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  • British Scrutinize Madoff Payments to Banker's Operat... ReutersBritish Scrutinize Madoff Payments to Banker's OperationsNew York TimesLONDON — British authorities have started an investigation into millions of dollars of payments from the operations of the convicted money manager Bernard L. Madoff to companies linked to the Austrian banker, Sonja Kohn, ...Medici lawyer says Kohn didn't get Madoff paymentsReutersMadoff Kickbacks Alleged in AustriaWall Street JournalMadoff kickbacks alleged in Austria: WSJMarketWatchmyfoxny.com -This is London -Bloombergall 47 news articles »
  • Cemex May Sue After Strabag Pulls Out of Asset Deal - Blo... ReutersCemex May Sue After Strabag Pulls Out of Asset DealBloombergJuly 3 (Bloomberg) -- Cemex SAB, the world's third-largest cement maker, said it may take legal action after Strabag SE withdrew from buying the Mexican company's Austrian and Hungarian assets because it failed to ...Mexico's Cemex hit as asset sale fails; peso firmsForbesCemex Challenges Strabag's Withdrawal From Asset PurchaseWall Street JournalCEMEX Declares Strabag Withdrawal Notice Invalid - Quick FactsRTT Newsguardian.co.uk -Business Wire (press release)all 35 news articles »
  • Stanford clients sue insurance broker Willis Group - Reuters AFPStanford clients sue insurance broker Willis GroupReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Several Mexican clients of Stanford Financial Group have sued insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd (WSH.N), contending it was a willing participant in a $7 billion fraud at the Texas-based investment company. ...Stanford victims file class action suit against insurersAFPCustomers of Stanford Financial Sue Insurance BrokersWall Street JournalStanford Clients Sue Willis Group Claiming Insurer Aided FraudBloombergBusiness Insurance -Earthtimes (press release)all 26 news articles »
  • British Airways Extends Capacity Cuts, Delays Planes - Bl... Telegraph.co.ukBritish Airways Extends Capacity Cuts, Delays PlanesBloombergJuly 3 (Bloomberg) -- British Airways Plc, Europe's third- largest airline, will extend capacity reductions, ground planes and delay deliveries of superjumbo aircraft as demand for air travel shows scant signs of rebounding amid the ...BA Cuts Capacity, Delays Aircraft; Cuts CapExWall Street JournalAirline BA to cut capacity, delay new planesThe Associated PressBA slashes spending as passengers fall againReutersMarketWatch -Forbes -BBC Newsall 180 news articles »
  • WORLD FOREX: Dollar Ekes Out Gains In Thin Holiday Trade ... New Zealand HeraldWORLD FOREX: Dollar Ekes Out Gains In Thin Holiday TradeWall Street JournalTORONTO (Dow Jones)--The dollar eked out marginal gains Friday in activity made narrow and illiquid by the close of US financial markets for the long Independence Day weekend. Coming off a broad-based rally on ...Dollar, Yen May Extend Gains as US Job Cuts Pare Yield DemandBloombergFX OUTLOOK-Dollar likely rangebound amid summer slumberReutersEuro little changed against dollarForbesAlibaba News Channel -Wall Street Journal -Wall Street Journalall 99 news articles »
  • Summer boaters could unwittingly expose Lake Tahoe to mus... Northland's NewsCenterSummer boaters could unwittingly expose Lake Tahoe to mussel plagueLos Angeles TimesConservationists believe an invasion may be coming that could change the ecology of Lake Tahoe forever. Quagga and zebra mussels, which cluster onto boats, piers, old boots, beer cans, or anything else that lingers in the water, have infested lakes and ...DNR To Enforce Invasive Species Law In AlexandriaWCCOImmediate 'protection' of Lake Tahoe urgedCentral Valley Business TimesDNR to enforce invasive species law in AlexandriaWKBTOsakis Review -WDIO-TV -WBAYall 62 news articles »
  • Teck Sells 17% Stake to Chinese Fund for C$1.74 Billion t... Globe and MailTeck Sells 17% Stake to Chinese Fund for C$1.74 Billion to Reduce DebtBloombergJuly 3 (Bloomberg) -- Teck Resources Ltd., Canada's largest diversified mining company, sold a 17 percent stake to China's $200 billion fund sovereign wealth fund for C$1.74 billion ($1.5 billion) to reduce debt. ...China Investment buying stake in Teck ResourcesThe Associated PressProspective partners woo Teck for stake in coal unitCreamer Media's Mining WeeklyTeck Resources Sells 17% Stake to CICWall Street JournalMarketWatch -Reuters -Calgary Heraldall 236 news articles »
