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Dell XPS 625 Review

Dell's new entry-level gaming rig performs well, looks like it means business, and won't put you in hock.

Yahoo Releases Limited Mobile Beta

Yahoo has released a limited mobile beta for smartphones, with general availability in the second quarter.

Qualcomm And Nokia Sign Deal

After spending years in court fighting each other, Qualcomm and Nokia have finally inked a deal.

Universal Phone Charger Coming

Instead of each manufacturer having its own charger, companies agree on a universal charger by 2012.

Charge Changes In Pirate Bay Trial

On the second day of the trial against file-sharing site Pirate Bay, prosecutors drop half the charges.

Armstrong Twitters For Stolen Bike

What do you do if you're Lance Armstrong and your time trial bike is stolen? You get Twitter users searching for it.

British Troops Banned From Facebook?

A newspaper report claims British troops in Afghanistan are being banned from using Facebook for security reasons

Friends Reunited For Sale?

Rumors are that ITV will put veteran social networking site Friends Reunited up for sale next month.

A New “Mobile Health” Campaign

The UN, Vodafone, and the Rockefeller Foundation's mHealth Alliance are coming together to use mobile technology to offer better worldwide healthcare.

Twitter Gets More Funding

Times might be tough, but Twitter has still managed to secure another $35 million in funding in Silicon Valley.

Amazon Removes Rape Game

Amazon has removed a Japanese computer game that promotes rape from its site after a newspaper drew attention to it.

The Pirate Bay Goes On Trial

The men behind The Pirate Bay, the world's largest file sharing site, are set to go on trial in Sweden, charged with assisting copyright infringement.

Police Warn Of Skype Threat

Police in Italy have warned that criminals are turning to Skype for calls, since its encryption is a secret the company hasn't shared with authorities.

Hands-on with Amazon’s Kindle 2

We tested Amazon's Kindle 2 in a hands-on session to see how it has improved on Amazon's original Kindle.

Privacy Groups Blast FTC Policy

Privacy groups have heavily criticized new Federal Trade Commission policies on the way sites collect and share data, saying they don't offer enough protection.

Windows 7 For Christmas?

Microsoft has dropped its biggest hint to date that Windows 7 will be on the shelves before Christmas.

EU Says Video Games Good For Kids

A new EU report says video games are goods for kids, teaching them essential life skills and innovative thinking.

Insider Attacks To Rise, Microsoft Warns

Microsoft warns of an increase in insider attacks as more employees are laid off by companies during the recession.

LHC Restart Put Back To September

Cern's Large Hadron Collider, due to restart in June, now won't fire up again until September.

Facebook Settled Origin Suit For $65m

Although never meant to be disclosed, the amount Mark Zuckerberg paid classmates who claim he stole their idea for Facebook has been revealed.

FAA Gets Hacked, Staff Data Stolen

The Federal Aviation Agency has announced that its computer system was hacked into last week and data on 45,000 employees was stolen.

Windows 7 Beta Download Ends

Yesterday was the final day to download the beta of Windows 7 — but if you've started you can still finish.

Obama Orders Cyber Security Review

President Obama has ordered a review of government IT systems, and private companies are rubbing their hands in anticipation.

OLPC Goes Open Source

One Laptop Per Child has announced it will open source its hardware design and actively invite others to copy it.

Android Goes To Archos Tablet

Archos has announced it will be releasing an Android-powered Internet tablet later this year with 500 GB of storage.

Wozniak Goes Dancing

Suddenly high-profile again, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is going to be a competitor on Dancing with the Stars.

Four Fixes For Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has just four fixes, two deemed critical and two called important, set for its monthly Patch Tuesday.

Facebook Flash Mob Closes Station

A flash mob organized on Facebook closed a main London rail station for 90 minutes on Friday evening.

iPhone Program, By A Nine-Year-Old

A nine-year-old boy from Singapore has created a finger-painting program for the iPhone, and it's been downloaded over 4,000 times in two weeks.

Flight Simulator To Go?

As Microsoft lays off the team behind Flight Simulator, people wonder if the game itself is about to be axed.

Wozniak Goes To Fusion-io

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has gone back to work after landing a gig as chief scientist for Fusion-io.

A Monitor Tan? It’s A Scam

In its first day, 30,000 people have fallen for a deliberate scam from a skin cancer charity, believing they could get a tan from their computer monitors.

Microsoft To ‘Fix It’ For You

Microsoft has begun adding a ‘Fix It' button to some of its online help documents to automatically resolve problems.

Competition Commission Blocks Kangaroo

The British Competition Commission has blocked Kangaroo, the proposed joint video on-demand service from the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, saying it would be a threat to competition.