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First UK iPad 2 owner celebrates by instantly forming queue for iPhone 5

Posted by Imp (#4) 791 days ago (http://newsthump.com)

Gadget fan Steven Richards today celebrated being the first person in the UK to get his hands on the near-identical-to-previous-version iPad 2 by becoming the first person in the queue for the iPhone 5.

43-year-old Richards was overcome with emotion on receiving the device from a smiling store employee, whose haircut probably cost more than the sliver of Chinese-made plastic Richards grabbed f.. VIEW STORY PAGE | OPEN LINK

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SXSW unveils new things to whittle away at your remaining productivity

Posted by Imp (#4) 799 days ago (http://newsthump.com)

The SXSW Interactive festival in Austin Texas has seen a raft of new technologies seemingly intent on removing the last few productive moments from your working day.The event is in it’s 12th year, and is seen as the place to be for budding Internet entrepreneurs keen to scrape the last remaining semblance of humanity from your increasingly pitiful existence.This year is no exception, with a.. VIEW STORY PAGE | OPEN LINK

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Phones no-one uses to run operating system no-one likes

Posted by Imp (#4) 833 days ago (http://newsthump.com)

Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft, creating the perfect marriage of phones nobody uses with an operating system nobody likes.The announcement comes as Nokia’s CEO Stephan Elop admitted his firm were on a ‘burning platform’, surrounded by the twelve thousand different handsets his company makes, each with a target market of less .. VIEW STORY PAGE | OPEN LINK

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Machine productivity to nose-dive as robots get their own Internet

Posted by Imp (#4) 833 days ago (http://newsthump.com)

A new Internet for robots called RoboEarth will see automated productivity plummet as machines begin sharing pictures of what they produce and start posting tedious details about the manufacturing plant they operate in.The plan behind RoboEarth was for robots to become more efficient by sharing knowledge about how they complete tasks, but has already seen productivity drop 85% as machines use the.. VIEW STORY PAGE | OPEN LINK

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Confessions – The India Tablet PCs

Posted by DirtyGarnet (#8233) 845 days ago (http://www.dirtygarnet.com)

This is the first of a series of frank yet often humiliating tales from Dirty Garnet contributors, with our editor Pete stepping up with his account of a time he spent in India a month ago just prior to his being instrumental in creating Dirty Garnet. He originally confessed this to the community over at tech website slashdot.org as it was relevant to a topic, but now has decided to repost his co.. VIEW STORY PAGE | OPEN LINK

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Mobile in space experiment to uncover the mysteries of roaming charges

Posted by Imp (#4) 850 days ago (http://newsthump.com)

British engineers planning to send a mobile phone into space have claimed that they hope their efforts will finally allow mankind to understand the complexities of modern roaming charges.
The team at Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) have ignored warnings that the plan to send a phone into the most challenging environment known to man will use up all available funding in just a few week.. VIEW STORY PAGE | OPEN LINK

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