  • Mortgage rates fall slightly - Bizjournals.com CNBCMortgage rates fall slightlyBizjournals.comRising mortgage rates reversed course this week, with long-term rates falling slightly. Freddie Mac's weekly report says 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5.32 percent this week, down from last week's average of 5.42 percent. ...Tilson Talks Mortgage DefaultForbesFreddie Mac-Mortgage rates, applications fall back this WeekTopNews United StatesMortgage rates dip, but still far from lowsNew York Daily NewsBloomberg -Financial Times -Seattle Timesall 150 news articles »
  • China National in YPF talks with Repsol: report - Reuters ReutersChina National in YPF talks with Repsol: reportReutersMADRID (Reuters) - State-run China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) is among bidders looking to buy the Argentinian unit of Spanish oil major Repsol (REP.MC), news agency Bloomberg quoted a Chinese government official as saying. ...Repsol Gets Approaches for $12 Billion Argentine UnitBloombergYPF Paints Bleak Picture Of Oil & Gas Business In ArgentinaWall Street JournalChinese oil groups eye stake in Spain's YPF: reportsAFPBloomberg -Wall Street Journal -Reutersall 67 news articles »
  • State Distributes IOUs For Money It Owes - Washington Post Financial PostState Distributes IOUs For Money It OwesWashington PostDeep in debt and short on cash, California on Thursday started churning out its first batch of IOUs in nearly two decades amid grumbles from bankers, growing public outrage and scant progress in negotiations to solve the state's widening budget deficit ...IOUs spell uncertainty for Calif. small businessesThe Associated PressBank of America sets cutoff for redeeming California IOUsLos Angeles TimesBank of America, Wells Fargo to accept California iousBizjournals.comMarketWatch -TopNews United States -guardian.co.ukall 277 news articles »

Cyprus News

  • Swedish ambassador talks of EU involvement in Cyprus Ambassador of Sweden to Cyprus Ingemar Lindahl, whose country took ...
  • Leaders hold 35th meeting Cyprus President Demetris Christofias has said that Cyprus wants Turkey's ...
  • New jobs for disabled workers New jobs will be created for disabled people in order ...
  • Fresh calls for total smoking ban in Cyprus The Cyprus government is set to consider a total ban ...
  • Two arrested over cliff-top murder Cyprus police have arrested two Polish men in connection with ...
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International News

  • Palin quitting early as Alaska governor Sarah Palin said today that she will step down as Alaska's governor by the end of the month. She will not seek election to a second gubernatorial term in 2010. Palin, a Republican, was elected governor in 2006. She was tapped as Sen. John McCain's vice presidential running mate last year.
  • Jackson memorial tickets available in lottery Fans must register online for a lottery to win tickets to Tuesday's Michael Jackson memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, organizers said. People who don't have one of the 17,500 free tickets to be handed out should stay away and watch on TV, officials said.
  • Analysis: Air France crash mystery deepens New facts about the final seconds before Air France flight 447 crashed killing 228 people do little to shed light on the cause of the disaster, says aviation analyst Kieran Daly, and unless flight data recorders are found, the air industry may have to live permanently with the unexplained loss of one of its most modern aircraft.
  • Report: UK embassy staff in Iran 'face trial' A top Iranian cleric said Friday some of the arrested employees from the British Embassy in Tehran would be put on trial, Iranian Students News Agency reported.
  • Fake Tamiflu 'out-spams Viagra on Web' The number of Internet scammers offering fake anti-swine flu drug, Tamiflu has surpassed those selling counterfeit Viagra, a UK body said Friday.
  • TV gameshow offers atheists 'salvation' A Turkish television show is offering contestants what it claims is the "biggest prize ever" -- the chance for atheists to convert to one of the world's major religions.
  • Top-ranking British soldier killed in Afghanistan The commander of a British regiment has become the country's highest ranking soldier to be killed in action since 1982's Falklands War after a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.
  • 26 dead in Pakistan helicopter crash A military helicopter crashed Friday in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 26 security personnel on board, the Pakistani military said.
  • Tennis: Roddick ejects Murray in epic semifinal American sixth seed Andy Roddick ended Andy Murray's hopes of winning Wimbledon after beating the British number one in four thrilling sets on Centre Court on Friday.
  • Thrown pig leads to religious riots in India Three people have been killed in religious rioting in southern India between Muslims and Hindus, police said Friday.

