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- Weekend Gadget Watch: Nokia N900 -
Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of technology reviews. For the full review and details, click on the link below.
What is it: Touchscreen smartphone with Qwerty keyboard
- Photos: The top Christmas apps for the Apple iPhone -
Feeling festive? Then you need silicon.com's seasonal guide to the best Christmas apps for Apple's iPhone.
First up is the Solar System app, a cosmic take on the advent calendar that lets you journey to the earth's neighbouring planets.
- Facebook, Google, eBay urge Mandelson to abandon copyright plan -
Web heavyweights have hit out against the Digital Economy Bill, claiming clauses in the legislation could put the UK's digital future at risk.
In an open letter to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Peter Mandelson, published yesterday, representatives of eBay, Facebook, Google and Yahoo! call on the government to abandon "measures which risk stifling innovation and damaging the government's vision for a Digital Britain".
- Plenty of life ahead for RFID and NFC -
Radio and tagging technologies have loads of promise - though the applications may not be quite what you were expecting, says Quocirca's Rob Bamforth.
RFID and its close cousin near field communications (NFC) have both been touted for great and sexy futuristic applications. These range from the tagging and tracking of all consumer goods to the conversion of mobile phones into all purpose 'super wallets' where simply waving the phone at the checkout would pay for your items.
- Android phones, Firefox history, Google Wave and datacentres galore -
This month saw California's Hacker Dojo host the Random Hacks of Kindness event, which brought independent coders together with developers from Google, Microsoft, Nasa, Yahoo! and other organisations to work on projects to help with disaster relief.
See more photos from the hackathon here.
- Anti-ageism legislation isn't working, say IT pros -
Anti-ageism legislation isn't working and the IT industry continues to discriminate against older techies. That's the verdict of the exclusive 2009 silicon.com Skills Survey.
The majority (51 per cent) of survey respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the IT industry discriminates against older workers, compared with less than a fifth (18 per cent) who held the opposite view.
- Mini laptops, codebreaking, Wikipedia and why there's no 'British Google' -
November's top stories on silicon.com tackled some big questions: does my business need an office? Can I work solely on a netbook? Will the UK ever create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle of its very own?
November also dealt with the perennial question of will the UK's ID cards programme ever run to plan?
- Peter Cochrane's Blog: Can I become faster and smarter? -
Compiled on the M6 driving to Liverpool and dispatched to silicon.com a couple of weeks later via a free wi-fi connection in my hotel.
I just cannot work any faster or smarter - I seem to have exhausted every degree of freedom, every element of efficiency improvement I can muster.
- eBay app lets users bid from a BlackBerry -
eBay has released an app for BlackBerry.
The application, co-developed by the auction site and RIM, lets users search, track and buy items using their smartphone.
- Photos: The new gadgets and tech services up Orange's sleeve -
At Orange's biannual La Collection event in Paris, the mobile operator gives a sneak peek at the technology set for future release.
silicon.com went along to the 10th La Collection event last week to take a look at the gadgets and services set to make their way into consumers' hands in the coming months and years.
- Tesco Mobile to get a taste of Apple's iPhone -
Tesco Mobile has announced today it will stock Apple's iPhone 3G and 3GS.
Apple ended its two-year UK exclusive deal with O2 this month by launching the iPhone on the Orange network. Vodafone also announced an agreement with Apple in September, and will start offering the iPhone next year.
- Beware the turf wars when merging comms -
Enterprise take-up of unified communications - the merging of IP telephony, conferencing and collaboration, messaging and communications tools - is on a "steeply rising curve", according to analysts.
Spending on UC among businesses worldwide is expected to rise from just $302m last year to $4.2bn in five years' time, according to industry watchers ABI Research.
- Marketing chiefs: Are you spamming your customers? -
Marketing emails are at risk of being blocked as spam because businesses are not correctly managing the email communications they send out, a survey has found.
More than half of the 157 marketing managers surveyed by the DMA Email Marketing Council said their business did not restrict the number of messages that could be sent to an email account in a given period.
- IT skills shortage squashed by recession? -
The icy winds of economic gloom have put paid to talk of a tech skills shortage - at least for now, the exclusive 2009 silicon.com Skills Survey can reveal.
