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Rumor has it that Apple isn't very fond of Britain, as far as shipping its new iPhone there is concerned. Few next-gen devices are to make their way into the UK, as a result of Briton's unlocking habits.This Electricpig report claims O2 UK saw less than 15% (original) iPhones sold after the last price drop,... |
4 July 2008
06:29 GMT |
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A few months ago, we were talking about the dangers posed by weight-loss drugs and the many side-effects of synthetic appetite-suppressants such as phentermine, which work to make us feel less hungry but also mess with our moods and induce everything from hallucinations to vomiting and seizures if taken for too long.... |
25 June 2008
04:27 GMT |
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Mariah Carey is famous for acting like the ultimate diva wherever she goes to the point that even her dog gets to fly by private jet and have a personal chauffeur. The singer never hesitates to throw ridiculous amounts of money in order to ensure she has absolute privacy whenever she travels abroad, and is known for ... |
7 April 2008
08:10 GMT |
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Apple is opening yet another retail store, the fifteenth to be precise, in the UK. The company has "quietly" made an announcement, via its official web site, that it will open its 15th UK Apple Store in Cambridge.The news comes via World of Apple who notes that the store opens at the same time the shopping centre it... |
20 March 2008
12:10 GMT |
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This has just come in. Apple now offers free recycling of iPods and mobiles in the UK. Not exactly breaking news, I condone, but a touching fact for environmentalists and Apple fans alike, who, despite their snob-like attitude, actually consider the planet's welfare.So, aspcadvisor.co.uk reports, Apple is not on... |
27 February 2008
11:06 GMT |
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Britain was one of the first countries to embrace the new IFPI proposition as a possible solution to stopping Internet piracy and infringement of copyrights. The IFPI, suggested by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, thought that the best way to handle the crimes mentioned above would be if the Internet Service Provide... |
12 February 2008
05:05 GMT |
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An email claiming to know that students will no longer find out about the Holocaust in schools was dispatched last week and forwarded time and time again. A chain letter that could have created serious diplomatic problems for the United Kingdom, it was also found on various social networking sites, doing all the more... |
5 February 2008
08:58 GMT |
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The French President's initiative, to consider blaming the Internet Service Providers (ISP) for whatever copyright infringement happens in their networks, has caught on big time all over the world. The final step that was expected for all to start pointing fingers was last week's International Federation of... |
30 January 2008
11:06 GMT |
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In the long list of police denials, we can now include this one: they have openly said that there is no Internet suicide cult but officers are actively checking the email, online chats and SMS exchanged by the teens who decided that it was all to much to bear. Although taking your own life is a great means of natural... |
24 January 2008
17:11 GMT |
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Whenever I hear "British" - the word - being mentioned, I instantly imagine a Londoner wearing a black pot hat and a black trench coat, with an eyeglass looking superior and snorting with discontent. That seems to be a big seller for everything that's made by or certified by Brits, as the figures from comScore s... |
22 January 2008
08:26 GMT |
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A very violent and definitive plan of action was laid off by British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith: "Where there is illegal material in the Net, I want it removed," she said in the keynote speech at a conference on radicalization and political violence, the Associated Press reports.However, her plan is not looking very... |
21 January 2008
20:31 GMT |
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Some get lucky! One of the best examples of this kind is the full 3G network that will be available in Britain by the end of the year 2008. Thanks to the 3G network, users will be able to access a variety of multimedia applications.This action was possible after two of Britain's biggest mobile phone operators, T... |
19 December 2007
09:18 GMT |
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A new research showed that people in the UK send more than 1 billion text messages every week. That means 4,000 messages sent every second and huge revenues for operators.These recent surveys reveal the oddest things. UK's Mobile Data Association (MDA) reached the result of 1.2 billion text messages per week. Th... |
6 November 2007
04:01 GMT |
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There are many things flying wildly on the Web about the green computing nowadays. As a general rule, because no standardization exists yet, they do more in the way of confusing users and hardware vendors, than in the way of helping reduce pollution. This is one of the main causes that led to the forming of a compute... |
23 July 2007
11:07 GMT |
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Why does the world have to stand the British insular arrogance? Because of a biblical megaflood that cut the British Isles off from mainland Europe during the Ice Age. 3-D sonar mapping of the English Channel has shown that this must have occurred somewhere between 450,000 and 200,000 years ago. "It is probably one o... |
19 July 2007
05:39 GMT |
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For the archaeologists, it has been a surprise to discover how powerful the influence of the Romans was in Britain. Ancient coins have been discovered on a beach in the Western Isles (Outer Hebrides), in the extreme northwest of Scotland. Archaeologists dated the pieces of copper alloy in a period around mid 4th Cent... |
13 July 2007
07:16 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering the promise of a unique 3-D interactive experience of Britain. Via Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth, the Redmond Company will make available to users around the world three-dimensional photographic scenery illustrating in great detail historic landmarks in the United Kingdom. Microsoft informed th... |
6 June 2007
05:00 GMT |
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Ever wondered which are the most common ways of losing a mobile phone? A British study has thoroughly looked into this matter and the results are surprising.It seems that, by far, the most common way of losing a handset device is to flush it away in the toilet. Almost 900,000 mobile phones are destroyed this way ever... |
5 June 2007
08:53 GMT |
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I can't believe what I have just stumbled on. Hear this: A British teenager was shot in his house three times by robbers bursting in going for his gaming console, an Xbox 360. Britain? If the title said "American teenager shot in his home...," everyone would go: "not again...!" but Britain? Every news site is s... |
9 May 2007
11:42 GMT |
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