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Samsung's Galaxy S4 Active isn't child-proof, the warranty says so
Monday 29 July 2013
Adverts show the phone getting dunked in water but the manual says you'd need to check twenty 'snap points' first
Cuts after 2015 election ‘will slow growth’
Monday 29 July 2013
Chancellor George Osborne should be braced for slowing growth after the next general election, a leading economic forecaster warned today.
MPs call for clarity in energy market and more action from Ofgem
Monday 29 July 2013
Trust in the energy market is being undermined by a lack of transparency about how companies make their profits, MPs have warned.
MI5 needs a health and safety chief (but you didn't hear it from us)
Sunday 28 July 2013
British intelligence service advertises post, but warns 'we can't tell you much about the job. We can't give exact locations'
Hamish McRae: We keep getting the balance so wrong when it comes to banking
Thursday 25 July 2013
The big point here is we have to patch... there is no point in endlessly playing the blame game
New Design Museum exhibition claims 'the future is here'- but are we ready for home manufacturing?
Wednesday 24 July 2013
The Future Is Here - A New Industrial Revolution is to open at London’s Design Museum. It’s a chance for the public to get up close to new technologies that are as significant to the future of global manufacturing industries as they are popular on Twitter and Youtube.
Samsung promises 'SSDs for everyone'
Tuesday 23 July 2013
New 840 EVO offers 1TB for £420 & fastest SATA-standard speeds of any commercial storage
Is the high-street ready for 3D printers?
Monday 22 July 2013
Maplin have made one small step for the high street not a giant leap for personalised home manufacturing, argues Andrew Walker
Nvidia Shield confirms US launch date of July 31
Monday 22 July 2013
Handheld gaming device is the first produced by Nvidia
Government's welfare benefits and tax changes amount to 'speeded-up Thatcherism'
Sunday 21 July 2013
The economy may be growing, but inequality is rising more quickly than in 1980s, report warns
Shock reverse as Microsoft and Google fail to hit sales targets
Friday 19 July 2013
Revenue for both companies grew but fell short of projected earnings
The write stuff
Friday 19 July 2013
The digital age was meant to put an end to paper, but a new Ikea boutique shows that we can’t get enough of it, writes Kate Burt
Google Glass hacked by a simple QR code: New tech means new exploits
Wednesday 17 July 2013
As we continue to empower more of our live with connected devices, the door is wide open for new attacks from hackers
Lovefilm rival Wuaki.tv launches in UK from £2.99 a month
Friday 12 July 2013
New streaming service hopes to attract consumers with hybrid model of subscriptions and on-demand titles
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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