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Photos: iPad 2 apps for business

In this photo story we look at the apps that make the iPad 2 a business tablet. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Azure propels Southampton's Windows Phone 7 balloon above the clouds

Microsoft Azure is helping Southampton University to reach above the clouds in a first-of-its-kind experiment to probe the stratosphere using an unmanned vehicle. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: iPad 2 - Ten things that make it so special

The release of the iPad 2 has taken the world by storm, here we look at ten new features that make it stand out. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Download 180-day free trial for Windows Embedded Compact 7 OS

The latest version of Microsoft's operating system (OS) for embedded devices, Windows Embedded Compact 7 is now available on a 180-day free trial. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Intel finalises £5bn acquisition of McAfee

Intel has confirmed the completion of its $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant McAfee. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Photos: Fire at University of Southampton data recovery

Following a severe fire at one of Southampton University’s buildings, Kroll Ontrack was brought in to help recover as much critical data as possible from the damaged hardware. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

UPDATE: Stolen network equipment causes Vodafone UK network outage

The theft of specialist equipment has prevented thousands of users from accessing the Vodafone network. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Intel rolls out high speed cable 'Thunderbolt'

Intel has rolled out a high-speed PC connection technology named Thunderbolt, in collaboration with Apple. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Photo story: Inside Wikileaks' Bond villain server room

As if the story of Wikileaks' and its enigmatic founder Julian Assange didn't already sound like a spy thriller, these images of the infamous whistleblower's server room reveal a base modelled on a Bond villain's underground lair. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Legacy kit and lack of skills hold back digital video surveillance

A huge legacy investment in analogue equipment and a lack of data integration skills are holding back more widespread adoption of fully digital video surveillance systems, according to research just published. Continue Reading

Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc

Sony Ericsson continue to produce handsets that they hope will rock the smartphone world and the Arc is their top of the range. Is this the best Sony Ericsson yet? Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo will run on the new Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating with new features such as the iPhone folders system. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Apple adds digital subscription service to app store

Apple has extended its digital subscription billing service used for Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only newspaper to all magazines, newspapers, videos and music on its application store. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Mobile World Congress in pictures

More than 1,300 companies attracted in excess of 50,000 delegates from 200 countries to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro - Business phone

Xperia pro is also the ideal business phone for Android fans coming complete with a set of professional functions such as syncing your email, calendar and contacts in a secure way and the pre-loaded Office Suite Pro lets consumers view and edit office documents directly on the phone. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Sony Xperia PLAY - The game changer

Sony Ericsson have announced the game changing Xperia PLAY, the latest phone in its Xperia range of Android based smartphones. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Mobile hacker attacks will damage business in 2011

Businesses cannot afford to ignore mobile hacking attacks as they are proving extremely lucrative over shorter periods, a study of mobile threats has found. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Mobile workers practise lax security

More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering. Continue Reading

Photos: INQ Cloud Touch unveiled as the Facebook phone

The phones' homescreens provide a visual Facebook feed for clicking through friends' updates, pictures, videos and web pages, with one-touch links to Facebook Chat, Friends, Messages, Wall and Notifications. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: HP unveil TouchPad, Pre 3 and Veer

HP has launched its TouchPad tablet, which will run on the company's own WebOS operating system. At the event in San Francisco the company also unveiled two new smartphones, the HP Veer and HP HP Pre3, both powered by WebOS. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Vodafone rolls out Nexus S smartphone

Vodafone remains tight-lipped over the availability of Samsung's Nexus S smartphone, which is already available at Carphone warehouse. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Photos: To hell and back - Data recovery from a burnt Nikon camera

This Nikon camera was burned in a fire, the information on the SD card was recovered using specialist techniques. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Every IPv4 address is now allocated and could run out within weeks

It's official: the IPv4-based internet is full, or at least it will be within a few weeks Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

OFT to investigate e-book pricing

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Yahoo blames Microsoft implementation for Windows Phone 7 data charges

Yahoo has spoken out after being blamed for excessive data charges experienced by some Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Mobile app stores to grow over 1,000% by 2014

Mobile application store downloads are expected to surge 117% in 2011, growing more than 1,000% by 2014.

