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• BitTorrent: the comic book shop of the future?

  19-04-2015 15:00
  
  The file-sharing firm best known for making piracy possible is now doing deals not only with film and TV companies but with graphic novel publishers too Continue reading...
  
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• Mobile Phone Deals: 50 best mobile phone deals for April 2015

  19-04-2015 14:10
  
  Mobile phone deals on our top 10 handsetsThe top 3 best mobile phones in the world right now are the Galaxy S6, the iPhone 6 and the HTC One M9. But what you really want to know is - where are the best mobile phone deals to be had?The answer is: right here. This is a two-page guide jam packed full of the UK's top mobile phone deals on contract at the cheapest possible prices.We've prioritised the lowest upfront fees and the best data allowances.This page contains TechRadar's top 10 ranked phones
  
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• Opinion: Binge-watching is ruining the magic of TV

  19-04-2015 14:00
  
  Watching five episodes of a new thing in a row isn't a good idea, no matter how enticing Netflix and opinion columns about Game of Thrones in the Guardian make the concept seem. Yes, it gives you something to talk about on the internet the next day, but it devalues the experience of watching a series unfold and grow. Good TV used to be associated with a time in your life. A few years. A period in which you, and the characters, changed. BlackAdder, for example, sees me go from being 10 and not re
  
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• Google dominates search. But the real problem is its monopoly on data

  19-04-2015 10:00
  
  The European commission’s investigation into Google’s shopping service misses the larger point of how much information the company actually owns
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• Running Man of Tech: Can you turn a runner into a triathlete in 8 weeks?

  19-04-2015 09:30
  
  Swimming: harder than I rememberI'm clinging to slippery tiles, fingers rapidly wrinkled, while small children play happily on foam tubes near me. In between the waves of sickness I'm wondering when these spaghetti-like buoyancy aids were invented.Did they have them when I was young? Was I deprived of the joy they're bringing nearly ever child in this pool? Would I be able to pass as a swimmer now if I'd had one?These are the thoughts running through my mind as I attempt to come to terms with th
  
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• Moore's Law at 50: how his predictions have shaped the future

  19-04-2015 09:15
  
  Introduction and impact of Moore's LawIt's 50 years since Gordon E Moore, co-founder of the Intel Corporation, made the observation that became known as Moore's Law. In 1965 Electronics magazine had asked him to write an article predicting what would happen in the semiconductor component industry in the subsequent 10 years. Moore was, at that time, director of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductor, and this made him something of an expert in the field. Moore looked at the elements – transistors,
  
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• The Airwheel: review

  19-04-2015 07:00
  
  Do you hate your shins? Then give them a good bruising with this torture device from AmericaPrice £649
  Weight 10.5kg
  Top speed 12mph“Oh you are dead, totally DEAD! I am, I swear, actually going to kill you! I’m going to snap off your stupid metal pedals and I am going to use them to dig out your horrible little stupid annoying electric heart and then I am going to throw you into the canal! Arrrggghhhhh…” I pause for breath, clutching my chest as I writhe about panting on the paveme
  
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• White goods dominate e-waste items

  19-04-2015 04:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Old kitchen, bathroom and laundry equipment made up 60% of the 41.8 million tonnes of electronic waste thrown away in 2014, suggests a report.
  
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• How the selfie stick was invented twice

  19-04-2015 03:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How the first selfie stick was invented twice, two decades apart
  
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• You’ve sold 17 million albums and you want to pay me nothing? Pat Pope’s row with Garbage

  19-04-2015 01:05
  
  When the managers of indie giants Garbage asked photographer Pat Pope to use his pictures for no fee, he made a stand Continue reading...
  
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• They monitor hearts, count calories … but are health apps any good for you?

  19-04-2015 01:04
  
  The Apple Watch is just the latest step in a fast-growing industry gathering data on our wellbeingGoing to the doctor’s is a pain. Why, if you have a recurring condition, do you need to take time off to go through the same checks to get the same prescription? How is it that the only time the doctor can see you is the least convenient hour of the week? Why is it that after wasting time with old copies of National Geographic in the waiting room, you are ushered into a smaller room only to wait a
  
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