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Ikea assembles pay as you go mobile

News Home furnishing retailer Ikea is hoping to make the humble pay as you go mobile SIM as handy as a standard-issue Allen key by undercutting the competition by a quarter. The purveyor of oddly named ranges of flat-pack furniture has pulled a new...

Tags: account, family, rate, credit

5 August 2008, 8:13

Photos: Cardboard furniture keeps it green

News Boxes housing equipment from printing shops also come in handy. What does cardboard furniture have to do with technology? As prices rise for oil and raw materials (even sawdust), fans of furniture made from cardboard call it more earth-friendly and...

Tags: interest, designs, material, shapes

10 March 2008, 9:37

News.blog: Google Earth's geotagged YouTube videos

News There's also handy search box, which will let you hunt for the city or street address, and see it on a map. If you were waiting for YouTube to roll out a maps feature to browse geotagged videos, the solution has come in the form of a new Google...

12 October 2007, 9:41

News.blog: Microsoft's Live changes

News Very handy.they also demonstrated some translation features that are kind of cool, including the ability to split the screen to see the original and translated versions, as well as the ability to hover over a section of non-English text and see...

27 September 2007, 9:13

News.blog: New top-end Olympus dSLR in October?

News Live view modes haven't generally wowed reviewers, but one handy feature permitted by swivelling screens is a better ability to shoot when the camera is held overhead or low to the ground. Olympus publicly showed prototypes of its new top-end...

13 July 2007, 8:44

Top 10 alternative uses for an iPod

News Which is rather handy for the police when they turn up to investigate and find an iPod packed full of vital evidence. You may even use one yourself in the gym or while walking the dog. But the rise of the iPod has prompted generations of developers...

20 March 2007, 10:33

SanDisk brings flash hard drives to laptops

News A few years ago, some of the people at Msystems told me their most expensive drives cost $70,000 (£36,000)," said Jim Handy, chief analyst at Objective Analysis. Those prices will crimp sales, Handy said.

4 January 2007, 9:13

Photos: Happy hour with robots

News A device like the Vino Viper, exhibited by Kal Spelletich, could come in very handy when people are lined up three and four deep around the bar. For those occasions, the Alcotron could come in handy. That, more or less, is the notion behind...

11 December 2006, 10:10

Images: Google Custom Search Engine

News Google is launching the Custom Search Engine to bring tailored search to Web sites and blogs. The tool lets people use the Google search platform to create a search engine focused on any content they want -- from news events to Hollywood...

24 October 2006, 9:40

Wireless USB set to cut the cable

News It's important that it be there, it's going to be handy for getting rid of cables hanging around your desk. The computer industry is still working on the paperless office, but new short-range wireless technologies on tap for next year could at last...

18 October 2006, 9:52

Google fuses Writely and Spreadsheets

News Google is diving further into the Web-based productivity application market by offering a new product that combines its online word application and spreadsheet programs. The company is today set to launch a beta version of Google Docs & Spreadsheets.

11 October 2006, 9:03

Photos: Top ten holiday gadgets

News The 3.2-megapixel camera has autofocus, a 'real' Xenon flash and a handy Best Shot feature, so your snapshots should be good enough to print. There are loads of gadgets that can make relaxing by a pool even more fun.

26 July 2006, 10:55

Photos: Inside Firefox 2's beta 1

News This feature is handy if you keep a number of tabs open all the time. The Mozilla Organization continues to develop the next version of its popular Firefox browser. Code-named Bon Echo, Firefox 2 beta 1 is available now for download and use by the...

13 July 2006, 11:01

Photos: Top ten portable speaker systems

News Conclusion: The Altec Lansing iM7 offers good sound quality, flexible listening options and handy features, making it a solid choice for any iPod owner in the market for a complementary sound system. In this photo gallery, you'll find the top ten...

12 July 2006, 16:18

News.blog: Dell launches its new Latitude

News It also packs a handy Wi-Fi Catcher switch, which can sniff out wireless connections or shut all wireless devices off without booting up. Michael Dell promised it more than a month ago, and now Dell has finally delivered the new Latitude D420.

21 June 2006, 9:47