Technology News

  • Blogging live from Spiral Jetty Never say never, but this may be the first blog ever posted live from the monumental earthwork on the edge of the Great Salt Lake called Spiral Jetty.
  • Employee shot, wounded at Virginia Apple store The victim, a 26-year-old woman, is in serious but stable condition with a wound to the shoulder. Some media outlets are reporting robbery as the motive, but police say it's too early to tell.
  • Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sites Reports say a blown transformer knocked out power to the Fisher Plaza data center, which is home to the Bing Travel servers, among others.
  • What soccer team would your company be? Martin Veitch at CIO.co.uk riffs on how certain football clubs resemble software companies, to good and painful effect.
  • iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits Web Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way.
  • Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID Three just-published patent applications hint at the company's future plans. But it could be a while before we see any of the functionality built into iPhones or other Apple devices.
  • Symantec's Ramzan on solving the antivirus puzzle q&a From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where it's headed.
  • Defending against chemical and biological weapons At the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Grounds facility in the Utah desert, researchers look for ways to protect soldiers against "bugs" that could easily kill or sideline them.
  • Week in review: A speedier new Firefox Mozilla's latest version plays catch-up with the browser competition. Also: the latest in Windows 7 news, and a Yahoo data center in a new shade of green.
  • Open source to shape cloud computing, but not dominate it Open source has a role to play in cloud computing, but it's likely not to be the vanquisher of old, proprietary dominance.

Economy News

  • Eurozone retail sales post fall Retail sales in the eurozone fell more than expected in May, a further sign of the slowing economy, data shows.
  • Rogue trades cost oil broker $10m A rogue trader at a London-based oil brokerage causes his employer to lose $10m (£6m) after making unauthorised trades.
  • Construction sees sharp slowdown The UK construction sector is expected to shrink by 16% in 2009, according to an industry body.
  • Sahara gas pipeline gets go-ahead Nigeria, Niger and Algeria agree to build a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline across the Sahara.
  • US job losses worse than expected The number of jobs lost in the US last month came in at 467,000, which is much more than had been expected.
  • IMF refuses new aid for Zimbabwe The International Monetary Fund tells Zimbabwe it will not provide more funds until it has settled its existing $1bn debts.
  • Pension view 'not radical enough' The author of an influential report into the future of pensions in the UK tells the BBC his proposals were not radical enough.
  • Europe nears gas pipeline accord Five European governments are due to sign an agreement on 13 July for a major new pipeline from Central Asia.
  • California in 'fiscal emergency' Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal emergency in California to deal with a $24.3bn (£14.5bn) deficit.
  • Indian growth of 7% 'is possible' Economic growth of 7% in India is possible this year, according to a report from the country's finance ministry.

Property News

  • Halabi fails to remedy LTV covenant breach on London port... Simon Halabi has failed to remedy the loan-to-value covenant breach on his Protractor portfolio of London office buildings.
  • GVA top brass take 20% pay cuts GVA Grimley executive directors have agreed to a 20% reduction in their pay package to protect the business during the downturn.
  • British Land and House of Fraser jv sells £100m British Land and House of Fraser’s property joint venture is selling more than £100m of deals this year.
  • Max Property is frontrunner to buy 10m sq ft Industrious ... Nick Leslau and Mike Brown’s Max Property is the frontrunner to buy the 10m sq ft Industrious portfolio in its debut deal.
  • M&S gives Constantine responsibility for international di... Clem Constantine, property director at Marks & Spencer, has been given additional responsibility for the retailer’s international division.
  • Boris backs LandSecs’ £1bn Victoria plans London Mayor Boris Johnson has given his approval for Land Securities’ £1bn plans for the Victoria Transport Interchange scheme in London’s Victoria.
  • Spazio rejects Laxey’s takeover bid Italian industrial property group Spazio Investment today rejected the €124m offer from its largest shareholder, Laxey Partners.
  • Laxey gives up fight with Hirco and sells stake Laxey Partners, the activist investor, has sold its entire stake in Indian investor Hirco.
  • Castlemore administrators to sell Welsh site Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the administrators of Castlemore Securities and its subsidiaries, have put ‘The British’ – a 1,300 acre site near Talywain in south Wales – on the market.
  • What do Championship cricketers think of the Ashes grounds? Next week the SWALEC Stadium, in the Welsh capital, Cardiff, will host the opening test of the 2009 Ashes. Drivers Jonas has surveyed the views of 45 top-flight cricketers, around 10% of all cricketers in the Championship, about which of...

