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Hands On: Samsung Galaxy S3

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Samsung has announced the Galaxy S3, its latest premium Android smartphone and the successor to the popular Galaxy S2.

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The role of the internet in the Egyptian protests

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The revolution in Eygpt that began in January 2011 and is still continuing to this day was part of a series of shocks across the middle-east in which the internet played an important role.

That was clear from the news reports, but what they missed is how the internet is now being used by more people after they have seen what it can achieve.

At the Up North Web conference earlier this month one of the staff from internet company Opera (which organised the conference) interviewed a participant in the revolution, Ayman Shokr. In our video on this page you can see and hear him explain just how technology was used.

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How easy is it to hack a mobile phone voicemail?

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The phone hacking scandal has been dominating headlines in most of the papers for the past few days. What's missing in a lot of the coverage is seemingly quite important: just how do you hack a voicemail and how can you protect against it? We look at just how easy it is (or was) to hack into a voicemail and also provide you with some tips for securing your voicemail against hackers.

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Acer's Iconia Smart - does size matter?

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Many manufacturers at Computex this year are trying to bridge the gap between smartphones and tablet computers - take the Asus PadFone, for example. Acer has several products on show, including the massive Iconia Smart.

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Charge several devices at once with the iDapt i2+

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Charger manufacturer iDapt has announced its latest multi-device charger at Gadget Show Live 2011.

The i2+ can charge various portable devices such as Apple's iPod, iPhone and iPad. It is also compatible with Nokia, Blackberry and Samsung mobile phones, HTC phones and the Nintendo DS.

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Viewsonic V350 phone can take two Sim cards

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Viewsonic is at the Gadget Show Live 2011 with its V350 Android phone, which can run two Sim cards at the same time.

The company says that the V350 is the world's first dual-Sim 3G Android phone.

To find out more about the V350, see our video interview with Viewsonic's European marketing manager James Coulson below:

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