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Facebook gets a facelift: social networking site evolves
Facebook, America's number two social networking site, has enjoyed massive growth over the past six months has had a facelift and additional features, as it becomes a mainstream site eclipsed only by MySpace. About six months ago, the site faced…
iStockphoto and AMUSE partner to give UK mobile users personalised wallpaper
iStockphoto, which is the world's most visited stock imagery and video site, has partnered with AMUSE Entertainment Group, to allow a selection of its stock photography to be used by mobile phone users. A pilot phase is being launched in…
Majority of business travellers don't want mobile phone use in-flight
A survey by Barclaycard Business suggests that any introduction of in-flight mobile phone use would be unpopular with the majority of business travellers. Over 4,000 businesspeople were questioned, and found that six out of ten would not want such technology…
BT to cut broadband prices for competitors
BT has announced that it will cut the price of its broadband rates from the beginning of May. It plans to cut the amount it charges to competitors who use its infrastructure by 9%….
Virgin Radio first to make content available on Wii and PS3
In a first for a UK radio station, Virgin Radio is to make its content available on the Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3 games consoles. The station claims that it's possible thanks to the MP3-streaming capacity of its Virgin Radio…
British Internet users wasting time 'wilfing' online
A new report suggests that two out of three UK Internet users waste significant portions of time to irrelevant web browsing. "Wilfing" is one of those irritating new technology-related acronyms that means "What Was I Looking For?", and occurs when…
Thai government blocks YouTube after video clip insults monarch
The Thailand government blocked access to YouTube yesterday after it complained that a short video clip on the site was insulting to 79-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej. YouTube apparently turned down a request to remove the 44-second video which depicted graffiti-like…
Chiltern Railways continues to develop mobile ticketing system
Chiltern Railways has entered the second phase of its mobile phone ticketing project following a successful three-month pilot where 6,000 mobile phone tickets were sold. They are the first UK rail company to offer barcodes on mobile phones as an…
Apple releases 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro
Apple has extended its Mac Pro range of desktop computers with a new 8-core machine, featuring two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 series processors. Added to this, the machine comes with 8MB of L2 cache per processor (16MB total),…
GEAR4 release iVak soft-feel hard casing for iPods
GEAR4 has rolled out another set of iPod cases. The iVAK protects the iPod nano and iPod video with a scratch-resistant liquid rubber finished case with a hard plastic screen protector and film click-wheel protector. The iVAK has a two-piece…