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Techmeme

  • Tech blog titan Michael Arrington's next big thing: Hardw... Patrick Hoge / bizjournals: Tech blog titan Michael Arrington's next big thing: Hardware  —  In four years, Michael Arrington has gone from knowing relatively little about the Internet or journalism to presiding over the hugely popular, influential and profitable Palo Alto-based TechCrunch network of blogs.
  • Woman Shot in Apple Store at Clarendon's Market Common (D... Derek Kravitz / Washington Post: Woman Shot in Apple Store at Clarendon's Market Common  —  An employee of an Apple store in Arlington was shot and wounded this morning during an attempted armed robbery in a back storeroom as more than three-dozen shoppers and other employees milled about the showroom.
  • Employee Shot at Arlington Apple Store (WJLA-TV) WJLA-TV: Employee Shot at Arlington Apple Store  —  ARLINGTON, Va. - An employee at an Apple store in Arlington's upscale Clarendon section is recovering from a gunshot wound.  —  Police say the 26-year-old woman was shot in the shoulder by a man who rang a doorbell at the back of the store before it opened Friday morning.
  • Authorize.net Goes Down, E-Commerce Vendors Left Hanging ... Robin Wauters / TechCrunch: Authorize.net Goes Down, E-Commerce Vendors Left Hanging  —  Talk about a serious outage.  Payment gateway service provider Authorize.net has been down and out for several hours, a number of tipsters inform us.  That has big implications: since the service is used by tens of thousands …
  • CONFIRMED: Windows 7 RTM To Be Announced July 13th (Paul/... Paul / GeekSmack: CONFIRMED: Windows 7 RTM To Be Announced July 13th  —  Through our sources close to Microsoft, we can now confirm that the Windows 7 RTM build that will be chosen over the next few days will be officially announced on July 13th, 2009, the same day as the WPC09 (Worldwide Partner Conference) will take place in New Orleans.
  • Free Criticism, Science After Data, and Airport Books (An... Anil Dash: Free Criticism, Science After Data, and Airport Books  —  When I saw Malcolm Gladwell doggedly dissecting Chris Anderson's upcoming “Free: The Future of a Radical Price” (see Chris' response here) my first reaction was: Brilliant!  Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of Wired …
  • EXCLUSIVE! SAMSUNG OMNIA 2 i8000 VIDEO REVIEW ITA/ENG by ... Samsung mobile: EXCLUSIVE!  SAMSUNG OMNIA 2 i8000 VIDEO REVIEW ITA/ENG by Hdblog.it!  —  Ci siamo!  Ve lo abbiamo promesso ed eccolo qua ... ha richiesto tempo e dedizione ed abbiamo cercato di condensare il tutto in 11 minuti... poche parole... ora solo immagini... A voi i giudizi!  —  VERSIONE ITALIANA:
  • Did Techcrunch really kill Blognation? Time - and the co... Paul Carr / Guardian: Did Techcrunch really kill Blognation?  Time - and the courts - will tell  —  Episode 34: In which I rub my hands with glee - and my head with confusion - over the prospect of Sam Sethi's lawsuit against Techcrunch  —  Good news, London!  Later this week, the “traveling geeks” arrive in the capital.
  • Twitter Needs a Spam Filter? No, We Need a Marketer Filte... Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb: Twitter Needs a Spam Filter?  No, We Need a Marketer Filter  —  Has Twitter spam gotten a little out of hand?  According to today's top story on Techmeme, it has.  Apparently, marketers are calling for Twitter to filter out spam and other adult content from the microblogging service.
  • SF Business Times: CrunchPad Inc. Formed With 14 Employee... Trooper P / Crunchpad Fans: SF Business Times: CrunchPad Inc. Formed With 14 Employees In Singapore  —  The San Francisco Business Times has chronicled the rise of Michael Arrington from a corporate lawyer to an internet tycoon, and now a hardware entrepreneur.  In addition, a few more simple details have emerged.

