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Thursday April 26, 2012

EDITOR'S NOTE

Court documents have revealed early renders of Google's original phone, which came with a QWERTY keypad and what appears to ge a garish orange finish. Check out the specs and images below.

Plus: MIT unveils 'emotive' cars, 5 of the best quirky QR codes, Microsoft Security Essentials 4.0 now available, recover deleted files for free with Wise Data Recovery.

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

		NEWS Google Phone of 2006 unveiled By Stephen Graves \| Apr 26, 2012 Oracle vs Google court documents reveal early renders of Google's original phone.

		NEWS Future tech: emotive cars By Esat Dedezade \| Apr 26, 2012 MIT has been working on an 'emotive' car prototype - complete with swiveling eye headlights, voicebox and Kinect sensors.

		NEWS iPhone 5 launch date could fall on June 11th at Apple's WWDC By Esat Dedezade \| Apr 26, 2012 The Cupertino tech giant has revealed the dates for this year's developer conference. Could we see the fabled iPhone 5 make an appearance?

		NEWS Deleted files by accident? Wise Data Recovery gets them back By Mark Wilson \| Apr 26, 2012 Oops! I did it again. Restore files that have been deleted in haste with Wise Data Recovery. Get the free download here.

		NEWS Microsoft SkyDrive adds 7GB free storage to trounce Google and Apple By Paddy Smith \| Apr 25, 2012 No sooner does Google Docs up its free storage game than Microsoft wipes the smile off its face with a 7GB smackdown.

		NEWS 5 of the best quirky QR codes By \| Apr 26, 2012 Those peculiar little geometric designs crop up in the oddest places – here are five of our favourites

		NEWS Opinion: should Apple focus on iPads for business? By Paddy Smith \| Apr 26, 2012 Apple CEO Tim Cook reckons your company needs more tablets – and he’s going to help make that happen.

		NEWS Just because they could – asteroid mining By Sophie Charara \| Apr 26, 2012 James Cameron, Larry Page and the man behind the X Prize have set up Planetary Resources to scavenge for space treasure

		NEWS New SkyDrive adds simpler, Dropbox-like file syncing By Mike Williams \| Apr 25, 2012 Microsoft has revamped and extended its SkyDrive service to deliver simpler, more straightforward cross-platform data storage and file synchronisation. Get the download.

		NEWS Possible Samsung Galaxy S3 prototype reveals bigger home button By Sophie Charara \| Apr 26, 2012 Samsung's been hiding Galaxy S3 test units in decoy casing – but there's still plenty to get excited about.

		NEWS Forget sticky notes – Norton Identity Safe is a free password manager By Mark Wilson \| Apr 26, 2012 You’ve no doubt noticed that a huge number of web sites require you to log into an account before you can do anything useful. This could be your banking web site, a forum, a social...

		NEWS Apple is even richer than before By Paddy Smith \| Apr 26, 2012 Deciding its record Q1 profits weren’t big enough, the iPhone maker has set a new standard in making piles of filthy lucre

		NEWS Koss Striva headphones do away with your MP3 player By Stephen Graves \| Apr 26, 2012 The Wi-Fi streaming Striva Pro and Striva Tap headphones will be music to your ears.

		NEWS Dropbox adds new option for file sharing using links By Nick Peers \| Apr 25, 2012 Cloud-based backup pioneer Dropbox has rolled out a new file-sharing feature for its free and paid-for backup, sharing and sync service.

		NEWS What is iPavement? By Stephen Graves \| Apr 26, 2012 App-equipped paving slabs will turn the ground beneath your feet into a Wi-fi and Bluetooth hotspot.

		NEWS Microsoft Security Essentials 4.0 now available By Mike Williams \| Apr 26, 2012 Microsoft has released Security Essentials 4.0, the latest version of its lightweight, straightforward antivirus package. Get the download here.

		NEWS CCleaner 3.18 adds support for Firefox 12, Chrome 20 By Nick Peers \| Apr 26, 2012 Piriform Inc has updated its freeware Windows cleaning tool with added support for the latest versions of Firefox and Chrome.

		NEWS CyberLink Media Suite 10: the ultimate multimedia bundle? By Mike Williams \| Apr 26, 2012 CyberLink has released Media Suite 10, which combines eleven of the company’s most powerful applications in a hugely comprehensive multimedia bundle.

		NEWS Samsung ES8000 Smart TV out June By Esat Dedezade \| Apr 25, 2012 Sammy's latest slither of interactive screen tech is ready to grace your living room

		HOW TO GUIDE System Builder: How to apply Thermal Paste By John Gillooly \| Apr 23, 2012 A good contact between CPU and heatsink is crucial yet it is something more people get wrong than anything else. Read on for a crash-course from the Labs.

		NEWS 15 best gaming graphical greats By Luke Edwards \| Apr 25, 2012 We’ve compiled all the best graphics-boundary-pushing games that have widened eyes through the years.

		REVIEW Intel Core i7-3720QM Review: Ivy Bridge begins the long journey to Ultrabook status By John Gillooly \| Apr 24, 2012 Intel has launched a handful of mobile Core i7 CPUs as part of the first batch of Ivy Bridge processors. These are focused on power, not battery life.

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