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These seven handy tools help you diagnose and cure a wide range of Windows ills, and they're all free for download
Before your next trip, check out 10 of the best travel-minded mobile applications for BlackBerry smartphones.
If you're a gadget fan, then you're sure to know all about phones, digital cameras and even games consoles. But what do you know about weird tech?
We review the best 5 media players and iPods you can buy in the UK right now.
Online data thieves will jump at the chance to harvest even the most innocuous personal information. PC Advisor demonstrates how to tighten up Facebook security.
Intel invested an undisclosed amount in social media incubator Betaworks to gain insight into real-time user behavior on social networks, the chip maker said on Thursday.
Digital music fans will not be deterred by filesharing clampdowns. Eighty percent of 18-to-34-year olds said they would defy lawmakers and continue accessing music for free.
If you own a dog or a cat then there's a good chance you've spent hours with a camera trying -- and probably failing -- to get a perfect picture of them. Now, technology is coming to the rescue.
Vodafone is closing down Wayfinder Systems, a navigation company the British operator acquired in December 2008. The introduction of free turn-by-turn navigation services from Google and Nokia has completely turned the sector on its head, according to Vodafone.
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We review the best 5 digital video cameras you can buy in the UK right now.
Apple's iPad is available for pre-order in the US today, although eager owners will have to wait until at least April 3 to get their hands on the device.
Apple's iPhone will finally support multitasking for third-party apps as part of its iPhone OS 4.0 release, according to one of many rumours surfacing as interest in what's next for the iPhone mounts.
ICANN president and CEO Rod Beckstrom has been criticised for his "inflammatory" comments suggesting that the Domain Name System (DNS) that underpins the internet is not as secure as it used to be.
Virgin Media will use telegraph poles to extend the reach of FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) in a test in the U.K. village of Woolhampton, it said on Thursday.
We review the best 5 desktop PCs you can buy in the UK right now, for between £501 and £750.
When four cores aren't enough: Intel's Core i7-980X Extreme Edition
We review the best 5 compact cameras you can buy in the UK right now, for less than £100.
Sony is developing a 3D camera that will give consumers the ability to create their own 3D content, the head of Sony's digital imaging business unit said Thursday.
Europeans differ in their approach to PC backup, a new survey has found. The Germans do it efficiently, the French with enthusiasm, while the British sometimes have trouble taking it seriously at all.
Opera has released a beta version of its Mini 5 Web browser for Android-based smartphones, the company said on Thursday.
The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals has once again upheld a jury's verdict that Microsoft willfully infringed on patents awarded to i4i.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man according to the annual Forbes magazine list released Tuesday, but it's not like he's going to have to go crawling back for his old job either.
Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China.
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If you thought the E-Ink screen on your Kindle or Sony Reader was the epitome of high-tech for the printed page, hang on to your hat
Apple, Google and RIM are growing their shares of the US smartphone operating system market, while Microsoft and Palm decline. The comScore data for the three-month average ending this January also shows Motorola maintaining its lead as top mobile handset manufacturer.
Many operators are improving DSL broadband by deploying VDSL (Very High Bitrate DSL), which is cheaper to deploy than fibre as carriers can use existing copper infrastructure.
Online banking fraud surged by 14 percent in 2009, says the UK Cards Association.
The government needs to spell out the benefits of the internet, such as finding bargain on eBay, in a bid to encourage Brits to get online, says Consumer Focus.
Google is giving web users the ability to edit the locations of businesses that appear in its Street View service.
Google, Facebook and eBay are among the tech giants that have slammed the government's plans to tackle internet piracy, claiming it will "threaten freedom of speech".
Microsoft fixed eight flaws in Windows and Office today, but passed on patching one Windows component because it cannot be automatically updated.
Twitter launched a new link-screening service on Tuesday aimed at preventing phishing and other malicious attacks against users of the popular microblogging service.
Sony Ericsson officials stopped short of confirming a recent report that the company is developing a smartphone that can download and play PlayStation games, saying only that the company is working closely with Sony on handset access to PlayStation games.
The launch of Apple's iPad will pave the way for a slew of rival products this year, an Arm executive said Wednesday, predicting over 50 tablet PC devices will be launched globally.
Google has launched Google Apps Marketplace, an online store designed to promote third-party apps for Google users
We review the best 5 desktop PCs you can buy in the UK right now, if money is no object.
The business IT disaster data recovery market to hit $39 billion by 2015
Opera Software has confirmed it is working on a patch for a critical vulnerability in its Opera desktop browser.
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Scareware or fake antivirus programs that encourage web users to part with their hard-earned cash and download hoax security software, is likely to be the most costly scam of 2010, says McAfee.
Microsoft won't release the first Service Pack for Windows 7 before the fourth quarter of this year, says TechARP.com.
Sky has revealed it will be giving shoppers at London's Westfield a demo of its 3D TV service.
We review the best 5 laptops you can buy in the UK right now, for between £501 and £1,000.
Online retailers Play.com and Expansys will both stock Apple's iPad when it hits the UK.
A number of rural organisations have joined forces in a bid to encourage the government roll out 2Mbps broadband in the countryside.
Microsoft has confirmed it will offer consumers that purchase Office 2007 in the next few months the chance to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010 for free.
Security questions that allow web users to access their online accounts if they forget their passwords, can easily be answered by hackers, says researchers at the University of Cambridge.
Kaspersky Lab has invented a new security product that combines bits of its current consumer security suite with new capabilities such as encryption, backup, password management, and the ability to manage the product across a network.
Responding to reports last week that its European ballot screen was not truly randomising the positions of the top five browsers, Microsoft has changed the algorithm that shuffles the spots
Sony will begin selling 3D TVs in Japan on 10 June and worldwide at about the same time. A firmware upgrade to its PlayStation 3 console that adds 3D support and other 3D-compatible home electronics products will also be available to coincide with the television launch.
Cybercriminals are expanding the types of organisations they exploit in phishing attacks, says the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).
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BT is calling for Virgin Media to open up its fibre network and allow other ISPs to access the infrastructure.
Researchers have unveiled lip-reading technology, which could be integrated into a mobile phone, allowing users to have 'silent conversations'.
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We review the best 5 netbooks you can buy in the UK right now.
Microsoft has finally officially revealed that existing applications won't work on Windows Phone 7.
Cybercriminlas have once again hit the web with a ransomware campaign that was first used in 2008, says Fortinet.
More than four in five people (87 percent) believe access to the web is a fundamental right, says the BBC.
YouTube is rolling out automatic captions to millions of the clips hosted by the video-sharing site.
A winding, cobbled street in York has been voted the most picturesque street in Britain in the inaugural Google Street View awards.
With its acquisition of DocVerse, announced Friday, Google is offering an online component to Microsoft Word before Microsoft does so itself.
Apple chose the Oscars on the ABC television network to air its first iPad commercial on Sunday night in the U.S.
Want to stretch the battery life of your netbook and not worried about voiding your warranty in the process? Low-power display startup Pixel Qi is readying a do-it-yourself kit that will allow you to swap out your netbook's existing LCD screen for one of theirs.
Intel has revealed that at least one counterfeit version of its Core i7-920 processor made its may into the US market, and said it's trying to determine how many more are out there.
