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If you are a closet Nintendo fan with an iPhone then these latest Gameboy style makeover protective screen covers for your Apple mobile are sure to appeal.These 'Monochrome' stickers are produced by American company Infectious and, basically, turn your iPhone into something resembling a small Gameboy circa 1990.All you then need to do is to download EA's superb £2.99 version of Tetris from the App Store and, hey presto, it's like the last 20 years never actually happened!Fashion over functionOf course, the little red buttons and the Ninty-style D-pad and
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Nokia lovers everywhere will be rejoicing at the news that they will finally have their own version of an App Store as the Ovi portal has finally gone live worldwide.The new Ovi Store will initially be available for 50 Nokia handsets as a download, and will be pre-installed on the forthcoming flagship N97."Ovi Store is open for business and we've stocked the shelves with both local and global content for a broad range of Nokia devices. "Ovi Store makes shopping for content and applications easy and fun for feature phone and smartphone owners alike," said Tero
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The battle of the bulge is about to be won. We've pulled together some miniature marvels that'll fit snug as a glove on your person so you can keep your essential gadgets close at hand without having to sacrifice your style with unsighlty lumps and bumps.Read on to see our 20 of the finest pieces of powerful pocket tech. Full article
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Most distributions configure your graphics card and display automatically, but xorg.conf is still well worth fiddling with. It's a text file that contains all the configurations details required by the X server to deliver a graphical display and provide a connection between your keyboard, your mouse, and the computer.Read on to understand how xorg.conf works, tweak it for maximum performance and add functionality.Full article
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We are living in strange times. The entire economy turns out to have been a great big joke. Parliament appears close to collapse. The US is introducing new standards that could herald the end of gas guzzlers. Somebody or something called Tinchy Stryder has been number one in the charts.And most bizarrely of all, we're excited about a flavour of Linux.Moblin may be plain old Linux under the hood, but the Intel-backed project for netbooks has managed to pull off the unthinkable: it's made Linux look cool.For the first time ever we're scanning the screenshots and watching the
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We've been given an exclusive first look at a pre-production version of HP's forthcoming ProBook 4510s laptop. The machine is aimed at the business market and comes in a broad range of models. The ProBook's 15.6-inch screen features a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio making the laptop ideal for watching DVD's on. It boasts LED technology which explains the bright picture the screen provides. As with most business laptops, there's no shiny Super-TFT screen coating, meaning we weren't plagued by irritating reflections.Full article
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RIM's Blackberry Curve 8900 may be the ideal solution for those who liked the Blackberry Bold, but were put off by its bulky dimensions. The Curve 8900 features the same style, quality and excellent usability as its larger sibling, but crams it into a smaller, pocket-friendly package. We've not had the chance to get to grips with all of the Curve's features yet, but first impressions are good. The design is particularly close to the bold, offering a part aluminium construction, glossy plastics with contrasting silver highlights, and one of the best keypads currently
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The FA Cup Final programme will be made available for all, with a free online version also boasting a highlights reel of classic goals from football's most famous domestic cup competition. The programme is being made available by FA Cup sponsors E ON, with the energy company putting the content on www.familyfootball.co.uk. Although you may expect digital programmes to be frowned upon by the collectors – one of them, Robert Stein, told PA that he was pleased to see the move. Understanding the game"Programme collecting is a wonderful way of
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Apple is to launch new firmware to the iPhone in June (iPhone 3.0), which will bring lots more functionality to the mobile phone.Among this functionality is to be direct movie downloads. This is according to apparent screenshots of the new firmware working which have hit the web.Movies on the goThe shots, found by Apple Insider, seem to show direct links to iTunes Movies, iTunes TV and iTunes Movie Rentals, via Wi-Fi.If this is correct, then it would mean that you wouldn't have to plug your device into a computer to update it – much like how you can direct
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The insanely popular micro-blogging website Twitter is to be used officially in a series of new TV shows.The service will play a key part in a US game show that has been branded a "competitive TV series" that will "harness Twitter to put players on the trail of celebrities."Twitter founder Biz Stone has even commented that Twitter "might have the power to transform television."More TV shows on the wayAlthough word on the show is thin on the ground, TV and movie production bible Variety is saying that the show is being produced
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