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google
Google Works Out How to Make Money From Android — Charge £16 for a USB Cable

Google has launched a new range of official accessories to accompany the Nexus 4, although you'd be best off not bothering with its USB cable which costs a ludicrous £9.99 -- and an additional £5.99 in shipping costs. Madness. Read More >>

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iphone
Stand Your iPhone Up Like a Cobra and Charge It While You’re at It

Ever wanted to make your iPhone stand up like a Cobra ready to strike? Well now you can, and you can charge it at the same time too. Meet the Une Bobine -- a crappy name, but a potentially useful little cable, which having blasted through Kickstarter, is now on sale. Read More >>

100Mbit broadband
networks
Having Doubled Your Speed, Virgin Kicks Off Its Free 120Mbit Broadband Boost

Good news for those with Virgin's blazing 100Mbit broadband; after doubling everyone's speed for free, meaning 50Mbiters already got upgraded to 100Mbps, the cable company has just started bumping you all up to 120Mbit, and you don't have to spend a penny to get it, either. Read More >>

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rumours
Bloomberg: No New Apple TV This Year

We heard in August that Apple had been struggling to square up the future of its TV service with the big bad cable companies over. Now, a Bloomberg source is admitting that it means no new Apple TV product will launch this year. Read More >>

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rumours
This Sure Looks Like Apple’s New iPhone Cable

Another day closer to the iPhone 5 launch, another alleged leak part. This time is the USB cable with the rumoured iPhone dock connector. It certainly looks designed by Apple, a bit like a Thunderbolt cable. Read More >>

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rumours
Reuters: Apple Shrinking iPhone Connector to 19-Pin Port

The idea of Apple ditching the current 30-pin iPhone connection in favour of something smaller has been floating around for some time. Now, Reuters is reporting that the next iPhone will feature a new, 19-pin connection. Read More >>

iPhone 5 connector
rumours
Apple’s New iPhone 5 Connector Could Be a Mini MagSafe With Data

Yesterday we heard that Apple's working up a smaller dock connector for the incoming iPhone 5, but rumour has it we might see something akin to a mini MagSafe, just like the MagSafe2 Apple shoved onto the new MacBook Pro and Air. Read More >>

Blazing 4G
networks
Forget BT’s 330Mbps Fibre, We Want Virgin to Pump Out 4,700Mbps Over Cable Broadband

BT might be pushing 330Mbps through fibre this July, but it seems that good old copper isn't down and out just yet. The Germans have successfully tested broadband at a colossal 4.7Gbps; that's over 14 times as fast as our new top speed, using just standard cable in the field. Come on Virgin, where are you on that? Read More >>

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apple
Steve Jobs Was Smacked Down by CBS’ CEO Over Apple TV

Speaking at a conference in LA on Saturday, CBS' CEO Leslie Moonves explained how Steve Jobs approached him with a pitch for an Apple subscription content service. Moonves, however, wasn't convinced, and he decided to turn Jobs away. Read More >>

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dealzmodo
A Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 or a Motorola Xoom For Under £280 Is Your We-Want-Android-Not-That-Overpriced-Apple-Rubbish Deal of the Day

The iPad 3 is on its way but let’s not get ourselves completely hung on that – it’s only a machine and it’s certainly not the boss of us. Other similar machines are available and perfectly capable of doing the same stuff as Apple's tablet. Read More >>

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internet
Virgin Media Makes its First Ever Profit

Even the amount of money it had to pay Usain Bolt to be in those rubbish adverts hasn't stopped Virgin Media posting its first ever profit, with the media pipe provider managing to end years of UK cable supplier misery and stick £75.9 in the bank this year. Read More >>

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rumours
Will Future Lumia Handsets Be Entirely Cable-Free?

In an interview with the Guardian, Nokia designer Marko Ahtisaari suggested that he wants future Lumia phones to involve zero moving parts. We're not just talking no buttons, either: he means scrapping the power and data cable for good. Read More >>

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iphone
Resistance Is Futile: You Will Buy This Animated Light iPhone/iPad Charger Too

Call it tacky. Call it garish. Call it naff, if you must. Call it whatever you want, but this is the most unnecessarily amazing charger for iPhone and iPad ever created by humankind. It glows with electric blue light and it is animated! Read More >>

ISP
networks
Sky’s Looking to Bypass BT and Set Up Its Own Cable or Wi-Fi-to-the-House Network

Sky broadband has been available for many years now, but it's always been at the mercy of BT for the 'last mile' -- the connection between your house, the exchange and the ISP. Now it's looking to connect direct to your house. Read More >>

100Mbit broadband
networks
Virgin Media Now Offering 100Mbps to Third of UK With 1.5Gbps ‘Possible’

Virgin Media's 100Mbps service is now available to 'over 20 million people' or one third of the UK, with half the UK scheduled for mid-2012. It's also been testing 1.5Gbps and is ready for the higher speeds when needed. Read More >>