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In Pictures: Apple mania hits as iPad 2 goes on sale

The iPad 2 has officially gone on sale in the UK . Over at the Regents Street Apple store, they simply could not wait until the stated 5pm with the first customers getting their hands on the tablet as early as 4.53pm.... Read More

Asus Eee Pad Transformer UK release date announced

  The Asus Eee Pad Transformer UK release date has been announced by the Taiwanese giant, with the company's first Android Honeycomb tablet/laptop hybrid arriving on 30 March. The Asus Transformer, which comes with... Read More

Apple Worldwide Developers’ Conference 2011 announced

Apple has revealed that its Worldwide Developers' Conference is to take place 6 June in Moscone West, San Francisco. The conference which runs for five days is to predominantly look at the future of iOS and Mac OS. "If... Read More

Gary Marshall: Amazon vs Apple for the future of entertainment

So much for Apple's much-rumoured, cloud-based music service: Amazon's beaten it to the punch with Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web and Cloud Player for Android. Apple's own iTunes cloud service is expected later this... Read More

Updated: 50 really useful iPad tips and tricks

With great new features like two video cameras, a faster processor and a thinner design, the iPad 2 is the world's best tablet device. iPad 2 review It's also fully capable of running the latest version of Apple's iOS... Read More

Exclusive: Asus: Windows 7 is a tablet-friendly OS

Asus has insisted that it is committed to building Windows 7 tablets and sees the Microsoft OS as a worthy competitor to Android and Apple's iOS. Asus' Julie Cheng told TechRadar at the UK launch of the Eee Pad Transformer... Read More

Gary Marshall: Microsoft to Google: stop copying us!

Fans of irony rejoice: Microsoft wants Google investigated for anti-competitive behaviour . Had the news come out a day later we'd have chortled heartily, but of course this is no April Fool. There are two questions here.... Read More

In Depth: Google: ‘We want to strip out operating system frustration’

We popped along to Google's London HQ this week to talk Chrome OS, Google's new low-resource Linux-based operating system for netbooks and notebooks. Chrome OS product marketing manager, Eli Lassman, took us through the... Read More

Week in Tech: iPad 2 arrives today – but should you buy one?

There's only one story in tech this week: the iPad 2 , which comes to the UK later today (or in a few week's time, if you've ordered one online already). You can buy one in the flesh from 5pm today, and there are lots... Read More

BlackBerry Playbook confirmed to run Android apps

RIM has now officially confirmed that its forthcoming BlackBerry Playbook tablet will be able to run both Android and Java-based applications. Using optional app players, RIM will allow users to download the applications... Read More