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Phones
LG Touchscreen GD910 Watch Phone Finally Arrives For $US1,270
3:00AM Jack Loftus | The LG touchscreen GD910 watch phone we’ve been talking about since at least December is finally here. More »
Phones
6:48AM John Herrman | Samsung’s only real watchphone competitor hasn’t even launched its product yet, so it’s a little early for the marketing oneupmanship. Regardless, the S9110 is an impressive piece of kit, with a 1.76-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, email support and MP3 playback. More »
Samsung “World’s Thinnest” Watchphone Also Happens To Be One Of The World’s Only Watchphones
6:48AM John Herrman | Samsung’s only real watchphone competitor hasn’t even launched its product yet, so it’s a little early for the marketing oneupmanship. Regardless, the S9110 is an impressive piece of kit, with a 1.76-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, email support and MP3 playback. More »
Phones
Why Can’t We Get A Standard Phone Charger Like Europe?
4:39AM Jason Chen | Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, LG, NEC, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung and Apple have all agreed to use the microUSB standard in their phones made for the European market. Why can’t we have that? More »
Software
European Windows 7 Will Ship Without IE
9:00AM Jason Chen | Not that half of you will care, but Microsoft’s going to ship Windows 7 in Europe without IE8 bundled. That doesn’t mean Europeans won’t be able to get IE8—OEMs can shove them into their installs if they want, and end users can download IE8 themselves as well. [Ars Technica] More »
Business
AMD to Intel: Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah
4:00AM Dan Nosowitz | After the European Union smacked Intel with a $US1.45 billion fine for breaking antitrust laws, AMD responded in the most mature way possible: By mercilessly rubbing it in on the front page of its site. More »
Networks
World’s Second Largest Wireless Carrier Kills International Roaming Charges
8:40PM John Herrman | From June 1st, customers of Vodafone, the world’s second largest wireless carrier, will be able to text and call from over 35 countries at no extra charge. Attention American carriers: Be more like this. More »
Business
Intel Smacked With Staggering $US1.45 Billion Fine in Euro Antitrust Case
9:13PM John Herrman | In the largest trust-busting fining in EU history—about twice as severe as the infamous Microsoft antitrust ruling of 2004 and a hair worse than the ensuing $US1.44 billion penalty for noncompliance—Intel has been ordered to pay $1.45 billion by European Commission regulators. What the hell did they do? EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes said Intel had pursued a strategy aimed mainly at excluding A.M.D. by paying computer makers and retailers to postpone, cancel or avoid A.M.D. products entirely. More »
Online
Swedish Pirate Party Expected to Win (Not Plunder) A Seat in E.U. Parliament
1:20PM Dan Nosowitz | It looks like Europe is just as taken with the Pirate Party as we at Giz are, because a recent electoral poll shows them with enough votes to secure a seat in the E.U. Parliament. More »
Phones
HTC Magic Launches A Week Early in Spain, Just to Spite the British
9:08PM John Herrman | In a rather excited post on Vodafone Spain’s blog, the company has announced that the HTC Magic, set for a May 5th release across Europe, will be “available” today. ¿Por qué? No sé. More »
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