Slashdot

  • Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released jadoon88 writes to share a series of old Atari 7800 games that have been unofficially open sourced. "Remember Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron? They used to be favorites when Atari's 7800 series was still around. Since the era of those consoles is over, and a different world of interactive reality gaming has taken over, Atari has unofficially released source code of over 15 games for the coders and enthusiasts to admire the state-of-the-art (because this is what it was back then). During those times, nobody would have imagined in their wildest dreams the games that Atari's developers floated into the gaming thirsty market and instantly swept across continental boundaries. But things changed soon after that and a company once regarded as one of the most successful gaming console manufacturers and developers faded away in the pages of our technology's hall-of-fame."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  • How To Get Your Program Professionally Marketed? one-man orchestra writes "I'm the sole programmer of a small, multi-platform, commercial audio program (a spectrogram editor). After over 6 months on the market, I realized that the program would never just sell itself, and that I need some real marketing done for it. Being a one-man orchestra is becoming increasingly difficult; I only can devote so much time to marketing, my skills in that department are lacking, and I'd much rather spend more time coding. Despite my lackluster part-time marketing effort, I still manage to make a modest living out of the sales. My logical assumption is that with someone competent taking care of that part, revenue could greatly scale up. But what's the right way to go about doing this? What type of people/company do I need to contact? What to expect? What to look out for?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  • Professor Gets 4 Years in Prison for Sharing Drone Plans ... Hugh Pickens writes "Retired University of Tennessee Professor Dr. John Reece Roth has been sentenced to four years in prison after he allowed a Chinese graduate student to see sensitive information on Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones. In 2004, the company Roth helped found, Atmospheric Glow Technologies, won a US Air Force contract to develop a plasma actuator that could help reduce drag on the wings of drones, such as the ones the military uses. Under the contract, for which Roth was reportedly paid $6,000, he was prohibited from sharing sensitive data with foreign nationals. Despite warnings from his university's Export Control Officer, in 2006, Roth took a laptop containing sensitive plans with him on a lecture tour in China and also allowed graduate students Xin Dai of China and Sirous Nourgostar of Iran to work on the project. 'The illegal export of restricted military data represents a serious threat to national security,' says David Kris of the US Department of Justice. 'We know that foreign governments are actively seeking this information for their own military development. Today's sentence should serve as a warning to anyone who knowingly discloses restricted military data in violation of our laws.' During his trial, Roth testified that he was unaware that hiring the graduate students was a violation of his contract. 'This whole thing has not helped me, it has not helped the university,' said Roth. 'And it has probably not helped this country, either.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  • Copyright Should Encourage Derivative Works Techdirt has an interesting look at copyright and the idea that an author is the originator of a new work. Instead, the piece suggests that all works are in some way based on the works of others (even our own copyright law), and the system should be much more encouraging of "remixing" work into new, unique experiences. "Friedman also points back to another recent post where he discusses the nature of content creation, based on a blog post by Rene Kita. In it, she points out that remixing and creating through collaboration and building on the works of others has always been the norm. It's what we do naturally. It's only in the last century or so, when we reached a means of recording, manufacturing and selling music — which was limited to just those with the machinery and capital to do it, that copyright was suddenly brought out to 'protect' such things."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  • Open Source Facing a Difficult Battle For Cloud Relevance A recent eulogy for open source's relevance to cloud computing by Redmonk analyst Stephen O'Grady caught the attention of Matt Asay, who breaks down the difficulty of this David and Goliath problem. "In a world where horsepower matters more than the software feeding those 'horses,' in terms of the entry cost to compete, and where big vendors like Amazon and Google are already divvying up the market, the odds of a small-fry, open-source start-up challenging 'Goliath' are slim. It's not a new argument: Nick Carr has been suggesting for some time that only a few, big companies can afford relevance in this hardware-intensive business. Given this fact, O'Grady thinks the best we can hope for (and he thinks it's pretty important) is 'a loose coalition or confederation of [open-source] projects and vendors that will together comprise an increasingly viable top to bottom alternative to some of the cloud providers today.' He includes projects like Puppet (Reductive Labs) and Hadoop in this mix, but is careful to point out that he doesn't see a full-fledged, open-source alternative seriously challenging the closed platforms of Google, Amazon, Salesforce, and the other mega-clouds."