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

ARM grows profits 47% in Q4 2010

UK-based chip developer, ARM, has reported growth in profits and sales following increased demand for smartphone and tablet licences in the fourth quarter of 2010. Continue Reading

Photos: Sony PSP2 aka NGP

Sony have unveiled the PSP2 which they are calling the NGP (Next Generaton Portable). Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

SMEs still lack data backup

Many small business lack data recovery plans, despite a recent uptake in cloud adoption, according to a survey. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Sky buys The Cloud

BSkyB has confirmed plans to acquire UK Wi-Fi network provider The Cloud. The deal allows the broadcaster access to 5,000 public wireless hotspots Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Can Lenovo become the top UK corporate PC manufacturer?

Can Lenovo continue to grow to take on HP and Dell in the corporate arena? Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Virgin supplies London schools with 10Mbps fibre optic broadband

Virgin Media's business division is to supply a managed fibre optic network to London's Grid for Learning that will replace a broadband network supplied by Symmetrix, a Capita company. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

House of Fraser opens mobile shopping site

House of Fraser has launched a mobile transactional website to widen customers' choice of shopping channels. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Lenovo rumoured to buy NEC

China-based Lenovo group is rumoured to be in talks with NEC to merge. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

HTC sales rocket as shipments jump 163% in Q4 of 2010

HTC has posted sales of £2.2bn for the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of 153% year-on-year. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Rackspace launches system administrator app

Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Record sales of Mac, iPhone and iPad drive Apple's highest revenues

Apple has reported record revenue of $26.74bn and net quarterly profit of $6bn in financial results for its 2011 first quarter ended December 25, 2010. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Photos: Tablets set to kill the iPad - CES 2011

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been hailed as the year of the tablet, with almost 100 tablets expected to be launched during the week. Computer Weekly rounds up the top tablets set to topple Apple’s iPad success. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Photos: The kids are not alright on Google Street View

These pictures from Google Street View show how kids all over the world are fun-loving, funny and above all fearless. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Babcock outsources next-gen network to C&W Worldwide

UK-based global engineering firm Babcock has hired Cable&Wireless Worldwide as its sole telecoms supplier for the next three years to consolidate Babcock's legacy network estate and connect its 250 UK and international sites Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Government wants hard evidence before changing fibre tax

The government wants concrete evidence that the business rates tax on lit fibres - the so-called fibre tax - unduly hampers network investment before it considers reviewing the system Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Photos: The weirdest photos on Google Street View

We at Computer Weekly towers love Google Street View, here's a round-up of some of the weirdest pictures from around the world. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Government departments criticised over data sharing mistake

Three government agencies have been criticised over a data sharing mistake that led to the wrongful disclosure of a woman's personal and financial information. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Cambridge village competes with South Korea on broadband speeds

Residents of Broughton have become among the first UK consumers to get access to 1Gbps broadband speeds Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Glasgow 1,000-core FPGA accelerates MPEG video coding

Researchers at Glasgow university have developed a 1,000-core chip, which could lead to significantly faster processing compared to today's multi-core designs....

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Blackberry Playbook hit by development challenges

Research in Motion (RIM) could be late to market with its Blackberry Playbook tablet device after experiencing several development challenges Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

FULL DETAILS: EMC’s new VNX and VNXe ranges

EMC will next week launch unified storage devices under the VNX name, but also a range of low-end storage systems dubbed VNXe. Continue Reading

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• Simon Sharwood

Update: Who takes the blame for the Lloyds TSB duplicate payment error?

Over 200,000 people were affected by a glitch at Lloyds TSB, when an error with its merchant system duplicated payments on New Year's Eve. Jenny Williams investigates. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Most people who sell their old mobiles don't clear personal data

Just over three quarters of the UK population have sold on old mobile phones, but only 31% wiped all personal information before selling, a survey has revealed. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CES 2011: Top five tablets

With almost 100 tablets expected to be launched at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, 2011 is set to be the year of the tablet device. Computer Weekly rounds up the latest tablet announcements from CES 2011. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

What is Near Field Communication (NFC)?

