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    Vodafone will offer unlimited data plans for Storm customers, but only when the data is viewed through the BlackBerry browser and not including video streaming or large file downloads.

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    Certain strains of bacteria can pull magnetic materials out of their backside, so to speak. And scientists at Ames Laboratory want to imitate it in an effort to make smaller memory or medical devices.

  • Google guns for Microsoft

    Google's launch of a Web-based spreadsheet on Tuesday is further proof that the company is eyeing Microsoft's Office stronghold. Now the question is: Should Microsoft be worried?

  • iiNet's bush retreat a solo ploy ... for now

    Several of the nation's largest broadband sellers today said they had no intention of imitating competitor iiNet and suspending the sale of services to new customers in regional markets, although Telstra's wholesale pricing remains a worry.

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    Join us on a tour through a Chinese "Shanzhai" market, where you can get an iPhone in any colour or shape and with features Apple doesn't offer. But are these mobiles legitimate?

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    Our erstwhile Shanghai correspondent Brendon Chase wanders into a Shanghai tech market to sort the fake from the real and to see how the fake iPhones stack up to the real thing.

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    A lot of the fuss behind virtualisation is focused around the datacentre. That's all well and good, but there is a whole world of virtualisation for workstations where competition for the best suite is red-hot and constantly improving.

  • At SAP, putting software in drive

    Shai Agassi has a technical mind, as one would expect of the president of product and technology for the world's largest enterprise software applications vendor, SAP.

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    Apple's new eight-core Mac Pro demonstrates marked improvements over the older model in high-intensity digital media and multitasking scenarios.

  • Nokia N96

    It's a little slimmer and it has loads of storage, but Nokia's latest flagship model has little to justify its top-shelf price tag.

  • Samsung E800

    Samsung's E800 is an easy-to-use fashion slider phone that works well and looks great.

  • LG U8110

    Available on 3, LG's U8110 is a clamshell mobile phone that supports video calls and has a MP3 player onboard.

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