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Got a digital camera? You may be able to upgrade your camera to support both Wi-fi and location tagging. If your camera has an SD card slot, you can remove your SD card, and simply insert the Eye-Fi card. The card uses the camera’s battery to power the card’s wi-fi. You pair to your favourite [...]

TomTom has finally released an upgrade to its Windows Mobile Smartphone product, Navigator. TomTom Navigator 7 is now available, offering improved maps (thanks to TomTom Map Share), improved navigation, new Safety Preferences and more customisation options. It’s available now for Windows Mobile v6.1 devices. More details of TomTom Navigator 7 at filesaveas.com/navigator.html TomTom has also [...]

When you make a call from your landline to a mobile, or a call from your mobile to another network, you’re paying a “carriage fee” called an MTR (Mobile Termination rate). This is typically 4.7p a minute. BT, 3 Moneysupermarket and others have clubbed together to start the “Terminate The Rate” campaign, aiming to bring [...]

Nokia’s long-awaited replacement for the Nokia N96 is expected to be released later this month. The Nokia N97 is a touch-screen device with an innovative slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It’s a powerful smartphone, has 32GB of internal memory, a 5.0 Megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens, Wi-Fi connectivity and built-in GPS for navigation. The N97 [...]

Customers of BT Broadband are about to get a free boost in download speed. BT is about to enable ADSL2+, which takes the speed from “up to 8 megabits a second” to “up to 20 megabits” per second. This speed ramp-up will affect around 10 million premises, or 40% of the BT customer base, although [...]

The humble pen is in for a shock… the Pulse is mightier than the pen. We’ve just added a review of probably the most revolutionary writing tool in the world… the high-tech Pulse Smartpen. Take a look at our detailed review of this top gadget: Pulse Smartpen reviewed.

High in orbit around the Earth is a family of satellites forming the GPS network – if you’ve got yourself a sat-nav device such as a TomTom, this network of satellites supply your navigation device with the vital positioning information. A report just out shows that unless things change PDQ, your GPS navigation device might [...]

UK network operator 3 is making a big thing of their “Free Calls Forever” offer, so we thought we’d give you the low-down. The offer relates to the use of Skype, the voice-over-Internet service. There are currently over 400 million Skype users worldwide, and 3 is now offering free calls and instant messages from many [...]

Good news for anyone travelling to Europe this June, July and August… Vodafone UK is dropping International roaming charges for over 35 countries. From 1 June to 31 August 2009, all customers who opt into Vodafone Passport can take their UK home rates for calls, texts and picture messaging abroad with them at no extra [...]

TomTom’s released a new version of software, v8.35, for their TomTom GO x20 and GO x30 range of handheld sat nav devices. So what, you may ask? Well this version re-instates a feature dropped in a previous version. Newer TomTom Go devices come with an FM transmitter that broadcast the “after 200 yards, turn left” [...]

Troubled Internet provider Tiscali has found a buyer. The Carphone Warehouse has stepped up and acquired Tiscali’s UK operation for £236 million, making them the second largest broadband provider in the UK. What does the Tiscali buy-out mean for existing Tiscali customers? It seems that the Tiscali name is set to vanish, but Carphone Warehouse [...]

An update on Internet Provider Tiscali’s struggles. In March, dealing of shares in Tiscali on the Italian stock market was been suspended, and the company reportedly has debts totaling around £450 million. Many were predicting the imminent demise of the provider. Tiscali’s been in talks with Sky to sell off their Broadband business, but those [...]

Ever wanted to be able to keep an eye on your home while you’re out? We’ve just completed a review of a home security system from myhome247 that will cost you under £100, and lets you monitor who comes into your how, and when. The service comes with an IP camera, and can send email [...]

Finally, the UK version of Google Streetmaps is now online. Google has had cars wandering around streets in 25 UK towns and cities for months, and you can now take a virtual drive through thousands of streets. Coverage of the following towns and cities is now available: London, Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, [...]

Internet Provider Tiscali is struggling. Dealing of shares in Tiscali on the Italian stock market have been suspended, and the company has debts totalling around £450 million. Tiscali’s been in talks with Sky to sell off their Broadband business, but those talks collapsed earlier in March. What would a collapse of Tiscali mean to its [...]

BT’s been planning its 21st century network, known as 21cn, for some time. Trouble is, rolling out this fibre optic network will cost BT £1.5 billion. UK regulator has delivered some good news today – rules have been relaxed, allowing BT to sell on access to their new infrastructure, to allow them to recoup some [...]

From Sunday March the 1st 2009, Sky’s free 2 meg broadband service will only be free if you take out the Sky Talk home phone service. If you don’t take out Sky Talk, Sky Broadband will cost an extra £5 a month. The good news is that there’s a free Talk package, Sky Talk Freetime, [...]

Nokia’s much talked about Nokia 5800 smartphone, a.k.a “The Tube” is out now in the UK. Why the fuss? This is Nokia’s first full-screen touchscreen device (they’re after a slice of the lucrative Apple iPhone market), and it’s significantly cheaper that Apple’s touchscreen icon. Powered by the Symbian Series 60 operating system, the Nokia 5800 [...]

A word of warning. Watch out for an email from social networking site tagged.com We got one from the email address tagged@taggedmail.com with the subject "xxx sent you a private message on Tagged – please respond" saying that "xxx has added you as a friend – Please respond or xxx may think you said no [...]

Mobile Internet’s great – having a Smartphone with Internet access, or a laptop that can make a ‘net connection wirelessly opens up doors and allows high-speed connections around the world. One flaw – the cost of “roaming”. Making an Internet connection while you’re outside of your home country can be expensive, so we’ve created a [...]