While the proportion of respondents reporting empty IT seats dipped in 2008 after several years of rising steadily, this year's result shows a much steeper decline as the worldwide economic recession mothballs big tech projects and puts recruitment hopes on ice. With less positions for job hunters to choose from it seems employers are having less difficulty filling the few vacancies that do pop up.
- Photos: Sony Ericsson debuts see-through Xperia phone -
Mobile maker Sony Ericsson has debuted another phone in its Xperia range - but with a twist.
The see-through display is a world first, according to Sony Ericsson, requiring battery, memory card and antenna to be miniaturised to fit inside the bottom portion of the device.
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- WALTHAMSTOW: Murder victim named - A MAN who died from a single stab wound to the neck has been named.
- WALTHAM FOREST: Social worker struck off - A SOCIAL worker accused of inappropriate behaviour towards the mother of two children in his care has today been struck off the General Social Care Council (GSCC) register.
- WANSTEAD/LEYTON: Police "Investigating Cohen" - REPORTS are coming in that police have launched a formal investigation into the expense claims of Leyton and Wanstead MP Harry Cohen.
- LOUGHTON: Musical talent on show at college - MUSIC students from Epping Forest College will be showcasing their talents over two nights of live performance.
- LOUGHTON: Biggest production yet for school - COSTUMES have been created, and wigs donned as a school prepared for its most ambitious production ever.
- REDBRIDGE: Youngsters to receive Duke of Edinburgh awards - YOUNGSTERS from across the borough are set to receive their Duke of Edinburgh Awards at a special ceremony.
- WANSTEAD: Choir sets date for 50th anniversary concert - A POPULAR singing group is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a charity concert.
- ALDERSBROOK: Public warned to stay away from site of bird deaths - THE public has been warned to stay away from a pond where the dead bodies of more than 40 birds were found.
- EPPING: Bank says sorry for sending 'upsetting' letter to dead man - A BANK has issued a grovelling apology to a widow after it sent a letter to her late husband about a new “agreed” overdraft limit on his non-existent bank account.
- SPOTLIGHT ON WOODFORD GREEN: "Village" atmosphere of area praised - WHAT makes Woodford Green special? Reporter CLAIRE HACK finds out as the Guardian shines the spotlight on the area.
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- See your home on Google Street View today - The most comprehensive 360-degree map of Sussex yet recorded goes online today.
- Sussex University strike will not affect consultation, say bosses - A strike by university staff will have “no bearing” on the outcome of a consultation into proposed job cuts, according to bosses.
- Bins set to have locks after teacher's crush death, inquest hears - Commercial wheelie bins are set to have compulsory locks on them following the tragic death of a teacher who climbed into one after a night out in Brighton.
- Biker arrested over death of passenger in Crawley crash - A motorcyclist has been arrested after his passenger was killed in a crash.
- New green graveyard for Brighton and Hove - A new green graveyard will be created because of the popularity of woodland burials in Brighton and Hove.
- Flaming car causes traffic backlog at A27 Shoreham flyover - A flaming car caused traffic backlogs at a busy junction.
- Estate agents board ban verdict expected in six weeks - Estate agents face a six week wait to find out if their boards will be pulled down from sections of Brighton and Hove.
- Anger of £1 plastic guns for sale in Brighton - Parents are furious over a replica BB gun being sold to primary school children for £1.
- Trouble feared at Worthing planning meeting - Police are on alert in case of trouble at a meeting into controversial plans for an 875-home estate.
- Hove death crash driver did not have licence - A mother has spoken of her anger after her husband was mown down by an uninsured driver who should not have been on the road.
- Sussex Police issues fuel thieves warning - Fuel thieves are touring the Sussex countryside to steal diesel from farms.
- 'Jackboot killer' to be released from prison - A killer who shot three police officers could be released from prison to live in Sussex this week.
- Hospice bosses write to Gordon Brown - Hospice bosses have written to Gordon Brown calling for better NHS funding.
- Hunt for Worthing "poo thief" - A bag-snatcher on a bicycle pinched a bag of poo from an elderly dog-walker in Worthing.