Near-field communication (NFC) allows data to be exchanged between devices via short-range, high frequency wireless communication technology by combining the interface of a smartcard and reader into a single device. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

CES 2011: Tablets expected to dominate Vegas show

Tablet-style computers are expected to dominate the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday. About... Continue Reading

Photos: The most anticipated gadgets of 2011

Last year we saw some amazing gadget developments but next year promises to be even bigger as Google go further into the mobile phone market with the Playstation Phone and also venture into web TV. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: The funniest pictures on Google Street View

If a car goes around the world and takes pictures of everything it sees, it's bound to find some funny stuff going on. Here are some highlights. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Server refresh cycles may get longer

Having seen the evidence, some enterprise IT shops may experiment with holding onto servers for longer than in the past, Gartner analysts said. Continue Reading

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• Alex Barrett, Modern Infrastructure Editor-in-Chief

Unified Comms for the smaller business

Bob Tarzey from Quocirca looks at how smaller businesses can benefit from deploying unified communications Continue Reading

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• Bob Tarzey

The first solar-powered internet cafe in Kenya

UK charity Computer Aid has officially launched its first solar-powered internet café in Kenya - enabling rural communities with no electricity to get online Continue Reading

Windows Phone 7 - The Phones

Microsoft unveiled nine new Windows Phone 7 smartphones: HTC 7 Surround, HTC 7 Mozart, HTC 7 Trophy, HTC 7 Pro, HTC HD7, Samsung Focus, LG Optimus, LG Quantum and the Dell Venue Pro. We have a look at the line-up. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Mac vs PC: Which should I buy?

Which is better – Macs or PCs? Computer Weekly content editor Faisal Alani gives his opinion on their respective advantages and disadvantages Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Blackberry Playbook rivals iPad

Blackberry-maker Research in Motion (RIM) has launched its tablet, the Blackberry PlayBook. With RIM’s stronghold in the enterprise market, its new tablet looks set to build upon its corporate market position. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Computer Weekly donates 44-year archive to National Museum of Computing

Computer Weekly was the world's first weekly computer publication, established in 1966, and the 104-volume archive represents a unique record of the history and achievements of the UK IT industry. Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

See the datacentre of the future

Capgemini has created the first of a new breed of datacentres which mean it will never have to build a datacentre again after completing its Merlin datacentre. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Making the case for a greener data centre

Although “Green” has slid down the list of priorities throughout the recession, it has not disappeared completely. Clive Longbottom looks at how to put a value on green IT investments. Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

Photos: The new Apple iPod Touch, Nano and Shuffle

Apple unveiled their latest line of music players as well as Apple TV. We take a closer look at the line-up and see what's changed. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Samsung Galaxy Tab - the iPad killer

The Samsung Galaxy Tab will be unveiled on the 2nd September in Berlin, Germany. Here's a quick look at the tablet being billed as the first iPad killer. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

What would be the first thing to load onto your new Amazon Kindle?

The Kindle is arriving in the UK. Computer Weekly. checks out the must-have books and MP3s that should be on your Kindle. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Intel Silicon Photonics

Intel steps up its interest in using optical fibres for high speed interconnects in processor-based systems, developing a prototype silicon-based semiconductor laser to support 50Gbit/s optical links in computers. Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

Photos: New Amazon Kindle for just £109

Amazon launched the latest generation of their eBook reader, the Kindle, at the competitive price of £109 for WiFi and £149 for WiFi and 3G. Here we look at what makes them the market leaders. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

How Intel Atom processors are supporting 1000mph Bloodhound car

Bloodhound, the latest UK attempt to improve the world land speed record, is using Intel technology Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

Instantly boost PC performance

Even a new PC will eventually slow down. A solid state disk can be a relatively easy upgrade to boost boot time and performance of the operating system. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Business case for the Connected Enterprise

Clive Longbottom, founder of analyst house, Quocirca, asssses the business benefits of extending the corporate network to support collaborative applications. Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

Flying car wins its wings

TerraFugia has developed a flying car with the help of Dassault Systems computer-adied design software. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Photos: iPhone 4 - What's new and improved

Apple unveiled the iPhone 4 yesterday, this gallery looks at what changes/improvements have been made. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

European Space Agency gets IP Wan to handle satellite images

The European Space Agency is using an IP wide area network from Interoute to link up its 13 sites with bandwidth of between 1.5Mbps and 500Mbps. This picture gallery shows examples of the satellite images stored and secured on the network. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

