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  • One handed mobile OS developed by Else

    Today's smartphones are too much of a handful, according to Israeli company Else: You either need to grab them with both hands and punch away at the keyboard with your thumbs, or you hold them with one hand and touch the screen with the other…
  • Ericsson builds Google Android into remote control

    The prototype has a 10-inch touchscreen, a forward facing camera and speakers and could also be used as a mobile phone and to browse the web, the Swedish company at Mobile World Congress.The camera can be used for video conferencing, displaying an…
  • Apple iPad marketing sparks complaints

    In a live demonstration at the launch event, icons that show a missing plugin popped up on the iPad's screen when Jobs was showing off the web front page of the New York Times. Apple's iPad has already led to one complaint to the US Federal Trade…
  • Google Chrome update offers HTML APIs and browser extensions

    For example, Google also is working on an Application Cache capability, to serve HTML and JavaScript that references content in the Web SQL Database.The extensions in Chrome offer content and functionality from a Web site into the browser…
  • China warns of mass Internet virus

    A rootkit burrows into a system to try to hide the existence of malware.The first Panda worm gained fame in China for switching the icons of infected files with an image of a panda holding three incense sticks.
  • Google, Facebook set up iTunes rivals

    The move comes as Google looks to hold its dominance against Bing, which has stolen around 9 percent of the US online search market since its launch earlier this year, according to Internet monitoring companies.Songs and official sports icons are…

Latest Features

  • Hands on with Google Reader Play

    You can have Play run like a slideshow by clicking on the television icon in the bottom left of the screen, but by default you have to move to each new item manually.You move through your Play stream just like you would a slideshow by using the…
  • Why I don't use Google Docs

    If you then move the mouse too far, the sub-menu may vanish.Below the menu bar, a row of icons appears in a toolbar. Rob Griffiths explains why he doesn't use Google's online office suite and why maybe you shouldn't either.
  • Why Google Android beats the Apple iPhone

    Both let you call people and fire up a number of apps by mashing your finger into one of an endless matrix of square icons. Android's openness, flexibility, and Java foundation make it the best choice for many developers and the businesses that…
  • Unanswered questions about the Apple iPad

    Will they run full screen, with giant icons and oversized menu text? Apple's iPad is a perfect example. But huge, fundamental questions about the device remain unanswered. Steve Jobs is such a great salesman that he can actually give us a sense of…
  • Hands on with the Apple iPad

    Despite the size of the iPads screen, you can only place four app icons on each row of the home screen (other than the Dock). Its a lot like the iPhones, though its not plain black anymore - you can place a wallpaper image behind the app icons.
  • Where next for mobiles?

    For example, the Backflip has a unique touchscreen that also has a separate touchscreen on the back, called Backtouch, that can be used to help a person flip through photos or icons while also showing the photos to another person.
 

How-Tos

  • How to break your bad tech habits

    You know all the icons cluttering your desktop, and the passwords you keep in Notepad, and the half-baked backup you make once a month? Best of all, the first time you run it, Fences offers to sort and "fence" your icons automatically.
  • How to make Windows 7 look like a Commodore 64

    It also has desktop icons for your User folder (a miniature C-64 screen); your My Computer link (a C-64 computer), and Recycle Bin (that 1541 floppy drive-the green LED illuminates when the Recycle Bin contains something).
  • How to create waves with Google Wave

    Fairly simple formatting is available using the various icons in the Actions bar above the editor.To insert an image, video or audio file, click the attachments icon (indicated by a paper clip) and browse to the file in question.
  • How to keep track of changes in Apple Pages

    Click on the Next and Previous arrow icons in the tracking toolbar and then click on Accept or Reject. For instance, if you want to work with others on a document, Word's track changes feature isn't the only game in town.
  • How to customise Windows 7 your way

    Windows 7 makes this option particularly attractive option because it adopts label-free icons. Tweakers, rejoice! Windows 7 offers more customisation options than any previous version of Windows - from total control over annoying pop-up system…
  • How to get the most from Microsoft Internet Explorer 8

    The Use Large Icons option toggles the size of the icons, from standard to large and back. Show All Text Labels means that text appears on all the command buttons in the toolbars (some also have graphical icons); Show Selective Text means you'll…

Reviews

  • CrossOver Linux 9 review

    It wasn't perfect, though, some of the icons appeared blotchy. While there's some truth to that, many of us have Windows applications that make completely leaving Windows close to impossible. That's where CodeWeavers' latest version of CrossOver…
  • QNAP TS-239 Pro Turbo review

    Its not the most streamlined approach, of course, and the File Manager interface is ridiculously outdated, but it does the job.When you first start the drives browser interface, youll see six icons. As just discussed, the Web File Manager is pretty…
  • Apple iPad review

    But images, icons, and text aren't as crisp as expected on the higher-resolution Apple iPad. We had the opportunity to spend some hands on time with the long awaited Apple iPad tablet: here is our first review of the Apple iPad.
  • Google Nexus One review

    The revised menu incorporates a rolling 3D-like effect, and the icons seemed to pop more onscreen than they did in older versions of the OS.The photo gallery got a welcome makeover, too. Google recently unveiled the latest version of its Android…
  • ViewSonic VPD400

    This is definitely a device you won't be able to control from your pocket or your bag - you need to see what you're doing.The ViewSonic VPD400's user interface has six main categories - Settings, Video, Music, Photo, Voice Recorder, and EBook…
  • Google Chrome OS

    Next to it are three icons: One that displays battery life; a networking icon that controls WiFi and Ethernet connectivity; and a final icon whose options are nearly identical to the ones you get when you click the Chrome browser's tools icon…
 
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