"Vodafone BlackBerry plans' latest campaign too targets young"

Remember when Kevin, Brian, Howie, A.J. and Nick laid bare their souls as they sang, in torrential rain, and pleaded with their tormentors to quit playing games with their poor little breakable hearts? 

Now, now, come on, denials are hopeless. Surely some of us remember the age, if not the

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"Nokia, Microsoft invest $24 million in mobile apps"

HELSINKI: Nokia and Microsoft plan to invest (euro) 18 million ($24 million) in promoting research into mobile applications for phones running Windows software and Nokia platforms.

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"Indian Railways to launch real-time train tracking via Google maps"

NEW DELHI: Indian Railways may soon launch real-time tracking of trains on Google maps that can be accessed through mobile devices and PCs. 

The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), the technology arm of the Indian

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"Earth Quake hits parts of West Bengal"

An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale rocked parts of West Bengal in the early hours of Wednesday, the Met Department said.

The tremor, felt at 5.10 am, had its epicentre along the Bihar-Nepal border with 26.1

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"Think twice before you tweet - or face prison"

A sample from Liam Stacey's Twitter feed. Picture: Twitter

A UK college student was jailed after posting offensive comments on Twitter following the collapse of Bolton soccer star Fabrice Muamba.

Liam Stacey, 21, was sentenced to 56 days in prison after he admitted a racially aggravated public order offence at Swansea Magistrates' Court.

The biology student, from Pontypridd, South Wales, made the offensive tweet after EPL

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"Big phones are back: time to resize your pockets"

The Samsung Galaxy Note is one mother of a smartphone.

Prepare to resize your pockets.

The first in a new generation of big smartphones has officially landed in the country and it's compelling enough to make you forget the additional burden that comes with stuffing a huge

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"Fresh gear: The must-have gadgets of the week"

The Prada phone for LG 3.0 is due to come out next month.

WE review ripe gadget picks you must own including a touchscreen drawing pen and the new Prada phone.

TO THE POINT

Name: Belkin 

Price: $19.95

Website: belkin.com/au

Drawing on a touchscreen is a lot like fingerpainting - it is fun but results appear childish. To get more precision, a stylus is required and Belkin's Stylus Pen fills the role on most touchscreens including those on Apple and Samsung tablets. The slick, metal-bodied pen features a rubber tip that glides

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"Apple to refund Australians over 'false' iPad 4G"

APPLE has announced it will offer a refund to Australians who believe they were misled by claims its latest iPad is capable of connecting to the next generation 4G network.

Apple's new iPad, launched on March 16, is advertised on its website as an "iPad with WiFi + 4G,'' though the tablet cannot access Australia's existing 4G network that uses the 1800MHz frequency.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has taken Federal Court action against Apple for what it says are misleading claims about the connectivity speed of the latest iPad.

Apple's barrister Paul Anastassiou told the court there were networks in Australia that were

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"Social networks and your secrets"

By Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson, From: News Limited newspapers, March 28, 2012

Thirteen phone users launched a lawsuit against 16 internet and technology companies, including Facebook. 

THEY know who you are, they know where you are and they may even have the right to alter and sell your photographs.

Social networking websites are gathering an unprecedented amount of detail about the people using their services, from the mobile phones they use to the people they call and how

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" Consumer watchdog warns New iPad too hot to handle"

New iPad reaches temperatures of 46 degrees, particularly during gaming sessions.

A vaunted consumer watchdog organization on Tuesday warned that Apple's new iPad is a bit hot to handle.

US nonprofit product testing group Consumer Reports reported that the new-generation iPad with its more powerful processor hit temperatures as high as 46 degrees, particularly

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"Nithya Menon - Not showing interest on Tollywood"

"Emraan-Eesha sizzle in Jannat 2 poster"

The smooch king is slowly turning into an actor of substance. Emraan Hashmi and Eesha Gupta exude an excellent screen chemistry in the latest poster of Jannat 2. The sequel to 2008 hit Jannat is about changing face of gun trade.

Mahesh Bhatt explains that while researching the subject, they learnt from the Delhi police that nawabs and kings had employed skilled artisans to make arms for them to wage frequent wars, but the British banned them, wanting exclusive control over arms and ammunition in India. Centuries later, with sales of arms escalating, the next generation was tapped for their skills and made part of the flourishing illegal trade. 

“Jannat 2 will open a can of worms, much like its predecessor did in 2008,” promises Emraan in a recent interview with HT. 

“Four years ago, a story about match-fixing may have seemed like pure fiction, but today, after a string of headline-grabbing front page reports, there’s a sense of déjà vu. What you see and read in 2011-2012, was all said in our film four years ago. That’s exactly how it’s going to be with Jannat 2 as well,” he says.

“As part of the research, I even got to fire a gun,” says Emraan who since he was a child, has been hooked to action movies. “I used to fire toy guns earlier. Firing the real thing was a high, but

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"Rang Rasiya finally releases this May"

Filmmaker Ketan Mehta’s long-stalled period drama Rang Rasiya, which has been ready since 2008, is finally set to hit theatres in the last week of May.

Filmmaker Ketan Mehta’s long-stalled period drama Rang Rasiya, which has been ready since 2008, is finally set to hit theatres in the last week of May. “I’m happy that it’s finally releasing. It was an expensive film with a relatively new star cast (when it was made). It is

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"Agent Vinod - Movie Review!"

Agent Vinod
Direction: Sriram Raghavan
Actors: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor
Rating: 2.5/5

There is enough to admire in Agent Vinod. Writer-director Sriram Raghavan’s globe-trotting tale of a RAW agent ticks off all the boxes for a thriller franchise: There are at least half a dozen exotic locations (we start in a place aptly named the Desert of Death in Afghanistan

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