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Fri, 03 Feb 2012

Qualcomm to showcase blending of LTE and 3G networks

John Cox

Qualcomm has revealed a key step in enabling voice calls over LTE handsets. Working with Ericsson, the chipmaker says it recently completed the first voice call handover between LTE and 3G networks, and will showcase the achievement later this month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012

BT to offer FTTP 'on demand' service by 2013

Sophie Curtis

BT claims it could soon be able to offer customers broadband speeds of up to 300Mbps, following successful trials of fibre-to-the-premise technology in St Agnes, Cornwall.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012

Google won't delay new privacy policy despite EU concerns

Jennifer Baker

Google does not plan to delay its new privacy policy despite calls from Europe's data protection watchdog.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012

Google reveals Android malware 'Bouncer,' scans all apps

Gregg Keizer

Google has unveiled an automated system that scans Android apps for potential malware or unauthorized behavior, a move critics have long called the company to make.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012

How to write a Kindle bestseller

David Price

We spoke to novelist Mark Edwards, whose dramatic e-book sales earned him and his co-author a four-book publishing deal, about the secrets of cracking the iBooks and Kindle charts, and how the e-book has changed the publishing industry for indie authors.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012

Facebook IPO, Sony woes and Macworld iWorld (Video)

Nick Barber

Facebook announces an IPO, Sony's business is in trouble, the Asus Padfone sets for a debut and thousands flock to Macworld iWorld.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012

Hairdryer tribute to Steve Jobs

Ben Camm-Jones

An advertising campaign for a Chinese hairdryer that has emerged this week features a rather unexpected appearance by the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012

AMD fundamentally changes chip design methodology

Agam Shah

Advanced Micro Devices is set to take a fundamentally different approach to designing chips.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012

HTC promises to fix Android flaw that reveals Wi-Fi credentials

Jared Newman

HTC is moving quickly to squash a security flaw that could expose Wi-Fi credentials on the company's Android phones.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012

UK broadband speeds up 22 percent: Ofcom

Carrie-Ann Skinner

The UK's average broadband speed is 7.6Mbps, according to Ofcom's sixth UK Broadband Speeds report.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012

Android not as fragmented as you'd think - report

Katherine Noyes

Fragmentation is often held up as one of Android's biggest problems, posing all kinds of challenges for developers and users alike.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

MPs call on government to step up malware protection

Antony Savvas

The government has been urged by MPs to do more to protect the public from malware and other online attacks.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

Trojan gang targets BT, Talk Talk and Sky customers

John E Dunn

Criminals using a dangerous variant of the Zeus bank Trojan have started hacking BT, Talk Talk and Sky phone accounts as a way of redirecting phone calls from bank fraud services away from victims.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

Metropolitan Police shares victims' emails in data breach

Anh Nguyen

The Metropolitan Police Service has confirmed that it "inadvertently" shared the email addresses of more than a thousand victims of crime with other victims.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

Google Docs for Android gets offline access

Mikael Ricknäs

Google Docs users can now get offline access to documents on their Android-based smartphones and tablets.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

NI systems upgrade wiped 'hacking' email to James Murdoch – lawyers

Leo King

Lawyers acting for beleaguered newspaper group News International have claimed that an IT upgrade erased a key email chain referring to phone hacking copied to chief executive James Murdoch.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

Apple TV set: What we know so far

John P. Mello Jr.

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster claims that a major television component maker has revealed that Apple has made inquiries about the capabilities of its display products.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

Most tweets are rubbish, Twitter users say

Bob Brown

Twitter has been celebrated for its ubiquity and impact on world events from natural disaster recovery to political uprisings. But researchers from a group of big time universities have found that useful tweets are few and far between.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

HTC Android phones can leak Wi-Fi passwords

Tim Greene

A group of HTC Android phones is susceptible to an exploit that can steal Wi-Fi credentials and passwords and send them to attackers.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

What Facebook's IPO means for users (Video)

Cameron Scott

Facebook's decision to become a public company is seen as a bellwether for Web 2.0 stock offerings, but what will it mean for the social networking giant's 800 million users, and for the companies that build third-party apps for the site?

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