HTC Max 4G – World’s First GSM/WiMax Mobile Phone

HTC Max 4G - World's First GSM/WiMax Mobile PhoneTeams of industrial cleaners were called for to deal with the oceans of drool that encircled our desks after checking out the hugely desirable new HTC Touch 4G handset.

Barely bigger than an iPhone, the HTC Max 4G packs in a ton of top notch technology, with the same massive 480×800 pixel 3.8″ touchscreen display as seen in the HTC HD.

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Virgin Media To Offer Superfast 50Mbps Broadband Service

Virgin Media To Offer Superfast 50Mbps Broadband ServiceVirgin Media is set to be the first of Britain’s ISPs to roll out a superfast 50 Megabits per second (Mbps) domestic broadband service.

Virgin’s current fastest offering is 20Mbps, and the new service will put them ahead of the current speed title holders, Be Broadband, who serve up a speedy 24Mbps service for £17.50 per month.

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iPlayer 3: New Social Functions Outlined For Q1-Q2 2009

iPlayer 3: Q1-Q2 2009: New Social Functions OutlinedIf you hadn’t noticed(!), today is iPlayer day.

The BBC Internet blog is covered in posting from various of the BBC bloggers, so many, that they run way over the front page.

Anthony Rose, Controller, Online Media Group and Vision, Future Media & Technology (blimey he must have a wide business card!), who oversees iPlayer, has recorded a video (not surprisingly playing in an iPlayer viewer).

He goes over his history with iPlayer and then projects forward into features and functions that he’d like to see incorporated into iPlayer in the future.

iPlayer 3, as it’s being labelled, will be available Q1 or Q2 in 2009 and will incoporate social features.

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snom 820 review: VoIP Phone First look and Setup (video) Exclusive

snom 820 review: VoIP Phone First look and Setup (video)We’ve got hold of the new top of the line handset from snom – the snom 820 – and are the first to review it.

It’s the flagship – and currently only member of – the new snom 8 Series range and radically redesigned from their 3xx series.

The look is striking, making it stand out as a executive tool, ready for some serious ‘power dialling’.

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BBC, ITV & BT Announce Open Broadband STB Project

BBC, ITV & BT Announce Open Broadband STB ProjectThe BBC, ITV and BT have announced a proposal to create an “open environment for broadband connected digital television receivers.”

It’s an initiative open for all UK public service broadcasters, device developers and other ISPs, which they hope will lead to a new generation of subscription free devices, carrying free to air channels and a huge selection of on demand TV services like iPlayer and ITV Player, as well as the potential for films, shows and interactive content from a range of other providers in standard and high definition.

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AMEE, Carbon Footprint Calculator, Raises ‘Substantial’ Funding (UPDATED)

Gavin Starks AMEE Interview: Monitor The World's Energy UsageAMEE, a company that provides Internet-based calculation and storage of the carbon footprints, has received ‘substantial’ Series A funding from O’Reilly Alphatech Ventures (OATV), Union Square Ventures (USV) and The Accelerator Group (TAG).

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Google Tasks: Gold Dust Info For Advertisers

Google Tasks: Gold Dust For AdvertisersIn a further step to make Gmail as invaluable as possible to peoples lives, Google has released an add-on for gmail to help you handle your tasks.

Released via Google Mail Labs, the app is fairly simple, letting you plug in the tasks you have to complete and when they have to be done by – but of course!

As was pointed out on Twitter by Psychemedia, Google knowing what you need to get done is fantastic for their adsense advertising opportunities.

It’s highly arguable that no piece of information could be more valuable to Google that what your plans / tasks / desire are.

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IWF: How Web Sites Become Banned In The UK

IWF: How Web sites become banned in the UKGiven all of the attention on the banning of Web sites in the UK (read Wikipedia / Scorpions album), we thought we’d give you the inside view on how it comes about.

The setup
If a member of the public raises an objection to a Web site to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the IWF takes a look at it to judge if it’s objectionable (btw – they’re one of the few bodies in the UK legally allowed to view the child pr0n)

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