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• Things the internet has taught me this week

  August 6, 2009 @ 7:28 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

  I’ve been peeling bananas wrong my whole life.

  Who would win if Miss Universe and a crocodile faced off.

  The five-second rule may not work.

  What a Twitter purge is.

• UPC launches HDTV

  @ 8:50 am | by Ciara O'Brien

  UPC has launched its own high definition TV service, unveiling it yesterday to customers.

  Could it be a way to regain some of the TV subscribers it has lost in recent months?

• Apple’s latest woes

  August 4, 2009 @ 3:56 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

  It’s not shaping up to be a good few weeks for Apple. If it’s not the FCC looking for answers over its rejection of Google Voice from the Apps Store, it’s tales of exploding iPods and over-heating iPhones.

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• News links: PS3 Slim, Twitterphones and Apple’s tablet

  @ 1:51 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

  The PlayStation 3 hype has begun, while Sony is reported to be killing off the 80gb console.

  INQ’s new Twitter phone.

  The Apple Tablet speculation continues.

  Twitter has quietly introduced a new function to try to block malicious links.

• Ads missing the mark?

  August 1, 2009 @ 9:25 am | by Ciara O'Brien

  Inspired by Karlin’s piece in yesterday’s paper on Facebook ads, I’ve had a look to see what the social networking site throws up for me.

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