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31 December 15:02:47	Orange has announced HD (high definition) voice calls for 2010. Customers will need the new hi-def handsets to get the superior sound. More at The Guardian.   The Guardian
30 December 11:27:43	Intercepting mobile phone calls is now relatively easy and cheap after computer hackers "said they had cracked and published the secret code that protects 80 per cent of the world’s mobile phones." More at the FT.   FT.com
9 December 16:29:22	Inspired by Apple's iPhone apps, online payment company PayPal "is throwing open its platform to third-party developers in the hope that they may develop new uses and products that will expand its business." More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
4 December 10:25:44	The Black Screen of Death - "Microsoft says it now thinks the problem is caused by some form of malware. It’s apparently only affecting a handful of users." More at The Telgraph.   Daily Telegraph
4 December 10:19:10	Android 2.0 is out. 2010 could be the Year of the Android as the operating system "is finally beginning to realise its huge potential, and so too are consumers." More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
27 November 12:38:58	Microsoft Office 2010 is now in beta-testing. Check out the changes and the alternatives in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
21 November 15:21:32	UK Radioplayer is an online radio player due to launch January 2010. It will allow internet users to access 400+ stations and will be available through the BBC website and and commercial radio station websites. More at the BBC.   BBC
20 November 11:07:10	Co-founder Biz Stone says that Twitter is "close to launching corporate accounts" and is "planning to roll out a package of tools for business users of the site by the end of the year." More at the FT.   FT.com
20 November 09:57:10	Google has unveiled "an initial version of its Chrome operating system for personal computers..." More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
19 November 15:06:37	Microsoft Office 2010 is now available as a free public beta. More at The Guardian.   The Guardian
19 November 15:05:57	Is the end in sight for Windows Mobile? The open-source Android (www.android.com) system is gaining ground fast. More at The Guardian. www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/18/windows-mobile-android  The Guardian
11 November 15:59:07	Ashley Towns has hacked 'jailbroken' iPhones, exploiting "people's laziness in not changing their password." More at MailOnline.   MailOnline
10 November 10:56:47	Samsung has unveiled 'Bada', its new mobile platform for which software developers can produce the apps to help it to compete in the fast-growing smartphone market. More at the FT.   FT.com
10 November 10:04:17	Email cred - head to Google and open a Gmail account because that's where "all the cool kids are at right now." More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
6 November 06:14:16	Google is to launch the Google Dashboard, "which will give you a high-level summary of everything Google knows about you by virtue of the Google products you use." More at TechCrunch.   TechCrunch
6 November 05:11:00	"Going Google" - the new line from Google to persuade companies to switch to Google Apps (www.google.com/apps).   Going Google
5 November 07:31:21	Britsh Telecom (www.bt.com) has started beta-testing Ribbit Mobile (www.ribbit.com/mobile) - "This is a cloud-based service that combines internet voice, smart call routing and voicemail transcription." More at The Register.   The Register
26 October 12:25:58	Google is going after the iPhone market with its Android operating system. Eric Schmidt reckons that “Android adoption is literally about to explode”. More at the FT.   FT.com
24 October 06:33:49	Nokia is to sue Apple for patent infringement realting to the iPhone. More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
22 October 06:34:31	Microsoft's search engine Bing (www.bing.com) has became "the first to let users search the deluge of tweets flowing across Twitter, along with similar status updates on Facebook, in real time." More at FT.   FT.com
16 October 06:07:31	Windows 7 is reviewed in the FT - "In addition to faster start-up and shutdown times, Microsoft is pushing a number of features."   FT.com
13 October 06:58:25	T-Mobile is to give $100 credit to Sidekick phone users who lost data, in addition to $50 to all Sidekick data customers. More in the LA Times.   LA Times
13 October 06:50:44	Big problem for Microsoft and T-Mobile after a tech failure "caused some of their US smartphone customers to lose personal information such as contact lists, online calendars and photographs." More at the FT.   FT.com
10 October 11:28:52	Google has launched a stealth browser! Chrome can now sit inside Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. More in The Times.   TimesOnline
8 October 10:58:56	HTC has announced the HD2, a Windows mobile phone using the Sense user interface.   HTC HD2
7 October 09:59:03	3 screens and the cloud - TV, computer and mobile touchscreen, all of them integrated with online connectivity - aka Microsoft's computing everywhere strategy.   Engadget
7 October 06:14:34	"The internet is under new management. Yours" - Yahoo! (www.yahoo.co.uk) has launched its "single-largest global integrated marketing campaign ever." More at Yodel Anecdotal.   Yodel Anecdotal
6 October 10:46:48	Hotmail, Gmail and other web mail accounts may have been compromised after full details (including passwords) "over 10,000 e-mail accounts were published on a specialist website for developers on October 1." More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
6 October 10:09:49	IBM has launched LotusLive iNotes, a cloud-based e-mail service for corporate users. More at the FT.   FT.com
5 October 05:55:29	Version 6.5 of Windows for Mobile launches Oct 6 as Microsoft tries to close the gap in the smartphone race. More at the FT.   FT.com
23 September 07:11:38	London's Metropolitan Police are using a scanner called 'Apollo' to detect stolen mobile phones which are registered on the Immobilise (www.immobilise.com) website or with mobile phone network operators.   Met Police
22 September 06:34:31	Clampi is a new, "highly sophisticated Trojan virus that steals online banking log-in details from infected computers" and is "spreading rapidly across hundreds of thousands of computers in Britain and the United States..." More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
16 September 07:05:40	Seeing is searching: Microsoft has taken the wraps off Bing (www.bing.com) Visual Search. More at PCWorld.   PCWorld
16 September 07:04:58	Google has unveiled Fast Flip, a new tool which "lets you flip through the pages as if you were flipping through a traditional print magazine or newspaper." More at PCWorld   PCWorld
12 September 10:27:11	Search engine Google is "working on new software that will allow newspapers to charge users for certain online content using a system of micro-payments." More at The Telegraph.   The Telegraph
8 September 05:26:31	Sathnam Sanghera reckons that the wheels are coming off the eBay wagon. The fact that the site is difficult to use is just one of its problems. More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
5 September 11:39:57	Oracle's proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems would give it ownership of MySQL and Java but the database giant may have to dispose of MySQL if the deal is to go through after intervention by competition regulators. More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
5 September 11:12:15	YouTube is in talks with major Hollywood studios about streaming their films. The service would initially be available only in the US, costing viewers $3.99 per view. More at LA Times.   LA Times
4 September 10:18:05	"A fast and easy upgrade" - the FT's assessment of Snow Leopard. Click on FT.com for more.   FT.com