NHS North Somerset PCT revamps telecoms

NHS North Somerset PCT improves communication at its new health centre with a flexible communications system supplier by Virgin Media Business. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: Avatar Tree of Life in Hyde Park

Visitors to Hyde Park were greeted with a high-tech model of the Tree of Souls from James Cameron’s film Avatar last weekend. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Photos: Hardware Hoarders - Your old computers (PART 2)

Last year we invited Computer Weekly readers to send us photos and videos of the oldest IT equipment they've held on to, and to share their excuses for hoarding it. Have a look at some of the entrants. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Hardware Hoarders - Your old computers (PART 1)

Last year we invited Computer Weekly readers to send us photos and videos of the oldest IT equipment they've held on to, and to share their excuses for hoarding it. Have a look at some of the entrants. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Hardware Hoarders - Your old computers (PART 3)

Last year we invited Computer Weekly readers to send us photos and videos of the oldest IT equipment they've held on to, and to share their excuses for hoarding it. Have a look at some of the entrants. Continue Reading

Photos: F1 - The wind beneath Red Bull's wings

This year see Red Bull Racing enter the Formula One championships with Sebastien Vettel and Mark Webber taking to the grid. We look at what goes into putting the team on the track! Continue Reading

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• Eric Doyle

Photos: The role of technology in the Chile aid effort

When a natural disaster strikes, one of the first things to go down is the communications network. These pictures illustrate how technology is helping in the aid effort. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

The ten noughtiest inventions

Technology-based innovations dominate a list of the best inventions of the past decade. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Michael Dell buys Magnum Photos archive

Michael Dell , chief of computer firm Dell ,... Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

How Top Gear laptop survived Bolivian expedition

The BBC Top Gear presenters took a 1,000 mile road trip through the rainforests of Boliva to the Pacific coast of Chile. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Travel chaos iPhone survival guide

Workers in the UK are used to trains running late, but the recent cold spell really moved the boundaries. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Photos: Gadgets of 2010 - What will rock your world!

This year promises to be the year of the gadget, with Google entering the mobile phone market and laptops getting smaller by the minute it seems our pockets will be full and our wallets empty in 2010. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Google unveils Nexus One smartphone

Computer Weekly takes a first look at the functions and features in Google's 'iPhone killer' Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Microsoft unveils Slate tablet PC

Years ago Microsoft tried to convince everyone that the tablet PC was the future. But it failed. Now it is yting again with Slate. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

iPhone app reveals MPs' expenses

MP Expenses, from Satosoft, gives iPhone users information on what UK MP’s have been spending their money on. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How to upgrade your Wi-Fi Network

With the 802.11n or Wireless-N standard ratified, now is the best time to consider a wireless network upgrade. Find out how in Cliff Saran's step-by-step guide. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Stocking fillers for geeks for under 20 quid

Check out our list of Christmas gifts for geeks, all for under £20. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Froley

Photos: Great geeky gifts between 20 and 100 pounds

It's that time of year and most of you will panic buy before the big day, so we decided to give you some pointers on what to get your geek. Continue Reading

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• Heidi Foster

Top 10 best-selling iPhone apps in the UK

The Apple App Store has more than 100,000 applications, but what are the best selling apps this year in the UK? Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Photos: Gadget gift guide for IT Pros

Wondering what to get an IT Pro for Christmas? Well, let ComputerWeekly.com help you find those techie gifts for over £100. You'll probably want one of these for yourself. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Top ten must-have mobiles for Christmas reviewed

Here are this year’s top ten mobile phones that would make great Christmas presents. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Review: The best mobiles for business

Businesses now have a dizzying variety of smartphones available to them. Consumer handset makers such as Samsung and HTC are now focusing their attentions on the enterprise market. Continue Reading

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• Arif Mohamed

BlackBerry Alliance Program's EMEA Innovation Awards 2009 - winners

The BlackBerry Alliance Program's EMEA Innovation Awards 2009 was held last week, here are the winners. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Top 10 UK locations for broadband speed

Here are the top 10 UK towns and cities in terms of average broadband speeds, according to Top10-broadband.co.uk. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The last Storage Expo in pictures

What's going on at Storage Expo 2009 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor