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  • Google GPhone Rumours Continue – OS Only?

    Google GPhone Rumours Continue - OS Only?There’s been endless rumours, denials and loud speculation on the web about the existence of Goggle’s GPhone project, but a report today in the New York Times seems to confirm that the search engine giants are indeed about to release their own mobile operating system and possibly a handset.
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  • Joost Goes Public: Comment

    Joost Goes Public: CommentWe’ve been watching Joost since the days it was The Venice Project.

    Well yesterday it left its invite-only beta stage, opening up for all to sign up. Given the large interest we saw in people wanting to sign up for the Joost beta when we offered it, we imagine that the take-up will be strong.
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  • Vonage Patent Loss Hits Shares Hard

    Vonage Patent Loss Hits Shares HardThe shares in US VoIP firm Vonage dropped as low as 33.2% down on Tuesday in reaction to yesterday’s patent case order against them. They’re down a further 19.2% 23.1% today, as we write.

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  • Blyk: Free Mobile Calls For Students

    Blyk: Free Mobile Calls For StudentsFree mobile phones have been spoken about for quite a while now, well now it’s actually launched.

    Blyk is launching with invites slipped into the Fresher Packs at 30 UK universities. Those who sign up will get 217 free texts and 43 minutes of talk time monthly and in exchange have to receive advertising on their phone. Once they’ve used up the monthly freebies, they’ll be charged at Orange pay-as-you-go rates.
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  • Advanced Search: Is The Name A Problem?

    When you’re preparing a newspaper for the world of on-line news, helping your audience find the information they need is paramount.

    Anders M Olausson, CTO of hd.se (a local Swedish newspaper/site) ponders the problem.

    Advanced Search: Is The Name A Problem?

    According to Google only 1% of the searches uses “advanced search”. It’s a remarkable low figure if you think about how tough some people think it is to find what they are looking for. But then it struck me, is it advanced to use “Advanced search”? Not particularly.
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  • Motorola Announces MOTOLIVN D8/D7 Landline Handsets

    Motorola Announces MOTOLIVN D8/D7 Landline HandsetsMotorola has announced its new range of of MOTOLIVN phones for folks that are still digging the landline action.

    White, tall and slim like an Icelandic supermodel, the D8 phone comes with a location-free base so you can position the handset wherever there is a nearby power socket.
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  • NXP: Navigating And Playing YouTube Videos on a STB: Podcast And Video

    NXP: Navigating And Playing YouTube Videos on a STB: IFA 2007NXP have had a Set Top Box (STB) playing Flash for quite a few years now. They’ve moved this on now play Flash videos, enabling them to support YouTube and other Internet video services without the need for a separate computer – and from the comfort of the sofa.
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  • MyGeek Subscription Service Offers 24/7 Remote Home PC Help

    MyGeek Subscription Service Offers 24/7 Remote Home PC HelpYou probably know the feeling. It’s 4am, there’s a vital deadline approaching in the morning, your PC’s just gone on the blink and that techie mate that you normally rely on to help you out has fallen asleep in a pool of lager.

    Normally, your only option is to break out the booze cabinet and drink the deadline away, but there is now another option.
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  • Japan Fund Google Rival: Are They Joking?

    Japan Fund Google Rival: Are They Joking?Japan has stuck €89m-€95m in to a research project to try and build a search engine to rival Google, reports the FT.

    10 Japanese companies are pooling their talent, as they’ve just noticed that hardware isn’t selling so well, South Korea and Taiwan are making and selling just what Japan is – but much cheaper. Oh, and that software services are growing.
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  • 4 Billion Phone Subs Worldwide

    4 Billion Phone Subs WorldwideThe ITU claims there were nearly four billion phone subscribers worldwide by the end of 2006.

    In their “Trends in Telecomm- unication Reforms” report, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said this figure was made up of fixed and mobile connections, with the largest growth in mobile.
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