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Buying Guide: Best replacement iPhone or iPod headphones: 5 tested
CNETAnalysis: Best replacement iPhone headphones Time was that a pair of snow-white earbuds nestling in your lugholes was a mark of distinction. It announced to the world that you were the proud owner of one o’ them fancy new Apple I-Pods and shouted, “Look at me! I have loads of music in my pocket, on a paradigm-shifting digital device, and I am therefore awesome!” Those were...
Apple grappling for iPhone 5 domain name
CNETAnalysis: Every morsel of iPhone 5 information is precious, especially when Apple becomes directly involved. The company filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the URL for iphone5.com, which is currently held by a group that’s using it as a message board for discussions about the new iPhone. Before the iPhone 4S reveal last year, it was generally...
Buying Guide: Best iPhone apps for organising your social life
CNETAnalysis: iPhone apps for planning a night out If you’re planning a big night out, then the first thing you should reach for is your iPhone . In addition to its basic communication functions, by loading it up with the right apps, it can help you with all aspects of entertainment planning. It will not only help you round up your mates, but also assist in the complicated matter of finding...
Opinion: Is Apple’s Gatekeeper a positive or a sinister move for computing?
CNETAnalysis: Apple Gatekeeper pros and cons Make no mistake, Apple’s upcoming Gatekeeper technology is a game-changer. It’s part of OS X Mountain Lion , the next iteration of OS X, and never mind whether you use that or Windows in your daily life. The success of the App Store on both that platform and iOS is already having a major impact on the wider software world, proving that...
In Depth: 10 best free product key finders
CNETAnalysis: 10 best free product key finders Reinstalling Windows is always a hassle, but if you’ve lost a few product keys then it could become a real nightmare. Are they on a CD case, a manual, in an old email somewhere? You might not be able to get your system working properly again until you can track them down. It doesn’t have to be this way, though. If you install a product...
In Depth: 10 best free product key finders
CNETAnalysis: 10 best free product key finders Reinstalling Windows is always a hassle, but if you’ve lost a few product keys then it could become a real nightmare. Are they on a CD case, a manual, in an old email somewhere? You might not be able to get your system working properly again until you can track them down. It doesn’t have to be this way, though. If you install a product...
Echobox promises Ethernet through your aerial, an end to Wi-Fi woes
CNETAnalysis: Promising to end the frustration of a patchy Wi-Fi network, Echobox is an adapter that allows you to get an Ethernet connection from your coaxial aerial ports. It’s a straightforward device that just plugs into your aerial port and means you don’t have to invest in any extra wiring for additional internet access points. Obviously you’ll need to plug your computer,...
Tutorial: The complete guide to iBooks: from reading to selling
CNETAnalysis: The complete guide to iBooks There’s never been a better time to be a reader. There are more books available to you than at any point in history, with millions of titles available for free, and the cost of reading is plummeting. There are more ways to read than ever before, too: the iTunes Store is packed with apps that turn your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch into a fully fledged...
Explained: DLNA: what it is and what you need to know
CNETAnalysis: DLNA: what it is and what you need to know Digital home entertainment has come a long way in a fairly short time, and it’s now easy to stream music, video and other media around the house without any hassle. Technologies such as DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) are a big part of that – so what is it, and where can you get it? Let’s find out. DLNA is an organisation...
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 sticks the boot into AMD’s top-end cards
CNETAnalysis: Nvidia has just launched its latest 28nm Kepler graphics card, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 . The follow-up to the terribly powerful Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 represents the second tier of its new generation of graphics cards and it’s quite a beast. Running the same GK104 GPU as the top-end GTX 680 (and the dual-GPU GTX 690) it has all the Kepler goodness its big brother boasts....
HP: developing markets a ‘remarkable opportunity’
CNETAnalysis: HP’s head of strategic marketing says the corporation has a “remarkable opportunity” to take advantage of low PC penetration in developing markets. Speaking at the opening of an HP conference in Shanghai attended by TechRadar, Hoffman said HP’s opportunity was that countries such as China still have remarkably low PC penetration – in the case of China...
Apple iTV to look like you’d expect and ‘have Siri and FaceTime’
CNETAnalysis: New details of the possibly upcoming but not yet official Apple iTV have emerged, including a description of what the thing will look like. And surprise, surprise, the Apple iTV set will look very similar to one of Apple’s monitors – the Cinema Display monitor to be more exact. Except bigger. Much bigger. This is according to Cult Of Mac, a blog that’s bundled together...
In Depth: How to speed up your Linux machine
CNETAnalysis: Speed up your Linux machine Linux brings with it many benefits, and we all have our favourites. For some, it’s freedom from viruses, or virii, or even virus, if you’re declining your Latin properly. For others, it’s the knowledge that no outside agent will be able to control the way you use your computer; software freedom can sound like a concern only for tin-foil-hat...
Apple grappling for iPhone 5 URL
CNETAnalysis: Every morsel of iPhone 5 information is precious, especially when Apple becomes directly involved. The company filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the URL for iphone5.com, which is currently held by a group that’s using it as a message board for discussions about the new iPhone. Before the iPhone 4S reveal last year, it was generally...
In Depth: 20 best Spotify apps
CNETAnalysis: Best Spotify apps Spotify launched app support back in November. Fans responded with a collective hurrah! And so did we. Making Spotify into an app platform is very clever – a huge step towards making Spotify a truly social music service. You’ll find them by clicking on App Finder in the program’s sidebar. It’s six months on and the number of apps for Spotify...




