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Darren Allan
Darren Allan

Darren was a staff writer and then Deputy Editor at IDG Media on PC Home. He has since moved to become a freelance journalist, writing for various computer and gaming related websites for the past twelve years. He has also co-authored two humour books, “The Crap Old Days” and “1001 Ridiculous Ways to Lose a Fortune”.

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Facebook App For Windows Phone Gets Overhauled

25 May 2012 News
Facebook App For Windows Phone Gets Overhauled
The Windows Phone team has announced that a new version of the Facebook app has been pushed out, with a number of fresh features including threaded messaging. Version 2.5 of the...
Hardware

Intel Pushes Out x86 Android 4.0 Emulator

25 May 2012 News
Intel Pushes Out x86 Android 4.0 Emulator
Some good news for Android developers today, as Intel has unleashed a new x86 system image of Ice Cream Sandwich for its Android emulator. Previously, the emulator was notoriously...
Mobile Phones

RIM Files Patent For Pressure Sensitive Touchscreen Unlock

25 May 2012 News
RIM Files Patent For Pressure Sensitive Touchscreen Unlock
RIM has filed another patent as it gears up with handset research and development, heading towards the launch of BlackBerry 10 and beyond. The operating system, due out later this...
Mobile & Telco

Deutsche Telekom Mulls T-Mobile Merger In The US

25 May 2012 News
Deutsche Telekom Mulls T-Mobile Merger In The US
The Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Telekom, Rene Obermann, has said that a merger for its T-Mobile USA division is a possibility. Speaking at an annual shareholders meeting...
Mobile & Telco

Report Shows iPhone Tops Ad Impressions Ranking

25 May 2012 News
Report Shows iPhone Tops Ad Impressions Ranking
Mobile advertising outfit Millennial Media has released its Q1 2012 Mobile Mix report, which has produced a number of interesting nuggets of information regarding mobile...
Software & Apps

Core Of HP’s WebOS Enyo Team Heading To Google

25 May 2012 News
Core Of HP’s WebOS Enyo Team Heading To Google
Google will soon be welcoming the team which cooked up Enyo, webOS's HTML-5 based application framework, into its ever growing fold. The move is set to happen "shortly", according...