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  • See how your smartphone can help you stay fit

    It's possible that you find it hard to motivate yourself to exercise or to head to the gym, and you don't like the idea of a personal trainer. It's time for an app, in other words; and there are many out there to help us get in ...

  • Irish govt Dont blame us for low Apple tax rate

    Ireland said that it was not to blame for the low rate of tax paid by Apple Inc after a US Senate report said the company had kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish ...

  • Microsofts next-gen Xbox all set for debut

    Microsoft is all set to offer a glimpse at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centers and adapt to competition from smartphones and ...

  • Apple denies using tax gimmicks

    Apple Inc will argue for a comprehensive corporate tax reform that will levy a "reasonable tax" on foreign earnings and is not dependent on a company's revenue when it goes before a Senate panel to explain its offshore tax practices. In prepared testimony released by the company and submitted ahead of Apple chief executive Tim Cook's hearing on Tuesday before the Senate ...

  • Yahoo CEO promises not to ruin Tumblr

    Marissa Mayer has made her boldest move to date as chief of Yahoo! with the billion-dollar purchase of Tumblr, a popular blogging platform she vowed not to ruin after protests from youthful users. The two companies, one ...


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Man on Wire

Man on Wire

The subject of James Marshs engrossing documentary Man on Wire is so good that its a wonder no one has thought to make a film about it before. Its not that the story is in any way a secret (on the contrary, it made international headlines in August of 1974), but it is quite possible ... ...

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  • Pirate arrest creates questions about Latvian book market

    who uploaded a history book on his website as a free educational resource for poor students, faces two years in jail, forced labour, or a fine for daring to offend the Latvian government's closest chums. The $4 book was posted by Pavels Jurs, a teacher in Latvia, created the site so that children from poor families can still have access to education. His efforts had been praised by the ...

  • Nokia refugees unveil smartphone

    Windows Mobile have created their first smartphone using Nokia's rejected operating system MeeGo. The team wanted to prove that Nokia was daft killing off MeeGo in favour of Windows and want to prove a point. According ...

  • Samsung shows off Retina beating displays

    Apple ’s Retina panels look rather outdated. The company has developed a new 4.99-inch AMOLED 1080p panel for smartphones. The resolution is not spectacular, but since going for higher resolutions on such small panels is pointless, Samsung focused its efforts on display quality. It claims the new screen has the world’s broadest colour gamut. Coupled with AMOLED’s exceptional ...

  • Dell gets off of its public cloud

    Dell has become one of the first high profile companies to dump its public cloud plans. The company said that it will not invest in its OpenStack ...

  • Apple has to explain tax shenanigans in the US

    to the US government how it managed to kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government. Apple CEO Tim Cook's is going to show up before Congress, to explain how the company avoided paying so much tax. The Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations identified three subsidiaries that have no "tax residency" in ...

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