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  • Phoenix Lander Discovers Nighttime Snowfall On Mars Many outlets are reporting on the recently released results of the various experiments and observations of NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander. Most notable is the discovery of nighttime snowfall on the planet, lending credibility to the idea of a hypothesized active water cycle based on earlier data collection. "The papers rely on evidence from a variety of the instruments on the lander, and the description of the data provides an impressive catalog of the various ways that Phoenix could prod and query the Martian pole. In the months before Martian winter shut the lander down, it managed to dig a dozen trenches, taking soil samples from each. These samples went into wet and dry chemistry labs, had their conductivity tested, and were even examined using an atomic force microscope. Meanwhile, cameras and a LIDAR system (a laser-based range detector) scanned the surroundings. The overall conclusion is that the northern pole has an active water cycle. This had been suggested by a variety of evidence from orbital sensors, as well early images returned from Phoenix. It's also not a huge shock, given the seasonal growth and retreat of the polar ice cap. Still, Phoenix provided some significant details on the cycling of water in the area where it landed."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  • Seattle Data Center Outage Disrupts E-Commerce 1sockchuck writes "A major power outage at Seattle telecom hub Fisher Plaza has knocked payment processing provider Authorize.net offline for hours, leaving thousands of web sites unable to take credit cards for online sales. The Authorize site is still down, but its Twitter account attributes the outage to a fire, while AdHost calls it a 'significant power event.' Authorize.net is said to be trying to resume processing from a backup data center, but there's no clear ETA on when Fisher Plaza will have power again."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  • Is the Kindle DX Worth the Money? An anonymous reader writes "Now that some little time has passed, and the hype has died down a bit, I'm wondering if anyone has taken the $500 plunge and gotten a Kindle DX. From the academic-paper-reading-geek perspective, is it worth the money? How well does it work with PDFs, and is it easy to get them on and off? I haven't been able to find any good reviews on the interweb that address its usability as I would like to use it."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  • XHTML 2 Cancelled Jake Lazaroff writes "According to the W3 News Archive, the charter for the XHTML2 Working Group — set to expire on December 31st, 2009 — will not be renewed. What does this mean? XHTML2 will never be a W3C recommendation, so get on the HTML 5 bandwagon now. According to the XHTML FAQ, however, the W3C does 'plan for the XML serialization of HTML to remain compatible with XML.' Looks like with HTML 5, we'll get the best of both worlds."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  • Squeezing a Wikipedia Snapshot Onto an 8GB iPhone blackbearnh writes with this excerpt from O'Reilly Radar "Think about Wikipedia, what some consider the most complete general survey of human knowledge we have at the moment. Now imagine squeezing it down to fit comfortably on an 8GB iPhone. Sound daunting? Well, that's just what Patrick Collison's Encyclopedia iPhone application does. App Store purchasers of Collison's open source application can browse and search the full text of Wikipedia when stuck in a plane, or trapped in the middle of nowhere (or, as defined by AT&T coverage...)"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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  • Nokia N97 for less than £35 per month Another great new deal on the Nokia N97. Only £34.26 per month with 700 minutes and 500 texts, or you can opt for 600 minutes and unlimited texts. Fantastic value for money for Nokia’s flagship touchscreen smartphone on a standard 18 month contract. Only available online. The N97 has a 3.5 inch touch screen, QWERTY keyboard, high quality camera with Carl Zeiss optics, a massive 32GB expandable memory, GPS and DVD quality video recording and editing. The N97 is the first Nokia to have a sideways slider which is integral to its design. This uncovers the full QWERTY keypad and leaves the impressive 3.5 touch screen at a 35 degree angle. Not only is this functional, it also adds to the phones elegance and finesse. As you would expect with any Nseries, the Nokia N97 comes packed with the newest software and applications, including Nokia Maps with satellite imagery and geo-tagging. It comes adorned with a huge internal memory of 32GB which can be expanded to a massive 48GB using a 16GB memory expansion slot. This memory potential is useful for the storage of images and particularly videos or movies, which can be watched comfortably on the tilted widescreen display at a full 30 frames per second. The N97 comes with built in A-GPS which is always useful to avoid getting lost and with Wi-Fi and HSDPA support for fast internet connection the N97 becomes the perfect phone for both business and pleasure. Compare all Nokia N97 deals
