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Geocaching is a great way to combine technology and exercise

Add something extra to a weekend walk with a spot of geocaching

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Cash back for old mobile phone company has gone to ground

It appears that Fonecraze is no longer trading and that, according to Trading Standards, Miss Smith is not only one waiting for the cash for her old phone

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Make online voice and video calls with Skype

Skype can be used to make audio and video calls, share your screen and send text messages

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Google and Samsung unveil Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone

The Galaxy Nexus, which runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, has been shown for the first time

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Sexting tops survey for most annoying new tech-related word

Yougov survey commissioned by Computeractive finds the 10 most 'horrible' words related to new technology

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Blackberry internet services collapse again

Having been restored earlier today, Blackberry internet services are down once again.

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Blackberry internet services go down in several countries

A complete outage of Blackberry services is affecting users from a number of regions, including the UK and the rest of Europe

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HTC marches to the Beats of Dr Dre

Second HTC smartphone to use technology to optimise music output

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Apple unveils Apple iPhone 4S with new iOS5 operating system

The Apple iPhone 4S, available later this month, will have over 200 new features

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Google's failure to defend against malicious apps 'irresponsible'

Android users at risk of increasing risk, warn security companies

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Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update now available to half of customers

The latest update, codenamed Mango, includes a raft of changes to the Windows Phone 7 operating system

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A reading from The Book of Apple; the iPhone 5

Today, at 18:00 BST, Apple will say something that will make the internet implode

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Malicious Android smartphone applications are on the increase

Malicious applications are abusing Google's lax privacy controls as Android threats increase 900 per cent since January

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