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News.blog: Italian 3G iPhone confirmed

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Rupert Goodwins) — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:15:01 +0100

A tech journalist has cornered the Telecom Italia Mobile's executive vice president for technology and confirmed the 3G iPhone for Italy next month, writes ZDNet.co.uk blogger Rupert Goodwins

Photos: Fill 'er up with yeast and sugar

feedback@cnet.co.uk — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:56:02 +0100

Meet the EFuel100 MicroFueler, which parent company E-Fuel says is the 'world's first home ethanol product'. You'll need some cash and in the US, a federal licence

Bournemouth's pipes put on fibre diet

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Natasha Lomas) — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:44:02 +0100

Over the next six months, Bournemouth's homes and businesses will be hooked up to a fibre optic cabling network that will enable speeds of up to 100Mbps

News.blog: Carphone gets $2.1bn US investment

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Marguerite Reardon) — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:39:02 +0100

Best Buy, the largest consumer electronics retailer in the US, is getting into the European mobile phone market by taking a stake in retailer Carphone Warehouse, writes News.com blogger Marguerite Reardon

WiMax to spread over UK within two years

feedback@cnet.co.uk (David Meyer) — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:34:02 +0100

With an ethusiastic audience waiting, there will be WiMax coverage across the UK within the next two years, the managing director of Intel Capital EMEA has claimed

BT offers smart phones with broadband deal

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Natasha Lomas) — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:26:02 +0100

The new service -- BT Total Broadband Anywhere -- furnishes customers with one of a choice of two HTC smart phones, added to its consumer broadband package

GTA IV gets patch for PS3 freezing issues

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Tom Magrino) — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:03:02 +0100

Rockstar has announced that a patch for the game's freezing multiplayer component on the PlayStation 3 is now available for download

The Cloud puts up European Wi-Fi 'umbrella'

feedback@cnet.co.uk (David Meyer) — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:46:02 +0100

Wi-Fi network operator The Cloud has launched an automatic sign-on service that it hopes manufacturers will build into phones, PMPs and games consoles

News.blog: MPAA wins $110m in TorrentSpy case

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Stefanie Olsen) — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:28:02 +0100

A US federal judge ordered TorrentSpy to pay $110m (�55m) in damages for infringing the copyright of thousands of films and shows, writes News.com blogger Stefanie Olsen

Microsoft putting moves on Facebook?

feedback@cnet.co.uk — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:16:02 +0100

Wall Street Journal reported yesterday' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>Microsoft gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo!, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday

GTA IV first-week sales rake in �255m

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Steven Musil) — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:20:02 +0100

GTA IV sold 6 million copies and raked in $500m (�255m) in its first seven days on the streets, writes News.com blogger Steven Musil' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>Take-Two Interactive is expected to announce that GTA IV sold 6 million copies and raked in $500m (�255m) in its first seven days on the streets, writes News.com blogger Steven Musil

News.blog: Qtrax links with Universal, for real

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Greg Sandoval) — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:10:02 +0100

Qtrax, the legal P2P music start-up, announced it has inked a deal with Universal Music Group, the largest of the four major record companies, writes News.com blogger Greg Sandoval

Vodafone seals new iPhone deal

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Natasha Lomas) — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:59:02 +0100

Mobile operator Vodafone has struck a deal with Apple to sell its iPhone in 10 markets around the world, including Italy, Australia and India

News.blog: EA launches Spielberg's videogame

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Daniel Terdiman) — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:53:01 +0100

Boom Blox, the long-awaited first game under its partnership with Steven Spielberg, writes News.com blogger Daniel Terdiman' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>Electronic Arts on Tuesday officially launched Boom Blox, the long-awaited first game under its partnership with Steven Spielberg, writes News.com blogger Daniel Terdiman

AP launches iPhone news app

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Marguerite Reardon) — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:00:02 +0100

The Associated Press has created a news aggregation Web application called the Mobile News Network, including photo galleries and video coverage

News.blog: GTA IV maker sues over pulled ads

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Steven Musil) — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:33:01 +0100

Take-Two has sued the Chicago Transit Authority for allegedly pulling its ads, thus violating its free-speech and contractual rights, writes News.com blogger Steven Musil

Vodafone bundles mobile data with tariffs

feedback@cnet.co.uk (David Meyer) — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:16:02 +0100

The operator is the first in the UK to not require a bolt-on tariff for mobile data usage, but its "unlimited" deal has a fair-use cap of 500MB per month

Photos: Iron Man suits up in CGI

feedback@cnet.co.uk — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:23:02 +0100

Paramount's forthcoming film, Iron Man, which is scheduled to be released on Friday, uses a mixture of computer-generated imagery (CGI) and real costume design

Eee 900 launches with limited stock

feedback@cnet.co.uk (David Meyer) — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:21:02 +0100

Asus has officially launched the latest version of its Eee PC, but most UK customers are currently unable to get their hands on the popular subnotebook

News.blog: iTunes gets new DVD releases in US

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Jonathan Skillings) — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:14:02 +0100

In the US, new movie releases from a number of major and independent studios will be available on iTunes the same day they're offered on DVD, writes News.com blogger Jonathan Skillings

GTA IV smashes UK retail records

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Laura Jenner) — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:58:01 +0100

Figures for the first day of the game's UK release show that approximately 609,000 copies were sold for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 combined

UK crime spree at GTA IV midnight launch

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Brendan Sinclair) — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:54:02 +0100

Police say one man in Croydon, apparently waiting in a queue for the epic crime saga, attacked a passerby, while a teenager in Lancashire was beaten up for his copy of the game

Photos: Green packaging eliminates 'wrap rage'

feedback@cnet.co.uk — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:45:02 +0100

The days of 'wrap rage' wounds may soon end as corporations move away from fused 'clamshell' or 'oyster' designs towards easier-to-open, more ecologically sustainable forms

News.blog: Blu-ray player sales droop

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Erica Ogg) — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:33:02 +0100

The NPD Group released some of its retail sales tracking data that showed sales of Blu-ray standalone players had mostly decreased, writes News.com blogger Erica Ogg

iPlayer couples with Virgin Media

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Tim Ferguson) — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:19:02 +0100

For the first time on a TV platform, the BBC iPlayer is now available on Virgin Media's cable service, further expanding the availability of the on-demand TV service