  • New Land Rover S1 mobile phone Out now and free on contract with £180 cash back. The new Land Rover S1 mobile phone from Sonim builds on a legacy of innovation and toughness. It’s the next generation of rugged phones. With built-in GPS it will track your location no matter where you venture and when you discover a remarkable picture opportunity, the 2 megapixel camera can capture it. It is submersible in water for up to 30 minutes, it can be dropped on concrete, is resistant to shocks and vibrations up to 23G and temperatures ranging from -20 to +55 degrees. Equally impressive is its battery life, which offers an amazing 18 hours of talk time and up to two months standby between charges. It’s a long way from some of the latest smartphones, which need to be charged almost every day. The Land Rover S1 also has an FM radio, web browser, large display, Bluetooth, memory card slot, a built-in torch and it comes with a year unconditional guarantee. Compare all Land Rover mobile phone deals
  • Cheapest Nokia N97 deals Beepy have some cheap new deals on the Nokia N97. It’s free on an 18 month contract for £39.15 per month, plus you can claim £75 cash back. Our pick is the Racoon 40 tariff. You get 900 minutes to call mobiles on any network, 500 texts, and all calls to standard UK landlines are free at any time. Mobile internet can be added for an extra £5 per month. Your £75 cash back is paid in five stages and needs to be claimed. You can claim £15 at months 4, 8, 12, 15 and 18. Even without the cash back this is still the cheapest Nokia N97 deal available. The N97 has a 3.5 inch touch screen, QWERTY keyboard, high quality camera with Carl Zeiss optics, a massive 32GB expandable memory, GPS and DVD quality video recording and editing. The N97 is the first Nokia to have a sideways slider which is integral to its design. This uncovers the full QWERTY keypad and leaves the impressive 3.5 touch screen at a 35 degree angle. Not only is this functional, it also adds to the phones elegance and finesse. Compare all Nokia N97 deals
  • New Sony Ericsson C903 is free on Orange Free on a 12 month contract with 8 months half price line rental. The Sony Ericsson C903 is at the high end of the Cyber-shot range. This cameraphone is a fun, playful looking device which comes in lacquer black, techno white or glamour red; however its looks are deceptive as under its shiny surface you discover a high powered handset with enviable features. The C903 is first and foremost a cameraphone and comes equipped with a 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and dedicated camera keys. The resolution of its image taking is not as good as some other camera phones but there will be no difference between a 5 megapixel image and a 10 megapixel image when viewed on a high resolution monitor or HD TV. The phone comes bundled with Sony Ericsson face detection, smile shutter and the innovative BestPic which takes 9 quick fire photos and you can choose your favourite one. Along with all this the Cyber-shot phone supports geo-tagging. As you would expect from any phone associated with the Sony music giants, the C903 has striking music software for great audio capabilities and along with quick access to YouTube the phone is quite an exciting multimedia device. The phone comes with HSDPA for high speed internet access and good download speeds; however it doesn’t come equipped with Wi-Fi. Overall a great cameraphone with all the software you need to enjoy it to the full. Compare all Sony Ericsson C903 deals
  • Free HTC Touch Pro2 on Orange Only £34.26 per month on an 18 month contract. On Orange Racoon 35 (18m) you get 600 minutes per month to call mobiles, unlimited calls to UK landlines and 500 texts. Mobile internet can be added for an extra £5 per month. The HTC Touch Pro2 is the successor to the Touch Pro. Similar in specification to the smaller Touch Diamond2, the Pro2 has a larger screen and an impressive QWERTY keyboard. They both have a sleek, professional look and are expected to be this year’s best-selling business phones. The most striking feature of the Pro2 is its high resolution 3.6 inch touchscreen. Just fractionally smaller than the colossal screen found on the Touch HD. The five row QWERTY keyboard is slightly larger than previous HTC QWERTY devices. It has an offset key pattern, just like on a laptop and the screen can tilt at different angles, which is useful. Place the Pro2 face down and it becomes a comprehensive speakerphone with a high quality speaker on the back, a microphone, noise cancellation sensor and a mute button. The Touch Pro2 comes with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional which incorporates pocket Office, comprising Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and PDF view. All of these features help make the device a very desirable prospect in the business marketplace. Bundled with a 3.2 megapixel camera which has auto focus for good quality image capture. As expected with most Smartphone’s the Pro2 has Wi-fi, HSPDA (up to 7.2 Mbps), GPS and Bluetooth. Other features include the TouchFLO finger swipe navigation, touch sensitive navigation controls, handwriting recognition, a very good web browser, FM radio with RDS, a VGA videocall camera, the list goes on and on! Compare all HTC Touch Pro2 deals
