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BT to save iconic red phone boxes for £1

News For those local authorities that acknowledged that their red pay phone really isn't being used for making calls anymore, but it's a British cultural icon and they'd very much like to keep it for aesthetic reasons, BT's agreed they can keep the box...

Tags: cent, scheme, colour, wish

1 September 2008, 10:06

Photos: New features in Firefox 3

News Notice that an icon appears next to the URL in the address bar (more on that in a moment). Firefox 3 makes it easy to see if the page you're on is secure -- simply mouse over the company icon in the address bar.

Tags: icon, firefox, credit, bookmarks

19 June 2008, 9:18

Photos: Revisiting a Macintosh Classic

News The shape of the Apple Mac is an icon of personal computing. The Apple Mac Classic is one of the most famous and easily recognisable personal computers ever manufactured. First introduced in the Mac Classic was Apple's low-end under-$1,000 (£500...

Tags: classic, mark, networks, credit

17 June 2008, 9:17

Photos: Google's Android software on display

News Clicking one produces a small icon on the Android home screen. Google demonstrated its Android mobile phone software on Wednesday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. The project, under development by Google and a number of partners in...

Tags: man, contact, engineering, maps

29 May 2008, 9:11

News.blog: Shuttle introduces budget PC

News Despite that, it's a pretty good-looking box, and comes in red, blue, white and black, each with a different icon stamped on the front. Asus' Eee PC and Everex's CloudBook aren't the only ones pushing down the price of affordable, open-source PCs.

Tags: processor, consumer electronics show, pci express, intel celeron

11 January 2008, 9:39

News.blog: Google tests user-influenced search

News According to a page of instructions for a test feature on Google Experimental Labs clicking on a blue up arrow icon to the right of the result will move the item to the top of the page. And clicking on a blue 'X' icon will delete the result and...

Tags: google, icon, labs, orange

30 November 2007, 10:18

News.blog: Google Earth's geotagged YouTube videos

News In some cases, clicking one icon will pull up multiple videos and let you choose which you'd like to see. 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 Earth...

12 October 2007, 9:41

Vintage acts challenge YouTube

News Then why are pop icon Prince and 1970s disco group the Village People preparing to file lawsuits against the company? The music industry typically sings YouTube's praises. Google's video-sharing site has signed strategic partnerships with all four...

17 September 2007, 10:51

Photos: Google Earth beams you into space

News Getting to Google Sky was a little confusing, but it's actually an icon right in the middle of the page (circled). Google has expanded the boundaries of Google Earth to include views of the universe with a new add-on called Sky.

23 August 2007, 10:28

Photos: Apple unveils new iMacs and apps

News The most significant upgrade to the iLife suite was to the iMovie application, which changed so much the company decided to give it a new icon, Jobs said. Apple has unveiled new iMacs at an event held on Tuesday at its headquarters in California.

8 August 2007, 10:16

Rockstar to make PS3-exclusive franchise

News Sony Computer Entertainment America's director of third-party relations, Michael Shorrock, wrote on the official US PlayStation blog, "As part of our long-standing relationship with Rockstar, and the incredible success for both companies with the...

31 July 2007, 9:21

Adobe's Apollo platform gets beta release

News The reasons you might want to build desktop applications would be [getting] access to the local file system, or notifications onscreen to get the user's attention.or having a desktop icon," he said. Adobe on Monday plans to release a beta version...

11 June 2007, 9:47

Apple discloses battery 'issues'

News If, after running the software update, users find their battery shows warning signs of a fault -- including the battery not being recognised by the MacBook and an 'x' appearing in the battery icon; the battery not charging when plugged into the...

1 May 2007, 9:12

Google Checkout comes to the UK

News Although businesses do not have to be Adwords users to use Google Checkout, those who do will see a Checkout icon appear on their ads -- a feature that Google claims will attract shoppers who are seeking an "easy and trusted payment option".

16 April 2007, 9:27

The death of the smiley?

News Indeed, despite the conversion features (which IM and message board users can, and often do, turn off), the sideways emoticon has become a cultural icon of sorts. Author Vladimir Nabokov said in a 1969 New York Times interview that "there should...

14 March 2007, 10:41