May, 2011

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Nokia teases Windows Phone event for May 17The wedding-inspired invite (seen above) eludes to the union of two separate entities, Windows Phone and Nokia. The culmination of months of hard work will presumably unfold in Athens on May 17 at 20:00. What else does Nokia have up its sleeve for next week?

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HTC eyes a new 10 inch tablet form factor, partners with At&t for deliveryIt appears HTC has determined the sweet spot for tablets is 10 inches, despite plans to launch two 7-inch tablets, the Flyer and EVO View 4G. Dubbed the HTC Puccini, this 10-inch slate will tout 4G LTE support, presumably to pair nicely with At&t’s LTE launch later this year.

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Samsung has three million reasons the Galaxy S II should be your next smartphoneNo ifs ands or buts about it, the Samsung Galaxy S 2 is a hot commodity, recording more than three million pre-orders worldwide. The Korean manufacturer confirmed the pre-orders by way of a press release this afternoon. With the iPhone 5 reportedly delayed until late 2011, could this be the summer of the Galaxy S II?

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TalkTalk HomeSafe filter blocks the porn and keeps the kids off FacebookWant to keep your computer virus free while at the same time block offensive websites from the kids? TalkTalk has launched its HomeSafe website filter, a free opt-in service for its broadband customers. Armed with three types of protection and control, HomeSafe is your network’s best friend.

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As a 33-year-old programmer from Pakistan becomes a Twitter scion by inadvertently tweeting Osama’s death live, we look at five other people plucked from obscurity by virtue of their Twitter feeds.

Well, to be fair, one of them’s a cat (1.4million followers and counting). ‘Mr Sockington’ is currently negotiating a six-figure book deal… Seriously.

Read on – perhaps Twitter is about to change your life…

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Google and Apple do their developer conferences very differently. With Apple, the geeky festivities are topped off with a blockbuster set up, ideally with Steve Jobs in the starring role. There’s generally a big product for the press to coo at while this year, the devs will have plenty to feast on with more iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion details.

For Google, at its yearly Google I/O, the style of presentation has always been a lot less slick: without a household name pitch man to deliver a killer keynote, it tends to take the shotgun approach and blast the crowds with a spread of announcements. Read more

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While Angry Birds Rio might have seemed like the nadir of “brand synergisation” to Twentieth Century Fox, British comic Stewart Lee sees things differently. Check out this clip in which he takes down social media consultants for terrible iPhone tie in games – would you play Angry Stew?

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The new Apple iMac is here, and while the 2011 line doesn’t exactly contain any surprises – second-gen Core chips and Intel ThunderBolt, obviously – that doesn’t mean it’s anything less than sensational. Read on and get our thoughts in our full new Apple iMac review.

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