  • HTC Magic - Save £10 per month You can now get the HTC Magic free on the Vodafone Text 40 Value plan. Normally costing £40 per month, Vodafone will give you a £10 monthly discount. This is applied directly to your bill, you don’t have to claim it. With the VAT adjustment you’ll pay just £29.36 per month on an 18 month contact. You get 600 minutes per month, unlimited mobile internet and email on your HTC Magic, plus unlimited texts. This is great value for money. The HTC Magic brings you everything you love about the internet, exactly how you want it. It will keep you entertained, up to date and in touch, wherever you are. Exclusive to Vodafone, the HTC Magic is the second mobile to run on the Android OS. The first was the T-Mobile G1. One of the most notable differences between the Magic and the G1 is the lack of a QWERTY keyboard. This makes the Magic slimmer, lighter and more pocket-friendly. The 3.2 inch touchscreen interface is also an improvement over the G1, with plenty of little tweaks in the latest Cupcake incarnation of the Android OS. The Magic has an accelerometer for autorotation and the screen has the option of handwriting recognition or the onscreen QWERTY keyboard. The trackball makes it easy to navigate around menus and scroll though messages. It’s not to everyone’s liking and HTC have removed the trackball from their new Touch Diamond 2; however it’s not a drawback to the high powered performance of this phone. As we get into what the HTC Magic can do, it becomes very impressive. The Android OS has Gmail, Google maps including StreetView and YouTube all just a touch away. The HTC Magic is a practical business phone. It’s equipped with all the standard document viewers and with Wi-fi, Bluetooth and HSPDA (with download speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps) this is a very useful device to have outside the office. The HTC Magic is a step up from the G1 and is probably going to be the best Android phone available for a while. Compare all HTC Magic deals
  • LG GD900 Crystal now available Free on a 12 month contract with up to five months half price line rental. The GD900 Crystal from LG features the world’s first transparent keypad that softly glows when open. Not only does it look beautiful, it also has an impressive specification. The 3 inch touchscreen has LG’s S-class touch interface. There’s an accelerometer for screen auto-rotate and a proximity sensor that automatically turns then screen off. The LG Crystal has 3G with HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps. It also has Wi-Fi and stereo Bluetooth. The camera is 8 megapixels with autofocus and D1 video recording at 30 frames per second. There’s DivX and Xvid video support and TV out so anything recorded on the LG Crystal can be viewed on your big screen TV. Compare all LG GD900 Crystal deals
  • New LG Arena deals on T-Mobile Fantastic new deal - 300 minutes, 200 texts, internet browsing and email on your phone, 12 month contract. All for just £34.26 per rmonth and you get 5 months free line rental via cash back. The KM900 Arena is the new and exciting touchscreen phone from LG. It devotes most of its front face to a 3 inch screen which makes it great for reviewing pictures, watching videos and internet browsing. It’s very sleek and it feels good in your hand, drawing attention for all of the right reasons. But, play with it and it really comes to life! It has a new 3D touch user interface named S-Class, which is simply stunning. The touchscreen is amazingly sensitive with fluid menus and no lagging. The hardware graphics acceleration gives it some serious power and initial reports claim that this is the most impressive touchscreen phone since the iPhone was launched. Under the skin of the LG Arena you’ll find a very respectable 5 megapixel camera with the esteemed Schneider Kreuznach lens and auto focus. It can record DVD quality video and it has DivX playback too. To save all those videos and photos there’s 8GB of internal memory, which can be expanded up to 24GB by adding a 16GB microSD memory card. Other noteworthy features include Wi-Fi, 3G, HSDPA, A-GPS and a standard 3.5mm audio jack. Compare all LG KM900 Arena deals
  • HTC Touch Pro2 SIM free now in stock HTC’s new flagship, £532 inc next-day delivery. Use our voucher code to get a further £5 off. The HTC Touch Pro2 is the successor to the Touch Pro. Similar in specification to the smaller Touch Diamond2, the Pro2 has a larger screen and an impressive QWERTY keyboard. They both have a sleek, professional look and are expected to be this year’s best-selling business phones. The most striking feature of the Pro2 is its high resolution 3.6 inch touchscreen. Just fractionally smaller than the colossal screen found on the Touch HD. The five row QWERTY keyboard is slightly larger than previous HTC QWERTY devices. It has an offset key pattern, just like on a laptop and the screen can tilt at different angles, which is useful. Place the Pro2 face down and it becomes a comprehensive speakerphone with a high quality speaker on the back, a microphone, noise cancellation sensor and a mute button. The Touch Pro2 comes with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional which incorporates pocket Office, comprising Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and PDF view. All of these features help make the device a very desirable prospect in the business marketplace. Bundled with a 3.2 megapixel camera which has auto focus for good quality image capture. As expected with most Smartphone’s the Pro2 has Wi-fi, HSPDA (up to 7.2 Mbps), GPS and Bluetooth. Other features include the TouchFLO finger swipe navigation, touch sensitive navigation controls, handwriting recognition, a very good web browser, FM radio with RDS, a VGA videocall camera, the list goes on and on! Compare all HTC Touch Pro 2 prices

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