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Tosh puts slim model on a single-plate diet to create new 7mm mutant
At 350GB, it wasn't hungry for data, anyway Toshiba has put its hybrid flash-disk drive on a diet - and a new, slimmer device has emerged with just one spinning platter.…
Nokia Lumia 925: The best Windows Phone yet
But is it good enough to win back the market? Review: According to Nokia, the new Lumia 925 is its "third flagship" phone at the moment. It hasn’t retired the other two Lumias (the 920 and the 928) which continue to sail proudly alongside the 925, with all their flags fluttering. Show More Summary
Intel joins Alliance for Wireless Power
Chipzilla dreams of wireless charging for ultrabooks, fondleslabs Intel has joined the Alliance for Wireless Power (AWP), a consortium of technology companies intent on bringing an end to the tyranny of wires.…
That Microsoft-Nokia merger you've been predicting? It's no go
Redmond has reportedly left the table Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business – the deal you probably assumed would happen sooner or later – has been scuppered before talks were even made public, according to a new report.…
Microsoft caves on Xbox One DRM and used-game controls
Consumer power might still mean something Faced with a growing tide of angry gamers, Microsoft has pulled a U-turn on its forthcoming Xbox One console's terms and conditions to allow game sharing and internet-free gaming.…
AXE-WAVING BIKER GANG SMASHES into swanky Apple UK store
Pair cuffed after helicopter chase sparked by Cupertino idiot-tax-avoiding raid Pic Cops have arrested two men following a failed “smash and grab” robbery at Apple’s flagship store on Regent Street, London.…
Out with a bang: The Last of Us lets PS3 exit with head held high
The current generation of consoles can still thrill Game Theory I’ll soon be offering my thoughts and reflections on this year’s E3, but before all that it seemed worth waxing lyrical about new PS3 exclusive The Last of Us, a game that points the way to what the next generation should really be aspiring to do.…
Huawei muses on Nokia's future
“Open minded” about acquisition Growing its smartphone shipments by 94 percent from Q1 2012 to Q1 2013 might not be enough to satisfy Huawei: it's reportedly floated the idea of acquiring Nokia.…
Canonical unveils Carrier Advisory Group for Ubuntu phones
Eight possible launch partners already signed on Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has announced the formation of a Carrier Advisory Group (CAG) to help advocate for the open source OS as a smartphone platform.…
Ex-HTC execs launch UK-based smartphone maker Kazam
Startup threatens to 'disrupt status quo' this year As struggling smartphone maker HTC continues to reel from what looks like a mass exodus of executives, two former HTC execs have announced that they are forming their own smartphone company with the goal of "disrupting the status quo."…
Huawei unwraps Ascend P6: World's slimmest smartphone
Don't mention the info war Huawei's latest handset ticks all the right boxes, and is only 6mm thick, but surrounded by headlines about government intrusion, the timing of the launch could've been a lot better for a company that was being accused of government spying well before PRISM made it fashionable.…
Microsoft lures buy-curious vixens, corduroys with a cheap fondle
Surface slab sales latest: Will no one rid Ballmer of these turbulent tabs? Microsoft is slashing the price on its Windows 8-powered Surface RT tablets to stuff the unwanted kit into students' palms.…
Samsung Galaxy Note 8: Proof the pen is mightier?
Sammy’s iPad Mini killer has a stylus to stab other rivals too Review Bewildering. That’s the best word to describe Samsung’s small tablet range. Since the second half of 2010, the Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, Tab 7.0 Plus and Tab 7.7 blurred one into the other, much to the confusion of the average customer and me.…
'Smart ring' revealed by upstart Chinese mobe-maker
Kiss the ring to your mobe and you'll unlock something to share Glasses and smartwatches dominate talk about wearable technology, but there's a new piece of binary bling to consider: a smart ring from new Chinese mobe-maker Geak.…
Samsung plans LTE Advanced version of Galaxy S4
1Gbps download capability could stiffen drooping S4 sales forecasts Samsung is looking to shake off some poor recent sales forecasts for its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone with the launch of an LTE Advanced version in South Korea this month, promising data transfer speeds up to double those of the current 4G handset.…
Google Chromebooks now in over 6,600 stores
Major, worldwide retail push begins this summer Google has launched a major retail push for laptops running its web-based Chrome OS, with Chromebooks now available in more than 6,600 stores worldwide.…
First look: iOS 7 for iPad
No, Apple hasn't released it yet, but that doesn't stop intrepid devs Screen grabs Bashing the design of Apple's upcoming iOS 7 may be all the rage, but the pile-on has been limited to the iPhone and iPod touch versions, since the iPad version has yet to be released. Show More Summary
Samsung wins Apple MacBook contract, starts spitting out PCIe SSDs
Small-time card-shufflers are toast Blocks and Files Ask not for whom the bell tolls, third-party PCIe flash card suppliers, it tolls for thee. It looks like Samsung, Intel/Micron and SanDisk/Toshiba will be the only ones left standing when this whole PCIe flash clash is over.…
Apple dangles Spangles while Dabbsy's cables rankle
Screw skeuomorphism, fk flat - I want stuff that WORKS Something for the Weekend, Sir? Yet another Apple keynote has just whizzed by without so much as a squeak of useful criticism. The non-revelations in the opening keynote of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco this week confirmed just about everything that had already been leaked.…
Nearly-transparent screen adds solar charge to phones
French startup hopes to market in 2014 “Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good” seems to be the motto of a French startup that believes it has a good-enough approach to adding solar charging to smartphones.…