California sun to power third of Googleplex

The world's biggest search engine is set to become America's biggest solar energy-producing office space when it begins converting its headquarters into a massive solar electricity park next month.

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Posted 17 October 2006 12:53pm by Robert Andrews with 0 comments

Jobs shrugs off Zune threat

Apple boss Steve Jobs has laughed off fears over Microsoft’s threat to the iPod through its upcoming digital music player, Zune.

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Posted 16 October 2006 08:24am by Richard Maven with 0 comments

Web searches to kill window-shopping?

Europe’s high streets could eventually be devoid of banks, travel agents and mobile phone shops as consumers turn to the web for research, according to ACNielsen.

A study by the analyst group found consumers used window-shopping less than the net when choosing their purchases, except when it came to clothing and accessories.

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Posted 13 October 2006 13:45pm by Richard Maven with 0 comments

10 reasons why I’ll swap my iPod for a Zune

I was given an iPod as a birthday gift a couple of years ago. Immediately, I fell in love with it, and it revolutionised my listening habits. It looks good, it is easy to use, and my particular model stored 5,000 songs, about half of my CD-based music collection.

But my love affair quickly turned sour. Over time, I have experienced various problems with the iPod and iTunes, some of which are listed after the jump.

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Posted 28 July 2006 17:29pm by Chris Lake with 38 comments

Sky launches broadband, triple play services

BSkyB has announced plans to roll out a broadband service, to be bundled alongside its pay-TV and newly relaunched ‘Sky Talk’ telephone service. Triple play, baby!

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Posted 18 July 2006 11:53am by Chris Lake with 0 comments