mail with the request to the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), which together with other environment groups, released a report

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Apple did not have a global security team, including in China, until March, 2008, when it hired employees from drug company Pfizer, to counter rampant counterfeiting of its products in China, according to a cable leaked by activist group, WikiLeaks.Apple had not so much as registered its trademarks in China or Hong Kong until Don Shruhan, one of the Pfizer executives, joined the company, the

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Apple's board of directors last Friday moved to lock in new CEO Tim Cook through mid-2021 by awarding him 1 million shares of the company's stock."In connection with Mr. Cook's appointment as Chief Executive Officer, the Board awarded Mr. Cook 1,000,000 restricted stock units," Apple said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).Half of the 1 million "restricted stock

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Google TV could make its way to UK shores within the next six months, the Telegraph has reported.According to the newspaper, Google TV, for the UK will be announced by Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt during this year’s MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival.The service will let you watch content from catch-up services such as iPlayer and other web video services like

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The release of a version of the Firefox browser every six weeks is found to be disconcerting, and at times potentially unmanageable by enterprises, the chair of Mozilla Foundation, which maintains the browser, said in a blog post.The compatibility of add-ons with new versions is also another issue, said Mitchell Baker, chair of the nonprofit organization.But quicker releases of new versions

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Just how visionary is Steve Jobs? It’s a loaded question that’s hard to answer. When Jobs and his friend Steve Wozniak cofounded Apple computers in 1976, it would have been impossible to tell that their computers would—at least in the first decade of the 21st century-- remake the way the world interacts with technology. But for at least a decade in its storied life, Apple was on the brink of

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Research In Motion (RIM) today made official the rumored "BBM Music" service, which is meant to enable "social and viral music discovery by allowing users to build an evolving, community-based music library that is shared amongst their BBM Music friends."In short, BlackBerry users will pay RIM $5 a month, select 50 songs from RIM's cloud-based music catalogue, and then stream and share those

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Steve Jobs announced Wednesday that he is resigning as Apple CEO. Steve Jobs' resignation Wednesday as the CEO of Apple will not disrupt the company's product plans in the short-term, but could dull its ability to dazzle consumers down the road, according to one analyst."Apple is fine, and will be," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research. "Apple knows what it's doing for

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A court in The Hague banned the shipping of three Samsung Galaxy smartphones to Europe as of 15 October, ruling that the company has infringed an Apple photo management patent.The Samsung Galaxy S, SII and Ace were banned because Samsung infringes on Apple's EP 2.058.868 patent, the court found. The patent is titled "Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management" and describes a way to scroll

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Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility will land it a vast portfolio of patents, but the legal obstacles facing its Android operating system are far from over, legal experts said.Android has been beset with legal challenges from all sides, including a multibillion dollar lawsuit filed by Oracle, and complaints brought by Apple against Android device makers including HTC and Samsung.

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Smartphones stolen during the recent riots in London and other cities appear to be turning up for sale in large numbers, goods tracking company Recipero has found.In the last week the company said that the number of stolen items being reported into its CheckMEND database - used by mobile networks, the police to check for stolen goods - had gone from 2,000 to 6,000 per day and rising, an

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A security researcher is standing by the claim that his company has discovered security vulnerabilities in a dozen common Android applications, despite declining to reveal which applications are affected.Riley Hassell of Privateer Labs had been due to give a presentation 'Hacking Android for profit' revealing the issues at last week's Black Hat security conference but called off the session after

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Even if Apple doesn't release a 4G LTE iPhone this year, the company sure seems interested in the technology right now.Engadget has received what is supposedly a picture of 4G LTE equipment installed in "a major Apple Store." The purpose of this equipment is unclear, but it apparently supports only the 700MHz and AWS bands, which AT&T plans to use for 4G coverage if its acquisition of T-Mobile is

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Mac users without access to high-speed Internet or a local Apple Store can now order an OS X Lion USB thumb drive for £55 from Apple's online store. The drive ships in one to three business days and costs more than double the price of a £20.99 Lion download from Apple's Mac App Store.Apple announced in July when Lion became available to the public that it would start selling Lion USB sticks for

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LinkedIn already had one of the better iPhone apps, but it went back to the drawing board and developed a completely new app with more functionality--for both iPhone and Android. If you already have the LinkedIn app on your iPhone or Android smartphone, you should update it. If you don't already have the LinkedIn app, it's time you did.When I first joined LinkedIn many moons ago, I looked at it

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