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10 best tech gadgets to make your camping trip tech-tacular

Top 10 Tech Gadgets to Take With You When People who picnic, camp or glamp tend to fall into two categories – happy-go-lucky souls who buy dubious tech during Little Chef stopovers, and those who plan their tech needs like the SAS. As far as we’re concerned, to fail to plan is to plan to fail, so check out our five essential pieces of kit so you’re not caught short

Happy Birthday Internet Explorer!

Introduction When you think of the history of the internet, Microsoft’s iconic Internet Explorer browser is never far away and it was with a heavy heart that Redmond finally decided to put the program out to pasture when Windows 10 arrived. It has gone from hero to zero to…well…it’s a respectful browser these days and it’s not farfetched to say that the internet wouldn’t be what it is today without

Google starts the guessing for the official name of Android M

Trying to guess the name of the next version of Android is a fun game to play while you’re twiddling your thumbs waiting for it to arrive. Last year Android L became Android Lollipop in mid-October, and the timing should be similar this year as well. A new promotional video from Googlers Nat and Lo has some fun with the idea and gives us a sneak preview of the new

10 next-gen tech trends you should know about

Introduction Do you know your C-RAN from your SON, your WiGig from your Bluetooth Low Energy and your MirrorLink from your machine learning? If you don’t, then you soon will after you’ve finished browsing through this slideshow. So dive in and educate yourself concerning ten tech trends that get little attention, but are already having a big impact. Also check out: 5 trends set to shape computing in 2015 Device-to-device

Apple Watch has new extra-large bands for your fat wrists

The Apple Watch is increasing its appeal by increasing its maximum band sizes, making the iPhone-compatible smartwatch fit for people with bigger wrists, too. That’s wonderful news because, in letting everyone I meet try on my Apple Watch, it’s been a snug fit at times. The swappable medium-large band size that comes in the box doesn’t always help. The Apple Watch face is appreciably smaller than bulky Android Wear watches,

Investors to look at Fed, earnings with China filter

Investors will comb through Wednesday’s minutes of the most recent Federal Reserve meeting for indications on how the U.S. central bank will react to the recent yuan devaluation and the further decline in oil prices. The recent outperformance of bank stocks and underperformance of utilities, both on expectations of higher Treasury yields, support current market bets that the Fed will raise rates for the first time in nearly a decade

Dutch parliament recalled to debate new Greece bailout

Assuming approval by Euro zone parliaments, 13 billion euros should be in Athens on Thursday to pay pressing bills and a further 10 billion will be set aside at the European Stability Mechanism, earmarked to bolster Greek banks’ capital. The debate in the 150-seat Dutch lower house will begin on Wednesday at noon, a statement from parliament said.